International Veterinary Forensic Sciences Association
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 320312510
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2010–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2024
- Location
- Newberry, FL, USA
- Rating
- 72
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Professional Societies, Associations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $104,303
- Expenses
- $62,383
- Assets
- $306,290
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
5 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Brad Nichols (President)
- Elizabeth Pearlman (President-elect)
People named in this filing
- Tabitha Viner (Treasurer)
- Bruce Robertson (Secretary)
- Brad Nichols (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
Associate mission: The International Veterinary Forensic Sciences Association provides a forum for collaboration between veterinary forensic animal law enforcement and legal professionals; promotes standards; and supports advancements and education in forensic science and crime scene processing as applied to unlawful acts against animals. The IVFSA is primarily an educational organization providing training materials resources and an education conference for professionals and students interested in animal forensics.
What it reported doing in 2025
The annual conference is open to members and non-members of the organization and includes an educational workshop and a plenary session. The plenary session offers educational content on topics related to forensic science animal welfare judicial process and crime scene investigation. Continuing education credit is offered for attendees. The annual association business meeting also occurs during the annual conference. Topics covered during the business meeting include the financial health of the organization committee reports and the transfer of leadership after elections. Any member may take part in the business meeting. Conference attendance: ~100-120 Workshop attendance: ~30
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- 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
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and program spending has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 51
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 77
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 40.8%; rating input score 41
- Program expense ratio: 68.3%; rating input score 68
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 40.2%; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.91; rating input score 95; 95th 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: -7.6% per year; rating input score 0; 17th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 6.3% per year; rating input score 100; 50th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 9.6% per year; rating input score 100; 58th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 40.8% of revenue deployed · 68.3% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $43K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 3 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 41/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.