Dwight Hall at Yale

What it reported doing in 2024

Co-op after school - a signature program of dwight hall at yale co-op after school is the only after school model in the country that continually evolves around the needs of high school students to accomodate their voluntary participation. Since 2010, dwight hall at yale has been a recipient of the Connecticut state department of education's after school grant and has managed and operated the program in conjunction with new haven's cooperative arts and humanities interdistrict magnet high school. The program model is built on freedom of choice and breadth of opportunity, which leads to a depth of experience manifested in positive social relationships, increased self-expression, and higher academic performance.yale prison education initiative - a signature program of dwight hall at yalethe yale prison education initiative (ypei) was founded as a dwight hall program in 2016 to bring access to rigorous, for-credit yale liberal arts courses and other programming to incarcerated students in Connecticut prisons. In fiscal year 2025, ypei continued its expansion into a year-round degree-granting program in partnership with the university of new haven and offered college-to-career fellowships to formerly incarcerated students. As of 2025, the program has facilitated over 1,300 unique enrollments in credit-bearing yale or university of new haven college courses for 117 incarcerated students. Emerging projectsas a key component of our advance portfolio, dwight hall's emerging project sponsorship provides support to new haven community leaders addressing local needs by supplying: guidance for strategic planning, visioning, and program development; fiscal sponsorship and fiduciary services; and material resources such as workspaces, supplies, and technology.in the 2024-2025 academic year, dwight hall supported more than a dozen unique emerging projects and initiatives. These initiatives included enrich health, truancy lessened through collaboration initiative, yale biotech club, jeannot basima basketball camp and foundation, healing by growing farms, and others.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 77%; rating input score 77
• Program expense ratio: 90.6%; rating input score 91
• Fundraising efficiency: $20.04 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
  • Compensation committee: Missing
  • Independent consultant: Missing
  • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
  • Written employment contract: Missing
  • Compensation survey or study: Missing
  • Board or committee approval: Pass
• 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: 19.3%; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.48; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 5.5%; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 17.3% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 8.2% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 6.9% per year; rating input score 100; 45th percentile among comparable filings