American Veterinary Dental College

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
382840732
IRS 990 coverage
2015–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2013
Location
Meridian, ID, USA
Phone
2084662519
Rating confidence
Limited

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$937,209
Expenses
$767,480
Assets
$1,322,176
Liabilities
$179,716

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

Leadership & pay

11 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • BONNIE H SHOPE (PAST PRESIDENT)
  • CHRISTOPHER SNYDER (PRESIDENT)
  • SUSAN CROWDER (PRESIDENT ELECT)
  • CHRIS DANIEL VIA MATRIX AMC (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

People named in this filing

  • ALICE SIEVERS (RECORDING SECRETARY)
  • BONNIE H SHOPE (PAST PRESIDENT)
  • CHRISTOPHER SNYDER (PRESIDENT)

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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Avdc upholds the standard for board certification in veterinary dentistry and oral surgery through empowering diplomates and promoting public and professional awareness of excellence in veterinary dentistry.

What it reported doing in 2024

Avdc upholds the standard for board certification in veterinary dentistry and oral surgery through empowering diplomates and promoting public and professional awareness of excellence in veterinary dentistry. The organization operates the veterinary oral health council (vohc.org) which certifies that products meet certain standards for effective animal dental hygiene.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 93% 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: 90
  • Accountability: 70
  • Sustainability: 66
  • 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: Limited
  • 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: 2 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 29
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • 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: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 18.1%; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.72; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.14; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -54.1% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 13.4% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 10.9% per year; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: 8 of 8 board members independent · 2 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
  • Highest-paid contractors: 2 contractors listed · $319K reported
  • Consistency: 10 of 10 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 9 filing years from 2015 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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: Governance controls: 5 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 38/100.