Concrete Safaris Inc

What it reported doing in 2024

Public health americorps members served children, youth and community with environmental health literacy and placemaking workshops or outreach and referral services at concrete safaris' placemakingcorps. Outdoor leadership academy - youth offers environmental health-centered internships for youth. It aims to expose 14-24 year olds to healthcare, business, media, food services, and construction opportunities, develop their leadership skills, and engage the local community in outdoor activities. Interns participate in project-based learning or work for 6 to 25 hours per week in gardening, outdoor play, placemaking, health promotion, photography, evaluation, or nonprofit management. The 2024 program involved 306 interns, paid by the nyc department of youth and community development or the nyc human resource administration. Outdoor leadership academy - kids is an after-school program and summer camp operating 5 days/week that aims to improve the health and fitness of elementary school children. In 2024, children in the second to fifth grades learned basic outdoor skills and/or developed active living interventions, gardened, took photographs, cycled, and embarked on field trips. Gardening activities took place on land belonging to the New York city housing authority. All other outdoor, active programming took place in nyc parks and streets. Youth delivered junglegym 2024 on east 106th and east 116th streets, both between lexington and third avenues, for children, families, groups, & neighbors to experience single-day, outdoor adventures in the streets, including obstacles, games, arts & crafts, dancing, & more. Face painting and bouncy houses were also enjoyed. Green exercise days, cs' garden-based field trip program, was provided to over 200 children from local schools. Local residents also continued to participate in an adopt-a-bed program and daily volunteer opportunities.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 83.5%; rating input score 83
• Program expense ratio: 91.5%; rating input score 92
• Fundraising efficiency: $44.53 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 76; 76th 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: 8.8%; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.54; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.12; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 18.3%; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 16% per year; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 13.9% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 5.8% per year; rating input score 100; 42nd percentile among comparable filings