On the Road Collaborative

What it reported doing in 2024

4th program - high school readiness our 8th and 9th grade academies provide increased opportunities for our youth as they transition to high school and move through the more rigorous and independent high school experience. These academies follow a set curriculum (personal development, community building, success skills, future planning) that is based on extensive research as to what youth need during these pivotal years, as well as our own observations during the first years of on the road. 8th and 9th grade academies meet twice per week, with one day devoted to career enrichment courses and the other day focused on this curriculum. Academic coaching and college trips are also included. 5th program - college exploration to help our youth learn more about post-secondary options and the college application process, we take between 4-6 college trips every year, including both in- and out-of-state schools. This gives our youth the opportunity to learn more about a variety of colleges and universities and begin planning how to reach their professional goals. We want our youth to experience a college campus, learn more about majors and on-campus opportunities, and be inspired to start planning their next steps toward their professional goals. In addition to these exploration trips, we also help guide our youth through the college application and scholarship process, so they have the necessary support and hands-on experience with the practical side of planning for college and career. Other program notes: program expansion and youth participation: during the 2024-2025 school year, we successfully expanded our program services to waynesboro high school. This allowed us to continue serving the youth that became part of our community at kcms the year before. Through our after-school and summer learning programs, we served 398 youth last school year across five program sites, empowering them with equal access to edcuational opportunities and hands-on career experiences and helping to close the 6,000 hour learning gap. Continued to expand our transportation solution to ensure youth access to programs by adding an additional vehicle: we secured grant funding to purchase a 4th vehicle, further increasing our capacity to transport students home from program each day.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 77.5%; rating input score 78
• Program expense ratio: 81.1%; rating input score 81
• Fundraising efficiency: $16.29 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings

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: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
  • 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: Fail

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 4.5%; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.39; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.06; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 14.4%; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 18.4% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 18.3% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 13.9% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings