PRO Youth and Families

What it reported doing in 2024

PRO Youth and Families mission is to inspire, educate, and mobilize young people to build a healthier future for themselves, their families, and their communities. As an organization, PRO stays true to this mission by segmenting work into the following principal programs: Youth Advocacy and Civic Engagement: Youth VoiceYouth Voice is a collection of youth-led, project-based advocacy programs which are designed to engage and empower youth who have experienced systemic oppression or adverse childhood or community experiences. Youth are equipped with skills, networks, and inspiration to leverage their voice and become strong advocates for change. The action-oriented program framework is based on best-practice principles of youth advocacy and social justice. Youth become empowered as they apply the principles, create their own advocacy projects and implement real-world solutions. Specific youth-led projects have included: advocacy to address underage alcohol use, underage marijuana use, homelessness, environmental concerns and dating violence. In partnership with local government entities, PROs Civic Engagement activities offer a variety of civic engagement programs including the Youth Leadership Academy in partnership with the Sacramento Area Council of Governments, Youth @ City Council and Summer @ City Hall in partnership with the City of Rancho Cordova. PRO also provides support to Sacramento Countys Behavioral Youth Advisory Board. Through these programs, youth learn about core values of democracy along with the inner-workings of local, county, and state governments. Youth have opportunities to connect with community leaders, learn critical skills, and develop projects to address and support policy and practice changes. WellnessWellness programs include Relationship Skills which offers relationship skills programming in both after-school and community-based settings. The programming supports youth in developing healthy relationship knowledge and skills to promote healthy futures by focusing on developing social-emotional and communication skills. The programs use The Dibble Institutes evidence-based Love Notes curriculum. Programs are specifically designed to respond to the needs of justice-involved youth, justice-impacted youth, and general high school and middle school youth in after-school settings.The Organizations Mentoring Program engages high school students as mentors to younger youth. The older students develop necessary leadership skills to become positive role models for younger children in their neighborhood. The younger students receive encouragement, connection to caring mentors, and opportunities to participate in life skills workshops and community service activities.PRO also delivers the mental wellness initiative MindOneSix, a youth development program that equips youth ages 12-19 with knowledge, skills, and tools to promote mental wellness for themselves, their peers, and their families. The program empowers and engages youth as community assets, change agents, and ambassadors for mental wellness on their school campuses and in the larger community. Youth and Family CollectiveCollective Impact PRO believes that serving youth in the Sacramento region is more effectively and sustainably done in collaboration with other like-minded partners. As such, in 2017, PRO began leading The Youth and Family Collective (YFC) - an initiative bringing together organizations to help youth, families, and nonprofit organizations to learn, earn, and thrive. The YFC builds on existing community assets and works to foster connections and align programs and services, support capacity building for community organizations, and drive collaborative programs. To date, over seventy organizations have engaged in YFC programs and projects. These programs include: #SacYouthWorks, a youth work-based learning program implemented in collaboration with the City of Sacramento and dozens of community-based organizations; #MindOneSix, equipping

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 79.7%; rating input score 80
• Program expense ratio: 86.4%; rating input score 86
• Fundraising efficiency: $108.64 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 87; 87th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
  • Compensation committee: Missing
  • Independent consultant: Missing
  • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
  • Written employment contract: Pass
  • Compensation survey or study: Pass
  • 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: 87.5%; rating input score 88; 19th 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: 7.9%; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.46; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.15; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 5.6%; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 20.3% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 19.8% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 10.2% per year; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings