Ywca South Florida Inc

What it reported doing in 2024

Family wellness services - since 1994, ywca's family wellness program has provided much-needed health services to the underserved and uninsured individuals of miami-dade and broward counties. This fiscal year, the program served approximately 1,351 individuals by providing clinical breast examinations, annual breast screening mammography, cervical cancer screenings, follow-up appointments, diagnostic exams, health education, case management, and support services in partnership with local healthcare providers. 506 diagnostic tests were performed at 9 partner locations throughout miami dade county. In addition, ywca provide health education and mental health support through the cancer support groups for those who experienced or are experiencing cancer across miami-dade county. These support groups are conducted in three languages: english, spanish, and creole. The resources of the family wellness program assist in removing economic, language, and insurance barriers to treatment and service. The family wellness program also focuses on the social determinants of health that affect women of color in miami-dade and broward counties. Ywca's black maternal health program strives to target black women and women of color to improve maternal outcomes in the community. Ywca accomplishes this by offering comprehensive support to the patients in order to improve their overall health. In partnership with jackson health system and the doula and midwife community, ywca seek to improve the alarming rates of morbidity and mortality rates for black women and infants in the community. Women referred from jackson health systems and ywca's doula and midwife partners are directed to critical services such as housing, food security, healthcare access, and financial support, addressing the barriers that frequently impede their health outcomes. In addition to providing wraparound services to 40 families with newborns, ywca also provided entrepreneurship training to 9 doulas in an effort to expand the number of financially sustainable birthing businesses.ywca empowers their clients by increasing awareness about early detection and proactive treatment of developing health risks through education and access to screenings for breast and cervical cancers. The programs help reduce mortality rates and increase resilience among the clients and their families. Ywca aim is to empower minority communities by addressing critical health topics through education and awareness activities. By promoting education and sharing valuable resources, ywca help improve health outcomes. Ywca has maintained a culturally relevant approach to ensuring that women and their families in south Florida continue to get lifesaving care.court care and kidspace - ywca court care/kidspace is a human rights response program located in miami-dade and broward county courthouses. Ywca provides service coordination and free, temporary childcare for ages 6 months 13 years to ensure parents, mainly women, can fully participate in related court proceedings or filings. Maintaining four centers in total; three locations in miami-dade county and one in broward county. Ywca's trained and qualified staff supervise children, thanks to a partnership between ywca south Florida, miami-dade county, the eleventh judicial circuit of Florida, and broward county. The court care and kidspace centers provide children with a positive and nurturing environment and families with support services; and both with an appropriate and responsive referral system should families have additional needs. Further, ywca court care/kidspace staff offer referrals for wellness, food, and housing to those in need. Child care programs pivoted to virtual services during family court times to ensure kids in the home remained safe and were not retraumatized while parents participated in virtual court cases. In fiscal year 2024-2025, the court care and kidspace programs served a total of 260 children and families.racial & social justice -

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 72.3%; rating input score 72
• Program expense ratio: 75.9%; rating input score 76
• Fundraising efficiency: $26.19 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
  • Compensation committee: Missing
  • Independent consultant: Missing
  • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
  • Written employment contract: Missing
  • Compensation survey or study: Missing
  • Board or committee approval: Missing
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: Limited
• Major donor itemization: Limited
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 66th 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: 7.3%; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.59; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.13; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 5.1%; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 4.2% per year; rating input score 100; 35th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 5.1% per year; rating input score 100; 44th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 6.8% per year; rating input score 100; 47th percentile among comparable filings