BronxWorks

What it reported doing in 2024

Community programs bronxworks' community programs efforts included providing access to health insurance enrollment and navigation services, protective and crime victim services for adults, emergency food assistance, benefits and entitlements assistance, and immigration or family support services. These programs reached residents from throughout the bronx.the health insurance enrollment and navigation services engaged 7,055 people. They enrolled 6,926 people without insurance into a health plan.the adult protective services (aps) program engaged 525 people. Crime victim assistance was offered to 204 people.selected bronxworks locations distributed 44,591 bags of food that contained about 149,161 pounds of food that were used by vulnerable households to prepare about 15,678+ meals throughout the year for an average of about 5,521 persons a month. The estimated monetary value of the bags was $308,219. The bronxworks walk-in offices and access to benefits program offered benefits and entitlements assistance to 2,409 people, providing 760 consultations that led to the acquisition of public benefits worth $1,940,028. Bronxworks enrolled 320+ households for snap (food stamp) benefits with an annual value of $138,285, while selected sites served 114,270 meals to bronx residents, including seniors, children, young adults, and people with chronic health conditions. Bronxworks' immigration services helped 325 new americans from 40 countries retain legal residency status or become citizens. Our organization provided immigration assistance to 2,673 people who sought help with applications for citizenship, maintenance of legal residency status, esol, and civic classes. The bronxworks family enrichment program served 131 families with 317 children through in-person visits to assess child safety and risk factors.targeted prevention and supportive services and communities of color programs provided 188 hepatitis c and 185 HIV tests in the communities of the bronx.harm reduction program teaches ways to reduce the harm of risky behaviors related to alcohol and substance use and helps participants living with HIV/AIDS learn to live a healthier lifestyle. The program served 61 clients and provided 3983 services.management health education program provided case management and health education services to HIV-positive individuals with an unsuppressed viral load and are not connected to services or stopped accessing services. Staff had 258 encounters with enrollees, leading to the provision of 301 types of service. Please note that this program ended on september 30, 2024.the comprehensive adolescent pregnancy prevention (capp) program provided sexual risk education to 666 participants.sexual risk avoidance education program provided sexual risk education to 666 participants. The bronxworks youth food justice corps (yfjc)the youth food justice corps engaged 45 youth in 2024-2025 yfjc activities. The efforts helped build a foundation for young people to learn about nutrition, food systems, and inequities within their neighborhoods. Youth also learned the important roles played by healthy eating, culinary skills, and advocacy to change food system-related inequities in their respective neighborhoods. The 2024-2025 yfjc service year activities included, youth assisting at the bronxworks farm stands twice a week, creating social media resource and nutrition education posts, assisting with cooking demonstrations, and teen battle chef (tbc) healthy cooking education sessions. Tbc sessions occurred at t and the south bronx preparatory school at 360 east 145th street, mott haven academy charter school, 170 brown place. A spring session is also scheduled for the soync youth program at bronxworks carolyn mclaughlin community center (cmcc) at 1130 grand concourse near yankee stadium. All sites were provided programming for middle school-aged youth. The youth were ages 14 to 21. They came from neighborhoods in bronx cds 1 and 4, including melrose and mott haven

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 88.5%; rating input score 88
• Program expense ratio: 88.2%; rating input score 88
• Fundraising efficiency: $136.38 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 87; 87th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 94.7%; rating input score 95; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
  • Compensation committee: Missing
  • Independent consultant: Missing
  • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
  • Written employment contract: Missing
  • Compensation survey or study: Pass
  • Board or committee approval: Pass
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: Pass
  • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Pass
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

• Operating margin: -0.3%; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.14; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.81; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 2.1%; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 10.3% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 9.9% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 17.6% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings