Tubman

What it reported doing in 2024

Youth services: services for youth and children in residential programs include: individual support, safety planning, goal planning, age-specific support groups and recreational activities, respite child care, assistance with homework, school transitions and employment goals, financial coaching, health access, dating violence prevention and youth leadership, conflict resolution skills, family activities and resource referrals for these and/or other requests. Tubman also serves youth in community-based settings and receives referrals from schools, coordinated entry, the juvenile justice system and other community partners to serve youth of all genders between the ages of 10-24 who are suvivors of or at risk for, dating violence, domestic violence, sexual assault and exploitation, and stalking, including youth who are homeless or precariously housed. In our inspiring youth program, youth workers meet with clients in home and/or community locations to access resources and develop customized goal plans to meet basic needs and support both their short and longer term aspirations. Youth workers provide intensive case management services to ensure youth overcome barriers associated with callenges faced, and support them in meeting personal goals like improved relationships, violence prevention, parenting support, safety planning, educational or economic advancement, rent search and assistance, housing access and home ownership resources, job search and career development, managing finances, basic banking, legal resources, civic engagement, leadership, cultural and/or spiritual connections in order to advance holistic life pursuits. Tubman's movement for violence prevention (mvp) program includes a variety of services and activities to help youth learn skills for healthy relationships and peer leadership opportunities. This includes young people serving as peer advisors and community activists, and using interactive media to shape and deliver teen-generated content to families, schools, and faith commmunities. Tubman's voices in prevention (vip) program is a school-based violence prevention program for middle and high school students. This culturally relevant and interactive curriculum provides youth with the tools to assess, reflect, prevent, respond and take action to address dating violence and other challenges in order to improve personal and societal conditions. Taught by tubman youth educators, the program serves students in over 23 public, alternative, and charter schools in minneapolis, st. Paul, throughout suburban ramsey and Washington counties, and the surrounding metro and dakota county. Northstar youth outreach center is largely a volunteer supported drop-in center based in the community at maplewood mall. The center provides advocacy, safey planning and connections to a range of additional community resources, like access to counseling, housing, career, legal, health, recreation, spiritual and educational assistance, computers and wifi, laundry, supplies, food and clothing, and creative art spaces. Workshops and support groups: additional support is also provided by tubman staff, interns, and professional volunteers in the community, with a range of opportunities for people seeking to make and sustain changes in their lives. These services are designed to help participants meet their basic needs during crisis, remain self-sufficient during transition, prevent future crises and maintain stability in the face of economic and life challenges. Resource advocacy and a 24-hour crisis line supported by volunteers provide safety planning and connection to resources within the agency or in the community regarding a wide range of issues. Support groups offer a forum for people to connect with others experiencing similar challenges and changes in order to find encouragement, share coping strategies, obtain resources and to strengthen personal support networks. Jobs, education and finance support that is accessible to shelter and ho

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 66.8%; rating input score 67
• Program expense ratio: 79.1%; rating input score 79
• Fundraising efficiency: $15.22 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 94.7%; rating input score 95; 24th percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
  • Compensation committee: Pass
  • Independent consultant: Missing
  • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
  • 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: Limited
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 96%; rating input score 96; 30th 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: 16%; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.64; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.16; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 7.2%; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 4.5% per year; rating input score 100; 38th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 3.4% per year; rating input score 100; 29th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 1.7% per year; rating input score 100; 16th percentile among comparable filings