Bloom360 Learning Community Inc

What it reported doing in 2024

Day school & roots programsthis past year marked the eighth academic year for our unique day school that provides a developmentally based, whole-person focused program for neurodivergent learners (students) ages 5-21 who do best in a smaller, sensory-friendly environment with pacing that is aligned with their needs. And, our roots program, a part-time offering for neurodivergent learners ages 5 young adult who are homeschooled, or already completed another educational program, but benefit from the social-emotional growth opportunities and highly experienced and educated staff who support whole-person growth. Our multi-disciplinary team includes special and regular education, occupational therapy, music therapy and social work. The bloom360 day school education model tracks with common core state standards for academic scope and sequence, but paces with learners by focusing on building relationships, harnessing strengths and incorporating the five key areas of human development: emotional, social, body, spirit (joy & purpose) and mind to support learners in all aspects of their growth. The roots program learners are integrated with the day school learners and benefit from the whole-person approach, with the differentiator being that bloom360 is not their school of record for academics. The unique project-based learning approach for all learners includes learning opportunities with the school's makers space, sensory gym, music therapy program, theatre program, and full kitchen and field trips to therapeutic horseback riding center, east troy community center and other local businesses. In their eighth academic year (2024-2025), learners met 90 common core standards, completed 18 individual projects, 12 small group projects and 6 school-wide projects. This is a 48% increase in the number of common core standards completed over the prior year. An example of an individual project is the music styles project. One learner is highly energized by music, dancing and singing and she has a wide range of music styles she enjoys. Our learning guides helped her create a music styles project board which culminated in a presentation to her peers and staff. Her presentation involved playing snippets of each music group and then all joining in on the chicken dance! An example of a group project included a superhero themed project in the learning studio where four learners took the via youth character strength survey, a 98-question survey, which gave them the opportunity to learn more about the best parts of themselves, that is their innate superpowers that are their character strengths. Once complete, the learners created a character strength tree that displays each of their own strengths as different colored leaves that are part of the overall branches of the community tree in the classroom. The next activity involved making a superhero cape that displayed their top five superpowers. School-wide projects included creating and performing in two music showcase events that were prepared with the music therapist and performed for parents and special guests. Each learner participated in a way that worked best for them. The learners worked together to choose a theme, and designed the props, and all promotional materials. The performances included singing, dancing, and playing instruments. Learners are also involved in community service another good example of a school-wide project. The holiday elves project is our holiday community service project and was led by the learner council. Learners collect monetary donations and then shop for gifts for three children from a family from walworth county who have a financial need. Our learners then delivered the gifts to the nonprofit organization collecting the gifts. In the makerspace, learners are utilizing their teamwork to solve stem challenges that require planning and design. Learners are asked to make a plan beforehand (draw a picture of how you might be able to solve this challenge), list materials ne

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 77.6%; rating input score 78
• Program expense ratio: 81.7%; rating input score 82
• Fundraising efficiency: $8.39 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 32; 32nd 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; 63rd 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: NotApplicable
  • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Pass
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 5%; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.51; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.63; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 10.6%; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 10.2% per year; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 12.9% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 34.7% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings