Ready for School, Ready for Life

What it reported doing in 2024

Building a system of carethis program aims to create a coordinated network of services that ensures all families have access to the resources they need. The central initiative of this program is routes to ready, which uses navigators, child development specialists, and nurses in health care and community settings to universally reach, assess, and connect families to community resources. Routes to ready: in this multi-organization collaboration, non-medical staff work in healthcare settings, like obstetricians and pediatricians' offices, and nurse home visitors work in broader community spaces to reach and assess families. They help identify needs (including social determinants of health) and direct families to the appropriate local resources, such as parenting support, early intervention programs, and financial assistance. All of these partners also provide direct education, information, and support to varying degrees. Across routes to ready partners, 86% of families with identified needs with a known referral status have received at least one secured referral (meaning they have received the service).integrated data system (ids): the ids supports routes to ready by using technology to gather, track, and analyze data across programs (with consent of the client or parent/guardian). The ids helps leaders at both the collaborative and community levels make informed decisions, resulting in improved service delivery across routes to ready partners for individual families and improved system function for families across the community. This includes helping community leaders identify and fill resource gaps. 3 of 4 routes to ready partners have already been onboarded to the ids.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 92.1%; rating input score 92
• Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
• Fundraising efficiency: $31,970.45 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 100; 100th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
  • Compensation committee: Missing
  • Independent consultant: Missing
  • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
  • Written employment contract: Missing
  • Compensation survey or study: Missing
  • Board or committee approval: Missing
• 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 66th 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: Fail
  • CEO compensation review process: Fail
  • 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: 7.9%; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.14; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.29; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 93; 93rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 143.1% per year; rating input score 100; 100th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 142.7% per year; rating input score 100; 100th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: -23.7% per year; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings