Michels Family Educational Trust

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
426570941
IRS 990-PF coverage
2010–2025
Forms available
Form 990-PF 2025
Location
Muscatine, IA, USA
Phone
5632624221
Rating
35
Verdict
REVIEW
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Private Grantmaking Foundations

Reported finances

Revenue
$10,880
Expenses
$5,280

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

Overview

Mission

Private Grantmaking Foundations

What it reported funding in 2025

The foundation reported 4 grants totaling $4,000. The stated grant purpose was scholarship.

Operating model

Revenue model
Investment-supported. 85% of the foundation's positive operating resources came from recurring investment income.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The foundation carried out 100% of its reported charitable disbursements directly.
  • Includes asset-sale income: Asset-sale income is shown separately from recurring resources when classifying the revenue model.

The verdict

REVIEW - The filing identifies who received its grants. A relatively small share of available resources goes to charitable grants and a relatively small share of spending goes to grants.

Rating breakdown

  • Grant Deployment: 18
  • Cost Efficiency: 0
  • Transparency: 100
  • Compliance: 50
  • Endowment Health: NotEnoughData

Detailed rating inputs

Grant Deployment

  • Grant deployment ratio: 17.6%; rating input score 18; 13th percentile among comparable filings

Cost Efficiency

  • Grant expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0; 21st percentile among comparable filings

Transparency

  • Grant recipient disclosure: Yes; rating input score 100

Compliance

  • Part VII-B activity disclosures: Limited
  • Filing consistency checks: 9; rating input score 100

Endowment Health

  • Endowment-health comparison: Limited

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Grants: 100% of grant recipient detail disclosed
  • Payout: 17.6% grant deployment rate
  • Trustees: Filed trustees detail
  • Self-dealing: Filed self-dealing detail
  • Investments: Filed investments detail
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2010 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 4 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.

  • High — Grant Deployment: Grant deployment ratio scored 18/100.
  • High — Cost Efficiency: Grant expense ratio scored 0/100.