Companion Animal Nutrition and Wellness Institute Inc
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
TO EDUCATE THE PET COMMUNITY ON NUTRITION AND WELLNESS FOR COMPANION ANIMALS. BECOME RECOGNIZED AS A CREDIBLE SOURCE OF INDEPENDENT UNBIASED SOURCE OF NUTRITION AND WELLNESS INFORMATION. PERFORM UNBIASED INDEPENDENT NUTRITION RESEARCH AND PUBLISH FINDINGS.
- Income
- $16,195
- Spending
- $64,404
- Spent on programs
- 97%
- Reserves
- 77.6 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- investment income, 81%
- Employees
- 0
- Volunteers
- 2
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Good: 85 out of 100. Higher than 69% of charities in its peer group (animals, under $250k).
Reserves
35 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 77.6 months of spending.
Debt
20 of 20It owes 0% of what it owns.
Living within its means
0 of 15Spending exceeded income by 298% of income.
Income trend
15 of 15Income rose 74% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 1597% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 0 cents.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
Weak: 41 out of 100. Higher than 26% of charities in its peer group (animals, under $250k).
Independent board
18 of 254 of 4 voting board members are independent.
Conflict of interest policy
0 of 15Reports no written conflict of interest policy.
Whistleblower policy
0 of 8Reports no written whistleblower policy.
Record keeping policy
0 of 7Reports no written policy on keeping and destroying records.
Board minutes
5 of 5Keeps minutes of board meetings.
Board sees the tax return
0 of 10Did not give the board a copy of this return before filing it.
No reported misuse
10 of 10Reports no diversion of assets, excess benefits or loans to insiders.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (2)
- $58,023 spent. PHD PROGRAM UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA THE CANWI PHD PROGRAM AND RESEARCH BEGAN DURING 2021 WAS SUCCESSFULLY CONCLUDED IN 2024. THE CANDIDATE COMPLETED HER RESEARCH IN METABOLOMICS, AGE STABILITY IN CANINE URINE SAMPLES AND HER PHD MANUSCRIPT HAS BEEN ACCEPTED BY UGA GRADUATE SCHOOL AND SHE HAS RECEIVED HER PHD. POST DOCTORATE FELLOW AND RESEARCH OUR CANWI FUNDED PHD WILL THEN STAY ON AT UGA COLLEGE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE AS A POST DOCTORATE FELLOW CONTINUING RESEARCH IN AGE ANALYSIS IN PET FOODS AND BIOFLUID. SHE WILL BE INVOLVED IN THE EXPANDED COLLABORATIONS CANWI HAS MADE WITH OTHER RESEARCHERS THEIR LABS AND UNIVERSITIES DISCUSSED BELOW. AGE RESEARCH THE RESEARCH CONTINUES AND CANWI HAS EXPANDED ITS COLLABORATION WITH CANCER RESEARCHERS DR. DAVID TURNER AND VICTORIA FINDLEY TO STANDARDIZE AGE FOODTESTING. THE COLLABORATION HAS RESULTED IN SUBMISSION OF A PUBLICATION EVALUATING DIFFERENT METHODS OF TESTING AN ARRAY OF AGES IN PET FOODS. THE COLLABORATIONS HAVE EXPANDED TO INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING DRS. JLIA GUAZZELLI PEZZALI AT KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY; GUIDO BOSCH WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY AND VURAL GKMEN FOOD QUALITY & SAFETY RESEARCH GROUP, HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY, ANKARA, TURKEY TO DEVELOP STANDARDIZATION OF AN ARRAY OF AGES IN DIFFERENTLY PROCESSED PET FOOD AND THE EFFECTS OF SHELF LIFE ON AGE TYPES AND CONTENT. THE COLLABORATORS ARE IN THE PROCESS OF COMPOSING A POSITION PAPER FOR PUBLICATION AS WELL AS PLANNING AND REFINING THE STUDY DESIGN AND DATA ANALYSIS. AGE RESEARCH IN HEALTHY AND DIABETIC CATS SAMPLE COLLECTION IS ALMOST COMPLETED, AND AGE ANALYSIS OF URINE AND PLASMA WILL BEGIN IN 2025. AFTER DATA ANALYSIS, A MANUSCRIPT WILL BE PREPARED AND SUBMITTED FOR PUBLICATION. NUTRITION RESIDENCY A CANWI FUNDED NUTRITION RESIDENCY PROGRAM COMPLETED HER PROGRAM AND PASSED THE CERTIFYING EXAMINATION. SHE IS NOW OFFICIALLY A DIPLOMATE OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF VETERINARY INTERNAL MEDICINE SUBSPECIALTY NUTRITION. SHE IS ON FACULTY AS A FULL PROFESSOR AT THE UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES. SHE HAS PUBLISHED ON HER RESEARCH OF AGES IN DOG DIETS, PLASMA, AND URINE AND IS WORKING ON A SECOND PUBLICATION ON AGES AND THE GUT MICROBIOME BOTH PUBLICATIONS ARE FROM HER RESEARCH DURING HER NUTRITION RESIDENCY AND PHD PROGRAM WHICH WERE BOTH FUNDED BY CANWI. PHD PROGRAM UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA THE CANWI PHD PROGRAM AND RESEARCH BEGAN DURING 2021 WAS SUCCESSFULLY CONCLUDED IN 2024. THE CANDIDATE COMPLETED HER RESEARCH IN METABOLOMICS, AGE STABILITY IN CANINE URINE SAMPLES AND HER PHD MANUSCRIPT HAS BEEN ACCEPTED BY UGA GRADUATE SCHOOL AND SHE HAS RECEIVED HER PHD. POST DOCTORATE FELLOW AND RESEARCH OUR CANWI FUNDED PHD WILL THEN STAY ON AT UGA COLLEGE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE AS A POST DOCTORATE FELLOW CONTINUING RESEARCH IN AGE ANALYSIS IN PET FOODS AND BIOFLUID. SHE WILL BE INVOLVED IN THE EXPANDED COLLABORATIONS CANWI HAS MADE WITH OTHER RESEARCHERS THEIR LABS AND UNIVERSITIES DISCUSSED BELOW. AGE RESEARCH THE RESEARCH CONTINUES AND CANWI HAS EXPANDED ITS COLLABORATION WITH CANCER RESEARCHERS DR. DAVID TURNER AND VICTORIA FINDLEY TO STANDARDIZE AGE FOODTESTING. THE COLLABORATION HAS RESULTED IN SUBMISSION OF A PUBLICATION EVALUATING DIFFERENT METHODS OF TESTING AN ARRAY OF AGES IN PET FOODS. THE COLLABORATIONS HAVE EXPANDED TO INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING DRS. JLIA GUAZZELLI PEZZALI AT KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY; GUIDO BOSCH WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY AND VURAL GKMEN FOOD QUALITY & SAFETY RESEARCH GROUP, HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY, ANKARA, TURKEY TO DEVELOP STANDARDIZATION OF AN ARRAY OF AGES IN DIFFERENTLY PROCESSED PET FOOD AND THE EFFECTS OF SHELF LIFE ON AGE TYPES AND CONTENT. THE COLLABORATORS ARE IN THE PROCESS OF COMPOSING A POSITION PAPER FOR PUBLICATION AS WELL AS PLANNING AND REFINING THE STUDY DESIGN AND DATA ANALYSIS. AGE RESEARCH IN HEALTHY AND DIABETIC CATS SAMPLE COLLECTION IS ALMOST COMPLETED, AND AGE ANALYSIS OF URINE AND PLASMA WILL BEGIN IN 2025. AFTER DATA ANALYSIS, A MANUSCRIPT WILL BE PREPARED AND SUBMITTED FOR PUBLICATION. NUTRITION RESIDENCY A CANWI FUNDED NUTRITION RESIDENCY PROGRAM COMPLETED HER PROGRAM AND PASSED THE CERTIFYING EXAMINATION. SHE IS NOW OFFICIALLY A DIPLOMATE OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF VETERINARY INTERNAL MEDICINE SUBSPECIALTY NUTRITION. SHE IS ON FACULTY AS A FULL PROFESSOR AT THE UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES. SHE HAS PUBLISHED ON HER RESEARCH OF AGES IN DOG DIETS, PLASMA, AND URINE AND IS WORKING ON A SECOND PUBLICATION ON AGES AND THE GUT MICROBIOME BOTH PUBLICATIONS ARE FROM HER RESEARCH DURING HER NUTRITION RESIDENCY AND PHD PROGRAM WHICH WERE BOTH FUNDED BY CANWI.
- $4,720 spent. CANWI CONTINUES TO USE FACEBOOK AS ITS PRIMARY TOOL FOR EDUCATING PET PARENTS AND THE PET INVESTED COMMUNITY ON COMPANION ANIMAL NUTRITION AND WELLNESS THROUGH ITS DAILY POSTS AND NEWSLETTERS. WE HAVE OVER 10,000 FOLLOWERS AND SEVERAL OF OUR POSTS HAVE 300,000 DAILY HITS WITH COMMENTS AND SHARES.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2024.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since January 2015.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 21, 2026.
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