Rocky Mountain Partnership Cradle to Career

What it reported doing in 2024

Rocky mountain partnership cradle to career (rmp) is a group of decision makers and community members who are working together to ensure that every young person across our region has the opportunity to embark on a successful journey toward upward mobility. Guided by a globally recognized framework and data, we strive to create impactful, large- scale solutions. We break down silos within existing efforts, optimize regional resources, and advance impactful policies and strategies. Through diligent goal setting, data monitoring and accountability, we ensure significant and lasting change. We are a place-based partnership in colorados north metro region including adams county, arvada, aurora and broomfield. Together, were on a mission to help 71,000 more young people reach key cradle to career milestones on their path to upward mobility by 2030. Our work centers around four core strategies: empower target champions-target champions are groups or organizations that set amd commit to specific, measurable goals aligned with at least one cradle to career milestone. They determine how many more children and young people will achieve these outcomes as a direct result of their efforts. Exeucute high impact projects (hips)-hips are groundbreaking initiatives designed to address the root causes hindering young people from meeting cradle to career milestones. These projects tackle challenges that are too big for any single organization to handle alone, address shared barriers, and incubate innovative solutions. Advance policy improvements through youth advocacy-advance policies that remove barriers preventing children and young people from achieving cradle to career milestones. Core to this is the civic influencer fellowship program, which trains young people ages 16-24 directly impacted by the challenges rmp seeks to address to develop their skills as effective civic leaders and decision-makers while engaging in and leading rmps policy and advocacy work, and ultimately launch them into civic leadership roles across the region and state. Achieve operational excellence through growth and sustainability-evolve the organizational infrastructure to allow for intentional growth and long-term sustainability beyond 2030. Rmp is one of nearly 70 partnerships that are part of the national strive together network, utilizing their evidence-based framework to enhance community well-being, empower individuals from early childhood through their careers, and encourage sustainable and inclusive economic growth. Strive together has set a national goal to put 4 million more young people (up to age 35) on a path to economic mobility by mid-2030. The core team (rmps staff) is comprised of skilled strategists, data and project managers, and facilitators essential to driving this work forward. Their role is to foster synergy, align efforts, and ensure collaboration among partners is effective. By serving as the backbone for collective impact, they create the structure and coordination needed to enable smooth operations and maximize the impact of collective efforts. To empower young people towards upward mobility, rmps core team exists to reduce the fragmentation of efforts across the region and brings together and supports a network of decision-makers, community members, and partners. Our approach is multi-faceted, involving the following key actions: convene key stakeholders: convene partners towards shared vision and targets. Amplify community voices: engage those most impacted. Drive and measure results: facilitate data-driven decision-making. Manage data hub: operate a centralized knowledge base. Coach and support partners: provide technical assistance to partners. Advocate for policy: improve policies at the organizational, local, state and national levels. Align critical funding: align funding to what works. In 2024, the path to helping 71,000 more young people reach critical milestones by 2030 was fueled by the incredible work happening across our networ

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 68.5%; rating input score 68
• Program expense ratio: 70.7%; rating input score 71
• Fundraising efficiency: $6.26 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
  • Compensation committee: Missing
  • Independent consultant: Missing
  • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
  • Written employment contract: Missing
  • Compensation survey or study: Missing
  • Board or committee approval: Missing
• 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: 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: 3.8%; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.7; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.12; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 12.9%; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 11.4% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 12.4% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 14.1% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings