Project Weber/RENEW

What it reported doing in 2024

Project weber/renew (pwr) provides a full range of harm reduction, recovery, and basic needs services to men and women, including the transgender community. During 2024, pwr's programs focused on the following areas: recovery support/overdose prevention: project weber/renew continued to provide peer-led street outreach and walk-in services. During outreach and in our drop-in centers in providence and pawtucket, and our team stationed in kennedy plaza, we distributed approximately 14,000 naloxone doses to reverse overdoses. Pwr provided over 1,300 weeks of sober living support for clients in early recovery as well as providing referrals to detox or treatment, and peer recovery coaching. Project weber/renew staff also transported clients to detox/treatment over 300 times. At risk case management and basic needs: project weber/renew provided basic needs and case management support to approximately 18,000 individuals across over 21,000 encounters -- ranging from distribution of food and water to providing clients with clothing. Of those, many also received case management support, such as replacement or changing of identification documents, medical, social and housing services navigation or advocacy, and employment guidance. We provided case management and basic needs at two drop-in centers and via outreach. HIV/hcv prevention and navigation: project weber/renew works with numerous partners to slow the spread of HIV/hcv through multi-tiered efforts. As a prevention effort, project weber/renew distributed over 41,000 condoms to individuals at high-risk for HIV and/or hcv. Pwr continued to engage in street outreach utilizing three outreach vans, targeting high-risk individuals for HIV and hcv. Pwr provided HIV and hcv testing to clients. For clients with existing or new HIV diagnoses, pwr staff provided navigation services to remain in or return to care with the goal of achieving viral suppression for HIV-positive clients, as well as support through the treatment process for hcv-positive clients.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 59.6%; rating input score 60
• Program expense ratio: 93%; rating input score 93
• Fundraising efficiency: $251.44 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 93; 93rd 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: 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: 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: 36%; rating input score 87; 87th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.45; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.44; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 3.3%; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 31.2% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 34% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 40.3% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings