The Birth Center

What it reported doing in 2024

Education and support education is an essential component of lwbc and drives many organizational activities. From the current (2024) mission statement: lifecycle is an independent non-profit organization and free-standing, out-of-hospital birth center. Our team of midwives and nurse-practitioners provide empowering gynecology and birth-oriented health care to clients in a trusting and caring environment. Lifecycle advocates for and educates about the midwifery model of care.education is recognized in three of the core lwbc value statements adopted in 2024:- at our core, we value and uphold lifecycle events - such as puberty, birth, and menopause - as natural and healthy transitions. We are committed to providing education and evidence-based midwifery care that supports these milestones. - central to our values is fostering a trusted partnership between clients and providers. We empower through education, enabling informed healthcare decisions that prioritize individual needs.- education lies at the heart of our initiative. We educate future healthcare providers, administrators, and those interested in the midwifery model of care, ensuring continuity and excellence in healthcare practices.our educational commitment takes many forms and serves about 1,000 clients and community members plus many nursing/midwifery students each year:- multi-month clinical placements for selected individual midwifery and nursing students from various universities- tours and seminars for 18-20 annual groups of nursing students from local universities - participating as guest lecturers on midwifery care at various institutions- community-based programming and support groups, free and open to the public, for lactation support and new parent adjustment. This supports healthy infant development and parental well-being. Programming is provided via both onsite and remote platforms, enabling us to reach more people.- free, voluntary postpartum support groups for clients and partners in the weeks following delivery- free seminars for families considering birth center and physiologic, often called "natural," birth- paid classes have included preparation for childbirth, postpartum mother and baby care, prenatal yoga, baby wearing, parent/baby music, postpartum recovery, sibling preparation and effective parenting.- engagement by senior staff in various health advocacy groups: Pennsylvania breastfeeding coalition, Delaware county breastfeeding coalition, keystone 10 collaboration, Pennsylvania doula and perinatal advisory group, chop community partners for breastfeeding, first food collaboration, baby's 1st project community action network, girl scouts, Delaware county department of health- lwbc is a mid-atlantic mothers' milk bank depot. We accept, house, and ship breast milk for local mammb approved donors making milk donations for medically fragile infants convenient and accessible.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 85.9%; rating input score 86
• Program expense ratio: 87.8%; rating input score 88
• Fundraising efficiency: $36.47 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
  • Compensation committee: Pass
  • Independent consultant: Missing
  • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
  • Written employment contract: Missing
  • Compensation survey or study: Pass
  • Board or committee approval: Pass
• 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: 2%; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.02; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.21; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 10.4%; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 5.8% per year; rating input score 100; 44th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 5.9% per year; rating input score 100; 47th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 5% per year; rating input score 100; 34th percentile among comparable filings