MIDWESTERN HIGHER EDUCATION COMPACT

Tax status: 501(c)(3) public charity, recognized by the IRS in 1992.

EIN: 38-3011476.

FY2024 Form 990: $11,146,961 total revenue, $7,251,824 total expenses, $21,719,259 total assets.

How Helpfund reads this organization

Public Activity — Strong

Published Content & Communications — Strong Website content was successfully cataloged (mission, programs, links). We did not find a report linked from this organization's home page. We have not looked at the rest of the site, so this is not scored either way. We have not yet checked whether this organization publishes a news feed. Posting history has not been collected for this organization yet — not scored either way.

Operating History & Continuity — Strong Granted tax-exempt status in 1992 — 34 years of operating history. Unbroken filing record across 4 years.

Web & Social Presence — Strong Website is live but blocks automated access, so we could not read it. Counted as reachable — a refusal is not an absence. This organization's website blocks automated access, so we could not check it for social accounts. Not scored either way — this is a limit on us, not a finding about them. Posting activity cannot be checked until this organization's accounts are resolved — not scored either way. Posting activity has not been collected for this organization yet — not scored either way.

Regulatory & Legal Compliance — Strong Most recent 990 covers tax year 2024 — current. Latest filing includes the full functional-expense breakdown. Reports a written conflict-of-interest policy. Reports a whistleblower policy. No document-retention policy reported on the 990. Uses an independent process to set executive compensation. 100% of voting board members are independent. Listed in IRS Publication 78 as an organization eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.

Programs & Events — Strong 3 program service lines described on the latest 990. Program descriptions are substantive. Described programs account for 66% of reported expenses.

5 of 5 signals measured.

Sentiment — not yet scored

Independent Funder & Peer Validation — Neutral Received grants from 1 independent grantmaker, each recorded in that funder's own IRS filing rather than reported by this organization. No grants appear in the most recent filing years on record. Funders' returns are filed a year or more after the giving, so recent support often has not been published yet.

Media, Press & Legal, Social Chatter & Reach, Public Reviews & Community Voice: We have not collected this yet. That is a gap in our coverage, not a finding about this organization.

Third-Party Ratings & Watchdogs: The data exists but we are not licensed to publish it. This is a limit on us, not a finding about this organization.

1 of 5 signals measured.

Impact — not yet scored

Outcome Measurability & Disclosure — Minimal Publishes 2 outcome statements. Outcome statements are qualitative only, with no measurable figures given. Outcome statements carry no time period, so the results cannot be placed in time.

Cost-Effectiveness, Impact Scale & Growth: We can measure this and choose not to publish it.

Third-Party Impact Validation, Constituent-Verified Results: We have not collected this yet. That is a gap in our coverage, not a finding about this organization.

1 of 5 signals measured.

Where Helpfund has not gathered enough independent evidence to score a measure, the profile says so. An unscored measure never means the organization scored badly.

Programs

CONTRACTS: MHEC CONTRACTS LEVERAGE THE POTENTIAL VOLUME OF THE REGION'S PURCHASING POWER, WHILE SAVING ENTITIES TIME AND MONEY BY SIMPLIFYING THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS AND NEGATING THE NEED TO CONDUCT A COMPETITIVE SOURCING EVENT. BY OFFERING A TURNKEY SOLUTION WITH THE ABILITY TO TAILOR THE ALREADY NEGOTIATED CONTRACT TO MATCH THE ENTITY'S SPECIFIC NEEDS AND REQUIREMENTS, MHEC CONTRACTS SHIFT SOME

PROGRAMS:ADDITIONAL MHEC PROGRAMS ARE INITIATED IN RESPONSE TO IDENTIFIED NEEDS IN ONE OR MORE OF THE MEMBER STATES. BRINGING TOGETHER EXPERTISE FROM ACROSS THE REGION, MHEC IDENTIFIES ACTIVITIES NEEDED TO ADDRESS THE IDENTIFIED NEEDS. THOSE PROBLEMS BEST SOLVED THROUGH ONGOING INTERSTATE COOPERATION ARE THEN DEVELOPED INTO MHEC PROGRAMS. EACH MHEC PROGRAM PROVIDES THE PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS WITH GO

RESEARCH:MHEC RESEARCH INFORMS INSTITUTIONAL AND STATE EFFORTS IN IMPROVING POSTSECONDARY POLICIES, PRACTICES, AND OUTCOMES IN SEVERAL WAYS: (A) MAINTAINING A NATIONAL REPOSITORY OF EXPERTISE, KNOWLEDGE AND BEST PRACTICES FOR GUIDING POLICY AND PRACTICE; (B) CONDUCTING APPLIED RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS ON CRITICAL TOPICS IN HIGHER EDUCATION; (C) DEVELOPING INNOVATIVE APPROACHES TO IMPROVE EDUCATIONAL

Leadership

SUSAN HEEGAARD, PRESIDENT · ROBERT TREMBACH, CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER · JENNIFER PARKS, VICE PRESIDENT (THRU 05/25) · BREANNE HEGG, VICE PRESIDENT · MARY ROBERSON, SENIOR DIRECTOR · AARON HORN, ASSOCIATE VICE PRESIDENT · NATHAN SORENSEN, SENIOR DIRECTOR · JACOB BOSSMAN, BOARD TREASURER

Reported on the organization's IRS Form 990, Part VII.

Funding received

Received grants from 1 independent grantmaker, totalling $515,200, each recorded in that funder's own IRS filing rather than reported by this organization.

Ascendium Education Solutions Inc (2022)

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Source: IRS Form 990 filings and other public records, republished by Helpfund. Placement is never sold.