Immerse Arkansas

What it reported doing in 2024

Abuse, neglect, and trauma have wreaked havoc on the relationships, identity, and resilience of youth from crisis making their transition to adulthood extremely difficult. Immerse Arkansas surrounds youth from crisis with unconditional relationships, tools that anticipate their needs and dreams, and a vision of their restored future. This approach is woven into a drop in youth center called "the oc", a youth shelter serving youth 18-24 called "the station", and a transitional living program serving youth 14-24 in both little rock and conway. Immerse Arkansas' oc youth center provides youth with critical supports for healthy adulthood. Through the oc, immerse inspires youth to achieve big goals, and connects them with tools and a community of support as provided through case management (coaching), life skills classes, mentorship, tutoring, and tangible supports including showers, laundry, and hot meals. The oc serves as the hub of immerse operations and serves all youth in immerse programming. Immerse's transitional program, lifebase, equips youth from crisis as they transition into adulthood. Through lifebase, youth are provided intensive, individualized coaching, life skills training, mentorship, and transitional housing provided through shared housing, apartments, or in foster and adoptive families. Key growth areas include 4 base domains including well-being, at least one (healthy, lasting relationship), safe and stable housing, and earning potential.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 62.6%; rating input score 63
• Program expense ratio: 76.2%; rating input score 76
• Fundraising efficiency: $13.33 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 47; 47th 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: 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: 7 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 78
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Fail
  • CEO compensation review process: Pass
  • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
  • 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%; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.97; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.05; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 4%; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 25.4% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 22.4% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 30.5% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings