Meat Institute

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
900811732
IRS 990 coverage
2016–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Arlington, VA, USA
Phone
2025874200
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Business and Industry

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$16,814,686
Expenses
$15,265,982
Assets
$20,009,598
Liabilities
$11,430,997

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

Leadership & pay

94 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JULIE ANNA POTTS (PRESIDENT & CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • JULIE ANNA POTTS (PRESIDENT & CEO): $843,110 total reported compensation
  • MARK DOPP (CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER): $570,714 total reported compensation
  • ANNE HALAL (CHIEF EXPERIENCE OFFICER): $409,930 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

The meat institute (mi's) vision and mission are to sustainably nourishing local and global communities with wholesome meat and poultry. Connecting people and resources to strengthen trust and demand in the food we produce.

What it reported doing in 2024

Regulatory and scientific affairs: the regulatory and scientific affairs (rsa) group interacts with a variety of regulatory agencies, primarily federal, including several agencies in the u.s. Department of agriculture, the environmental protection agency, the occupational safety and health administration, the food and drug administration, and others. Rsa provides technical assistance to member companies on regulatory issues related to meat and poultry inspection, as well as compliance with environmental rules, worker safety regulations, among others.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 83% of the money available for current operations came from other operating 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: 84
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 47
  • 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; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100

Accountability

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 9.2%; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.31; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.57; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 23.4%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 6.4% per year; rating input score 100; 55th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 8.4% per year; rating input score 100; 57th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: 85 of 85 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 5 filed program accomplishments
  • Leadership: top reported pay $843K · 94 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 4 contractors listed · $2.4M reported
  • Consistency: 14 of 14 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, executive pay, and related organizations
  • Filing history: 8 filing years from 2016 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 13 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 5 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.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 46/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 3/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 24/100.