Mahube-otwa Community Action Partnership Inc

What it reported doing in 2024

Since 2018, mahube-otwa has been transforming our service delivery model to a whole family approach, shaped by the voices and experiences of the families we serve to create upward mobility for multiple generations of a family. In 2022, the organization further expanded its services to include employment and training. Families (including individuals, youth, seniors) can enter at any of the five levels and are supported to move up to the next level and shore up protections against backsliding: level 1 (safety) 39 households were served by emergency shelter.level 2 (benefits) 4,911 people received energy assistance; 350 obtained safe and affordable housing; 425 children received comprehensive head start services; and 705 children received childcare subsidies so their parents could work or attend school.level 3 (relationship-based coaching) 324 families created goal-oriented action plans with a trained upward mobility coach. 103 families enrolled in climb a weekly accountability commitment to following up on their goals.level 4 (asset-building) 67 families received financial coaching; 121 reproductive health care counseling; 239 seniors received homemaking and chore services to stay in their homes; 418 households had improved energy efficiency in their homes; 1,366 individuals served by the tax aid program.level 5 (leadership development / volunteerism) we supported leadership development of 27 low-income parents and youth in serving their community on advisory boards; kept 163 seniors active in volunteer opportunities in the community; supported 156 childcare programs with quality career coaching; and engaged 149 volunteers in a variety of ways in our programs.while working collaboratively to move people out of poverty and into family-sustaining jobs, mahube-otwa also worked on community level change including first steps toward a tiny home veterans village, supporting the opening of more pod-model family child care, increasing safety and quality of family, friend, and neighbor childcare, supporting former head start children bound for college or trade school, and purchasing a vacant building in mahnomen to remodel into a family resource center, and a building in park rapids for multi-purpose use including an indoor playground. The organization continues to deepen connections with area schools for early identification of families in need to support them before they fall into deeper crisis this is accomplished by operating a new family resource center and working with barr model schools in otter tail county, facilitating the family services collaborative in hubbard county, and working with homeless education liaisons and school social workers in all five counties. In this way, the organization strives to not only have outstanding accomplishments in the current year but to ensure a positive impact for the next generation.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 91.7%; rating input score 92
• Program expense ratio: 92.2%; rating input score 92
• Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: Limited
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
• 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: 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: 0.5%; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.43; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.34; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 1.4%; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 5.6% per year; rating input score 100; 46th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 4.7% per year; rating input score 100; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 3.5% per year; rating input score 100; 26th percentile among comparable filings