Form 990 for tax year 2024

Totals

Total revenue

$545,243

Total expenses

$621,831

Contributions and grants received

$445,087

Grants paid

$605,001

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$93,098

Other revenue

$7,058

Total assets, end of year

$3,064,929

Total liabilities, end of year

$412,286

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$2,652,643

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$612,501

Management and general expenses

$9,330

Fundraising expenses

$0

Program service expenses (Part III)

$612,501

Program services were 98.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Mission and programs · 2024

• RESEARCH INVESTMENTS:IFEEDER WORKS WITH DIVERSE PARTNERS FROM ACROSS THE ANIMAL FOOD AND BROADER FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL SECTOR, ALONG WITH ACADEMIA AND PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS, TO CONDUCT OBJECTIVE RESEARCH, EDUCATION AND SUSTAINABILITY PROJECTS TO INFORM BUSINESS LEADERS AND DECISION-MAKERS ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THE EXPANDING ANIMAL FEED AND PET FOOD INDUSTRY. IFEEDER'S MISSION IS TO ADVANCE UNDERSTANDING AND TRUST IN A SUSTAINABLE ANIMAL FEED AND PET FOOD SUPPLY CHAIN THROUGH TIMELY RESEARCH AND EDUCATION.THROUGH PROACTIVE RESEARCH PERFORMED IN COLLABORATION WITH DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS, GOVERNMENTS AND STAKEHOLDERS, IFEEDER IS HELPING BUSINESS LEADERS MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS ABOUT THE FUTURE OF ANIMAL AGRICULTURE.IFEEDER'S CURRENT RESEARCH INITIATIVES ARE FOCUSED ON: -QUANTIFYING SUPPLY CHAIN DISRUPTIONS FOR VITAMIN AND ANIMO ACIDS RELATIVE TO THE IMPACT ON MEAT, MILK AND EGG PRODUCTION. -PROVIDING TRANSPARENT DATA, QUANTIFYING THE NUMEROUS INGREDIENTS USED TO FEED LIVESTOCK, POULTRY, FISH AND PETS IN THE UNITED STATES. -ADVANCING SUSTAINABILITY RESEARCH THAT WILL DELIVER A FULLER, MORE ACCURATE PICTURE OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL FOOTPRINT OF FEED PRODUCTION THROUGHOUT ITS LIFE CYCLE.

  Expenses $595,001 · Grants $595,001

• EDUCATION INVESTMENTSTO MAKE MEASURABLE, ON-FARM PROGRESS THAT ADVANCES SUSTAINABLE FEED TECHNOLOGIES AND PRACTICAL STRATEGIES, IFEEDER INVESTS IN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS, SPARKING A DIALOGUE BETWEEN THE ANIMAL FOOD INDUSTRY AND THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR KEEPING US SUSTAINABLY FED IN THE FUTURE. IFEEDER UNDERSTANDS THE NEED FOR CREDIBLE, THIRD-PARTY VOICES WHO CAN HELP US BETTER UNDERSTAND AND COMMUNICATE CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT PATHWAYS AND BUILD TRUST WITH CONSUMERS. FOR ALMOST 15 YEARS, IFEEDER HAS BEEN DEVELOPING RESOURCES THAT HELP THE U.S. ANIMAL FOOD INDUSTRY BETTER COMMUNICATE ITS STORY TO CORPORATE DECISION-MAKERS AND STAKEHOLDERS LOOKING FOR CREDIBLE SCIENCE AND FACTS ON WHERE THEIR FEED AND PET FOOD COMES FROM. TOGETHER, WE KNOW WE CAN HAVE A POSITIVE IMPACT IN ENSURING ACCOUNTABILITY, COMPLIANCE AND TRANSPARENCY ON OUR INDUSTRY SUSTAINABILITY PILLARS (PEOPLE, PLANET AND GOVERNANCE) TO HELP CONSUMERS FEEL GOOD ABOUT THEIR FOOD AND PET FOOD PURCHASES.CURRENT EDUCATION PARTNERSHIPS AND RESOURCES INCLUDE--CLARITY AND LEADERSHIP FOR ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS AND RESEARCH (CLEAR) CENTER -PROTEIN PACT-ANIMAL FOOD INDUSTRY SUSTAINABILITY TOOLKIT

  Expenses $10,000 · Grants $10,000

• SUSTAINABILITY INVESTMENTS:WHILE REDUCING ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS IS A BIG FOCUS FOR FOOD AND AGRICULTURE COMPANIES LOOKING TO ENHANCE THEIR SUSTAINABILITY PROGRAMS, SUSTAINABILITY IN THE ANIMAL FOOD INDUSTRY IS MUCH MORE THAN THAT. IT ALSO ENCOMPASSES SAFEGUARDING OUR FEED AND FOOD SUPPLY, INVESTING IN THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF OUR EMPLOYEES AND COMMUNITIES, AND BEING HELD ACCOUNTABLE TO REGULATORY BODIES AND SHAREHOLDERS. THE INSTITUTE FOR FEED EDUCATION AND RESEARCH DEFINES 'SUSTAINABILITY' AS "DEFINED AND MANAGED BY EACH INDIVIDUAL ORGANIZATION IN THE ANIMAL FOOD INDUSTRY TO DELIVER MEASURABLE, CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENTS ON THE IMPACTS RELATED TO PEOPLE, PLANET AND GOVERNANCE THAT ARE MOST IMPORTANT TO THEM AND THEIR STAKEHOLDERS." WITH A MISSION TO ADVANCE UNDERSTANDING AND TRUST IN A SUSTAINABLE ANIMAL FEED AND PET FOOD SUPPLY CHAIN, IFEEDER IS COLLABORATING WITH INDUSTRY MEMBERS AND UPSTREAM AND DOWNSTREAM STAKEHOLDERS ON A MULTIFACETED STRATEGY TO ADVANCE FEED SYSTEMS SUSTAINABILITY.THIS YEAR IFEEDER ADDED TO ITS COLLECTION OF RESOURCES IN THE ANIMAL FOOD INDUSTRY SUSTAINABILITY TOOLKIT TO FURTHER SUPPORT ANIMAL FEED AND PET FOOD MEMBERS IN EXPLORING AND NAVIGATING THE LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT SPACE.

• OTHER PROGRAMS: THE INSTITUTE CONDUCTS OTHER PROGRAM ACTIVITIES THAT INCLUDE VARIOUS MEETINGS AND INTERACTIONS WITH ORGANIZATIONS THAT VALUE THE BELIEFS ESTABLISHED BY THE INSTITUTE'S CORE MISSION STATEMENT.

  Expenses $7,500

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

• DECISION INNOVATION SOLUTIONS

  $319,895

  RESEARCH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INSTITUTE'S MISSION.

• CONTEXT NETWORK

  $105,712

  RESEARCH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INSTITUTE'S MISSION.

• NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES

  $54,500

  RESEARCH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INSTITUTE'S MISSION.

• NORTH AMERICAN MEAT INSTITUTE

  $25,000

  RESEARCH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INSTITUTE'S MISSION.

• SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY

  $16,667

  RESEARCH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INSTITUTE'S MISSION.

• IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECH

  $6,071

  RESEARCH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INSTITUTE'S MISSION.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

• AMERICAN FEED INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION INC

  501(C)(6) · SUPPORT AND ADVOCATION FOR THE AMERICAN FEED INDUSTRY · IL

  Directly controlled by NONE

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2024

Filed

10 December 2025

IRS schema version

2024v5.2

Source object

202523569349301602

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