MGVP INC Mountain Gorilla Veterinary Project

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
061752363
IRS 990 coverage
2015–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2023
Location
Baltimore, MD, USA
Phone
5303041241
Rating
72
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Research Institutes and/or Public Policy Analysis

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,875,962
Expenses
$2,332,249
Assets
$1,659,651
Liabilities
$879,000

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

Leadership & pay

16 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MICHAEL HALAIKO (Vice President)
  • BRIAN HUSEMAN (President)

Highest reported compensation

  • kirsten gilardi (Executive Dir.): $171,306 total reported compensation
  • Donna Platt (Chief Development Officer): $122,358 total reported compensation
  • Amy Bond (Chief Communications Officer): $116,566 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 non-profit MGVP, Inc., is an international veterinary team dedicated to saving the lives of Central Africas endangered mountain and Grauers gorillas through veterinary medicine and science using a One Health approach. MGVP, Inc. treats wild human-habituated gorillas suffering from life-threatening injury and illness, conducts gorilla health, emerging infectious and zoonotic disease research, facilitates preventive health care for the people who work in the national parks who come into close contact with the gorillas; and raises partner and societal awareness for the importance of the One Health approach to gorilla conservation. Gorilla Doctors implements its mission in Rwanda, DR Congo and Uganda. For more information visit www.gorilladoctors.org.

What it reported doing in 2024

Emerging wildlife zoonotic pathogen surveillance - mgvp is a subrecipient on a USAID grant to the university of California, davis for implementation of the emerging pandemic threats (predict) project, the objectives of predict are to detect and describe viruses in wildlife, primarily primates, bats and rodents, that have the potential to infect people, and to better understand the ecological and behavioral drivers of spillover of viruses from wildlife to people. Mgvp, inc. Implements predict in rwanda, uganda and eastern democratic republic of congo. Our veterinians capture live wildlife to obtain samples and work with laboratory partners to screen samples for viruses. Mgvp, inc. Is also a recipient of us fish and wildlife service funding to study parasites causing gastrointestinal disease in mountain gorillas in rwanda, and a us embassy rwanda grant to improve hygiene infrastructure and practices around volcanoes national park, rwanda.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 98% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 83
  • Transparency & Controls: 65
  • Accountability: 76
  • Sustainability: 19
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 97.7%; rating input score 98
  • Program expense ratio: 78.6%; rating input score 79
  • Fundraising efficiency: $5.28 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Missing
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 85.7%; rating input score 86; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 62
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Fail
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -24.3%; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.71; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.53; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 10.2%; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 2.4% per year; rating input score 100; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -1.5% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 18.4% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 97.7% of revenue deployed · 78.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 12 of 14 board members independent · 5 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $1.8M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $171K · 16 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 26 of 26 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 9 filing years from 2015 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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.

  • High — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 19/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 8/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 32/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 15/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 36/100.