International Student Ministry - Lansing Area

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
383371916
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2013–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
East Lansing, MI, USA
Phone
5176577778
Rating
87
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Religion Related N.E.C.
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$116,693
Expenses
$116,386
Assets
$91,456

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

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DENNIS MEIER (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • DENNIS MEIER (PRESIDENT)
  • DAVID DRESSEL (VICE PRESIDE)
  • JEFFREY ANDRESEN (TREASURER)

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

The purpose of international student ministries - lansing area is to assist the church in showing the love of christ in winning non-christian international students for christ through expressions of love and in nurturing and discipling christian international students.

What it reported doing in 2025

English as a second language is taught to international students attending Michigan state university (msu) and their family members. For 2024 there were 19 classes with an average attendance of 12 students per class. 60 volunteers are involved in teaching and conversation partnerships (one- on-one meetings between teachers and students). In addition to formal classes, enhancement classes are offered which are taught in english but are not academic in nature and include water color painting, sewing, cooking, knitting, pilates/fitness, and art.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 89% 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.

The verdict

STRONG - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 80
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 31
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 79.7%; rating input score 80
  • Program expense ratio: 79.6%; rating input score 80

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: 0.3%; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.79; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 38.1%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 5.5% per year; rating input score 100; 47th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 4.3% per year; rating input score 100; 40th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 9.2% per year; rating input score 100; 57th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 79.7% of revenue deployed · 79.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $93K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 13 filing years from 2013 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.

  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 32/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 51/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 9/100.