San Francisco Reviving Baseball for Inner-City Youth Inc

What it reported doing in 2015

During 2015 San Francisco RBI expanded its program at Dr. William L. Cobb Elementary School and KIPP San Francisco Bay Academy for its fourth year of programming while forming a new partnership with Rosa Parks Elementary School in San Franciscos Western Addition. ORGANIZATIONAL HIGHLIGHTS o President of the University of San Francisco Father Paul Fitzgerald, S.J. joined San Francisco RBIs Board of Directors. o 4th Annual All Star Dinner held at the historic Fairmont San Francisco with events including Jessica Aguirres onstage Q&A session with Matt Cain and Jeremy Affeldt of the Giants and the second Hall of Fame induction ceremony conducted by Brad Horn, Vice President of Communications and Education for the National Baseball Hall of Fame. o 4th graders at Rosa Parks Elementary School participated in the National Baseball Hall of Fame Museum's "Be A Superior Example" (BASE) Week with a visit from Hall of Fame pitcher Ferguson Jenkins and a special clinic focused on healthy living and a Civil Rights videoconference connection to Cooperstown. LITERACY POSITIVE RESULTS o San Francisco RBI was thrilled to help raise the reading levels of the students in our program. o 100% of our 5th and 6th graders made typical growth on the spring NWEA Map Reading Assessment, exceeding the school average by 19%. o 5th and 6th grade students grew an average of 4.2 reading levels this school year, exceeding the expected growth by 1.2 reading levels, or 40%. o 88% of our students in grades K-3 grew at least 1 reading level on the End-of-Year Fountas & Pinnell assessment. o The percentage of students who mastered letter recognition from Beginning-of-Year to End-of-Year assessments jumped from 28% to 56%. o The percentage of students who mastered phonemic awareness from Beginning-of-Year to End-of-Year assessments jumped from 11% to 67%. o The percentage of our students in grades K-3 who read at or above grade level jumped from 38 to 60 percent. A full report on our positive results can be found on our Literacy Positive Results page. PARENT REVIEW* o While only 22% of parents responded that their child got a lot of exercise (over 5 hours/week) before San Francisco RBI, 78% said they got a lot while participating in San Francisco RBIs program. o 100% of parents agreed that their childs overall behavior had improved since joining San Francisco RBI. o 100% of parents agreed that San Francisco RBI is improving the overall health of their child. o 94% of parents are satisfied with San Francisco RBI. o 100% of parents would recommend San Francisco RBI to another parent. *Approximately 1/3 of parents in our program responded. PRESS HIGHLIGHTS o 4th Annual All-Star Dinner was featured in the San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco Business Times, Nob Hill Gazette and on Comcast SportsNet California. o Comcast SportsNet California aired the first installment of the University of San Francisco's "Behind the Mask" series, which highlighted San Francisco RBIs partnership with the University of San Francisco. PROGRAM DEVELOPMENTS LITERACY o Monthly district leadership team meetings with the Leadership, Equity, Access and Design (LEAD) Department about programming at Dr. William L. Cobb Elementary School and Rosa Parks Elementary School. o Data meetings with the Research, Planning and Accountability (RPA) Department at SFUSD. o Collaborated with school leaders and teachers at Dr. William L. Cobb Elementary School, Rosa Parks Elementary School and KIPP San Francisco Bay Academy to create targeted interventions for focal students needing extra support in reading. o Conducted professional development for graduate student volunteers and interns from the University of San Franciscos School of Education and San Francisco State Universitys Graduate College of Education to work with students reading below grade level. o University of San Francisco and San Francisco State graduate interns provided Fountas & Pinnell Leveled Literacy Intervention (LLI) to struggling 5th & 6th

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 67.7%; rating input score 68
• Program expense ratio: 82.1%; rating input score 82
• Fundraising efficiency: $8.38 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 93.3%; rating input score 93; 19th percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: Limited
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: 94.8%; rating input score 95; 38th 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: 3 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 43
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Fail
  • Document-retention policy: Fail
  • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
  • 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: 17.6%; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.97; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 95; 95th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 35.9% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: -5.9% per year; rating input score 0; 12th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 7.5% per year; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings