The Dick and Jane Project

What it reported doing in 2024

We, the change: launched in 2021 as a year round arts-based social emotional learning program in four columbus city schools middle schools. Under the guidance of a team of professional musicians, producers, videographers and visual artists, we met with small groups of 15 students at each school, for one class period five days a week. Together they created art across multiple genres and mediums, including a professionally recorded song, a music video, visual artwork, creative writing pieces, and self esteem focused vocal and stage performance instruction. These art projects examined needs in the community identified by students, who were then asked to develop a concrete action plan to positively impact their local community. For the second half of the project, through a student-led and student-defined service project, participants drew connections between their own lived experiences and issues of social justice and equity. Other youth/ adult programming: our youth/adult workshops incorporate arts-based social emotional learning processes to guide a small group of individuals through a creative process with support from professional artists and wav staff trained in trauma-informed support. The creative processes range from songwriting to visual arts, to creative writing, to oral histories, to vocal/ dance performance. In 2023 we worked with adult groups at the following organizations: goodwill, catch court, Ohio reformatory for women, Ohio domestic violence network, pathways to heartland, cornerstone of hope, columbus recreation and parks department, kaleidoscope and columbus city schools.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 82.8%; rating input score 83
• Program expense ratio: 87.2%; rating input score 87
• Fundraising efficiency: Limited

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: 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: 1 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 12
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
  • Whistleblower policy: Fail
  • Document-retention policy: Fail
  • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
  • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Missing
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 5%; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.15; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.29; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 5.6%; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 59.6% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 45.5% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 52.7% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings