Mid-west Educational Center Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
481158074
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Manhattan, KS, USA
Phone
7857761234
Rating
93
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Museum, Museum Activities

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$156,583
Expenses
$141,486
Assets
$34,508
Liabilities
$66

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

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • LAUREN FARWELL (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • LAUREN FARWELL (PRESIDENT)
  • JOSEPHINE STRALEY (BOARD MEMBER)
  • JESSICA SHOLIN (SECRETARY)

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

Educational programming in the arts, sciences, and humanities through hands-on activities and interactive exhibits. Included are afterschool programs, summer camps, teen mentor programs, and early childhood programs.

What it reported doing in 2025

2,240 youth and their families participated in seven educational programs in the arts, sciences, and humanities through hands-on activities and exhibits. This includes early childhood programs (pre-k steam from january-december), summer and days-out-of-school camps (11 discovery days and 8 weeks of think big summer camp), teen apprentice program (wonder teens throughout the year), family visits (pods-family and friends up to 10 from january-december), art bars (january-december), and after-school workshops (fall-winter). Caregivers are the parent(s) or grandparent(s). Programs are made possible with the involvement of 60 volunteers.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 74% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 94
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 45
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 90.4%; rating input score 90
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 9.6%; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.24; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 6.7% per year; rating input score 100; 50th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 10.7% per year; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -4.9% per year; rating input score 0; 16th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 90.4% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $141K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2021 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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 — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 23/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 54/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 45/100.