Isles Inc.

“Shenette gray, managing director, is related to gary gray, board member. They are husband and wife.”

“Form 990 is provided to the chief financial officer for review before it is filed. After the review, it is forwarded to the board for approval.”

“Each director, principal officer and member of a committee with board delegated powers shall annually sign a statement which affirms that such person: a.has received a copy of the conflict of interest policy, b.has read and understands the policy, c.has agreed to comply with the policy, and d.understands that isles, inc. Is a non-profit organization and that in order to maintain its federal tax exemption it must engage primarily in activities which accomplish one or more of its tax-exempt purposes.”

“The process for determining compensation involves an annual review of individual performance and comparison of present compensation to market data.”

“The organization makes its governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements available to the public upon request.”

“Consulting fees & other: program service expenses 407,464. Management and general expenses 220,211. Fundraising expenses 34,064. Total expenses 661,739.”

“BAD DEBT -43,426.”

“Oversight of audit: the process has not changed from the prior year.”

“Financial services: isles continued to offer homebuyer and foreclosure counseling to prepare low- and moderate-income individuals for homeownership and to help families avoid foreclosure. We also offered isles financial solutions (ifs), an employer-based financial capability initiative for lower wage workers that includes an innovative mix of financial coaching, credit-building finance, savings products, and group-based learning. Ifs works with princeton university, capital health systems and local nonprofits. This year: isles had 533 customers seeking housing or foreclosure advice or assistance o 13 customers purchased a first home. O 17 foreclosure customers had positive mortgage outcomes (loan modifications, etc.). O 118 housing certificates were earned. 147 employees received ifs services o 94 one-on-one customers completed a budget, credit analysis and action plan. O 32 customers filed their taxes with the assistance of a financial coach. Isles' center for energy and environmental training (ceet): ceet is a green collar job training facility, targeting careers in energy efficiency and environmental health. This year, ceet: provided or facilitated healthy homes for community health workers training course for 73 home visitors offered "the seven keys to a healthy home" training to a total of 84 community members. Provided lead-safe renovation, repair, and paint training and certification for 28 workers. Lead safety and healthy homes: isles continued to provide retrofits to low-income homes to improve energy efficiency and remove lead, mold, and asthma triggers, and other health hazards. This year: tested more than 150 trenton homes for lead in water, soil, and paint. Completed more than 60 lead hazard control projects. All units were made lead safe. Isles youth institute (iyi): iyi offers alternative education options for disengaged students seeking their high school equivalency diploma, job skills, and life skills training. This year: 15 iyi students graduated with high school diplomas, and one matriculated to college 24 pre-apprentice construction training (pact) certificates were issued to students-12 core skills certifications and 12 in the carpentry field. 40 youth participated in meaningful community service projects. 22 certifications were earned in cpr/first aid and osha. 30 students, community members, and alumni participated in various internal and external job training internships. 20 students participated in the leadership academy, which included attending the symposium on violence prevention at tcnj, visiting the state capitol in trenton to speak with city council members, and visiting the u.s. Capitol in washington, d.c. For a congressional committee meeting on mental health in urban communities community planning and development (cp&d): isles partners with residents, civic organizations, and neighborhood associations to identify community needs, interests, and priorities on city-wide concerns and neighborhood land use and community development, and to support implementation of recommendations that emerge from planning processes. In 2019, this work included the following: conducted the second city-wide vacant property survey with support from the kresge foundation, which will inform ongoing policy and planning work around redevelopment, violence reduction, and placemaking opportunities. As part of its leadership role with the capital city youth violence coalition, helped organize the second citywide symposium on violence reduction where the coalition released the youth safety playbook, a data-driven set of strategies to systematically reduce youth violence in trenton continued implementation of the creek to canal creative district plan, supporting innovative arts-based initiatives in and around downtown, including the broad street bank gallery, the a-team at studio 51, and creative hanover, among others provided t-recs services at over 30 events reaching over 1,800 people, including national night out, east tr”