Michigan Lodging and Tourism Association Dba Check in Michigan

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
382140448
IRS 990 coverage
2016–2017
Forms available
Form 990 2017
Location
Okemos, MI, USA
Phone
5172678989
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Chambers of Commerce & Business Leagues

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$812,487
Expenses
$834,328
Assets
$440,261
Liabilities
$166,536

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2017. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

27 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DEANNA RICHESON (PRESIDENT/CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • DEANNA RICHESON (PRESIDENT/CEO): $125,063 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2017. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To represent, promote, and educate for Michigan's lodging, travel and tourism industry.

What it reported doing in 2017

To provide business education to approximately 507 members who are in the business of providing hotel or other living accommodations or transportation to the public. Check in Michigan (cim) provides advocacy, professional development and networking opportunities to members, and holds an annual spring conference. The 2017 pure Michigan governor's conference on tourism in lansing during april had over 900 attendees. In 2017, cim continued to support and fight for post labor day schools and funding for pure Michigan, along with other advocacy needs for the industry. The educational "women in lodging leadership" chapters had successful offerings of professional leadership development seminars and networking events offered throughout the state.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 97% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
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: 91
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 26
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: Limited
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 90.9%; rating input score 91; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
    • 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: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -2.7%; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.53; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.38; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 15%; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 5.8% per year; rating input score 100; 58th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -12.7% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: 21 of 21 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $125K · 27 people listed
  • Consistency: 12 of 13 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2016 to 2017
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • 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 — Transparency & Controls: Schedule R controlled transactions itemized did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 27/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 27/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 20/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 24/100.