Brother Wolf Animal Rescue Inc

Overview

Mission

Brother Wolf Animal Rescues mission is to better the lives of companion animals and the people who love them.

What it reported doing in 2024

Adoptions Through Brother Wolf Animal Rescues adoption program, animals receive needed medical care and support before being adopted out into loving homes. In 2024, Brother Wolf placed 1,175 animals into adoptive homes. These animals come to Brother Wolf from local families who can no longer care for them and from overcrowded shelters in the Western NC region where animals face euthanasia simply due to space constraints or lack of resources such as veterinary care or foster care. In 2024, Brother Wolf transferred-in 551 animals from overcrowded shelter partners and took in 697 animals from members of our community who were no longer able to keep and/or provide for their animals. Due to Hurricane Helenes devastating impacts, Brother Wolfs adoption program was paused from October 2024 through late December 2024 when it then resumed.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 97% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
208787719
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2007
Headquarters
Asheville, NC, USA
Phone
8285053440
Rating
71
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Animal Protection and Welfare

Official website

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 40
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 90
  • Sustainability: 89
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 15.2%; rating input score 15
  • Program expense ratio: 71.7%; rating input score 72
  • Fundraising efficiency: $41.6 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 80.2%; rating input score 98; 98th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 5.34; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 93; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 4.3%; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 0.8% per year; rating input score 100; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 14.2% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 19.8% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 15.2% of revenue deployed · 71.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 8 of 8 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $2.1M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $126K · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 32 of 32 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 14 annual filings from 2011 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • Leah Craig Chumbley (Executive Director): $125,593 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: FY2024.