Mikaylas Voice

What it reported doing in 2025

Inclusion books: mikayla's voice has published four children's books written and illustrated by kids for other kids about having a friend with a disability. Mikayla was born with a brain injury (our friend mikayla), jeffrey has down syndrome (high fives and a big heart), brady is challenged by autism (super brady ~ always on the move!), and dot has a yellow spot (the spot), but these books are not about the main characters or their disabilities. They are about friendship. And kindness.inclusion art projects: students of all abilities work together to create large- scale artwork (wheels of friendship) or small interactive artwork (kaya's kaleidoscope) to celebrate inclusion in school. Their art is permanently displayed in school as a beautiful reminder that it is always possible to include everyone! Mikayla's bookshelf enrichment website:"mikayla's bookshelf" includes electronic versions of all four books making it easier to share them with all classes, students, and families. But the books are just the foundation upon which we have built additional enrichment lessons with the themes of kindness and friendship for teachers and older students to introduce and/or reinforce mikayla's voice message and mission with younger students.school assemblies: mikayla's voice delivers school-wide assemblies, where we share the book our friend mikayla, and are joined by a co-presenter (student or young adult with a disability) who also shares their personal story. We encourage all questions, providing honest answers and further discussion about having a friend with a disability. Each presentation concludes with an invitation for all students to serve as mikayla's "voice."middle and high school mentor program: when we deliver our program in jr. & sr. High schools, we encourage staff to allow students to become mentors to the younger students within their district. Mentors use our books and enrichment website to share mikayla's voice mission through reading one of our four books and completing enrichment activities. Our philosophy has always been to inspire and empower children and young adults to include everyone and teach others to do the same."tri for inclusion" is a priceless opportunity for children and adults of all abilities to race side-by -side in something they had not likely dreamed possible -compete in a usat sanctioned triathlon. Individuals or teams sign up to swim, bike and run or to be part of a relay team. Their efforts show our entire community that there is always a way to include everyone, even in a challenging sporting event.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 82%; rating input score 82
• Program expense ratio: 83.1%; rating input score 83
• Fundraising efficiency: $17.64 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 92.3%; rating input score 92; 24th 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; 64th percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: Pass
  • 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: 2.9%; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
• Officer compensation ratio: 31.2%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 7.4% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 16.1% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 9.3% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings