International Institute of Minnesota

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
410693912
IRS 990 coverage
2017–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
St Paul, MN, USA
Phone
6516470191
Rating
70
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Ethnic, Immigrant Centers

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$9,629,050
Expenses
$9,249,686
Assets
$21,011,123
Liabilities
$506,778

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

22 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • EVAN DORAN (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • MARY MIKLETHUN (PRESIDENT)
  • JANE A GRAUPMAN (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • JANE A GRAUPMAN (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $171,513 total reported compensation
  • CORINNE ERTZ (DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR): $133,487 total reported compensation
  • MICHAEL DONAHUE (ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR): $111,439 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The international institute of Minnesota helps new americans become self-sufficient and fully contributing members in our society. The institute provides quality programs and services that help new americans move lives forward. Our critical work is possible because of the generosity of our donors, volunteers and partners.

What it reported doing in 2024

Refugee and immigration services: the institute is a leader in delivering evidence based services to refugees and immigrants in our community. The institute provided support to more than 1,260 adults and children, helping them meet their basic needs in order to build a strong foundation for their new lives. Housing, employment, education, and overall case management services help newly arrived refugees become self-sufficient. Humanitarian parolees, asylees, unaccompanied children and foreign-born survivors of human trafficking also received services. The institute has welcomed more than 26,335 refugees since 1975 to Minnesota. The institute's immigration services team offered low-cost legal services to more than 3000 people in 2025 providing long-term security and stability for families including lawful permanent residency, employment authorization, family reunification and other legal services. Since 2001, the institute has helped more than 18,500 new americans become u.s. Citizens. Our critical work is possible because of the generosity of our donors, volunteers and partners.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 64% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
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. Few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence and the filing does not identify recipients for some grant dollars.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 69
  • Transparency & Controls: 49
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 56
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 71.1%; rating input score 71
  • Program expense ratio: 73.5%; rating input score 73
  • Fundraising efficiency: $13.22 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 93.3%; rating input score 93; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Missing
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • 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: 9 of 9 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: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 3.9%; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.27; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 79; 79th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 6.9%; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 12.1% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 9.2% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 17.7% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 71.1% of revenue deployed · 73.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 17 of 17 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $6.8M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $172K · 22 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $201K reported
  • Consistency: 31 of 32 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 8 filing years from 2017 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 5 filed money-flow records
  • 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 — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 47/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 47/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 42/100.