Minnesota Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
411385145
IRS 990 coverage
2016–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2022
Location
Minneapolis, MN, USA
Phone
6512142027
Rating
35
Verdict
REVIEW
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Adult, Continuing Education

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$231,475
Expenses
$202,868
Assets
$129,621
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • QURINA SLAYHI (PRESIDENT)
  • ALONSO JAQUE PINO (1ST VICE PRESIDENT)
  • AMY YOUNG (2ND VICE PRESIDENT)
  • MYRNA ABREGO (3RD VICE PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • CATHERINE CLEMENTS (EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT): $15,450 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Minnetesol is a professional organization for the support and professional development of teachers of english

What it reported doing in 2024

Minnetesol organized a regional conference which allowed them to share research results, collaborations of strategies and teaching meathods, as well as networking with other teachers of english. The conference included an exhibition of texts and materials. Provided various travel grants for members to attend conferences in the area as well as the natl tesol conference. Organized various professional development workshops with distinguished practitioners and researchs in the field.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Multi-channel. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 55% for direct work, 19% for grants, and 27% for member benefits.

The verdict

REVIEW - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 12
  • Transparency & Controls: 80
  • Accountability: 5
  • Sustainability: 52
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 12.5%; rating input score 12
  • Program expense ratio: 14.2%; rating input score 14
  • Fundraising efficiency: $1.56 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 88.9%; rating input score 89; 5th 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: Limited
  • Governance controls: 1 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 12
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 12.4%; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.64; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 7.6%; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -18.6% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 2.3% per year; rating input score 100; 36th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 1% per year; rating input score 100; 29th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 12.5% of revenue deployed · 14.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 1 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $212K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $15K · 12 people listed
  • Consistency: 19 of 20 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2016 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 12/100.
  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 6 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 14/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 8/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 30/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 31/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.