Southwest Detroit Immigrant and Refugee Center
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 473832575
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2019–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2015
- Location
- Grosse Pointe, MI, USA
- Phone
- 3132889904
- Rating
- 72
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Legal Services
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $830,407
- Expenses
- $777,313
- Assets
- $239,633
- Liabilities
- $70,526
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
10 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Kevin Piecuch (Executive Director)
Highest reported compensation
- Kevin Piecuch (Executive Director): $80,000 total reported compensation
- Clarisa Piecuch (Board Secretary): $65,000 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Provide low-cost legal services to immigrants and refugees seeking to make a home in the city of Detroit. Offer low-cost housing to immigrants and refugees who have difficulty finding long-term residency in the city of Detroit. Assist businesses owned by Detroit residents.
What it reported doing in 2024
2024 Accomplishments: 1. 8,648 client appointments at 225 daily clinic sessions--averaged 38.5 clients at each clinic. 2. Completed and filed 1,152 asylum applications that provided protection to 6,912 individuals. 3. Completed and filed 864 employment authorization documents (712 approved and issued) that provided income for hundreds of local families. 4. Attended 162 hearings at Immigration Court--47 cases dismissed, 28 granted asylum. Another 32 individuals were granted asylum by USCIS. 5. Attended 58 hearings at various local and state courts that protected individuals from false claims, saw 17 guardians appointed, and others won the ability to remain in their homes. 6. Maintained an active docket of 47 probate cases in Oakland and Wayne counties that allowed 16 families to obtain title to heirs property and supplied legal guardians for 25 at-risk persons. 7. Assisted 39 minors with their asylum and Special Immigrant Juvenile visas. 8. Filed visa petitions for 89 persons, and filed 125 adjustment of status applications (green cards) 9. Filed 78 family reunification petitions for refugees and asylees, with 11 family members approved to enter the U.S. 10. Filed 23 visa applications on behalf of crime victims, trafficked persons, and victims of domestic violence.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- 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. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 70
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 46
- Sustainability: 34
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 76.3%; rating input score 76
- Program expense ratio: 81.5%; rating input score 82
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 37.5%; rating input score 38; 10th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 5 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 56
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Fail
- 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: 6.4%; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.31; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.29; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 18.7%; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 30.8% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 28.7% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 35.2% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 76.3% of revenue deployed · 81.5% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 3 of 8 board members independent · 5 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $634K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $80K · 10 people listed
- Consistency: 27 of 27 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 6 filing years from 2019 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
- 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.
- Moderate — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 38/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 8 not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 14/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 54/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 16/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 25/100.