Michigan Lean Consortium
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 271995557
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2012–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2011
- Location
- Haslett, MI, USA
- Phone
- 2317147062
- Rating
- 85
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Educational Services and Schools - Other
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $99,170
- Expenses
- $90,006
- Assets
- $83,883
- Liabilities
- $4,160
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
8 people listed
People named in this filing
- MICHELLE FORMANCZYK (OUTREACH DIRECTOR)
- ROBERT STURZA (PROGRAM DIRECTOR)
- KIM ZIEGLER (MEMBERSHIP DIRECTOR)
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
Transform Michigan's organizations and economy by developing and supporting lean systems thinkers
What it reported doing in 2025
Offer diverse educational programs and workshops on lean topics that promote sharing of innovative practices, networking, and fostering a sustainable advantage for Michigan's public, private, and educational sections of society.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 69% 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. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 94
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 50
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 90.8%; rating input score 91
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 9.2%; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.93; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.05; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -5.9% per year; rating input score 0; 34th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 0.7% per year; rating input score 100; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 8.7% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 90.8% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $90K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 14 filing years from 2012 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- 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 — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 59/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 46/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 18/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.