Communities of Rooted Brilliance

What it reported doing in 2025

Gifts laughter opportunities wisdom (glow): the glow program is tailored for multilingual caregivers, a community-driven initiative to foster connections and promote self-sufficiency, empowering families to draw upon their own experiences and learn collectively. This program is a healing space where individuals can share their stories, support one another, and navigate the challenges faced by newcomers.kyp-ela/bsk - experiential learning academy (ela): the ela program is an out-of-school time enrichment program that aims to close the opportunity gap for newcomer refugee youth by building their soft skills and leadership skills. Ela combines peer-to-peer mentoring and targeted academic enrichment opportunities in a supportive out-of-school time and space for newly arrived refugee and immigrant youth.promoting refugee integration, mobility, & empowerment (prime): the prime program offers individualized case management for refugees with significant cultural barriers or those who are struggling with academic performance.youth voices program (yv/riyac): the youth voices program is designed to build and strengthen community capacity and youth leadership through a series of trainings, community focus groups/discussions, and a culminating youth-led events. The youth participate in the refugee and immigrant youth advisory council (riyac) to connect community members with government and stakeholders such as school districts, city, county, and state representatives for policy and system change to promote thriving communities.kent community development collaborative (kcdc): the kcdc program is a partnership of kent-based community-based organizations to address place-based health inequities for communities living in the city of kent.the parent and children together (pact): the pact bsk - the pact program centers on culturally appropriate universal developmental screening conversations led by parent leaders of children 0-5 years of age from newcomer refugee/immigrant communities. Parent leaders plan and execute customized learning opportunities on culturally situated topics related to child development, leveraging their strong interpersonal relationships and community connections. Birch creek-reading/bsk, ksd-reading/bsk, ksd-reading/rsip and sps-reading: the education programs target elementary school aged youth in stem, reading and language arts, so that they are reading at standard levels and excelling academically. The reading programs target elementary school aged youth from the seattle public schools for the summer so that they are reading at standard levels.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 85.6%; rating input score 86
• Program expense ratio: 92.6%; rating input score 93
• Fundraising efficiency: $165.98 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 91; 91st 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: 83.3%; rating input score 83; 17th percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 4 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 50
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Fail
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: Pass
  • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Missing
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 7.6%; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.91; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.07; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 6%; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 20.9% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 16.4% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 17.1% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings