Meeting Street

What it reported doing in 2024

Each year meeting street serves approximately 5,000 children of all abilities in a variety of inclusive settings. Our early childhood services team works with children from prenatal to kindergarten across a variety of programs, including early head start (program supports parents' efforts to fulfill their parental roles and move families toward self-sufficiency; serves children birth to age three and their families in providence); early intervention (services for children birth to age three with developmental delays, disabilities, or who are at risk); early learning center (nationally accredited center for children of all abilities age six weeks through pre kindergarten); healthy families america (national evidence-based maternal and child home visiting program that pairs expectant mothers or families with newborns with a family support workers); state pre-k (state funded program providing free, high quality pre kindergarten classes; and wic (program offers nutrition advice and provides checks for healthy food to qualifying families). Our school age services team serves children and adolescents from kindergarten to age twenty two across two programs. The grace school (k-8) is our inclusive school providing rigorous academics and individualized instruction for students with and without disabilities. The carter school (high school) supports education, vocational opportunities, and recreational and social activities for students with disabilities tailored to each student's specific interests and abilities.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 85.9%; rating input score 86
• Program expense ratio: 77.2%; rating input score 77
• Fundraising efficiency: $7.59 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: 5 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 83
  • Compensation committee: Pass
  • Independent consultant: Pass
  • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
  • Written employment contract: Pass
  • Compensation survey or study: Pass
  • Board or committee approval: Pass
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd 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: -9.8%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.72; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.54; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 7.8%; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 3.8% per year; rating input score 100; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 3.3% per year; rating input score 100; 28th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 6.1% per year; rating input score 100; 43rd percentile among comparable filings