Mississippi Alliance for Independent Colleges & Universities

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
991357286
IRS 990 coverage
2024–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Flora, MS, USA
Phone
6016448858
Rating
73
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Fund Raising and/or Fund Distribution

Reported finances

Revenue
$168,500
Expenses
$96,720
Assets
$73,781
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • JASON S DEAN (EXECUTIVE DI): $22,917 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The Mississippi alliance of independent colleges and universities is dedicated to advancing the collective interests of private, nonprofit higher education institutions across the state. As a tax-exempt organization, maicu's primary purpose is to strengthen our member institutions by promoting policies that support educational excellence and accessibility while securing resources to enhance student success. Through this collaboration, the maicu will amplify the impact of independent colleges and universities, ensuring they remain vital contributors to workforce development, civic engagement, and the cultural and economic well-being of Mississippi. This commitment to innovation and advocacy will help to sustain and expand educational opportunities for students of diverse backgrounds, reinforcing the essential role of independent higher education in the Mississippi's future.

What it reported doing in 2025

The maicu strives to serve as a voice for its seven member private colleges for any committee work or other organizations that require us to participate (e.g., the Mississippi commission on college accreditation and the "ascent to 55%" program). In 2025, the maicu was the fiscal agent and organizer for the Mississippi association of colleges and universities conference held in july 2025 in jackson, ms. This responsibility rotates among colleges and universities in the state of Mississippi. Maicu coordinates the distribution of any scholarships and state or federal funding it receives to the seven members of maicu. In 2025 maicu received an unsolicited contribution from paccar foundation (91-6030638)in the amount of 70,000 for student scholarships. The funds were distributed to all seven members of maicu in equal amounts of 10,000 each. The paccar foundation played no role in the selection of the scholarship recipients. No active fundraising of any kind was performed by maicu in 2025.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 100% 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 - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of total spending goes to programs. 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: 63
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 74
  • Sustainability: 62
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 55.4%; rating input score 55
  • Program expense ratio: 96.5%; rating input score 96
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th 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; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 3 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 38
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 42.6%; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.76; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 23.7%; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -38.5% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 8.2% per year; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 189.4% per year; rating input score 100; 100th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 55.4% of revenue deployed · 96.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 3 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $93K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $23K · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 13 of 13 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 55/100.
  • Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 34/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 15/100.