Grace Foundation of New York

What it reported doing in 2024

GRACE's Site-Based Respite Sessions includes Friday Night (Club Life), Your Choice, Summer Stock, Summer Respite, Performing Arts, Creative Arts, and Baseball.GRACE's Recreation Sessions included Gym, Dinner Club, and bowling.---The Baseball Session is a weekly instructional session (April October), in the community, designed to teach all aspects of game play, with a strong emphasis on Teamwork and Social Skills. ---The Bowling Session is designed to encourage a positive atmosphere in the community (October May). Participants enjoy developing their bowling abilities, with a strong emphasis on building Social Skills and Teamwork. ---The GRACE Foundation PS 55 Gym Session is designed to address Physical Strengthening, Increased Mobility, Advanced Social Skills, and Teamwork. Individuals participate in Stretching, Arm Exercises, Ball Play: (Catch, Basketball, Soccer, Pitching, etc.), along with Aerobic Movement to Music. _____________________________________________________________________________Friday Night Teen Sessions - Club L.I.F.E. (Learning, Independence, Fun, and Empower) are sessions designed to encourage decision making, socialization, creativity, and friendship building for teens and young adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Participants will plan a weekly schedule of activities under the supervision of trained staff. The activities include but are not limited to social interaction, on-site movies, video games, seasonal activities, community service and daily living skills. ___________________________________________________________________________________Your Choice - Sessions for teens and young adults focusing on health and wellness, creative art design and hands-on food. ____________________________________________________________________________________Dinner Club - A session designed for Teens/Young Adults to enhance and improve social/communication skills and money management in a dining setting that provides positive, productive community inclusion. ___________________________________________________________________________________Performing Arts - Sessions designed to introduce song structure, pitch, tone, harmony, movement and team spirit with a strong emphasis on effective communication and performance value. These sessions include Grace-ful GLEE and Summer Stock. ____________________________________________________________________________________Creative Arts Sessions - A weekly session for teens and young adults that focuses on artists and painting techniques programs. ____________________________________________________________________________________A total of 220 individuals participated in the company's Respite program with a total of 32,188 program hours for the year ended June 30, 2025.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 69.8%; rating input score 70
• Program expense ratio: 84.8%; rating input score 85
• Fundraising efficiency: $1.76 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 94.4%; rating input score 94; 24th 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: 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: 18.4%; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.54; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.09; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 5.5%; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 12.8% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 13.7% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 17.7% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings