WVC

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
860259180
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2025
Official website data refreshed
Jul 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-T 2025
Location
Las Vegas, NV, USA
Phone
7027396698
Rating
85
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Management & Technical Assistance

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$30,179,624
Expenses
$27,823,727
Assets
$94,839,511
Liabilities
$76,074,995

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

31 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MS HEATHER PRENDERGAST (PRESIDENT (JAN-MAR)/ASST SEC TREAS (APRIL-DEC))
  • DR TRAVIS MCDERMOTT (PRES ELECT (JAN-MARCH) PRESIDENT (MARCH - DECEMBER)
  • ANDREA DAVIS (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER)

Highest reported compensation

  • ANDREA DAVIS (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER): $571,640 total reported compensation
  • AUBREY ARREOLA (CHIEF OPERATIONS OFFICER): $414,891 total reported compensation
  • DR ANTHONY PEASE (CHIEF VETERINARY MEDICAL OFFICER): $413,847 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Advancing the field of medicine for veterinary and medical professionals through high-quality continuing education.

What it reported doing in 2025

In early 2009, the organization opened the oquendo center, a nearly 70,000 square-foot hands-on training and education facility in las vegas, Nevada. In 2021, the organization opened a second 70,000 square foot hands-on training and education facility located just one block from the oquendo center. These two facilities are now known as the oquendo campus and the eastern campus, and together comprise the viticus center (the center). The center provides an environment that is adaptable to a range of medical education programming and the opportunity to deliver education year-round. The center features educational amenities such as 190-seat theater, flexible meeting space and multiple fully equipped clinical and diagnostic laboratories, all designed to educate parties on and advance worldwide health solutions. Participants in the organization's courses experience a variety of learning styles from hands-on labs and lectures to professional and career development workshops, as well as networking functions and special events. The center is one of the only facilities of its kind, dedicated to hands-on clinical training for human and veterinary professionals.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 97% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 77
  • Transparency & Controls: 89
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 49
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 80.5%; rating input score 80
  • Program expense ratio: 89.2%; rating input score 89
  • Fundraising efficiency: $7.21 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 5 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 83
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Pass
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Pass
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 7.8%; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.41; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.8; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 11.8%; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 5.6% per year; rating input score 100; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 6.5% per year; rating input score 100; 54th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 9% per year; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: Mission, programs, and operating context captured from the official website.
  • Where the money goes: 80.5% of revenue deployed · 89.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 15 of 15 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $24.8M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $572K · 31 people listed · 5 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $5.9M reported
  • Consistency: 35 of 35 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 10 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 13 filing years from 2009 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 37 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.
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 23/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 52/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 12/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 18/100.