Michigan World Language Association

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
382325719
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2010–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Commerce Twp, MI, USA
Phone
2487705440
Rating
79
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Business and Industry

Reported finances

Revenue
$64,009
Expenses
$62,458
Assets
$92,246
Liabilities
$3,250

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

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • CARMEN RUIZ-SANCHEZ (PRESIDENT)
  • MELISSA DALTON (PRESIDENT EL)

People named in this filing

  • CARMEN RUIZ-SANCHEZ (PRESIDENT)
  • FRANCES LAZETTE (PAST PRESIDE)
  • MELISSA DALTON (PRESIDENT EL)

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

The main activity of the Michigan world language association is to provide its members with resources and professional development to enhance their teaching of world languages in elementary, secondary and post-secondary educational institutions in the state of Michigan.

What it reported doing in 2025

Twice a year, normally in the spring and summer, miwla publishes a newsletter to all of its membership. These publications include information about the state of world language education across the state and country, articles about current teaching methods and techniques, reports from executive board members, information about upcoming world language and miwla events and other information relevant to world language education. Book club was held via zoom meetings, 4 sessions, 35 members attended. One book studied and discussed per session.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 66% 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

SUPPORTED - 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 revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 88
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 44
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 86.9%; rating input score 87
  • Program expense ratio: 88.6%; rating input score 89

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 2.4%; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.48; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.04; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 6.9%; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -3.1% per year; rating input score 0; 40th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -4.4% per year; rating input score 0; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -2.3% per year; rating input score 0; 30th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 86.9% of revenue deployed · 88.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $55K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2010 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 5 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 — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 49/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 58/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 11/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 20/100.