Forest Vegetation Management Conference

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
680109661
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2016–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2023
Location
Mount Shasta, CA, USA
Phone
6617897683
Rating
86
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$105,220
Expenses
$160,071
Assets
$58,089

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

People named in this filing

  • Katelyn Suderman (Chairman)
  • John Cluck (VICE CHAIRMAN)
  • Kelly Frederickson (Director)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To provide a forum for the exchange of concepts and procedures in controlling vegetation, as well as updates of regulatory changes, new products availability and new research results and the furtherance of education at the annual 2 day conference.

What it reported doing in 2025

The annual fvmc conference held in january has approximately 225 attendees. The forum allowed for exchange of information about the latest developments in vegetation management techniques. The conference provided continuing education on forest vegetation management to meet California licensing needs and provide both peer and research contacts with whom those in vegetation management field can consult when facing new challenges.

Operating model

Revenue model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% 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.

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 revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 100
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 17
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -52.1%; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.36; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 4.2% per year; rating input score 100; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -0.7% per year; rating input score 0; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -3.2% per year; rating input score 0; 18th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $160K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2016 to 2025
  • 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 2/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 30/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.