New Heights Youth Inc

What it reported doing in 2024

New heights uses basketball as a "hook" to engage young men and women. They harness the participants' excitement and talent on the basketball court as means to focus their attention on the values of life skills that stretch beyond athletic competition and as a tool to help them access high quality educational opportunities. New heights currently runs one core program, "college bound", with multiple components. College bound offers a comprehensive middle school and high school educational program which takes place daily during after school and saturdays and all day during the summer. The approach is to intensively invest in middle school students to prepare them for college preparatory high schools and then support their ongoing success throughout high school and beyond. The program offers comprehensive middle school and high school educational programming and support services that seek to develop each participant to ensure his or her successful transition and achievement through middle school, high school and college. These services include the following: high school assist - supports 4th-8th graders as they prepare for the transition from middle to high school. Services include after-school classroom sessions focused on academic skills development and social emotional learning, one-on-one and small group tutoring, test prep, high school application guidance, high school visits, financial aid advisement and individualized counseling.college assist - provides our high school student-athletes with the individual support necessary to gain admission to competitive colleges and universities, as well as group workshops that equip them with the hard and soft skills necessary to thrive in college and beyond. Services include sat/act prep, one-on-one and small group tutoring for students who are struggling in specific subjects, financial aid and college application support, campus visits, life skills development and ncaa recruiting and eligibility guidance. Summer academy - a 5-week day camp that combines academic enrichment with basketball skills development for our middle school youth. In 2022, our curriculum grew to include financial literacy, technology and coding, health and wellness, and sports and social justice. For rising 7th-9th graders, we also offered a special week away at the phelps school in Pennsylvania where student-athletes participated in projectbased learning and team-building exercises in a setting outside of New York city.career assist - provides ongoing support to college bound alumni who matriculate to college in order to ensure that they graduate on time and are career ready. Services include college course and major selection, resume building, interview skills workshops, professional networking opportunities, internship assistance and career exposure.the foundation - a series of 8-week basketball clinics targeted to children ages 7-14 who live in community district 9 (but open to youth throughout New York city). In addition to building introductory basketball skills on the court, these weekend clinics provide participants with classroom sessions focused on social emotional learning and life skills development. To date, the foundation has enrolled hundreds of young people and engaged a number of sports-based organizations who lend their expertise.for fiscal year ended august 31, 2025, college bound served 343 student-athletes and fielded 19 teams from failing schools and economically disadvantaged backgrounds.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 80.2%; rating input score 80
• Program expense ratio: 71.7%; rating input score 72
• Fundraising efficiency: $6.69 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
  • Compensation committee: Pass
  • Independent consultant: Missing
  • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
  • Written employment contract: Missing
  • Compensation survey or study: Missing
  • 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: 95.7%; rating input score 96; 26th 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: -11.3%; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.68; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.12; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 18.6%; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 8.6% per year; rating input score 100; 58th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 8.5% per year; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 17.2% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings