The New England Center for Children Inc

What it reported doing in 2024

The residential school serves children age 3-22 from around the country who require a highly structured, 24-hour setting to make educational progress. Students live in group homes with other students of the same gender and age range. They participate in small group instruction for academics, social skills, communication, vocational training and physical education. While in the residence, students focus on independent living skills, leisure, recreation and community activities.necc operates a limited adult program for former necc students who have graduated the program but are not able to live independently. The adult program provides supports to help these individuals with autism and developmental disorders develop skills to help them integrate into the community and workforce.necc operates a vast consulting practice, including professional trainings and workshops (an online platform called abaplus), classroom evaluations and consultations, and individual student evaluations and consultations. Necc has consulting practices in 8 countries. In addition, necc runs private programs for individual families, offering applied behavior analysis programming, including a full range of educational services to children with autism.through public school services (pss), necc operates partner classrooms in dozens of public schools throughout new england. This model takes the experience of necc research and uses the methodology of applied behavior analysis in public schools so that students with autism can remain in their district with their peers, while receiving the best education possible. Through this model, skills are addressed in 1:1 instruction, small group sessions and inclusion periods to ensure the acquisition, generalization and maintenance of new skills.necc developed a patented technology, the ace aba software system, to deliver the curriculum used at the center through any device with an internet connection. The app contains more than 2,200 skills and is currently being used by more than 13,000 learners with autism around the world.necc runs an intensive instruction program (iip) for children with autism, age 3-22. The school is open year-round and students in the iip receive a continuum of intensive 1:1 instruction. Communication skills, social skills, pre-academic and academic skills, physical therapy, occupational therapy, leisure, art, music and vocational training are all part of the program that is designed to prepare each child for inclusion whenever possible. The iip strives to treat each student with a tailored program to address their needs, strengths and abilities to bring them to their fullest potential.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 90.2%; rating input score 90
• Program expense ratio: 91%; rating input score 91
• Fundraising efficiency: $2.71 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: 6 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 100
  • Compensation committee: Pass
  • Independent consultant: Pass
  • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
  • Written employment contract: Pass
  • Compensation survey or study: Pass
  • Board or committee approval: Pass
• Foreign activity oversight: Scored; rating input score 0
• Grant itemization coverage: Scored; rating input score 0
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 85.7%; rating input score 86; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 9 of 9 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: Pass
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Pass
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 0.6%; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.7; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.16; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 2.4%; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 5.5% per year; rating input score 100; 45th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 6.1% per year; rating input score 100; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 5.3% per year; rating input score 100; 39th percentile among comparable filings