American Feed Industry Association Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
360725250
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Arlington, VA, USA
Phone
7035240810
Rating confidence
Limited

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$7,365,722
Expenses
$6,636,607
Assets
$11,483,454
Liabilities
$2,464,945

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

Leadership & pay

60 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • CONSTANCE CULLMAN (PRESIDENT AND CEO)
  • SARAH NOVAK (VICE PRESIDENT, CORPORATE)
  • LEAH WILKINSON (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • LARA MOODY (IFEEDER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • VICTORIA B BROEHM (VICE PRESIDENT OF MEMBER EXPERIENCE)
  • HANNAH THOMPSON (ALLIANCE PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • CONSTANCE CULLMAN (PRESIDENT AND CEO): $499,365 total reported compensation
  • SARAH NOVAK (VICE PRESIDENT, CORPORATE): $295,768 total reported compensation
  • LEAH WILKINSON (VICE PRESIDENT): $288,904 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 association is committed to enhance a favorable business environment for members of the association by representing their interests concerning federal and state legislation and regulation, keeping members informed of developments important to them, helping members operate more efficiently, and cooperating on projects of mutual interest with other organizations important to the feed and animal agriculture industries.

What it reported doing in 2024

Member interest groups - the association maintains officially recognized groups which are specific to areas of responsibility and expertise across the association's membership. The role of these groups is to share information with member representatives specific to the group and also gain their input and data which will assist the association's staff in developing issue positions or member services.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 95% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
  • Transparency & Controls: 94
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 51
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: Limited
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 5 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 83
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
    • Written employment contract: Pass
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • 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: 9.9%; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.73; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.21; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 47.4%; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 4.1% per year; rating input score 100; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 5.5% per year; rating input score 100; 37th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: 45 of 45 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments
  • Leadership: top reported pay $499K · 60 people listed · 5 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 2 contractors listed · $316K reported
  • Consistency: 13 of 13 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes executive pay
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2011 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 14 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • 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.

  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 57/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 1/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 42/100.