International Institute of Wisconsin Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
390806350
IRS 990 coverage
2015–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
Location
Milwaukee, WI, USA
Phone
4142256220
Rating
80
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Ethnic, Immigrant Centers

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$4,895,728
Expenses
$4,999,372
Assets
$1,381,899
Liabilities
$702,491

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

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • PAUL F TREBIAN (PRESIDENT & CEO)
  • ESTELA VAZQUEZ-ORNELAS (VICE PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • PAUL F TREBIAN (PRESIDENT & CEO): $151,255 total reported compensation
  • ESTELA VAZQUEZ-ORNELAS (VICE PRESIDENT): $99,244 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 institute of Wisconsin (iiw) aspires to be the steadfast guardian of culture and mutual understanding, offering human services to our community. Iiw's mission is to provide services for safe and legal pathways for immigration and united states naturalization, passionately championing the preservation of cultural identity, creating mutual understanding, and celebrating the rich tapestry of our varied cultural and multiethnic heritage.iiw's mission is fulfilled though providing immigration and naturalization services, providing international visitor's leadership program, providing interpretation & translation services, providing refugee resettlement, and providing a variety of educational programs designed to empower the community, refugees, and immigrants as they integrate into their new communities.

What it reported doing in 2024

International programs: through its partnership with the u.s. Department of state and other global initiatives, iiw hosts a range of international exchange programs designed to promote diplomacy, leadership development, and cross-cultural collaboration.the international visitor leadership program (ivlp) welcomes emerging global leaders to Wisconsin for short-term professional exchanges that foster mutual understanding and build international networks. Iiw also supports professional and academic fellow exchanges, including long-term placements that bring global fellows to engage with local community, institutions, businesses, and nonprofits in areas such as education, human rights, public health, and civil society. Holiday folk fair international as the proud producer of the holiday folk fair international, iiw celebrates the rich mosaic of world cultures through this annual event. The fair brings together ethnic communities from across Wisconsin and beyond to share music, dance, food, crafts, and customs, promoting mutual respect, cultural appreciation, and international understanding.these international programs provide platforms for dialogue, community engagement, and leadership growth, strengthening global ties and broadening local perspectives.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 71% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 74% for direct work, and 26% for grants.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 91
  • Transparency & Controls: 75
  • Accountability: 74
  • Sustainability: 23
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 91.9%; rating input score 92
  • Program expense ratio: 89.9%; rating input score 90
  • Fundraising efficiency: $101.72 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 87; 87th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 83.3%; rating input score 83; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 62
    • 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: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -2.1%; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.28; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.51; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 5%; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 10.4% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 10.8% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 5.2% per year; rating input score 100; 36th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 91.9% of revenue deployed · 89.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 10 of 12 board members independent · 5 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $4.5M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $151K · 12 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 30 of 30 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 10 filing years from 2015 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 26/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 8/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 21/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 53/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Federal audit findings: this organization reported findings in its latest federal Single Audit.