Michigan Community College Association
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 382018394
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2009–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Lansing, MI, USA
- Phone
- 5173724350
- Rating confidence
- Limited
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $3,323,133
- Expenses
- $3,403,279
- Assets
- $2,949,795
- Liabilities
- $2,139,533
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
68 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- BRANDY JONHSON (PRESIDENT/SECRETARY)
- ERICA ORIANS (VICE PRESIDENT)
Highest reported compensation
- BRANDY JONHSON (PRESIDENT/SECRETARY): $270,337 total reported compensation
- ERICA ORIANS (VICE PRESIDENT): $221,725 total reported compensation
- JENNIFER SCHANKER (SR DIRECTOR (ENDED 12/31/24)): $157,290 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 mission of the organization is to provide leadership on issues affecting the advancement of Michigan's community and junior colleges; to facilitate the exchange of ideas and information relative to community colleges; to maintain working relationships with boards, offices, departments, agencies, groups and associations which may have an impact on community and junior college affairs in Michigan; to study and support legislation that affects Michigan's community and junior colleges; to exchange information on legislative and administrative matters; to represent community and junior colleges in all matters; to represent and advocate the benefits of community colleges for Michigan citizens; to establish and maintain the Michigan community college virtual learning collaborative (mccvlc), an internet based learning environment for use by all member community and junior colleges; and to provide staff training to community and junior colleges to enhance employee development.
What it reported doing in 2024
Meetings and workshops of trustee representatives andpresidents of member colleges to facilitate exchange of ideas and distribute information relative to: representation when taking collective action; monitoring legislative action at state and federal levels; maintaining working relationships with boards, offices, departments, agencies, groups and associations that have an impact on community college affairs; providing services to member colleges; and advocating the benefits of community colleges for Michigan citizens. (all 31 member community colleges)
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- Distribution model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.
The verdict
- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
- Transparency & Controls: 78
- Accountability: 99
- Sustainability: 24
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: Limited
- Program expense ratio: Limited
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 88.9%; rating input score 89; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
- Compensation committee: Missing
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
- Written employment contract: Pass
- Compensation survey or study: Pass
- Board or committee approval: Pass
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 74.5%; rating input score 75; 20th percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 98.4%; rating input score 98; 27th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 8 of 8 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: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -2.4%; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.87; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.73; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 26.7%; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: 6.3% per year; rating input score 100; 50th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 2.4% per year; rating input score 100; 21st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
- Governance: 61 of 62 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments
- Leadership: top reported pay $270K · 68 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Consistency: 11 of 12 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
- Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 7 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 4 filed related-organization links
- 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.
- Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 26/100.
- Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 32/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 7/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 12/100.