International Boarding & Pet Services Association

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
271833738
IRS 990 coverage
2016–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2014
Location
Las Cruces, NM, USA
Phone
7194329649
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Boards of Trade

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$565,513
Expenses
$678,729
Assets
$44,005
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

2 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • CARMEN RUSTENBECK (CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • CARMEN RUSTENBECK (CEO): $90,000 total reported compensation
  • BENJAMIN DAY (COO): $55,000 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Ibpsa's mission is to continually provide current educational resources, standards, and best practices through certification and accreditation, using learning systems and methods that reinforce commitment to quality pet care services, to provide the educational materials, set industry standards, and provide programs to include: resources to include animal care, facility management and business operations, insight into the industry, and published standards needed so that pet care service providers and their staff can deliver services in a knowledgeable and competent manner.

What it reported doing in 2024

Certification programs in which the organization provides educational programs that come with certification and continuing educational units. These programs are species specific: canine, feline, avian, small mammal/exotics. Programs are delivered via online learning software, and certification at completion of exams. Facilities seeking risk management & safety certification must meet application requirements and are required to have an onsight facility review by a qualified analyst. Once certification is achieved, the facility must stand for annual reviews and receive an onsight review every three years to maintain certification. Continuing education credits (ceu's) can be earned for the owner/operator/employees through third party certification within the industry.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 100% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 32
  • Sustainability: 17
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: Limited
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

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: 0%; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 78
    • 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: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -20%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.06; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 21.4%; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 7.5% per year; rating input score 100; 57th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 21% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: 0 of 2 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 6 filed program accomplishments · $235K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $90K · 2 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 8 filing years from 2016 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 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.

  • High — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 9/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 3/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 13/100.