New Beginnings Reentry Services Inc

What it reported doing in 2025

New beginnings holistically provides reentry services for women in the boston area and offers them the highest chance of success to permanently return to their families and communities.through our programs and services clients learn to express feelings appropriately improving their social skills and relationships while strengthening the innumerable roles they play in their personal and professional lives. There has been evidence that those who received drama therapy show a significant improvement in their self-image self-esteem and self-discipline.refer to schedule o for additional program information trauma-informed services new beginnings provides trauma-informed services. We recognize that trauma plays a role in justice involvement. Trauma is common among women in the criminal justice system with an estimated 96 percent of women reporting at least one traumatic event in their lifetime and many have experienced on average six different traumatic events. Although traumatic experiences can affect both men and women involved in the justice system women experience trauma at a higher rate than men do and also more often experience negative consequences of trauma e.g. Post-traumatic stress disorder. Trauma may be experienced through events such as abuse or neglect and historical events such as the holocaust and slavery among others. Traumatic events particularly exposure to repeated events can impact the structure and function of the brain - especially in younger individuals - and influence subsequent coping responses to stress and everyday life events. This may result in unhealthy detrimental responses to stressful situations. Nbrs includes trauma-informed practices to effectively address each womans experiences. Covid -19 outreach and educationin Massachusetts covid-19 has turned prisons and jails into virus hot zones. Dozens of inmates died and infections were on the rise. The crisis prompted corrections officials to release many women with no place to go. New beginnings has worked with the boston health commission to provide much needed ppe housing and other resources to formerly incarcerated women.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 75.4%; rating input score 75
• Program expense ratio: 75.3%; rating input score 75
• Fundraising efficiency: $16.05 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th 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: 5 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 71
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
  • 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: -0.2%; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.68; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.16; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 12.6% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: -2.5% per year; rating input score 0; 13th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: -5.4% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings