Yes She Can Incorporated

What it reported doing in 2025

Yes she can helps young women with autism spectrum disorders and related social and learning disabilities develop essential skills for employment and independence. Program participants receive professional coaching in an immersive and authentic business environment, with a comprehensive curriculum and rigorous evaluation protocol. More than 80 percent of adults with autism are unemployed or underemployed. Traditional approaches to help people with developmental disabilities to become employed have not been effective for people with autism. Yes she can's distinctive difference is our approach of teaching core skills in an authentic business setting with collaboration among experts in autism and in business. We serve young women ages 18-28, who want to become employed. As some of the participants have graduated from college or are attending college classes, while others have completed high school; most participants do not have any other activities in their lives. The program is based on an integrated ecosystem: trainees, coaches, peer mentors, curriculum, merchandise donations, and customers. The resale store is run for the explicit purpose of training including interacting with the public, enabling trainees to practice skills and enabling the public to gain first-hand experience with workers with disabilities. More than 90 percent of merchandise for the resale boutique is provided by donations. Yes she can staff coaches all have master's degrees. We pair volunteer coaches who are social workers and psychologists with our professional staff coaches to extend our capacity and serve more trainees with greater supports. Volunteers are retired educators, speech pathologists, and other related health professionals. Yes she can does not provide job development or job placement. Participants qualify for services from ny state vocational rehabilitation services (acces-vr). Most participants qualify for medicaid waiver services through ny state office for people with developmental disabilities (opwdd). The organizations funded by these agencies are responsible for job development and placement.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 53.8%; rating input score 54
• Program expense ratio: 74.8%; rating input score 75
• Fundraising efficiency: $7.91 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 93.3%; rating input score 93; 24th 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; 64th percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
  • 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: Fail
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 24.4%; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.13; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.3; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 18.6%; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 12.5% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 17.9% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 23.1% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings