Minneapolis-ibaraki City Cultural Association

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
411566137
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2013–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Minneapolis, MN, USA
Phone
6124236719
Rating
47
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Cultural, Ethnic Awareness

Reported finances

Revenue
$4,569
Expenses
$5,477
Assets
$14,177
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Karl Reinhard (President)
  • Patrick Goode (Vice-President)

People named in this filing

  • Karl Reinhard (President)
  • Patrick Goode (Vice-President)
  • Cynthia Haskell (Treasurer)

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

MISCA promotes cultural and citizen exchanges between the cities of Minneapolis, Minnesota and Ibaraki City, Japan. Among these are youth sports exchanges, language study groups, art exchanges between each cities schools, Haiku poetry contests, hosting of city officials from Ibaraki and programs to educate citizens of Minneapolis about the its Sister City, Ibaraki, Japan.

What it reported doing in 2025

Promoted and organized Haiku Contest for students of Minneapolis Public Schools. Entries were first judged by Board Members of MISCA (approximately 500 entries). 120 entries were sent to Ibaraki Japan for final judging. Winners were given certificates and a small gift from Ibaraki during a ceremony at the Cherry Tree Festival on Nicollet Island, Minneapolis in May.

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

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 21
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 46
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 22.5%; rating input score 22
  • Program expense ratio: 18.8%; rating input score 19

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -19.9%; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.59; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -14% per year; rating input score 0; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -1.9% per year; rating input score 0; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 22.1% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 22.5% of revenue deployed · 18.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 4 filed program accomplishments · $1K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 9 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 13 filing years from 2013 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 22/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 19/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part III transfer expenses within program total did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 22/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.