Corporate Alliance for Drug Education

What it reported doing in 2024

Cadekids is a prevention education and student support organization. Cadekids operates 3 core programs classroom prevention education, a student assistance program (sap), and out of school programs.in cadekids classroom prevention education program, cadekids' prevention specialists equip k-8th grade students with skills to handle conflict the smart way and have the courage to stop and evaluate situations, exercise impulse control, and steer clear of violence, illegal substance use, and other destructive behaviors. With 5,000-6,000 participants served per year, cadekids' prevention specialists deliver evidence-based curricula (age-/content-appropriate) to philadelphia public school students in whole classrooms with the teacher present.the sap is designed to assess students (grades k-12) for concerns related to drug and alcohol misuse, emotional dysregulation, and behavioral/mental health issues. The 4 phases of the student assistance program are referral, screening/assessment, intervention/ recommendation, and aftercare. Sap is not a treatment program; rather, it is a comprehensive school-based program using trained personnel, and evidence-based intervention/recommendation to refer students and families to services in the community. Cadekids sap provided 256 students with targeted recommendations in the 2024-2025 school year. In fy25 the sap program also included some targeted support groups for high school students attending alternative schools.beginning in fy23, cadekids expanded its prevention education program offerings to include after school and summer programs reaching students in the crucial out of school time. Cadekids collaborated with community partners to provide fun-infused prevention education lessons and activities for students who live and/or attend school in the kensington neighborhood, one of the highest overdose communities in the city. In fy25, this also included and art-integrated saturday program that ran for 12 weeks.impact statement: cadekids teaches and mentors philadelphia public school students to stregthen their resiliency skills and empower them to make healthy choices. Founded in 1987, cadekids is a Pennsylvania-registered charitable organization that supports k-12th grade students in having the knowledge, skills, and community resources needed to succeed.cadekids' classroom education program helps k-8th grade public school students make good decisions by empowering students with the personal and social skill needed to avoid high-risk behaviors. In 2024-2025 the following number of students received each program:- 4,189 students received prevention education services- 1,187 students received a core gambling prevention program- 858 students received an additional gambling awareness program addressing gaming and social media use.- 45 students received the small group program targeting to students with significant social needs (girls circle and the council for boys and young men).- 49 students received out of school time services- cadekids focuses on elementary and middle schools located in philadelphia's most-stressed zip codes, which have the highest concentration of shootings, overdose deaths, and other environmental factors that can impact long-term well-beingour best-practice model helps students recognize their emotions to avoid self-destructive conflict. Dedicated prevention specialists maintain a year-long presence in their schools and provide students with essential life skills for academic success and staying on track for high school graduation. Cadekids has statistically significant evidence of effectiveness. In an august 2010 study of 6,200 program participants and 7,900 control group students, katherine meyers found "remarkable" fy09 results for cadekids' students, concentrated in philadelphia's lowest-performing public schools. Middle (ms) and elementary school (es) students who participated in cadekids were: -significantly more likely to have friends who did not use drugs (ms, 72%; es,

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 60.9%; rating input score 61
• Program expense ratio: 83.4%; rating input score 83
• Fundraising efficiency: $26.76 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 66; 66th 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: 26.9%; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.13; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.1; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 8.8%; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 9.1% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 8.9% per year; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 19.6% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings