Christian Veterinary Mission Foundation

“The form 990 and related schedules are prepared by a third party cpa and then reviewed internally by cvm staff and the board treasurer. A public disclosure version of the return is then distributed to each member of the board for review. After comments from board members are addressed and any corrections are made, the return is filed with the irs.”

“Article vi annual statements - each trustee, principal officer and member of any committee with governing board delegated powers shall annually sign a statement which affirms such person: a. Has received a copy of the conflicts of interest policy, b. Has read and understands the policy, c. Has agreed to comply with the policy, and d. Understands the organization is charitable and in order to maintain its federal tax exemption it must engage primarily in activities which accomplish one or more of its tax-exempt purposes. Conflict of interest policy article iii procedures 1. Duty to disclose. In connection with any actual or possible conflict of interest, an interested person must disclose the existence of the financial interest and be given the opportunity to disclose all material facts to the trustees, members of any committe with governing board delegated powers considering the proposed transaction or arrangement. 2. Determining whether a conflict of interest exists. After disclosure of the financial interest and all material facts, and after discussion with the interested persion, he/she shall leave the board of trustees or committee meeting while the determination of a conflict of interest is discussed and voted upon. The remaining board or committee members shall decide if a conflict of interest exists.”

“1. The chairman of the board in collabration with the finance committee reviews and proposed the compensation of the ceo to the board for approval each year. 2.the comparative data from the nonprofit organizations salary and benefits report produced by the bluewater nonprofit solutions and other data are used. 3. The deliberation and decision is recorded in the minutes of board meeting. The process described here was last completed in 2023.”

“Cvm has made these documents available to the public upon request either by mail, on the website or by telephone.”

“Cvm long-term projects involves sending veterinary professionals and their families internationally. The cvm long-term missions department partners with other ngo's, universities, and churches internationally to provide training, community development, veterinary services, christian fellowship, and discipleship. On june 30, 2024, cvm had 41 veterinary professional employees working internationally in 17 countries spread across latin america, africa and asia. We had 20 veterinarians volunteering serving as cvm associates in 12 countries. Examples of some of these programs include veterinary and continuing education training in mongolia, and bolivia, veterinary technician training in s africa, se asia and haiti, livestock projects in nicaragua, asia, and tanzania, relief support in asia, and veterinary service projects and farmer training in many under accessed communities in africa, asia, and latin america. In addition to provide support to individuals and families to better care for animals our staff are often engaged with training individual and small groups to study of the bible, evangelism, and church planting.”

“The cvm workplace and student ministries seek to challenge, empower, and facilitate veterinary professionals to live out their faith through the profession. Cvm cares for and encourages veterinary students and professionals and provides tools for them to share christ's love through veterinary medicine. During fye 6.30.24, the workplace and student ministries mobilized many volunteers across north america. Cvm had approximately 225 student leaders of campus fellowship chapters in 55 veterinary, pre-veterinary, and technical colleges and universities. About 60 faculty advisors and student ministry advocates served as volunteers to support those campus fellowships. Approximately 100 veterinary professionals volunteered their time to share their stories at 11 real life real impact retreat weekends for students and professionals. Along with cvm staff, approximately 15 volunteers served to represent cvm at 54 professional veterinary conferences and 4 student conferences. Approximately 15 veterinary professionals volunteered their time and energy to lead or host local professional christian veterinary fellowship groups. In total, workplace and student ministries mobilized approximately 405 volunteers to support veterinary professionals and students in fye 6.30.24.”

“The cvm short-term missions volunteer program seeks to make long-term impact through short-term missions by recruiting, training, sending, and debriefing cvm short-term volunteers, instructing them in missions and ministry models. Cvm short-term mission volunteers provide christian veterinary support to cvm long-term missionaries, as well as the local partners and community. In fye 6.30.24, the cvm short-term missions program mobilized 724 volunteers to 31 different countries on 97 short-term mission trips. These volunteers donated a total of 47,160 hours of their time, which translates to roughly $2,122,200 in donated wages (based on current average vet professional salaries). Cvm short-term mission volunteers also donated their expertise through virtual animal health trainings to our affiliate organization, vetnet india, and convened for monthly webinars where they expanded their knowledge and support of different cvm fieldworkers, ministry programs, and mission host partners. In addition to mobilizing short-term volunteers, the cvm short-term team helped to facilitate mission apprenticeship trips, where vet students are paired with a cvm international long-term fieldworker for a minimum of 30 days to experience mentorship, training, and guidance on what a potential future in international vet missions may look like.”

“The process for selecting the independent accounting firm has not changed from the prior year.”