VIN Foundation Reaches GuideStar Platinum for Fifth Year in a Row
Platinum Seal provides donors with organizational transparency and gift impact
Davis, CA: For the fifth year in a row, the VIN Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, has earned the
GuideStar Platinum Seal of Transparency. The
highest level of recognition offered by GuideStar, a service of Candid and the world’s largest source of nonprofit
information, this award shows the VIN Foundation’s commitment to its mission.
The VIN Foundation believes a healthy veterinary profession depends on a healthy animal community and directs support
toward resources that foster the health of the profession. “It is important for VIN Foundation supporters to know their
gifts are making a direct positive impact on the veterinary profession on a global scale, while feeling secure in their
generous giving practices,” said Executive Director Jordan benShea.
“We are excited to convey VIN Foundation’s commitment to transparency,” said benShea, “by attaining our GuideStar
Nonprofit Profile at the Platinum level for the fifth consecutive year, we are able to effectively communicate vital
organizational information with our supporters as well as GuideStar’s online audience, which includes donors,
grant-makers, our peers, and the media.”
Maintaining Platinum level status means the VIN Foundation has consistently shared organizational details; in-depth
financial information; qualitative information about goals, strategies, and capabilities; and quantitative information
about program results and progress.
The VIN Foundation’s nonprofit profile shows
where pre-veterinary students, veterinary students, and veterinarians are receiving confidential support, student debt
loan education and advice, and veterinary school information including chances of acceptance and ways to apply smarter
to decrease student debt. These metrics help the VIN Foundation determine where support is most needed in the veterinary
profession and focus its efforts accordingly.
About VIN Foundation
The VIN Foundation resources help pre-veterinary students, veterinary students, and veterinarians thrive so they can
help our animals and those who care for them. Based on the belief that a healthy animal community depends on a healthy
veterinary community, each resource supports, educates, and mentors veterinary colleagues throughout their careers. The
VIN Foundation was created by members of the Veterinary Information Network (VIN) in 2005.
VIN is an online community of veterinarians and veterinary students with
over 85,000 members worldwide. Learn more about the VIN Foundation and its programs at https://VINFoundation.org. The VIN Foundation is made possible
through generous gifts by individual donors and grants; all gifts made to the VIN Foundation are tax deductible.
About GuideStar Nonprofit Profiles
In February 2019, GuideStar joined forces with Foundation Center to form Candid, a new 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.
Today, GuideStar is a service of Candid. The GuideStar database contains a profile for every tax-exempt nonprofit
registered with the IRS. The profiles are populated with information directly from nonprofits, the IRS, and other
partners in the nonprofit sector. Candid encourages every nonprofit to claim and update its profile at no cost to the
organization.
Updating allows nonprofits to share a wealth of up-to-date information with the more than 13 million
people who visit guidestar.org to learn more about nonprofit organizations each year. Updating also allows nonprofits to
share information with the more than 200 philanthropic websites and applications that are powered by GuideStar data,
such as AmazonSmile, Facebook, and Network for Good. To reach a given participation level, organizations must complete
all required fields for that level.
The GuideStar participation levels, acknowledged as symbols of transparency in the
nonprofit sector, are displayed on all updated participants’ profiles in the GuideStar database.
About Candid
Every year, millions of nonprofits spend trillions of dollars around the world. Candid finds out where that money comes
from, where it goes, and why it matters. Through research, collaboration, and training, Candid connects people who want
to change the world to the resources they need to do it. Candid’s data tools on nonprofits, foundations, and grants are
the most comprehensive in the world.
