Illinois · Nonprofit
AMERICAN VETERINARY MEDICAL FOUNDATION
AMERICAN VETERINARY MEDICAL FOUNDATION (Illinois) receives grants from 53 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,234,478 to it, the largest being THE DAYTON FOUNDATION ($1,143,069). 23 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $3.9M
- Funders on record
- 53
- Grants received
- $4.2M
- Net assets
- $11M
What American Veterinary Medical Foundation does
Mission
The foundation develops resources to advance the science and practice of veterinary medicine to improve animal and human health. Donations help support care for animals in need, veterinary student scholarships, research, and community service activities.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Disaster relief - through disaster reimbursement grants, the avmf provides funds to veterinarians and other allied health organizations that help before, during, and after disasters with the transport, shelter, and medical treatment of animal victims. Disasters include hurricanes, floods, fires, tornadoes, earthquakes, and other extreme weather conditions that put animals in need of emergency care. Through disaster relief grants, the avmf provides funds to veterinarians and veterinary students who need emergency relief to help with the costs of housing, food, transportation, and clothing immediately following a disaster.
$182,952 spentof which $182,952 as grants8% of program spendingAnimal welfare - through the avmf veterinary care charitable fund program, veterinarians have a simple and effective way to offer charitable veterinary services to clients facing personal hardships as well as a means to support injured, abused, or abandoned animals. Using donations to the fund, veterinary hospitals can offer low or no-cost services to clients who might otherwise be forced to surrender or euthanize their beloved pets. Veterinary practices in all 50 states, puerto rico and guam participate in the program.led by the avma and the american animal hospital association, partners for healthy pets provides tools and resources that help communicate the value and benefit of preventive care.
$535,425 spentof which $486,730 as grants23% of program spendingEducation - avmf provides scholarships to outstanding veterinary students to ensure that future veterinarians have the skills and training necessary to treat our pets, safeguard our food supply and protect public health. Through the all for students program, student chapters of the avma use this funding to provide programming in four key areas: diversity, equity, and inclusion; wellbeing; professional development; and community outreach.
$1,371,826 spentof which $1,301,684 as grants60% of program spendingAvmf provides research grants and awards to outstanding researchers to support their work to help prevent, diagnose, and treat animal diseases. In addition, avmf supports research into new or currently approved medications for combating diseases and conditions of companion and food animals as well as projects that ensure the safety of food products from treated livestock.avmf supports the national veterinary scholars symposium. In 2023, approximately 600 veterinary students from across north america and europe, as well as animal health researchers and leaders from more than 40 top veterinary schools, convened at the university of minnesota.avma/avmf 2nd opportunity research scholarship: this program provides support for students who have previously conducted a summer research project and are seeking to gain a second summer of research experience.the early investigator awards support graduate veterinarians pursuing advanced research training through doctoral or post-doctoral programs.
$188,953 spentof which $188,953 as grants8% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,279,156.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $9.5M to $12M (+25%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
97% of AMERICAN VETERINARY MEDICAL FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (74% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 11 funders to 16 funders, grant income rose $81k → $913k.
11 of 53 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 43% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $1.0M from 2 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest American Veterinary Medical Association). These are real filings, and they are not money AMERICAN VETERINARY MEDICAL FOUNDATION raised.
From the IRS filings of AMERICAN VETERINARY MEDICAL FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 53 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
AMERICAN VETERINARY MEDICAL FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 27% of grant income and the top three 61%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
53% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund AMERICAN VETERINARY MEDICAL FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 24% · 2018 41% · 2019 39% · 2020 29% · 2021 49% · 2022 35% · 2023 44% — growing more concentrated.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
37% of AMERICAN VETERINARY MEDICAL FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 43% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
AMERICAN VETERINARY MEDICAL FOUNDATION draws 96% of its grant income from funders outside Illinois, across 17 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.8M arriving through sponsors registered in 9 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
AMERICAN VETERINARY MEDICAL FOUNDATION is better cushioned than half of the 1,559 animals nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,559 animals nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like AMERICAN VETERINARY MEDICAL FOUNDATION
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Illinois
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
94% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
66%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 5 related entities
- American Veterinary Medical Association · exempt
- Avma Political Action Committee (Pac) · exempt
- Avma Admin Services LLC · corp_trust
- Avma Insurance Services LLC · corp_trust
- Avma Life Trust LLC · corp_trust
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Questions and answers
- Who funds AMERICAN VETERINARY MEDICAL FOUNDATION?
- AMERICAN VETERINARY MEDICAL FOUNDATION (Illinois) receives grants from 53 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,234,478 to it, the largest being THE DAYTON FOUNDATION ($1,143,069). 23 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does AMERICAN VETERINARY MEDICAL FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 53 organizations giving $4,234,478 in grants to AMERICAN VETERINARY MEDICAL FOUNDATION, 23 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of AMERICAN VETERINARY MEDICAL FOUNDATION?
- THE DAYTON FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,143,069 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like AMERICAN VETERINARY MEDICAL FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Illinois. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 53 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing