Assistance Dogs International Inc C/o Chris Diefenthaler

What it reported doing in 2024

Adi is a coalition of worldwide non profit organizations that train and place assistance dogs. As of december 2024, adi's membership consisted of 160 accredited member organizations and 52 candidate programs across 29 countries. In 2024, 10 members successfully completed their very thorough accreditation process. 25 new candidate programs have been approved to work towards their accreditation process. 2024 proved to be a year full of exciting changes to make adi stronger and better for our members. Adi is concluding our first strategic plan that was introduced in 2022. Our plan kept us focused on four pillars of priorities: enhancing standards of excellence; grow, engage, and develop adi global membership; enhance awareness of adi, its members and the value of assistance dogs; and enhance organizational efficiency and effectiveness. Adi has accomplished 75% of the action items identified in the plan. Some action items have become regular procedures while others will be carried over to the next strategic plan. Our new 2025-2027 strategic plan is currently under development. Education programming continues to be a priority for adi. The board made the decision to change the cadence of our conferences to every other year, allowing us to offer small regional workshops in the conference off years. Our first trainers' workshop in belgium was a hugh success with over 75 trainers and 25 dogs attending the workshop. Adi continues to promote the digital id card globally to provide clients with a tool that verifies their status as an adi certified assistance dog team. As the assistance dog field continues to expand and grow across the globe, adi and our members are being asked to do more. Adi's mission to our members is to offer help, faciliate support, as well as offer programs and educational opportunities so our members can focus on their mission to help their clients to live their fullest lives with assistance dogs.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 89.2%; rating input score 89
• Program expense ratio: 97.9%; rating input score 98
• Fundraising efficiency: $40.72 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings

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: 4 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 50
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Fail
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
  • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Missing
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 9.2%; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 1; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.18; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 13.2%; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 15% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 19.9% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 17.6% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings