Children's Outing Association

What it reported doing in 2024

Include: community development: coa youth and family centers is a valuable part of the neighborhood and the community it serves. Coa is committed to the overall well-being of the neighborhoods surrounding the children and families served and working together with neighborhood residents. Coa also partners with many other agencies such as the hunger task force and mcfi to provide nutritious meals to the community, and the dominican center to provide adult education and community development. Through its long-term lease with the city of milwaukee, coa operates kilbourn and kadish parks and provides recreational, educational, cultural and group activities for youth and families. Through its lease with milwaukee county, coa provides recreational and educational activities in moody park, adjacent to coa's goldin center. Camping/conference center: as part of coa's youth development programs, each summer coa operates camping programs accredited by the american camping association. Boys and girls ages 8 through 15 attend coa's camp helen brachman, located on 206 acres in central Wisconsin near steven's point. Sessions include water and field sports, arts and crafts, music, environmental education, team building, leadership training and overnight camp outs. Coa's in-city goldin summer day camps offers boys and girls ages 6 through 12 summer day activities including games, arts and crafts and much more. Fees are based on family income. In addition to summer camps, coa offers year-round youth leadership institutes, family camps and winter camps. When coa programs are not in session, the camp retreat center is rented to groups for retreats, conferences, staff trainings and special events.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
• Program expense ratio: 88.6%; rating input score 89
• Fundraising efficiency: $7.63 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 29; 29th 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: 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: 4.5%; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.9; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 1.1%; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 1% per year; rating input score 100; 17th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 0.2% per year; rating input score 100; 12th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 2.5% per year; rating input score 100; 22nd percentile among comparable filings