University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee Alumni Association Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 396093545
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2009–2020
- Forms available
- Form 990 2020, Form 990-T 2020
- Location
- Milwaukee, WI, USA
- Phone
- 4142294290
- Rating
- 65
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Alumni Associations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $435,139
- Expenses
- $371,698
- Assets
- $0
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2020. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
17 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- DAVID P MISKY (PAST PRESIDENT)
- SCOTT M CONGER (PRESIDENT)
- MICHELLE A PUTZ (VICE PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- MEG E JANSKY (TRUSTEE)
- DOMONIQUE A FORD (TRUSTEE)
- TODD BRENANN (TRUSTEE)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2020. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Sponsor activites for alumni of the university of Wisconsin - milwaukee
What it reported doing in 2020
Various alumni engagement activities including alumni awards/recognition, campus and community events, volunteer opportunities and the panther prowl run/walk.
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 - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 64
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 36
- Sustainability: 37
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 85.3%; rating input score 85
- Program expense ratio: 49.9%; rating input score 50
- 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: 0%; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 6 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 86
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 14.6%; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -14.6% per year; rating input score 0; 13th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 3.6% per year; rating input score 100; 57th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 0.4% per year; rating input score 100; 30th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 85.3% of revenue deployed · 49.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 0 of 17 board members independent · 6 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $185K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 17 people listed
- Consistency: 24 of 24 current checks pass
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 12 filing years from 2009 to 2020
- 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.
- High — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 50/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 1/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Form 990 shared with the board not reported.