Arizona Literacy and Learning Centerinc

What it reported doing in 2013

Youth and adult services: it is when children enter school that difficulties learning the foundational skills for reading are often identified. In the case of children with language-based learning differences, these skills must be explicitly taught in a manner that is not available in the typical classroom. The center's trained and credentialed professional team provides comprehensive assessment for children with learning disabilities such as dyslexia and auditory processing disorders. By identifying learning difficulties and strengths it is possible to customize an effective intervention program which allows the child to break the reading code and reach their potential. The center offers academic intervention services given by well trained, certified teachers to help children learn to read. Our professionals offer community awareness trainings to parenting groups, and train teachers on recognizing and working with children with dyslexia and auditory processing disorders. We also offer free screenings at phoenix public libraries to find children with signs of reading and writing difficulties. By making changes in the school experience one can truly change a life.as students with learning difficulties reach middle school and high school levels, their strategies for succeeding in school may begin to fail. Simple accommodations to enable access to the school curriculum can make all the difference. By providing evaluations to this population and identifying strengths and needs (such as additional time, oral responses on tests, written material available on recordings), these students can continue to succeed in school, college and life. The center provides such evaluations and recommends accommodations to ensure this success.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 70.6%; rating input score 71
• Program expense ratio: 78.2%; rating input score 78
• Fundraising efficiency: $13.12 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: Limited
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: Limited
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 8 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 100
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: Pass
  • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Pass
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 12.6%; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.02; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.04; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 7.3%; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: Limited
• Revenue growth: 13.7% per year; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: -9.9% per year; rating input score 0; 11th percentile among comparable filings