Friends of Birdlife International Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 300265343
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2015–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- New York, NY, USA
- Phone
- 9176800624
- Rating
- 80
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Wildlife Preservation, Protection
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $5,375,929
- Expenses
- $4,806,979
- Assets
- $6,594,860
- Liabilities
- $4,542,959
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
13 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- CHRISTIE CONSTANTINE (DIRECTOR/PRESIDENT)
- EDWARD J MCADAMS (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
Highest reported compensation
- EDWARD J MCADAMS (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $392,347 total reported compensation
- ABIGAIL B YOUNG (ASSC DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPME): $163,806 total reported compensation
- MONICA VIEIRA EISENBERG (ASSC DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPME): $142,825 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Support for the prevention of extinction of bird species.
What it reported doing in 2024
A total of $4,685,035 was approved for granting to birdlife international. This includes the following: - forest program - capacity development - general support - important bird areas - invasive alien species - migratory birds & flyways - preventing extinctions - seabirds & marine
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 99% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 99% of its reported program spending out as grants.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and most voting board members are independent. The filing does not identify recipients for some grant dollars and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 91
- Transparency & Controls: 59
- Accountability: 95
- Sustainability: 48
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 87.7%; rating input score 88
- Program expense ratio: 97.5%; rating input score 97
- Fundraising efficiency: $121.08 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
- Compensation committee: Missing
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Pass
- Compensation survey or study: Missing
- Board or committee approval: Missing
- Foreign activity oversight: 2 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 25
- Claims monitoring procedures: Pass
- Requires narrative reports: Pass
- Conducts field audits: Limited
- May suspend future funding: Limited
- Requires financial reports: Limited
- Conducts site visits: Limited
- Requires grant agreements: Limited
- May require repayment: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 50%; rating input score 50; 15th percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Fail
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 10.6%; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.37; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.69; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 14.5%; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 22% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 19% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 29.8% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 87.7% of revenue deployed · 97.5% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 8 of 8 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $4.7M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $392K · 13 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Consistency: 32 of 32 current checks pass
- Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors, foreign activity, and executive pay
- Filing history: 9 filing years from 2015 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
- 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 — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 50/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: CEO compensation review process not reported.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 48/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 13/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 19/100.