International Fresh Produce Association

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
873495767
IRS 990 coverage
2022–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Newark, DE, USA
Phone
3027387100
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Professional Societies & Associations

Reported finances

Revenue
$43,874,326
Expenses
$39,079,449
Assets
$58,721,793
Liabilities
$19,218,780

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

Leadership & pay

66 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • CATHERINE BURNS (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER)

Highest reported compensation

  • CATHERINE BURNS (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER): $2,044,222 total reported compensation
  • YVONNE BULL (CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER): $413,369 total reported compensation
  • DOUGLAS BOHR (CHIEF EDUCATION & PROGRAMS OFFICER): $410,341 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

The mission of the international fresh produce association is to ensure a meeting place for industry members, customers, suppliers and groups to exchange ideas and to network; to promote to government and the media the interests of sellers of commercial quantities of fresh fruits and vegetables and floral products; to educate the public by promoting the benefits of increased consumption of fresh fruits and vegetables, as well as the aesthetic benefits of floral products; and to assist members and their employees to enhance their professional development.

What it reported doing in 2025

Food service conference - 2,600+ attendees food service conference is ifpa's second conference, to provide access to important industry information and opportunities to connect to grow members' prosperity. The food service conference aspires to be an event for the broader food service industry. In 2024, many food service operators, distributors, and growers' businesses were left in a critical state, so foodservice conference is offered complimentary to provide access to business connections and engagement with important industry topics to move the industry forward.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 92% 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: 62
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 47
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

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

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 90%; rating input score 90; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Pass
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Missing
  • Foreign activity oversight: Scored; rating input score 0
  • Grant itemization coverage: 79.4%; rating input score 79; 23rd 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; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
    • 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: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 10.9%; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.5; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.33; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 12.5%; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: -1% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 25% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: 40 of 40 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments
  • Leadership: top reported pay $2M · 66 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $4.8M reported
  • Consistency: 12 of 13 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors, foreign activity, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2022 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 29 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 19 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.

Key Signals

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

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • High — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Form 990 shared with the board not reported.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 42/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 17/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 38/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Federal audit findings: this organization reported findings in its latest federal Single Audit.