Pushing Boundaries

What it reported doing in 2024

Pushing boundaries is the northwest regional provider of intensive exercise-based recovery therapy and since opening in 2005 continues to provide services to clients from Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Hawaii, California, and Alaska. In an average, non-pandemic year, we provide an average of 5000 hours of hands on, intensive exercise therapy. Our services include comprehensive programs involving cutting-edge, high-tech equipment that includes manual and robotic gait training, electro-stimulated muscle activation and developmental neuro re-education and strength training. Pushing boundaries enables clients to increase independence and often regain use of paralyzed muscles. Outreach efforts to the medical community continue to benefit the paralyzed community with a high rate of physician and rehabilitation referrals, both in and out of Washington state, ongoing collaboration with facilities such as harborview, university of Washington, Virginia mason, providence, and other prominent facilities has strengthened our community outreach. Continued increase in volunteer opportunities has resulted in community collaborations and partnering with local businesses to provide a larger circle of care and more comprehensive involvement from the community through donation of time and services. In non-pandemic years, pushing boundaries offers internships and supports volunteers from schools of exercise science and nonprofit management from several prominent seattle area universities. In addition to providing services at an affordable cost, pushing boundaries partners with social services and successfully works with clients to obtain partial reimbursement costs for services rendered. However, the most significant accomplishments that we have made are the success stories of our clientele. With over two million dollars in community donations from thousands of individuals and foundations, client achievements have included the ability to return to work, resume driving, regaining arm strength to hug their children, increasing stamina to perform daily tasks, or gaining enough strength to become more independent during the day. The continued opportunity that pushing boundaries provides to our clientele is self-evident in the personal strides that each person continues to make in their road to increased health and improved quality of life.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 49.6%; rating input score 50
• Program expense ratio: 72%; rating input score 72
• Fundraising efficiency: $10.09 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 38; 38th 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; 76th 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: 5 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 62
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • 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: 31.1%; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.41; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.36; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 11.7%; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 5.4% per year; rating input score 100; 44th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 6.3% per year; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 10.1% per year; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings