Veterinarians International Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 465277273
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2017–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2020
- Location
- New York, NY, USA
- Phone
- 6468938280
- Rating
- 67
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Research Institutes and/or Public Policy Analysis
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $299,969
- Expenses
- $257,001
- Assets
- $118,954
- Liabilities
- $222,175
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
9 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- LAUREN STEINBERG (CEO)
Highest reported compensation
- LAUREN STEINBERG (CEO): $66,973 total reported compensation
- ASHLEY GRIMES (DIRECTOR): $14,709 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Providing veterinary aid and education to improve the health and well-being of animals and their communities worldwide.
What it reported doing in 2024
1. Vaccinated cats and dogs globally for rabies and distemper. 2. Spayed and neutered animals globally. 3. Provided animal health services in kenya. 4. Continued vet training program in kenya to imporve veterinary capacity and exposure through education and hands on training. 5. Provided 2nd motorbike for laikipia county veterinarian services to be used to provide animal care in remote communities. 6. Provided supplies & support for the elephant transit home department of wildlife conservation in sri lanka.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 90% 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.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - A large share of total spending goes to programs and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 60
- Transparency & Controls: 72
- Accountability: 90
- Sustainability: 40
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 58.5%; rating input score 59
- Program expense ratio: 68.3%; rating input score 68
- Fundraising efficiency: $9.34 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: 0 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 0
- Claims monitoring procedures: Fail
- Requires narrative reports: Fail
- Conducts field audits: Fail
- May suspend future funding: Fail
- Requires financial reports: Fail
- Conducts site visits: Fail
- Requires grant agreements: Fail
- May require repayment: Fail
- Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Fail
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 14.3%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.46; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 1.87; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 31.8%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -5.3% per year; rating input score 0; 16th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -2.8% per year; rating input score 0; 15th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 0.9% per year; rating input score 100; 28th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 58.5% of revenue deployed · 68.3% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $176K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $67K · 9 people listed
- Consistency: 26 of 26 current checks pass
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes foreign activity
- Filing history: 7 filing years from 2017 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
- 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 59/100.
- High — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight: 8 of 8 not reported.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 37/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 8 not reported.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 23/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 2/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 10/100.