Emily Krzyzewski Center Inc

What it reported doing in 2024

The center operates four programs that are all aligned with the goal of providing academic support, college readiness and college completion support for students who face the most pronounced barriers to successfully navigating and completing higher education. Our three enrollment-based elementary through college programs, (k to college programs) are described below.the pioneer scholars program ensures that our elementary and middle school students are building their academic and personal leadership skills, achieving in school, and laying the foundation for future college success. During the 2024-2025 academic year, a total of 79 students participated in the pioneer scholars, including 45 elementary students and 34 middle school students. The program operated in person five days per week for an average of 7.5 hours per week of instructional time, plus an additional 7.5 hours per week for pre-programming activities, including physical recreation and homework assistance. In a widespread environment of learning loss, our scholars demonstrated modest learning gains and ended the year above state metrics for their demographic: for students in grades 3-8, 61% met or exceeded statewide reading benchmarks and 69% met or exceeded math benchmarks. Additionally, in an effort to stem summer learning loss, the pioneer scholars program also operated a three-week summer scholars program. 87 students attended summer scholars and completed a total of 108 hours of in-person, project-based academic enrichment and skill-building designed to ensure their readiness for the year ahead. Lastly, in addition to academic enrichment and support, all students benefited from the integration of socioemotional learning based on the casel framework into programming. These activities were designed to proactively build students' ability to manage emotions, cope with stress and problem-solve. The scholars to college program is designed to assist high school students who face barriers to higher education to succeed academically and personally, graduating from high school scholarship-eligible and college-ready. This year, our 108 enrolled high school students participated in an average of up to 3 hours of weekly curriculum-based instruction, individualized academic coaching and college advising, 1:1 tutoring, standardized test preparation, college visits, leadership development and cultural enrichment activities. Additionally, students attended a one-week summer "boot camp" totaling an average of 15 hours of direct instruction. Our juniors in the class of 2026 participated in 10 hours of act test prep. As a result of this intervention, our scholars demonstrated an average 32% increase in their scores, and 70% of our scholars demonstrated proficiency, as compared with the local district proficiency rate of 40%. 100% of our high school seniors graduated high school on time, and this group of 19 seniors earned 109 college acceptances to 39 colleges. The majority (80%) of their direct college costs are covered by gift aid. Finally, socioemotional learning embedded into scholars to college programming included setting healthy boundaries, goal setting, coping with stress and anxiety, defining and solving problems, managing your emotions, and managing financial and school decisions. 12% of students in this program received 1:1 socioemotional support to assist them in overcoming specific challenges. The scholars on campus program ensures that students who complete the scholars to college program and opt to continue in our college completion program successfully transition to and complete higher education by supporting their development in the areas of academic and campus engagement, career development, and financial responsibility through a robust advising and support model. This year, 119 scholars on campus students, who are in their first through sixth year of college, participated in pre-college transition programming, capacity-building workshops, individualized advisin

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 88.7%; rating input score 89
• Program expense ratio: 73.7%; rating input score 74
• Fundraising efficiency: $4.89 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
  • Compensation committee: Missing
  • Independent consultant: Missing
  • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
  • Written employment contract: Pass
  • Compensation survey or study: Pass
  • Board or committee approval: Pass
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 95.8%; rating input score 96; 26th percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 9 of 9 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: Pass
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Pass
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

• Operating margin: -18.4%; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.78; rating input score 83; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 89; 89th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 15.7%; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 7.7% per year; rating input score 100; 54th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 4.1% per year; rating input score 100; 35th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 8.4% per year; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings