Children's Well-being League

What it reported doing in 2024

Cwl program service accomplishments stipend program the children's well-being league works in partnership with social workers and guidance counselors from all 10 buncombe county and asheville city high schools. School social workers and guidance counselors recommend students to cwl's stipend program based on financial need and scholastic achievement. Cwl currently serves 320 students through this program. Each student receives a monthly stipend of 70 for nine months with an additional 100 for the holidays. High school graduates receive an additional 75, with each school also receiving a graduation gift of 250 for a special graduate. Typically, stipend students use the money to supplement necessities like rent, groceries and personal supplies. They also use it for school fees, field trips and, sometimes, to just be able to join their friends in typical teen activities like a night at the movies. There are waiting lists at every school for this program. Sos - support our students both stipend students and non-stipend students have the right to a "normal" high school experience. Cwl is in a unique position to help them. Through our sos (support our students) fund, the organization is able to assist at the requests of school social workers and guidance counselors. Requests from the high schools include items such as college housing deposits, sports equipment, band trip fees, and uniforms for culinary and cna programs. In times of extreme need, cwl has also helped with short term housing solutions for homeless students. During the 2024-2025 school year the organization provided over 32,000 in requests for individual students. Other programs while the stipend program and sos are the main funding programs that cwl offers to the local high schools, the organization also purchases backpacks and mattresses for homeless students, snacks for all social workers and guidance counselors to have on hand, and gas cards for the schools to give out at their discretion.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
• Program expense ratio: 98.5%; rating input score 98
• Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 92.3%; rating input score 92; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: Limited
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: 93.5%; rating input score 94; 54th 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; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 4 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 57
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Fail
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
  • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Missing
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

• Operating margin: -26.2%; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.38; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 12.2% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 7.6% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 7.6% per year; rating input score 100; 58th percentile among comparable filings