Inspiring Minds of New York City Inc

What it reported doing in 2024

After-School and Summer Programming is offered weekly for students focusing on education, mentoring, leadership, arts, civic engagement, college and career readiness, internships, personal development and so much more. At Inspiring Minds, students work in a happy, safe and structured environment that encourages them to become the next generation of leaders.The Life Goal Labs curriculum is an emotional wellness and leadership program for high school students ages 13-20, inspired by the healing philosophies of indigenous cultures from around the world. The program uses nature as a thematic guide to support participants as they awaken their personal leadership style. It arms students with tools for emotional literacy, stress reduction, and body awareness so that they may access their inner compass for success. During the pandemic, this program became Coed due to an increasing demand of health and wellness for the boys. The Sankofa Young Mens Empowerment Program will provide students with a holistic educational experience designed to assist them in cultivating their leadership skills. This 10-week experience will draw on principles from West African rite of passage ceremonies that prepare boys to transition into manhood. Through multimedia presentations and engaging activities that challenge the group to work collectively, students will be provided a safe forum to assist them in their development. During the pandemic this transitioned to being a coed program due to George Floyd and the rising popularity of Black Lives Matter. Girls needed the services from this program to provide a platform for them to discuss their concerns about the racial tension in this country. Internships Targeting seniors in high school, participants will receive 20 hours of training around professionalism, work etiquette and will explore different sectors in the field. Students will be assigned internships after they have completed their training and will go through a reflection and next step process with the Internship Coordinator. College Tours Inspiring Minds will set up 2 college tours each year for all students participating in IM programming. Students will learn about admissions, different areas of study, the life and journey of a college student from current students, fraternities/sororities and scholarship opportunities. The first tour will be local and the 2nd tour will be out of state. CIVICS In partnership with YeyeX, Inspiring Minds built a culturally responsive academic intervention that will include music videos, songs tailored to the content and a curriculum guide. The school will choose the academic area of focus and assign an educator from their staff to support the team with aligning the curriculum. We focus on the following activities under each Area of Impact: Education: We assist our youth with homework; tutoring; provide them with learning activities focusing on reading, language arts, STEM, entrepreneurship, and financial literacy; provide them frequent monitoring of each student's interim grades, report cards, and state test scores; and provide our youth with incentives for student academic and behavioral achievement. College & Career Readiness: We provide our youth with career guidance and exploration; take them on company tours (including The White House, Coca Cola, Warner Brothers & Universal Studios, Ohio State House, Cleveland Indians, Madison Square Garden, The Apollo, Lucas Oil Stadium - Indianapolis Colts, General Motors, and BET Headquarters); provide them with college tours (colleges and universities visited include Penn State University, Purdue University, University of Southern California, Parsons School of Art & Design, The Art Institutes, University of Notre Dame, Thiel College, Duke University, The Ohio State University, and Bowling Green State University); and assist them with professional development such as resume writing, mock interviews, job shadowing, career camps, and internship opportunities. Exposure to New E

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 66.2%; rating input score 66
• Program expense ratio: 93.2%; rating input score 93
• Fundraising efficiency: Limited

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: 3 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 38
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Fail
  • Document-retention policy: Fail
  • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
  • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Missing
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 29%; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.73; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.06; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 6.6%; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 45.2% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 41.9% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 48.1% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings