Consortium for North American Higher Education Collaboration Con

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
833905097
IRS 990 coverage
2019–2023
Forms available
Form 990 2023
Location
Tucson, AZ, USA
Phone
5202013949
Rating
66
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Professional Societies, Associations

Reported finances

Revenue
$253,145
Expenses
$189,112
Assets
$179,269
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

2 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • SEAN MANLEY-CASIMIR (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND TREASURER)
  • MARY FANELLI AYALA (PRESIDENT/CHAIR)

Highest reported compensation

  • SEAN MANLEY-CASIMIR (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND TREASURER): $132,766 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The consortium for north american higher education's (conahec) primary mission is to foster academic collaboration among institutions, organizations and agencies of higher education in canada, mexico and the united states. Conahec also promotes linkages between north america and higher education entities around the world.

What it reported doing in 2023

Conahec conference: planning is underway to hold conahec's 22nd north american higher education conference in october of 2024. The initial proposal, accepted by city university of seattle was to hold the conference on their premises. Conahec's executive director visited the campus and viewed the spaces and catering capacities, as well as investigated hotels to potentially set aside a room block. Conahec also paid for whova software - an online platform that permits event registration, the organization of an agenda, and the enablement of a conference app. Sponsorships were also collected from a number of supporting agencies and organizations. It was subsequently decided that the event would instead be held at cetys university's campus in ensenada, baja California mexico due to human resource limitations at city university and the availability of staff support at cetys still in october of 2024.

Operating model

Revenue model
Membership-supported. 99% of the money available for current operations came from membership dues.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and most voting board members are independent. The filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad and the filing does not identify recipients for some grant dollars.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 66
  • Transparency & Controls: 55
  • Accountability: 79
  • Sustainability: 62
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 65.9%; rating input score 66
  • Program expense ratio: 87.9%; rating input score 88
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Scored; rating input score 0
  • Grant itemization coverage: Scored; rating input score 0
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 4 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • 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: 25.3%; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.95; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 7%; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 18.2% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 0.4% per year; rating input score 100; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -2.4% per year; rating input score 0; 17th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 65.9% of revenue deployed · 87.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 1 of 1 board members independent · 4 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $166K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $133K · 2 people listed
  • Consistency: 18 of 18 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and foreign activity
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2019 to 2023
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • 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 — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight scored 0/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 39/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 32/100.