Harlem Lacrosse and Leadership Corporati

What it reported doing in 2024

The class of 2025 saw a cohort of 61 students graduate as harlem lacrosse student-athletes. These students benefited from up to seven years of athletic, academic, and social-emotional enrichment supported by a trusting relationship between the student, their family, and harlem lacrosse. Outcomes for this cohort are compelling, with 100% pursuing post-secondary education and earning a collective $1.6mm annually to aid in their persistence. These graduates join a growing an impressive harlem lacrosse alumni network that is starting to five back to the future generations of hl students.academic achievements: halrem lacrosse particpants are student-athletes, pursuing success on and off the field. This school year, participants continued to demonstrate academic success and growth. In a post-covid world, schools are finding chronic absenteeism rates to be a significant barroer to learning with a 28% chronic absenteeism rate nationally. Harlem lacrosse is supporting student-athletes in addressing chronic absenteeism. Participants who were chronically absent the year prior attended an average of six more days of school in 2024. Student-athletes' families shared that being part of hl improved academic motivation (90%) and academic performance (85%) in the classroom. Hl participants averaged an 80.8% gpa and most importantly, students who averaged below a 70% gpa last school year, showed an improvement of 15% in their gpa this school year. Students who struggled the prior academic year achieved the largest increases in their gpa this year.athletic achievements: lacrosse is at the core of everything we do. Our commitment to building lacrosse competency has enabled us to field competitive boys and girl's national teams that proudly feature elite players from all five harlem lacrosse regions}}}a testament to the athletic growth players experience within our program. Across the board this year, student-athletes saw tangible growth in their physical fitness. In partnership with the boston children's hospital, we measured the impact of our athletic programming. The pacer test is a maximal exercise test administered as a back-and-forth shuttle run. With progressive increases in pace, children complete as many laps as possible. Lap scores are interpreted using healthy fitness zone minimum standards. A score 100% indicates a child is in the healthy fitness zone. Youth in the hfz are less likely to develop metabolic syndrome, decreasing their risk for cardiovascular disease and diabetes. The numbers tell a compelling story: our participants' hfz scores increased significantly by an average of 29.8 percentage points over the 2023-24 school year. The most sizable improvements came from those starting with lower fitness levels (hfz<100), demonstrating our program's profound impact on vulnerable children with remarkable statistical confidence.social-emotional growth: a foundation of the harlem lacrosse model is a focus on supporting youth to develop critical social emotional skills and mindsets that help them to achieve their goals. This year, 94% of hl students grew in at least one of our five core areas of social emotional growth. 94% of families reported that their children improved relationships with their peers and 87% of families reported that their child had improved relationships with adults as a result of harlem lacrosse. Furthermore, 94% of families and 92% of school partners reported that harlem lacrosse and leadership their child developed a growth mindset as a result of harlem lacrosse. Harlem lacrosse plays a critical role in forging meaningful relationships in the lives of participants and building soft skills in the classroom, on the field, and in the community.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 76.5%; rating input score 77
• Program expense ratio: 69.2%; rating input score 69
• Fundraising efficiency: $7.35 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 94.1%; rating input score 94; 23rd 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: 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: -10.2%; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.36; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.08; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 10.9%; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 18% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 18.1% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 14.1% per year; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings