The Urban Assembly

What it reported doing in 2024

Leadership: the urban assembly uses innovative tools to scale the work being done at ua and partner schools. These tools include project cafe and counselorgpt. Project cafe uses machine learning to analyze classroom video, provide actionable insights to teachers, and give educators greater autonomy over their professional development. The platform analyzes classroom recordings in near real-time, delivers specific feedback to teachers, and streamlines coaching for school leaders and instructional coaches. Counselorgpt is an ai-powered platform that gives students 24/7 access to high-quality, personalized postsecondary guidance while trengthening counselors' capacity through a built-in co-pilot. Using large language models and trusted datasets, the platform supports students with career exploration, pathway selection, return-oninvestment comparisons across college and career options, and long-term postsecondary planning tasks.our vision is that young people graduate from school prepared to excel in college, career, and community. By age 26, we envision ua alums earning a postsecondary credential and making 20% or more above the living wage.ua schools are unscreened and serve approximately 8,000 students yearly, of which 83% are black and latine, 83% are from low-income households, and 29% have special education needs. Ua's three fl agship program teams serve 37,000+ students in nyc. Nationally, our program teams serve students across four states: ny, ga, ct, and oh.students in ua schools graduate and persist in college at higher rates than their peers in similar school communities and at levels that close or eliminate disparities by race, english-language learner status, and disability status.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 72.8%; rating input score 73
• Program expense ratio: 73.4%; rating input score 73
• Fundraising efficiency: $9.73 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
  • Compensation committee: Missing
  • 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 94.4%; rating input score 94; 25th percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
  • 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: Fail
  • 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: 1.07; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.15; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 14.2%; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 5% per year; rating input score 100; 39th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 5.9% per year; rating input score 100; 48th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 16.5% per year; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings