International Association of Marine Investigators

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
134358819
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2010–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Medford, OR, USA
Phone
3018489708
Rating
89
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Military, Veterans' Organizations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$181,261
Expenses
$175,811
Assets
$180,480

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

Leadership & pay

13 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • CAROLINE MANTEL (Vice President)
  • CHRIS CASTELLI (Vice President)
  • NATHAN MCGANTY (President)

People named in this filing

  • DAMION YONGUE (Director)
  • Casey Matthews (Director)
  • CAROLINE MANTEL (Vice 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-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The international association of marine investigators, inc., iami, is a membershiporganization for law enforcement & marine professionals. Iami's mission is to develop and provide high levels of training to law enforcement, insurance investigators, and other marine professionals working and training together with both public and private sectors to combat marine theft, arson, fraud and other criminal activity in the marine environment.

What it reported doing in 2025

Iami's objectives are to (a) provide marine investigativetraining; (b) organized exclusively for educational andtraining purposes; (c) develop and disseminate educationalmaterials to conduct marine investigations; (d) provide a forum for thediscussion of marine investigation and related investigative activities and other topics of interest; (e) promote the application, prevention and suppression of the following, but not limited to: marine crime, vessel accident prevention / investigation; environmental protection; marine drug smuggling; cargo crime; and boating safety issues; (f) encourage mutual cooperation between law enforcement agencies and marine organizations; (g) focus on the needs of the marine community;(h) unite for the mutual benefit of those persons who are eligible for membership; (i) accumulate and disseminate information of interest to all members; (j) eliminate all factors that interfere with the administration of justice; (k) operate as a nonprofit organization; and(l) appropriate no funding for political lobbying.

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.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 98
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 44
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 97%; rating input score 97
  • 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: 3%; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.03; rating input score 60; 60th 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: 16.2% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 2.7% per year; rating input score 100; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 7.1% per year; rating input score 100; 50th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 97% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $176K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 13 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 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.

  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 40/100.