Glacier Academy for International Youth Cultural and Education Exchange
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 991339526
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2024–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025
- Location
- Missoula, MT, USA
- Phone
- 4062032524
- Rating
- 87
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Nonmonetary Support N.E.C.
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $146,139
- Expenses
- $148,949
- Assets
- $24,642
- Liabilities
- $12,478
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
3 people listed
People named in this filing
- SUHAN CHEN (Executive Dir.)
- MICHEL VALENTIN (Secretary)
- BILLIE JO JUNEAU (TREASUER)
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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Gaiycee are dedicated to providing cultural education and facilitating youth exchange opportunities between youth in Montana and the large global community. The organization achieves its educational goals through a diverse range of programs, including cultural and educational workshops and exchanges focused on theater, arts, and dance and international cultural events throughout Montana and the american west. Our mission is to unite young individuals from various cultural backgrounds, creating a platform for cultural empathy, discovery, and mutual understanding.
What it reported doing in 2025
INTERNATIONAL CULTURAL AND ARTS WORKSHOPS: IN 2025, THE ORGANIZATION COLLABORATED WITH SCHOOLS AND ARTS ORGANIZATIONS TO PRESENT A SERIES OF WORKSHOPS ON INTERNATIONAL ARTS AND CULTURE ACROSS THE AMERICAN WEST, DESIGNED TO IMMERSE STUDENTS IN GLOBAL CULTURAL TRADITIONS THROUGH HANDS-ON CREATIVE EXPERIENCES.KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS INCLUDE:- From February to April, we partnered with local schools in Missoula, including Paxson Elementary, Hellgate High, and Sentinel High, to organize a variety of interactive cultural workshops, craft camps, and cultural showcases as part of their Multicultural Week celebrations.- In March, we held a Spring-themed Chinese arts and culture workshop and performance in Los Angeles. Students from California and Montana learned international dances, songs, and lines from a childrens play.- In August, we organized a four-day Chinese Cultural and Arts Fair for youth ages 10 to 16. Activities included dance, music, drama, and a hands-on Chinese fan painting workshop in Los Angeles. The event concluded with a student-led performance showcasing what they had learned.- In the summer, our students performed in the international cultural show at the Western Montana Fair in Missoula.- In October, we presented a Chinese Cultural and Arts Fair in Missoula, featuring a special training session in the Chinese dances and arts. Students participated in traditional ethnic dance, music, and performance classes, receiving enthusiastic feedback and participation.THESE WORKSHOPS PROMOTED ARTISTIC GROWTH, CULTURAL APPRECIATION, AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT LAYING A STRONG FOUNDATION FOR FUTURE INTERCULTURAL PROGRAMS.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
- 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
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 82
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 19
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 82.4%; rating input score 82
- Program expense ratio: 80.9%; rating input score 81
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -1.9%; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.17; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.51; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 40.5%; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 31.9% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 18.1% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 4% per year; rating input score 100; 39th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 82.4% of revenue deployed · 80.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $120K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 to 2025
- 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 25/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 17/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 9/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 8/100.