Northside Center for Child Development Day School

What it reported doing in 2024

Northside center for child development day school (the "school") operates a comprehensive treatment center dedicated to meeting the social, emotional and educational needs of children and their families, principally through the operation of its day school special education programs. The school provides educational and clinical services for children, ages from birth to eight years old and children who are experiencing language deficits, emotional or behavioral difficulties, learning disabilities and mild neurological impairments. The school fosters the healthy development of children and families and seek to empower them to respond constructively to negative societal factors including racism and deprivation. Through comprehensive, high quality mental health and educational services, coupled with research, children and families are aided in developing to their full potential. Northside center for child development day school (the "school") serves families with children ages zero to eight: at their homes; at our day school at our main site on 108th street; at our susan patricof head start center on east 111th street; and at partner organizations within the community. Northside offers early care and education initiatives to promote nurturing environments where typically developing and special needs children grow in their cognitive, social, literacy and physical development. Northside center's early intervention program involves a close collaborative effort between parents, service coordinators, evaluators, and the New York city early intervention program to develop individualized family service plans outlining the combination of social work, speech, occupational, physical therapies, special instruction (group and individual) and family training that will be provided over the course of the year. Northside also offers applied behavior analysis treatment (aba) for children on the autism spectrum. They have multi-lingual/multi-cultural early intervention service coordinators, which allows us to help more children and families in a geographic area where many residents are non-english speaking or for whom english is not their primary language. Services are provided in the home and in the center. Eligibility can only be determined by state approved evaluators under contract with the New York city department of health and mental hygiene. One of the program's major objectives is to teach families how to use every day routines to assist their child's development. June 30, 2025, northside served 452 children in our early intervention program. The goal of the pre-k program is to provide intensive individualized interventions which combine clinical and educational support for children ages 2.5 through 5 years of age. These children exhibit emotional difficulties, language disorders, learning disabilities and/or mild neurological impairment. The early childhood classrooms with high staff to child ratios offer a supportive and nurturing environment. Each class has a certified special education teacher and two assistants. The curriculum focuses on language development as well as other school readiness skills including physical and emotional strength development. Speech and language therapy, occupational, physical therapy and counseling are all part of our holistic approach to care. For the year ended june 30, 2025, northside served 122 students in our special needs program, day treatment and integrated as part of our pre-k program. Northside center's school-age program provides early and intensive individualized interventions which combine clinical and educational services for children ages 5 to 8. These children may be experiencing emotional difficulties, developmental delays or severe language and learning disabilities. Each class is led by a licensed special education teacher and two assistant teachers. The curriculum focuses on language development, school readiness. Reading and math skills as well as gross and fine motor skills. Our school a

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
• Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
• Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
  • Compensation committee: Missing
  • Independent consultant: Missing
  • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
  • Written employment contract: Missing
  • Compensation survey or study: Missing
  • Board or committee approval: Missing
• 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; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 7 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 78
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: Fail
  • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Pass
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

• Operating margin: -2.8%; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 6.49; rating input score 87; 87th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.96; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 10.7%; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 2% per year; rating input score 100; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 0.6% per year; rating input score 100; 14th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 32.8% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings