International House of Metrolina Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 581440413
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Charlotte, NC, USA
- Phone
- 7043338099
- Rating
- 87
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- International Exchange, N.E.C.
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $1,812,453
- Expenses
- $1,875,384
- Assets
- $1,652,034
- Liabilities
- $464,732
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
17 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Stephanie Spicer (Past President)
- Amit Mehta (President)
- Loretta Evivie (President-Elect)
- Autumn Weil (Executive Director)
Highest reported compensation
- Autumn Weil (Executive Director): $101,760 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
International House promotes international understanding and helps immigrants integrate fully into our community.
What it reported doing in 2024
Education Program - International House serves immigrants and Charlotteans through a varirty of classes and other educational opportunities. Major educational initiatives include (but are not limited to): i. English Tutoring Program (ETP), which is designed to help immigrants learn English at he most convenient time and place by pairing them with a caring, trained volunteer tutor. ii. Youth English Tutoring Program (YETP), which is a summer program designed to bridge the gap between school years with English tutoring for immigrant children. iii. Traditional English as a second language classes for people wishing to improve their language skills. iv. Citizenship classes where students learn about major areas of CIS test and prepare for their interview. International House reviews US history, American government, and civics, incorporating basic English skills. The classes emphasize the responsibilities of US citizenship such as voting and civic participation.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 66% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- 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.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 81
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 33
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 87.6%; rating input score 88
- Program expense ratio: 84.4%; rating input score 84
- Fundraising efficiency: $8.81 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- 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: 8 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 100
- 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: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -3.5%; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.88; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.28; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 5.4%; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 8.8% per year; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 7.4% per year; rating input score 100; 56th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 15.5% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 87.6% of revenue deployed · 84.4% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 16 of 16 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $1.6M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $102K · 17 people listed
- Consistency: 32 of 32 current checks pass
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- 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.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 34/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 27/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 39/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 26/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 52/100.