Society of Veterinary Behavior Technicians Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
352148520
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2012–2021
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2021, Form 990-N 2009
Location
Portland, OR, USA
Phone
9713193214
Rating
56
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Animal Protection and Welfare

Reported finances

Revenue
$15,253
Expenses
$9,865
Assets
$23,387
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2021. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JENNIE FIENDISH (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • JESSICA BENOIT (PRESIDENT)
  • TABITHA KUCERA (PRESIDENT ELECT)

People named in this filing

  • JENNIE FIENDISH (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • JESSICA BENOIT (PRESIDENT)
  • KATIE COSTELLO (SECRETARY)

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 2021. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To enrich the human-animal bond by promoting scientifically based techniques of training, management, and behavior modification. The svbt provides a forum for interaction and continuing education while working with allied professional organizations to strengthen the veterinary health care team.

What it reported doing in 2021

Society of veterinary behavior technicians (svbt) was unable to hold it's three-day annual conference, clinical animal behavior conference (cabc), in 2020 nor 2021 due to the covid-19 pandemic. We did however increase our educational resources to members and held several educational webinars for members of the svbt as well as the greater animal community.

Operating model

Revenue model
Membership-supported. 67% of the money available for current operations came from membership dues.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 81% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 39
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 65
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 32.5%; rating input score 33
  • Program expense ratio: 50.3%; rating input score 50

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 35.3%; rating input score 79; 79th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.37; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 3.7%; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -5.7% per year; rating input score 0; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -5.5% per year; rating input score 0; 40th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -1.8% per year; rating input score 0; 31st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 32.5% of revenue deployed · 50.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $5K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 8 filing years from 2012 to 2021
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 33/100.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 50/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 12/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.