German Immersion Foundation
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 392023078
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2011–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Milwaukee, WI, USA
- Rating
- 52
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Fund Raising and/or Fund Distribution
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $30,843
- Expenses
- $25,298
- Assets
- $44,209
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
5 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Richard Steenwyk (President and Interim Treasurer)
People named in this filing
- Richard Steenwyk (President and Interim Treasurer)
- Jonathan Synovic (Secretary)
- Steve Amaren (Board 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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The organizations primary purpose is to raise and distribute funds that benefit the students enrolled in the language immersion programs at Milwaukee German Immersion School and Milwaukee School of Languages with the goal of furthering their educational experience and preparing them to excel in a competitive global marketplace
What it reported doing in 2024
Full coverage of language proficiency testing enrollment and administration benefiting Milwaukee School of Languages
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- Distribution model
- Transfer-based 990-EZ. The 990-EZ reports grants or member benefits, but it does not separate enough spending to show the nonprofit’s full delivery mix.
The verdict
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and program spending has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 32
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 58
- Growth: 0
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 51.8%; rating input score 52
- Program expense ratio: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 18%; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.75; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -5.5% per year; rating input score 0; 34th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -6.1% per year; rating input score 0; 31st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -7.4% per year; rating input score 0; 20th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 51.8% of revenue deployed
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 4 filed program accomplishments
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 13 filing years from 2011 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- 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.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 52/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.