Jamestown Community Center

What it reported doing in 2024

For over 50 years, the jamestown community center has been providing learning opportunities and safe spaces for youth in the mission district and surrounding neighborhoods of san francisco. Our number of annual youth participation has grown significantly from 750 participants to 4,000 participants ranging from zero- to twenty four-year olds. Jamestown fulfills its mission with a full range of early education, educational enrichment, academic support, leadership, employment, sports and counseling and prevention programs.early education programs: reading together. Weekly program offered to families and their children. Activities focus on kinder preparedness and importance of reading with and to a child.educational enrichment programs: s se puede. K-2nd graders are provided with academic support, as well as an enrichment or recreation activities. Brain soup. Elementary school youth in 3rd-5th grade participate in after-school dance, multimedia, theater, recreation, and cooking classes with an emphasis on developing reading and writing skills. Summer playhouse. Elementary school youth (k-5th grade) spend the summer season engaged in arts education and structured recreation and also take field trips throughout san francisco. After-school explorations (ase). Middle school youth take part in after-school cooking, skateboarding, and martial arts classes emphasizing decision-making and leadership skills. Summer voyage. In the summer, middle school youth plan and budget weekly activities and projects around a theme. Like ase, decision-making and leadership skills are emphasized.academic tutoring program: one on one tutoring program. Elementary, middle, and high school youth who are performing one or more years below grade level receive intensive, individualized tutoring from college students. Youth leadership and employment programs: peer education program (pep). Youth, ages 17 to 19, create age-appropriate violence prevention and sexual/reproductive health workshops targeted at youth in jamestowns programs. Peer educators also co-facilitate peer support groups.cam tobacco prevention program: community action model focused on leadership development among teens to work on reducing the use and abuse of tobacco products among teens in the community. Cmca alcohol abuse prevention program: community action model focused on leadership development among teens to work on reducing the environment and culture in the neighborhood that fosters alcohol abuse.youth in charge (yic). Young people who have been with jamestown for three or more years can serve in yic, jamestowns leadership corps. Yic gives the executive director and board advice about program directions and budgets and represents jamestown in the community. Youth apprentices program (yap). High school youth interested in working with youth receive on-the-job training as apprentices in the enrichment programs, the jamestown office, and other community based organizations school-based programs. These youth work closely with mentors and attend bi-weekly job readiness training. Sports programs: organized teams. Boys and girls play on soccer (year-round) and teams that compete in city-wide leagues. These programs also include workshops on health, sportsmanship, and gender-specific issues.girls soccer. Girls 3rd grade through 8th grade play in recreational soccer teams, learn new skills, and participate in workshops on health, sportsmanship, and gender-specific issues. The teams compete against other schools through an indoor soccer tournament that is organized collaboratively by several community-based organizations.girls and boys sports camp. In the summer, girls and boys further their soccer skills and participate in new activities, such as self-defense techniques, yoga, and fencing. Arts educationprovide culturally responsive arts programs for all ages. Printmaking and graphic design sessions are bult around social-emotional learning to support participants, increase confidence, self-expre

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 67.2%; rating input score 67
• Program expense ratio: 84.7%; rating input score 85
• Fundraising efficiency: $15.32 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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: 90.9%; rating input score 91; 21st 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: NotApplicable
  • 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: 20.9%; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.02; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.05; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 2.9%; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 9.8% per year; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 10.6% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 19.5% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings