Girard College

What it reported doing in 2024

Artist in residence program - ""be holding": be holding , an original performance using ross gay's book-length poem by the same name as a libretto/text, meditates on three impactful themes: black flight, black genius, and looking . The poem structures itself around the famous lay-up by philadelphia 76ers leg endary mvp julius erving (aka "dr. J.), a revered figure among philadelphia athletes/role models. Dr. J's balletic athleticism in the 1980 nba f inals--during which he flies for a seemingly impossibly long time before making that incredible shot--is "seen" through various lenses gay's 70-page, elegiac homage. The work's themes are particularly meaningful for girard, where young people of color are spring boarded to seek "flight" from trauma: to college, a career, a way out of upbringings marked by poverty, hunger, homelessness, abuse, addiction, neglect, violence and incarceration. As there are approximately 120 students who are in high school at girard college, all of them will ultimately either participate in or experience this program as a spectator. The project has two components: (1) a multi-year residency where the artists meet at girard in the fall and spring each year for a short development residency that will involve students of all ages engaged as improvisors, documentarians, writers and/or performers and (2) a fully-realized production run of an evening -length through-scored live performance.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
• Program expense ratio: 91.6%; rating input score 92
• Fundraising efficiency: $250.7 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 93; 93rd 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: 4 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 57
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
  • Whistleblower policy: Fail
  • Document-retention policy: Fail
  • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
  • 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: -12.1%; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 9.23; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 1.8% per year; rating input score 100; 25th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 1.2% per year; rating input score 100; 20th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 5.4% per year; rating input score 100; 41st percentile among comparable filings