Association of Independent Michigan Scho

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
382826645
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2015–2019
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2019
Location
Lansing, MI, USA
Phone
7347511231
Rating
34
Verdict
REVIEW
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Educational Services and Schools - Other

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$60,873
Expenses
$70,626
Assets
$147,376
Liabilities
$9,256

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2019. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MEREDITH SCHINDLER (PRESIDENT)
  • DAVID FELDMAN (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • SAM KENNEDY (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

People named in this filing

  • CATHARINE CALDER (MEMBER)
  • BART BRONK (MEMBER)
  • ANDY ZIMMER (MEMBER)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2019. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To develop and foster a strong community of schools to promote their value and to provide professional development and collaborative opportunities

What it reported doing in 2019

Contribute to improvement in academic programs for 28 member schools

Operating model

Revenue model
Membership-supported. 97% of the money available for current operations came from membership dues.
Distribution model
No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.

The verdict

REVIEW - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 0
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 34
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
  • Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -16%; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.09; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.06; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 85%; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -71.4% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -8.9% per year; rating input score 0; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -0.2% per year; rating input score 0; 40th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2015 to 2019
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 0/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 25/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 25/100.