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What it reported doing in 2024

The center offers hospitality, educational opportunities and advocacy to adult immigrants, especially women, who are striving to better their lives. In 2024, 174 volunteers gave a total of 4,878 hours of volunteer service to support the programs. The center provided united states history and government tutoring in preparation for the citizenship test. The center also provided literacy tutoring in reading, speaking and listening in english. Programs were offered both in person and online. Online tutoring for students in the area include delivery of textbooks, food, household goods, care packages, etc. For students with financial need and no family in the area. 139 immigrant students were paired over the course of the year to study english and citizenship. The center offers a daca scholarship program, allowing up to $500 scholarships to daca recipients or dacaeligible, each year (geared toward precollege, college, postcollege teens and adults who may benefit from financial assistance in paying the hefty biannual paperwork renewal fees of over $500, or have a need for support with books, tuition, or other vital needs pertinent to obtaining formal job training or education). 14 daca recipients have been helped since the daca assistance program began in 2019.139 immigrants were helped with emergency financial assistance in 2024. These dubuque-area neighbors included refugees from afghanistan, ukraine, and myanmar; asylum seekers and immigrant adolescents who came to the u.s. From guatemala; and victims of trafficking, abuse and other violent crimes who came to the u.s. From honduras and mexico.in 2022, based on a united way grant, the center added a significant financial literacy element to their programming, bringing in experts from the banking and finance community to speak with english and citizenship students and other immigrants about financial literacy ranging from how to open a bank account to how to buy a house. The center plans to continue this programming as long as united way funding continues.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 52.9%; rating input score 53
• Program expense ratio: 58.9%; rating input score 59
• Fundraising efficiency: $18.72 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 56; 56th 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; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 3 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 38
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Fail
  • Document-retention policy: Fail
  • CEO compensation review process: Fail
  • 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: 35.4%; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 12.26; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 24.1%; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 14% per year; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 10.3% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 3.5% per year; rating input score 100; 40th percentile among comparable filings