Buffalo Valley Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 581374964
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Hohenwald, TN, USA
- Phone
- 9317965427
- Rating
- 84
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Alcohol, Drug Abuse, Treatment Only
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $29,090,397
- Expenses
- $23,463,936
- Assets
- $32,913,107
- Liabilities
- $1,477,392
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
15 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Jerry T Risner (CEO)
- Deborah Hillin (President)
- Paula Spears (Board President)
- John Galbreath (Vice President)
Highest reported compensation
- Jerry T Risner (CEO): $175,838 total reported compensation
- Deborah Hillin (President): $128,067 total reported compensation
- John Risner (Chief Operating Officer): $120,057 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Provide alcohol and substance abuse treatment, transitional and permanent housing, economic and community development and other supportive services for low income, homeless, and other residents of rural Tennesee to help them move through a continuum of care into homeless recovery, meaningful employment, and and safe and secure housing.
What it reported doing in 2024
Housing services Provide transitional and permanent housing to low income homeless persons some of whom have alcohol and drug abuse problems. Also includes counseling and case management services. Approximately 300 persons served.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Grant-funded. 77% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 96% 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.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 73
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 95
- Sustainability: 72
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 78.2%; rating input score 78
- Program expense ratio: 88.8%; rating input score 89
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
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: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 19.3%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.4; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.04; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 1.8%; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 7.1% per year; rating input score 100; 56th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 7% per year; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 3% per year; rating input score 100; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 78.2% of revenue deployed · 88.8% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 11 of 11 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $20.8M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $176K · 15 people listed
- Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $3.5M reported
- Consistency: 30 of 30 current checks pass
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 4 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
- 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.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Whistleblower policy not reported.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 49/100.