Walkboston Inc

What it reported doing in 2024

Outreach, advocacy and education: advocacy efforts - walkmassachusetts's advocacy leads to safer streets, more walkable neighborhoods, community empowerment, and greater awareness of the health, economic and environmental benefits of walking. Walkmassachusetts speaks up for people walking in boston and across the commonwealth on many issues including traffic signal timing, neighborhood walking conditions, traffic calming strategies, vision zero, complete streets policies, and neighborhood slow streets programs. Our advocacy efforts include letter writing, speaking at public meetings, and building strategic relationships to advance the walking agenda. Through presentations, walks and discussions with residents, engineers, planners and agency staff, we also share our knowledge to support and empower people to speak up for walking in their own neighborhoods.outreach strategies - we work with fellow advocates to advance a vision of road design that safely and attractively serves the needs of people walking, biking, and riding transit, including persons with disabilities, while also helping to create a transportation future that reduces our dependence on single-occupancy vehicles. In addition, we work extensively with community-based organizations and individual activists in many of boston's neighborhoods, in the state's gateway cities, and in smaller suburban and rural communities across the commonwealth. We also host the walkmassachusetts network which connects and supports new, emerging, and existing local organizations working on walking. Finally, walkmassachusetts promotes walkability across Massachusetts through social media, digital e-news, written publications and maps, and on-the-ground workshops.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 86.4%; rating input score 86
• Program expense ratio: 66.9%; rating input score 67
• Fundraising efficiency: $6.61 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th 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: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
  • 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: Fail

Sustainability

• Operating margin: -29.2%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.39; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.44; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 29.8%; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 0.7% per year; rating input score 100; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 0.8% per year; rating input score 100; 28th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 0.7% per year; rating input score 100; 27th percentile among comparable filings