Resilience Across Borders Inc.
Resilience Across Borders Inc.
www.resilienceacrossborders.org
CO 3200 TOWER OAKS BLVD
Rockville MD 20852-0000
Rockville MD | IRS ruling year: 2018 | EIN: 81-5265226
Organization Mission
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www.resilienceacrossborders.org
CO 3200 TOWER OAKS BLVD
Rockville MD 20852-0000
Rockville MD | IRS ruling year: 2018 | EIN: 81-5265226
Organization Mission
Mission not available
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This charity's score is 81%, earning it a Three-Star rating. If this organization aligns with your passions and values, you can give with confidence.
This overall score is calculated from multiple beacon scores, weighted as follows: 80% Accountability & Finance, 10% Leadership & Adaptability, 10% Culture & Community. Learn more about our criteria and methodology.
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Resilience Across Borders Inc. has earned a 78% for the Accountability & Finance beacon. See the metrics below for more information.
This beacon provides an assessment of a charity's financial health (financial efficiency, sustainability, and trustworthiness) and its commitment to governance practices and policies.
This Accountability & Finance score represents IRS Form 990 data up until FY 2021, which is the most recent Form 990 currently available to us.
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Charity Navigator looks for at least 3 board members, with more than 50% of those members identified as independent (not salaried).
The presence of an independent governing body is strongly recommended by many industry professionals to allow for full deliberation and diversity of thinking on governance and other organizational matters.
Source: IRS Form 990
An Audit, Review, or Compilation provides important information about financial accountability and accuracy. Organizations are scored based on their Total Revenue Amount:
Total Revenue Amount | Expectation to Receive Credit |
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$1 million or higher | Expected to complete an audit |
$500,000 - $1 million | Expected to complete an audit, review, or compilation |
Less than $500,000 | No expectation (removed from scoring methodology) |
Source: IRS Form 990
Charity Navigator looks for the existence of a conflict of interest policy on the Form 990 as an accountability and transparency measure.
This policy protects the organization and by extension those it serves, when it is considering entering into a transaction that may benefit the private interest of an officer, director and/or key employee of the organization.
Source: IRS Form 990
Charity Navigator looks to confirm on the Form 990 that the organization has this process in place as an accountability and transparency measure.
An official record of the events that take place during a board meeting ensures that a contemporaneous document exists for future reference.
Source: IRS Form 990
Charity Navigator looks for the existence of a document retention and destruction policy per the Form 990 as an accountability and transparency measure.
This policy establishes guidelines for the handling, backing up, archiving and destruction of documents. These guidelines foster good record keeping procedures that promote data integrity.
Source: IRS Form 990
Charity Navigator looks for the existence of a whistleblower policy per the Form 990 as an accountability and transparency measure.
This policy outlines procedures for handling employee complaints, as well as a confidential way for employees to report financial or other types of mismanagement.
Source: IRS Form 990
Charity Navigator looks for a website on the Form 990 as an accountability and transparency metric.
Nonprofits act in the public trust and reporting publicly on activities is an important component.
Source: IRS Form 990
The Liabilities to Assets Ratio is determined by Total Liabilities divided by Total Assets (most recent 990). This ratio is an indicator of an organization’s solvency and/or long-term sustainability.
Liabilities to Assets Ratio | Amount of Credit Received |
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Less than 50% | Full Credit |
50% - 59.9% | Partial Credit |
60% or more | No Credit |
Source: IRS Form 990
The Program Expense Ratio is determined by Program Expenses divided by Total Expense (average of most recent three 990s). This measure reflects the percent of its total expenses a charity spends on the programs and services it exists to deliver.
Program Expense Percentage | Amount of Credit Received |
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70% or higher | Full Credit |
60% - 69.9% | Partial Credit |
50% - 59.9% | Zero Points for Program Expense Score |
Below 50% | Zero Points for Both Program Expense AND Liabilities to Assets Scores |
Source: IRS Form 990
No Data Available
Revenue and expense data is not available for this organization. This data is only available if this charity has at least one year of electronically-filed Form 990 data filed within the last six years.
No Data Available
Key Persons data is currently unavailable for this organization. This data is only available if this charity has at least one year of electronically-filed Form 990 data filed within the last six years.
Below are some key data points from the Exempt Organization IRS Business Master File (BMF) for this organization. Learn more about the BMF on the IRS website
Foundation Status:
Organization which receives a substantial part of its support from a governmental unit or the general public 170(b)(1)(A)(vi) (BMF foundation code: 15)
Affiliation:
Independent - the organization is an independent organization or an independent auxiliary (i.e., not affiliated with a National, Regional, or Geographic grouping of organizations). (BMF affiliation code: 3)
The Form 990 is a document that nonprofit organizations file with the IRS annually. We leverage finance and accountability data from it to form Encompass ratings. Click here to search for this organization's Forms 990 on the IRS website (if any are available). Simply enter the organization's name (Resilience Across Borders Inc.) or EIN (815265226) in the 'Search Term' field.
Not Currently Scored
Resilience Across Borders Inc. cannot currently be evaluated by our Impact & Results methodology because either (A) it is eligible, but we have not yet received data; (B) we have not yet developed an algorithm to estimate its programmatic impact; (C) its programs are not direct services; or (D) it is not heavily reliant on contributions from individual donors.
Note: The absence of a score does not indicate a positive or negative assessment, it only indicates that we have not yet evaluated the organization.
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Resilience Across Borders Inc. has earned a 90% for the Culture & Community beacon. See the metrics below for more information.
This beacon provides an assessment of the organization's culture and connectedness to the community it serves.
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30% of beacon score
This organization reported that it is collecting feedback from the constituents and/or communities it serves. Charity Navigator believes nonprofit organizations that engage in inclusive practices, such as collecting feedback from the people and communities they serve, may be more effective.
Who are the people you serve with your mission? Describe briefly.
Resilience Across Borders (RAB) is dedicated to increasing access to mental health interventions for all children and adolescents. RAB's main program is to train teachers in underserved schools to deliver the Resilience Builder Program-Universal™ (RBP-U) to their entire class. We serve 5th grade students at schools in the DC-metro area with a high percentage of students receiving free and reduced meals. We also serve teachers through our trainings and the benefits to their classroom.
How is your organization collecting feedback from the people you serve?
Electronic surveys (by email, tablet, etc.), Focus groups or interviews (by phone or in person)
How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?
To make fundamental changes to our programs and/or operations, To inform the development of new programs/projects, To strengthen relationships with the people we serve, Other means
With whom does your organization share the feedback you got from the people you serve?
Our staff, Our board, Other means
How has asking for feedback from the people you serve changed your relationship with them or shifted power - over decisions, resources, rules or in other ways - to them?
Asking for feedback ensures that we are true partners with the teachers and schools we serve. This has always been part of our model.
What challenges does your organization face in collecting feedback from the people you serve?
We don't have any major challenges to collecting feedback
Briefly describe a recent change that your organization made in response to feedback from the people you serve.
In order to develop the pilot of our Resilience Builder Program-Universal™ (RBP-U), we surveyed teachers about the content, timing, and format that would be most beneficial to their students. We incorporated their feedback in our curriculum design. For example, having three 15-minute mini-lesson per topic so teachers can more readily implement alongside the standard academic curriculum. We also developed short videos (2-3 minutes) to introduce each topic at the request of the teachers surveyed. This year, 11 teachers will be implementing our program and will provide feedback about each lesson and the overall program so that we can continue to improve it.
70% of beacon score
This organization's score of 85 is a passing score. The organization reported that it is implementing 5 Equity Practices. Charity Navigator believes nonprofit organizations implementing effective equity policies and practices can enhance a nonprofit's decision-making, staff motivation, innovation, and effectiveness.
Equity Practices (2/7) | |
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We review compensation data across the organization (and by staff levels) to identify disparities by race. | |
We ask team members to identify racial disparities in their programs and/or portfolios. | |
We analyze disaggregated data and root causes of race disparities that impact the organization/'s programs, portfolios, and the populations served. | |
We disaggregate data to adjust programming goals to keep pace with changing needs of the communities we support. | |
We employ non-traditional ways of gathering feedback on programs and trainings, which may include interviews, roundtables, and external reviews with/by community stakeholders. | |
We disaggregate data by demographics, including race, in every policy and program measured | |
We have long-term strategic plans and measurable goals for creating a culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization. |
Equity Policies and Procedures (3/7) | |
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We use a vetting process to identify vendors and partners that share our commitment to race equity. | |
We have a promotion process that anticipates and mitigates implicit and explicit biases about people of color serving in leadership positions. | |
We seek individuals from various race backgrounds for board and executive director/CEO positions within our organization. | |
We have community representation at the board level, either on the board itself or through a community advisory board. | |
We help senior leadership understand how to be inclusive leaders with learning approaches that emphasize reflection, iteration, and adaptability. | |
We measure and then disaggregate job satisfaction and retention data by race, function, level, and/or team. | |
We engage everyone, from the board to staff levels of the organization, in race equity work and ensure that individuals understand their roles in creating culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization. |
Resilience Across Borders Inc. has earned a 100% for the Leadership & Adaptability beacon. See the metrics below for more information.
This beacon provides an assessment of the organization's leadership capacity, strategic thinking and planning, and ability to innovate or respond to changes in constituent demand/need or other relevant social and economic conditions to achieve the organization's mission.
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The nonprofit organization presents evidence of strategic thinking through articulating the organization's mission
Resilience Across Borders is dedicated to increasing access to mental health interventions for all children and adolescents. Our research-based method helps youth build resilience so they can adapt to life’s challenges now and throughout their lives.
The nonprofit organization presents evidence of strategic thinking through articulating the organization’s vision.
When mental well-being is prioritized, children can fully unleash their potential and everyone benefits.
Source: Nonprofit submitted responses
The nonprofit organization presents evidence of strategic thinking and goal setting through sharing their most important strategic goals.
Goal One: More than double our program's reach by expanding to new locations and exploring new partnerships.
Goal Type: Grow, expand, scale or increase access to the existing programs and services.
Goal Two: Increase awareness of our mission and programs, and increase supporter/volunteer engagement.
Goal Type: This goal reflects our commitment to further our advocacy work for our organization and or cause area.
Goal Three: Increase donations, grants, and other revenue to support program growth.
Goal Type: Invest in the capacity of our organization (financial, management, technical, etc.).
The nonprofit provides evidence of investment in leadership development
Resilience Across Borders joined the Nonprofit Development Center of Maryland Nonprofits, which granted access to materials, webinars, and trainings related to every aspect of nonprofit management and success. The Executive Director and Board of Directors have used these resources to improve their leadership. Most recently, the Executive Director participated in a 6-part training series and is using information gained to apply for accreditation from the Standards for Excellence Institute.
The nonprofit provides evidence of leadership through focusing externally and mobilizing resources for the mission.
Strategic Partnerships
Thought Leadership
Raising Awareness
Resilience Across Borders mobilizes externally to further our mission of increasing access to mental health resources by sharing the expertise of our Board, Advisory Council, and Research Fellows. We partner with the Anxiety and Depression Association of America (ADAA) to provide an annual free back-to-school webinar with a panel of our board members. Our "Raising Resilience" blog offers practical tips for caregivers to help their children. We also link to relevant articles from a variety of sources for our social media followers to learn more about children's mental health. We share our findings with mental healthcare providers by participating in conferences and publishing our research. Most recently, we published "Improved Resilience and Academics Following A School-based Resilience Intervention: A Randomized Controlled Trial" in the peer-reviewed journal, Evidence-Based Practice in Child and Adolescent Mental Health. We continue to collect data for future publication.
The nonprofit has an opportunity to tell the story of how the organization adapted to tremendous external changes in the last year.
From 2015 to 2020, Resilience Across Borders trained clinical psychologists and graduate students to deliver the Resilience Builder Program® (RBP) to small groups of students in underserved schools in Maryland and Washington, DC. RBP is a group therapy program that has been clinically proven to help children in private practice and school settings. It is designed to help youth bounce back from the challenges in their lives by increasing confidence, self-esteem, self-control, and the use of coping strategies. For twelve weeks, our clinicians went directly into elementary schools and worked with children who school counselors, teachers, or administrators had identified as needing additional support. Using this approach, we were able to support about 200 children in total. Our research shows that our program not only supported students' mental health, but also increased academic engagement. When schools transitioned to virtual learning and we were unable to run our groups, we used the time to adapt our programming to reach an even greater number of students at once. We conducted surveys with local teachers to see which resilience skills would be most beneficial for their students and how much time they could spend per session. Using their feedback, we adapted RBP’s evidence-based approach to the classroom environment. The new Resilience Builder Program-Universal™ lessons are segmented into short activities to facilitate its implementation alongside the standard academic curriculum. It focuses on helping children develop the protective factors associated with resilience, such as self-regulation and a proactive orientation toward life, and includes letters to parents with tips on building resilience skills at home. We piloted the program in one school this spring and used feedback to improve our program further. We are now training 10 teachers this fall to deliver the program to their entire class, supporting about 200 students total.
Impact & Results
Accountability & Finance
Culture & Community
Leadership & Adaptability
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