I3 Detroit

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
270553505
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2022–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2016
Location
Ferndale, MI, USA
Rating
39
Verdict
REVIEW
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Adult, Continuing Education

Reported finances

Revenue
$159,810
Expenses
$124,119
Assets
$125,659

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

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Matt Arnold (President)

People named in this filing

  • Jan Henry (Director)
  • Tim Clayson (Director and Treasurer)
  • Frank Aloia (Director)

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

To provide the community access to equipment education and a space to educate and develop craftmanship and artistic skills.

What it reported doing in 2025

Making our space and tools available for our community to use. Hundreds of people visit our space every year to use our equipment for personal projects small businesses and educational reasons. We do not charge or itemize expenses at this level of detail.

Operating model

Revenue model
Membership-supported. 89% 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

REVIEW - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. 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: 2
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 60
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 1.6%; rating input score 2
  • Program expense ratio: 2.1%; rating input score 2

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 22.3%; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.01; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -52.3% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 21.3% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -0.8% per year; rating input score 0; 24th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 1.6% of revenue deployed · 2.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $3K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2022 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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.

Key Signals

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

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 2/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 2/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 59/100.