The International Center Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
351300785
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Indianapolis, IN, USA
Phone
3179555150
Rating
73
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$2,043,471
Expenses
$1,718,647
Assets
$10,454,848
Liabilities
$524,607

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

Leadership & pay

20 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MARTIN BAIER (CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • MARTIN BAIER (CEO): $147,387 total reported compensation
  • GARTH EBERHART (COO): $114,714 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

The international center is a catalyst to inform, convene, and connect public, private, and civic global objectives in Indiana. For nearly half a century, the international center has served as a guide to the world's cultural landscape and a catalyst for the state's international growth. Working in collaboration with businesses, organizations, government agencies, educational institutions, and individual citizens, the center expands Indiana's global interest through a variety of programs and services and convening diverse interests who share common international goals. The international center is a member of global ties, u.s.

What it reported doing in 2024

Various projects, programs and events that provide cultural understanding, appreciation and educational needs for Indiana citizens, including students and teachers, and individuals that have relocated to Indiana from outside the united states. Global ties u.s.: an initiative of the u.s. Department of state, bureau of educational and cultural affairs that brings emerging leaders from overseas to Indiana to meet with professional counterparts and experience the united states firsthand. Orientation programs: training and assistance to help relocated internationals and their families. Pre-departure and repatriation programs: assistance to help individuals departing/returning from international assignments. Protocol office programs: advises organizations on practices to enable meetings/events of different nations to come together with proper mutual respect. Seminar programs: focus on learning about opportunities and challenges of globalization and building on cultural diversity. Local volunteers programs: volunteers who introduce foreign guests to hoosier hospitality. Cross cultural training programs: assistance to the region's multicultural population and to support employers in creating greater understanding of cultural diversity in the workplace. Collaborations and partnership programs: the center joins with other nonprofits to maximize the impact of its work.

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 97% 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 most voting board members are independent. 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: 47
  • Transparency & Controls: 87
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 70
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 49%; rating input score 49
  • Program expense ratio: 56%; rating input score 56
  • Fundraising efficiency: $2.79 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 93.8%; rating input score 94; 20th 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 15.9%; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 6.08; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.05; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 15.3%; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 1.2% per year; rating input score 100; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 2.8% per year; rating input score 100; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 13.1% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 49% of revenue deployed · 56% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 18 of 18 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $963K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $147K · 20 people listed
  • Consistency: 31 of 31 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 11 filing years from 2011 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 4 filed related-organization links
  • 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 49/100.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 56/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 8/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 18/100.