Innovista USA

What it reported doing in 2010

Leadership formation is our chosen language for a wide array of processes and tools that are deployed to grow the next generation of leaders (age 18-35). History shows that sustained mission is always led - especially essential for sustained mission for the emerging generation. Young leaders have terrific vision, drive and creativity but often lack the training and resources that will release their full potential and develop them for long-term outreach-oriented leadership. Innovista's leadership formation aims to develop long-term leaders by resourcing their growth at the key stage of their life and formation. We therefore focus on the following: action-learning: where leaders have a real-life laboratory to test and apply learningholistic development: developing, for example, emotional and relational health as well as the strategic and theological. This is key to a long-term leadership.mission orientation: leading culturally engaged mission, especially to young people in their late teens and twenties.growth together: emphasizing learning from others and growing teams of leaders. The conference-like gatherings provide inspiration, networking opportunities and give a taste of the kind of leadership development that is described above. Our aim is that this taste is so "good", that the young leaders want more, which pushes them into a longer term (and higher impact) formation experience.coaching and mentoring: for those we consider to be particularly high potential and who are already in strategic positions.tempo: two years of intensive leadership development for small groups of young leaders. Small groups gather for two day "development intensives" every two or three months and in between these intensives they interact via the web around shared reading and live ministry projects.local networks and training events: in select countries, innovista's staff is regularly working with churches, ministry organizations and networks to develop younger leaders. This takes a variety of forms, and includes the opportunity to access other leadership formation resources.the leading for life conference is our annual gathering for young leaders from across europe. As well as receiving input from experienced speakers, participants will have the opportunity for one-on-one coaching as a part of a "taste" of the holistic leadership development that we are pursuing.innovating mission goes hand-in-hand with developing leaders. It is essential that innovista be engaged in ongoing mission initiatives that inform our innovation and the development of leaders. Where appropriate we will put this innovation into easy-to-use resources and tools that enable local churches to communicate the gospel to young people. In the context of our on-going mission, as well as that of the leaders and the ministries we serve, we indentify and develop new tools that speak the language of the emerging generation. Rigorous real-life research and testing develops ideas into resources that can be easily and widely used.this area is focused on releasing christ-following young people for effective mission with an emphasis on communicating the gospel effectively. Reaching a generation requires that every christ-follower of this generation be involved and, for the vast majority, training is required to convert motivation into action. Our training of christians for evangelism has a dual focus: a. Training for "every day mission"this is about equipping christ-followers to share their faith and the gospel in the context of everyday life and relationships. For the last seven years, our primary tool for this has been the course, becoming a contagious christian. Under an agreement with zondervan publishers, this material was adapted by innovista for the european context and has been translated into nine languages. During this time more than 20,000 young people have been trained and more than 150 trainers trained, enabling ongoing training to be delivered locally - a key to sustained evang

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: Limited
• Program expense ratio: Limited
• Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: Limited
• Foreign activity oversight: Scored; rating input score 0
• Grant itemization coverage: Scored; rating input score 0
• 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: 4 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 57
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • 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: Missing
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

• Operating margin: -19.9%; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.1; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 1.49; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: Limited
• Revenue growth: Limited
• Asset growth: Limited