Minnesota Neighborhoods Organizing for Change Inc

What it reported doing in 2016

Civic Engagement: NOC will continue the work of expanding access for under resourced communities and communities of color into more participatory and transparent relationship with civic participation and democratic processes. Well focus on passing a legislative bill that would restore voting rights to those with a past criminal records, connecting to the presidential and statewide elections in 2016 and building for the Minneapolis city wide elections in 2017.Transit: NOC is currently organizing a base of transit rider in under resourced Wards in Minneapolis. Were working in coalition to secure a commitment from the Met Council, the City of Minneapolis to build the SWLRT Line, which could produce access to improved transit stop amenities, better bus options, housing and business development for residents throughout the Minneapolis metro region. Education: NOC will canvass and survey neighborhoods in Minneapolis and st Paul, working to get feedback from community members on the resource that could be housed in their neighborhood public schools. Well then leverage these demands to make an ask on the MN Legislature in 2016 and 2017 to expand the current funding commitment and produce more and better community schools throughout the Metro region.Future of Work: NOC is currently working on a suite of issues related to the future of work in Minnesota. Our focus will be on the intersection of race, the economy and progressive policies that address our worst-in-the-nation racial jobs gap. The following buckets of work will be included included: Earned Sick Days: Well work in coalition to push an ordinance in Minneapolis and St Paul and a statewide bill in 2016.Fair Scheduling: Well work in coalition to push a Minneapolis ordinance and a statewide bill in 2016.Municipal wage increase: Well work in coalition to raise the minimum wage in Minneapolis through a ballot initiative in 2016-17.Federal Reserve: Well work to gain more local control of the Federal reserve in MN, including an impact on a new board chair appointment, and a focus on local lending on infrastructure projects. The goal is to keep interest from rising and create a working partnership with our local Minneapolis Federal Reserve chapter.Environmental Justice: Since 2013 NOC has been working to incorporate an environmental justice platform into our campaign work. This has become a clear mandate of a core group of members, pushing an urban gardening agenda as well as a campaign to target the HERC garbage incinerator and push. In 2016-17 we plan to push Hennepin County to adopt a divestment strategy with the incinerator and move Minneapolis to become a zero waste city.Police accountability: NOC is well positioned to move some local police accountability measures, both in Minneapolis and throughout the State. Weve held a series of community accountability meeting and actions, drawing thousands of community members into the conversation.Event photos: NOC meeting and direct actionMember produced video of meeting and direct action: #BlackLivesMatterOur 2016-17 framing includes three major buckets: 1.Incremental reforms (body cams, local hires, data collection, etc).2.Invest/Divest framework, routing money aware from militarized police departments and into community supported efforts that reduce poverty and increase public safety.3.Abolition. We believe that the current state of policing in America was initiated to punitively enforce capital interests and protect the fundamental tenants of white supremacy. It is not an effective public service tool and not contributing to collective public safety. Well work to envision a less punitive and more restorative and transformative model of public safety.People of Color (POC) Table alignment: NOC is widely regarded as a movement hub and as much as it is recognized as a traditional non-profit. We have leveraged our current status to align a core group of vetted, trusted, highly capable leaders of color to move collective power, rooted in co

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 98.6%; rating input score 99
• Program expense ratio: 83.3%; rating input score 83
• Fundraising efficiency: $17.76 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 91.7%; rating input score 92; 8th percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: Limited
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: 80.1%; rating input score 80; 30th 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; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 3 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 38
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
  • Whistleblower policy: Fail
  • Document-retention policy: Fail
  • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
  • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Fail
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

• Operating margin: -18.4%; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.27; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.34; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 5.4%; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 46.4% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: -7.5% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: -27.6% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings