The May Institute Inc

What it reported doing in 2024

May institute is one of the largest providers in the commonwealth of Massachusetts of private special education schools specifically serving children, adolescents, and young adults with autism spectrum disorder (asd), developmental disabilities, brain injury, and neurobehavioral disorders. All our may center schools offer full-day, year-round educational services based on best practices from the fields of applied behavior analysis (aba) and special education. Students receive highly individualized behavioral, academic, and vocational programming. They are surrounded by caring, highly trained professionals seeking to improve the quality of life of the individuals in their care.our four may center schools for autism and developmental disabilities in Massachusetts are chapter 766-approved private schools that focus on building communication, social, behavioral, vocational, and academic skills. We base our programs on aba, which has been shown through hundreds of scientific studies to be the most effective method to teach children and adolescents with autism and other developmental disabilities.our may center school for brain injury and neurobehavioral disorders in Massachusetts serves students with a broad range of neurobehavioral challenges. These include brain injury, genetic or chromosomal disorders, seizure disorders, mood disorders, and intellectual and neurodevelopmental disorders. The school is one of only a handful of pediatric programs in the u.s. That focus on both education and rehabilitation. About half of the students who attend two of our schools (in randolph and norwood, ma) also receive residential services through community-based group homes. These services focus on helping children and adolescents strengthen and generalize independent living skills, and are designed in accordance with each child's individualized educational plan. Our highly skilled staff provide 24-hour support and supervision to ensure that each child's unique needs are met.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 87.7%; rating input score 88
• Program expense ratio: 89.8%; rating input score 90
• Fundraising efficiency: $2.74 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 93.8%; rating input score 94; 28th percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: 6 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 100
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: Limited
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Limited
• Public monitoring controls: Limited
• Public policy transparency: Limited
• Public financial transparency: Limited
• Impact reporting controls: Limited
• Public relationship transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
• Public governance controls: Limited
• Zakat policy transparency: Limited

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 2.1%; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
• Operating reserve ratio: 0.67; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.57; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 2.4%; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 3.6% per year; rating input score 100; 28th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 3.3% per year; rating input score 100; 25th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 5% per year; rating input score 100; 36th percentile among comparable filings