International Foodservice Distributors Association

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
061638811
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Mclean, VA, USA
Phone
7035329400
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Chambers of Commerce & Business Leagues

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$12,572,073
Expenses
$8,971,203
Assets
$24,293,149
Liabilities
$5,955,664

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

Leadership & pay

33 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MARK S ALLEN JR (PRESIDENT/CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • MARK S ALLEN JR (PRESIDENT/CEO): $881,039 total reported compensation
  • MALATHI KRISHNAMOORTI (VP, POLICY & GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS): $344,618 total reported compensation
  • LISA BROYHILL (VP, INDUSTRY RELATIONS): $332,731 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Ifda champion's the growth, development, and success of our members.

What it reported doing in 2024

The ifda national championship: the ifda national championship helps reduce losses, improve morale, and promote safety. This is the only national-level competition held for the food distribution industry. Drivers and warehouse machine operators representing foodservice distributors, foodservice manufacturers with private fleets, retail/wholesale distributors, self-distributing retail supermarket companies, and other types of food companies across north america gather to compete each year. It is a three-part competition recognizing driver and warehouse machine operators' safety, knowledge, and skills. It was held in october 2024 and had a total of approximately 1100 attendees, which includes competitors, judges and spectators.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 94% 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: 76
  • Accountability: 91
  • Sustainability: 68
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

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

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 90.9%; rating input score 91; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 5 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 83
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Pass
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 33.9%; rating input score 34; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 66th 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: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 28.6%; rating input score 87; 87th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.71; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.25; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 32%; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 4.5% per year; rating input score 100; 39th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 7.4% per year; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: 23 of 23 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments
  • Leadership: top reported pay $881K · 33 people listed · 5 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 4 contractors listed · $822K reported
  • Consistency: 13 of 14 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes grants and executive pay
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 11 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 3 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 34/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 9 not reported.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 1/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 53/100.