MIDWESTERN HIGHER EDUCATION COMMISSION

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

V20Z

Classification

2000

Street

105 5TH S AVE STE 450

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

• 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 OF THE NEGOTIATING POWER BACK TO THE PROCURING ENTITIES. IN ADDITION TO CONTRACTS AVAILABLE THROUGH MHECARE STUDENT HEALTH SOLUTIONS, MHEC OFFERS NUMEROUS CONTRACTS IN TECHNOLOGY. THE CONTRACTS ARE A PRODUCT OF A REPRESENTATIVE GROUP OF STAKEHOLDERS FROM THE HIGHER EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY COMMUNITY CONDUCTING A COMPETITIVE SOURCING PROCESS THAT LEVERAGES THE POTENTIAL PURCHASING POWER OF THE 12 MHEC MEMBER STATES. TECHNOLOGY CONTRACTS SAVED ENTITIES IN THE MHEC REGION $32.2 MILLION IN FISCAL YEAR 2025. IN SOME CASES, THE COMPACT'S COST SAVINGS INITIATIVES MAY BE UTILIZED BY CITY, COUNTY, AND STATE GOVERNMENT AS WELL AS NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS.

  Expenses $1,952,188 · Revenue $7,854,310

• 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 GOVERNANCE AND LEADERSHIP STRUCTURES TO GUIDE AND MAINTAIN PROGRAMMATIC OUTCOMES.MHECARE HEALTH INSURANCE SOLUTIONS:COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH INSURANCE SOLUTIONS CREATED IN RESPONSE TO BOTH INCREASING COST AND CONCERN FOR STUDENT HEALTH. 35 CAMPUSES OFFERED MHECARE HEALTH INSURANCE SOLUTIONS IN FISCAL YEAR 2025.

  Expenses $1,542,701 · Revenue $1,217,107

• 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 OPPORTUNITY AND EFFECTIVENESS; AND (D) PROVIDING PUBLIC OUTREACH AND SERVICE TO INSTITUTIONS AND GOVERNMENTS. AMONG ITS CORE OUTPUTS, MHEC RESEARCH MAINTAINS AN ONLINE DASHBOARD OF EDUCATIONAL PERFORMANCE INDICATORS AND PRODUCES TIMELY BRIEFS, REPORTS, AND TECHNICAL PAPERS IN THE MOST CRITICAL AREAS FOR FACILITATING PROGRESS TOWARDS STATE EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT GOALS, INCLUDING COLLEGE READINESS AND SUCCESS; AFFORDABILITY AND FINANCE; PATHWAYS, CREDENTIALS, AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT; AND DATA, TRENDS, AND PERFORMANCE AS WELL AS OTHER TOPICS OF IMPORTANCE TO MIDWESTERN STATES. 37 REPORTS WERE PRODUCED IN FISCAL YEAR 2025.CONCURRENT ENROLLMENT:MHEC CONTINUED EXPANSION OF THE GRADUATE CREDIT QUEST, A WEB-BASED PLATFORM FOR TEACHERS TO SEARCH FOR GRADUATE COURSE WORK WITHIN THEIR CONTENT AREAS THAT LEAD TO REQUIRED CREDENTIALING FOR TEACHING DUAL OR CONCURRENT CREDIT CLASSES. THE PLATFORM PROVIDES INFORMATION ABOUT DUAL CREDIT AND CONCURRENT ENROLLMENT POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR ALL 12 MHEC MEMBER STATES. IT ALSO SERVES AS A REPOSITORY OF RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS, PROFESSIONAL PAPERS AND MEDIA RELEASES ON THE SUBJECT OF DUAL/CONCURRENT CREDIT. THE PLATFORM WAS ENHANCED IN 2024 WITH ENHANCED GOOGLE ANALYTICS THAT ALLOWS TRACKING OF USER TYPES BY VOLUME AND FREQUENCY OR SEASONALITY OF VISITS AND THE CREATION OF SITE CONTENT AREA PREFERENCES. NOW THE PLATFORM ENABLES OVER 41 REGIONAL GRADUATE SCHOOLS TO BUILD AWARENESS AMONG TEACHERS ABOUT ROUGHLY 1,880 UNIQUE COURSE OFFERINGS, WITHIN MULTIPLE ACADEMIC DISCIPLINES, AND PROVIDING ACCESS TO SPECIFIC ENROLLMENT PROCESSES, DELIVERY MODALITIES, AND MORE. CONCURRENT ENROLLMENT IS A RESEARCH PRIORITY FOR MHEC DURING ITS CURRENT STRATEGIC PLAN. IN FISCAL YEAR 2025 MHEC WILL PRODUCE BETWEEN THREE AND FOUR RESEARCH REPORTS PERTAINING TO CONCURRENT ENROLLMENT ISSUES: TRENDS AND PATTERNS IN STATE LEVEL DATA COLLECTION, USE OF OPEN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES IN DUAL AND CONCURRENT ENROLLMENT SETTINGS, AN UPDATED VERSION OF THE 2017 MHEC RESEARCH REPORT SUMMARIZING EXISTING RESEARCH ON OPTIMAL LEVELS OF TEACHER TRAINING AND PREPARATION, AND AN UPDATED VERSION OF THE 2019 RESEARCH REPORT SUMMARIZING HOW STATES AND ACCREDITORS DEFINE THE QUALIFICATIONS NECESSARY FOR HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS TO TEACH CONCURRENT ENROLLMENT COURSES.MIDWEST STUDENT EXCHANGE PROGRAM:A MULTI-STATE TUITION RECIPROCITY PROGRAM THAT MAKES ATTENDING OUT-OF-STATE COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES MORE AFFORDABLE FOR NON-RESIDENT STUDENTS.- 818 STUDENTS ENROLLED IN THE MIDWEST STUDENT EXCHANGE PROGRAM IN 8 OF THE COMPACT STATES (INDIANA, KANSAS, MINNESOTA, MISSOURI, NEBRASKA, NORTH DAKOTA, OHIO, AND WISCONSIN) DURING FISCAL YEAR 2025.- MSEP STUDENTS SAVED OVER $29 MILLION IN FY25, BRINGING THE TOTAL PROGRAM SAVINGS TO $920 MILLION SINCE 1994.- ON AVERAGE, STUDENTS IN MSEP TYPICALLY REALIZE SAVINGS BETWEEN $1,100 AND $7,200 ANNUALLY.MIDWESTERN STATE AUTHORIZATION RECIPROCITY AGREEMENT:THE NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR STATE AUTHORIZATION RECIPROCITY AGREEMENTS (NC-SARA) IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE FOUR REGIONAL COMPACTS COORDINATES, THE STATE AUTHORIZATION RECIPROCITY AGREEMENTS (SARA) PROGRAM WHICH PROVIDES A VOLUNTARY, STREAMLINED PROCESS FOR STATES TO OVERSEE POST-SECONDARY DISTANCE EDUCATION, ENSURING UNIFORM STANDARDS ACROSS PARTICIPATING STATES. INSTITUTIONS PAY A PARTICIPATION FEE, WHICH SIMPLIFIES THEIR ABILITY TO OFFER ONLINE PROGRAMS WITHOUT REGISTERING IN EVERY STATE WHERE THEIR STUDENTS RESIDE. SARA ENHANCES QUALITY ASSURANCE, CONSUMER PROTECTIONS, AND THE VALUE OF CREDITS FOR DISTANCE EDUCATION. CURRENTLY, 49 STATES, THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, PUERTO RICO, AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS ARE MEMBERS OF SARA. WITHIN SARA, 2,412 INSTITUTIONS PARTICIPATE, OF WHICH 652 (320 PRIVATE NON-PROFIT, 295 PUBLIC, 32 PRIVATE FOR-PROFIT, AND 5 TRIBAL) INSTITUTIONS ARE IN MHEC STATES. M-SARA (MIDWESTERN-STATE AUTHORIZATION RECIPROCITY AGREEMENT) STAFFED BY MHEC, LEADS THE WORK IN THE MIDWEST. M-SARA HOSTS ITS OWN SET OF ANNUAL MEETINGS FOR THE M-SARA REGIONAL STEERING COMMITTEE (RSC) MEMBERS AND MSARA STATE PORTAL ENTITIES (SPES), THE INDIVIDUALS IN EACH STATE WHO REVIEW AND APPROVE INSTITUTIONS FOR SARA PARTICIPATION AND MONITOR INSTITUTIONAL COMPLIANCE. M-SARA SAVED INSTITUTIONS AN ESTIMATED $112,293,885 IN FISCAL YEAR 2025.

  Expenses $1,323,081

• CONVENING:MHEC EMPOWERS THE MEMBER STATES TO CONNECT FOR THE PURPOSE OF EXCHANGING EXPERTISE, SHARING IDEAS AND EXPERIENCES, AND COLLABORATIVELY PURSUING EFFORTS THAT HELP FURTHER HIGHER EDUCATION. THIS CONVENING AND COLLABORATING LEADS TO MANY PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES THAT PRODUCE A VARIETY OF OUTCOMES AND RESULTS RANGING FROM THE DISSEMINATION OF KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERTISE ABOUT PRACTICAL SOLUTIONS, TO LEVERAGING THE COLLECTIVE PURCHASING POWER OF THE REGION TO ACHIEVE EFFICIENCIES AND SAVINGS.

  Expenses $1,141,372

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

The first 25 listed. Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

• 2024

  Revenue

  $11,146,961

  Expenses

  $7,251,824

  Contributions

  $1,560,523

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2023

  Revenue

  $9,929,448

  Expenses

  $4,475,860

  Contributions

  $1,704,675

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2022

  Revenue

  $8,521,915

  Expenses

  $3,974,756

  Contributions

  $1,583,929

  Grants paid

  $0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

• 2021 · 990

  Revenue

  $4,779,370

  Expenses

  $4,463,350

  Assets (EOY)

  $6,708,923

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $5,714,621

  Expenses

  $3,973,735

  Assets (EOY)

  $6,945,692

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $3,994,652

  Expenses

  $3,594,538

  Assets (EOY)

  $5,203,437

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $3,725,493

  Expenses

  $3,482,129

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,566,682

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $3,386,637

  Expenses

  $3,533,609

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,623,311

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $3,386,637

  Expenses

  $3,533,609

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,623,311

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $3,673,955

  Expenses

  $3,394,631

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,802,718

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $3,363,207

  Expenses

  $3,397,628

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,348,285

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $3,650,470

  Expenses

  $3,021,064

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,397,545

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,998,160

  Expenses

  $3,285,792

  Assets (EOY)

  $3,846,225

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

• ASCENDIUM EDUCATION SOLUTIONS INC

  $515,200

  2022 · Grant, Midwest Credential Transparency Alliance

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Taxable family

From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.

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