Asheville Humane Society Inc

What it reported doing in 2024

During the fiscal year ended june 30, 2025, asheville humane society adopted out 1,718 animals, reunited 380 lost pets with their owners, collaborated with local placement partners, and transferred 185 animals to other adoption/rescue agencies. Animals saved in total: 2,339. We also aided 13,389 community animals who never entered the shelter. Total animals served in our community: 15,728. In 2025 we continued to assist with the spay neuter surgeries of the buncombe county animal shelter and community and partner pets. In 2025 total shelter animal spays and neuters totaled 3,362 and community/partner spays and neuters totaled 809 animals. Asheville humane society is mostly known as the open-admission shelter for buncombe county and a fantastic place to adopt a pet, but we are so much more. As part of our animal shelter, we help animals that are lost, surrendered, neglected or mistreated; who all deserve an opportunity with a loving family of their very own. We provide a soft bed, food, safety, comfort, medical evaluation, medical treatment, vaccinations, and behavioral testing for each animal. From our adoption center we place all animals who can humanely and safely be adopted into a loving home. Our incredibly dedicated staff, generous volunteers, foster families, and donors ensure each animal receives all of the care and resources available to help them thrive in a new forever home. All of our animals in the adoption and education center stay with us until they find their new family, whether it takes hours or months. In addition to caring for the animals that are brought to us, we also serve our community. We have numerous resources available to assist pets and their people in buncombe county. From lost & found, to low cost clinics, to safety net our goal is to keep pets in their homes where they are loved. During fiscal year 2025 we offered 28 vaccine or wellness clinics, and served 9,278 pets.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 63.2%; rating input score 63
• Program expense ratio: 86.9%; rating input score 87
• Fundraising efficiency: $12.69 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
  • Compensation committee: Missing
  • Independent consultant: Missing
  • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
  • Written employment contract: Missing
  • Compensation survey or study: Missing
  • Board or committee approval: Pass
• 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; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
  • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Pass
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 27.4%; rating input score 83; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.11; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.07; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 4.8%; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 11% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 8.7% per year; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 3.4% per year; rating input score 100; 26th percentile among comparable filings