Kentucky Institute for International Studies Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 811747057
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2020–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2025
- Location
- Bowling Green, KY, USA
- Phone
- 2707452148
- Rating
- 84
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Promotion of International Understanding
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $3,175,541
- Expenses
- $3,111,783
- Assets
- $798,598
- Liabilities
- $246,908
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
95 people listed
Highest reported compensation
- DR JOHN DIZGUN (PRES/EXEC DI): $106,644 total reported compensation
- MARIA CANNING (ASSISTANT DI): $57,016 total reported compensation
- JENNIFER GILLIAM (TREASURER): $53,326 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The mission of the Kentucky institute for international studies, inc. - a non-profit consortium of colleges and universities based at western Kentucky university - is to provide quality education in an international setting.
What it reported doing in 2025
This was a summer term (05/19/25-06/16/25)study abroad program in italy. The program had 22 students and 4 professors. 8 courses were offered in the program in the following disciplines: cuisine and culture theatre design and style english history italian humanities
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 98% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- 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 - 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: 82
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 86
- Sustainability: 24
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 92.1%; rating input score 92
- Program expense ratio: 94%; rating input score 94
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
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: 6 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 67
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- 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: Fail
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 2%; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.26; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.31; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 12.3%; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 30.4% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 34.5% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 11.4% per year; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 92.1% of revenue deployed · 94% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 60 of 60 board members independent · 6 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $2.9M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $107K · 95 people listed
- Consistency: 25 of 25 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 6 filing years from 2020 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 36 filed money-flow records
- 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.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 9 not reported.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 33/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 7/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 26/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 27/100.