Project of Easton Inc

What it reported doing in 2024

Lifelong learning: education services adult literacy: project's success academy provides an adult literacy program that prepares disadvantaged adults for the workforce. Courses include ged preparation, english as a second language, and adult basic education. Our certified teachers use real-world contexts to prepare students for success in college, training programs, and/or employment.in addition to classroom instruction, tutors work with studentsone-on-one to prepare them for the ged test, u.s. Citizenship test, or to improve their english-language skills. Each student receives personal, educational, and economic support, including access to project's food pantry and emergency assistance services as needed.our program prepares adults to successfully carry out their roles and responsibilities as workers, citizens, and parents.goal: the goal of the adult literacy program is to improve adults' literacy skills and prepare them for the workforce, post-secondary education or training, and/or u.s. Citizenship.2024 - 2025 results392 students participated; 82% of students were post-tested; 86% made statistically significant learning gains;47 students earned their general equivalency diploma (ged);5 children attained their early childhood education diplomas (pre-k);6 students achieved u.s. Citizenship;5 students completed english as a second language (esl);63 total graduates family literacy: project provides a family literacy program that recognizes that a parent's literacy, attitudes, and beliefs toward education significantly impact their children. Our program breaks the inter-generational cycle of low literacy and economic disadvantage by providing four integrated program components including: adult literacy education, parenting education and support, high quality pre-school and structured parent/child literacy opportunities. This "teach the parent/reach the child" model assists parents in becoming the first and most important teacher of their children and promotes the child's success in school, while also advancing the parent's ability to advance educationally and economically.goal: the goal of the family literacy program is to break theintergenerational cycle of illiteracy. 2024 - 2025 results43 families participated;57 children participated in our family literacy program: 32 in our ece and 25 school-aged58% of parents made statistically significant learning gains;82% of children demonstrate developmental progress in the "key experiences" of childhood using the child observation record (cor) and infant toddler child observation record (it cor) sizzle! : project's sizzle! The program addresses the "summer slide" learning loss that occurs for elementary-school-age children. For disadvantaged children who may already have a reading achievement gap, this "summer slide" can significantly undermine future success in school. Our program is a free summer day camp for low-income, at-risk children in grades k-5 in the easton area school district (easd). The goal of the six-week program is to increase or maintain reading scores.sizzle! Provides children with an academic intervention using high quality, evidence-based reading instruction aligned with thepennsylvania state education standards. The program also provides a fun, developmentally appropriate opportunity for summer activity, enabling enrolled children to keep up with their more advantaged peers and begin a new school year more confidently.goal: to prevent summer slide in reading skills by identifyingat-risk students and providing intensive reading instruction tomaintain or increase reading levels. 2024-2025 (sizzle! 2024) resultsenrolled 138 students45% (62/138) of enrolled children attended at least 20 days (85% attendance)56% (35/62) of children who attend at least 20 days maintained or gained literacy skills using star 360, dibels 97% (60/62) of children who attend at least 20 days maintained or gained literacy skills using curriculum-based assessments (cbas) 55% (76/138) of enrol

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 62.1%; rating input score 62
• Program expense ratio: 82.5%; rating input score 82
• Fundraising efficiency: $16.89 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 94.7%; rating input score 95; 25th percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: Limited
• 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: 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: Fail
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Pass
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 26.7%; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.38; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 5.9%; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 4.3% per year; rating input score 100; 35th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 4.7% per year; rating input score 100; 39th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 4% per year; rating input score 100; 29th percentile among comparable filings