Community Center for Immigrants Incorporated

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
862166259
IRS 990 coverage
2024–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2023, Form 990-N 2021
Location
Milwaukee, WI, USA
Phone
4147082303
Rating
69
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Adult, Continuing Education

Reported finances

Revenue
$665,918
Expenses
$498,358
Assets
$245,398
Liabilities
$38,873

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Mariah Harris (Board President)
  • Eric Johnson (Vice President)
  • Caitlyn Lewis (Executive Director)

Highest reported compensation

  • Caitlyn Lewis (Executive Director): $111,522 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Community Center for Immigrants facilitates integration and fosters self-sufficiency in the immigrant community by providing English and Citizenship education programs and immigration legal services. Our goal is to develop the literacy and civic knowledge required to obtain U.S. citizenship and actively participate in American society.

What it reported doing in 2025

CCIs English Literacy & Civics program innovatively teaches English and workplace skills to refugee students enhancing their life skills. The ELL services include: Beginner Literacy for those with limited English proficiency focusing on reading writing speaking and listening. High Beginning and Intermediate courses improve overall language skills. English Language for Citizenship offers language and civic knowledge for US citizenship application. English Language for Civic Rights and Responsibilities workshops cover American political systems and rights aiding in democratic participation and immigration navigation. Guest speakers include local officials employers financial experts and FoodShare advocates. Field trips to local businesses and the Milwaukee Public Library provide experiential learning. Outreach events recruit new refugees including citizenship celebrations and World Refugee Day participation. Transportation assistance is provided through gas cards. Translation services are available for various program activities. Referrals to other agencies support participants needs including legal services for green card and citizenship applications. CCIs Citizenship education program teaches the language skills and civics knowledge necessary to obtain US citizenship and become an active member of the community. Our courses build personal confidence and encourage the use of English in practical situations outside the classroom. We leverage a team of experienced instructors to deliver educational programming to hard-to-reach limited literate learners. Additionally to overcome barriers to adult education we provide transportation childcare and online classes.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 65% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 59
  • Transparency & Controls: 72
  • Accountability: 90
  • Sustainability: 49
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 53.1%; rating input score 53
  • Program expense ratio: 71%; rating input score 71
  • Fundraising efficiency: $16.44 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 80%; rating input score 80; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • 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; 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: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 25.2%; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.49; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.16; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 20%; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -15.6% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 58.8% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 62.8% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 53.1% of revenue deployed · 71% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 5 of 5 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $354K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $112K · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 38 of 40 current checks pass · 2 findings to review
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

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

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 53/100.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 50/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 24/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Functional expense sum did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part IX OtherSalariesAndWages column sum did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 16/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 28/100.