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Legal name: Eastern States Veterinary Association Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 592243237
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2009–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
- Location
- Orlando, FL, USA
- Phone
- 3522443716
- Rating
- 84
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Professional Societies, Associations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $36,699,913
- Expenses
- $37,854,516
- Assets
- $31,063,499
- Liabilities
- $16,907,073
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
31 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Karen Kline (Board President (end 1/25))
- Sally Haddock (Board President (began 2/25))
- Jonathan Townsend (Board President Elect)
- Geraldine Diethelm-Mader (Board Vice President (began 1/25))
- Eugene O'Neill (CEO)
- Whitney Brockman (Vice President of Sponsorship Sales)
Highest reported compensation
- Eugene O'Neill (CEO): $962,083 total reported compensation
- Dieter Haager (Chief Administrative Officer): $362,231 total reported compensation
- Laura Walker (Chief Media & Sales Officer): $356,571 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Shaping Veterinary Excellence
What it reported doing in 2024
NAVC delivers educational content to the veterinary healthcare community through peer reviewed journals, print publications, and digital media platforms. These publications provide practical clinical, operational, and industry focused information that supports veterinary professionals in delivering high quality care and managing successful practices. All print publications are supported by digital communications and a robust website that expands access to educational resources across the profession.Today's Veterinary Practice is published six times per year and distributed at no cost to veterinarians, veterinary nurses and technicians, practice managers, veterinary assistants, veterinary faculty, and third and fourth year veterinary students. The peer reviewed journal has a circulation of approximately 66,000 subscribers and is BPA audited and USPS postal verified. The publication focuses on evidence based clinical content designed to enhance patient care and support continuing professional development.Today's Veterinary Nurse, previously known as Today's Veterinary Technician, is published four times per year and is also provided at no cost. The journal serves veterinary nurses and technicians, assistants, students, and other members of the veterinary healthcare team. It has a circulation of approximately 48,000 subscribers and is USPS postal verified. The publication delivers peer reviewed clinical and professional content tailored to the nursing and technician community.Today's Veterinary Business is published bimonthly and is dedicated to strengthening the financial and operational performance of veterinary practices. It is distributed free of charge to approximately 55,000 practice owners, practice managers, and associate veterinarians and features content related to finance, leadership, human resources, retail, marketing, and practice management. This publication is USPS postal verified.Veterinary Advantage is published bimonthly and provides educational resources to distribution channel representatives within the animal health industry. It is distributed at no cost to approximately 7,000 representatives and focuses on industry knowledge and performance development to support stronger collaboration between distributors and veterinary practices, ultimately improving patient care.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Other-operating. 97% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 99% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 76
- Transparency & Controls: 96
- Accountability: 94
- Sustainability: 22
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 87.4%; rating input score 87
- Program expense ratio: 84.5%; rating input score 84
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 93.3%; rating input score 93; 14th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 6 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Compensation committee: Pass
- Independent consultant: Pass
- 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: 94.1%; rating input score 94; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 90%; rating input score 90; 22nd 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: -3.1%; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.82; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.54; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 14.5%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 6.7% per year; rating input score 100; 54th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 7.9% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 9.2% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: Mission, programs, and operating context captured from the official website.
- Where the money goes: 87.4% of revenue deployed · 84.5% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 9 of 10 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 5 filed program accomplishments · $32M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $962K · 31 people listed · 6 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $2.3M reported
- Consistency: 35 of 36 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, executive pay, and related organizations
- Filing history: 15 filing years from 2009 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 30 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 10 filed related-organization links
- 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 20/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 29/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 9/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 26/100.
- Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.