Gather New Haven Inc (Formely New Haven Land Trust Inc)

What it reported doing in 2024

Wellness programfarm based wellness: the farm-based wellness program benefits low-income families of new haven who face risks for chronic diet related disease. This program grew out of fair haven community health care's diabetes prevention program. Participants are referred from healthcare providers and live within 200% of the federal poverty line. They participate in 16 consecutive weeks of hands-on education on the farm in this family based wellness program. The program continues on a monthly basis during the off-season. Participants receive baskets of fresh, organic farm produce on a weekly basis for the season, and attend one two-hour, on-farm educational session weekly. During those sessions, members participate in cooking classes and are given nutrition information about the nutrient-dense foods that they harvest that week, with culturally-relevant recipes for them to try at home. They are taught how to plant, harvest, and tend the vegetables, which gives them the added health benefit of being physically active. In addition, members participate in exercise classes and receive guided meditation practice to address all components of health and wellness. Graduates from the fbwp are encouraged to have their own vegetable plot in one of our active gardens.community health ambassadors: the community health ambassador (cha) program grew from the farm-based program (fbwp), with the intention to provide long term opportunities for leadership and involvement for women who have successfully graduated from the fbwp and wish to deepen their involvement with our work. We provide winter training in leadership, health advocacy, and peer to peer mentorship, providing the tools necessary for health ambassadors to work in various aspects to support the fbwp and current participants. Every winter, exemplary women farm-based wellness program graduates undergo training and participate in workshops to employ their leadership skills and learn behavior change methodologies to become the next generation of community change-makers. The following spring, they return to the farm-based wellness program as leaders and help the next generation of participants. They also provide program support and run additional exercise programming. This experience develops job skills and opportunities, as well as developing the communities in which the community health ambassadors live.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 90.9%; rating input score 91
• Program expense ratio: 72.2%; rating input score 72
• Fundraising efficiency: $7.83 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 30; 30th 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
• 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: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
  • 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: Fail
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

• Operating margin: -23.5%; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.82; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.07; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 8.8%; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 13.6% per year; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 13.6% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 1.5% per year; rating input score 100; 23rd percentile among comparable filings