Nuestra Escuela Inc

What it reported doing in 2024

Alternative education Program-Nuestra Escuela was founded as a a community-based organization with the primary function of providing to those youth who has abandoned the school with an alternative model of education to finish high school. The model focuses on the improvement of social and economic well-being while advancing its learning and educational attainment. A collaborative group of education social work and psychology experts develop an alternative educational program through an action-research process based on the principle that the social psychological situations of teens needed to be addressed alongside their academic goals in order for them to become productive members of society. The efforts have produced an effective community-based program in which student's competencies, self-esteem, family and peer relationships, and character are developed through caring and engaged personnel who work as a team. The present historic moment. requires hand-on transformation with a creative approach that focuses on the talent and I skills of youth paired with community and market needs in order to develop individuals who have the necessary skills and understanding to engage in projects and work that will support the culture, humanity and economy of our communities. For this reason, the model is not based on needs of what students lack, but rather skills and capacity development. The capacity is increased in the areas of bio-psychosocial.. academics, formation and entrepreneurship. The school has served 3,025 students, including active students and 1,663 graduates, with sustained retention of approximately 96% and attendance maintained in approximately 85%. Due largely to attitudinal changes in them, with reduction in violence and drug use and increase retention in post-high school studies. For year ended June 30, 2025, 513 students were served and 94 students graduated. Enterprising initiatives include vegetable garden fishing, agriculture and tourism. Other accomplishments include the insertion in Puerto Rico's public schools providing support for the adoption of the school model as a resource to increase student retention. At the international level, Nuestra Escuela is promoting and supporting the transformation of education in Latin America and Africa. In the America's 19 nations are currently.. represented. In Africa, the initiative proposes developing and promoting the school's alternative educational model.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 68.9%; rating input score 69
• Program expense ratio: 88%; rating input score 88
• Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 8 of 8 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: NotApplicable
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Pass
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 22.3%; rating input score 79; 79th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.73; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.27; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 1.6%; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 11.5% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 12.7% per year; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 21.1% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings