Colville Valley Animal Sanctuary

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
134247653
IRS 990 coverage
2019–2025
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2021
Location
Colville, WA, USA
Phone
509-684-1475
Rating
78
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Animal Protection and Welfare

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$347,157
Expenses
$335,851
Assets
$294,225
Liabilities
$21,792

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

11 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MATTHEW WEST (President)
  • LANCE PELTON (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • MATTHEW WEST (President)
  • LANCE PELTON (Vice President)
  • JANET WEST (Treasurer)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To inspire the public to support the humane treatment of animals and to transform the lives of companion animals in need.

What it reported doing in 2025

Cvas is a safe place for animal surrenders, adoptions, volunteering, senior savings-senior program, community engagement and fundraising both on-site and virtual means. We have seen a decrease in our general donations and adoption fees over the prior year. In 2025 we took in 391 cats and 53 dogs, adoptions for the year totaled 371, 319 cats and 52 dogs. Many of the remaining 73 were transferred to other shelters. We had a major ringworm event - limited intake and adoptions for several months in 2025. The dog building was closed for construction for 4 months as upgraded sanitation systems were installed.the public spay/neuter program (mash) helped 99 dogs and 312 cats, of the 312 cats, the number of ferals varied by event. The barn cat program brought in approximately 40 cats in 2025, and found them barns.in 2025 the cvas food bank, funded by donations from stores and community members served 141 families.cvas had an impact on 1674 animals that were not taken into the shelter. These animals were seen at vaccine clinics, spay/neuter events, or were supported by the pet food bank. In all cases, the intent was to help the animals stay healthy, stop reproduction, and if the family was challenged with cost, provide food to help the animal stay at home. 550 animals were provided service at a vaccine clinic, to include vaccines, microchips, deworming, flea and tick treatment and a limited veterinary exam. Cvas spay and neuter clinics, in partnership with northeast Washington spay and neuter alliance, altered 99 dogs and 312 cats in 2025. 141 households with 320 dogs and 393 cats were served by the pet food bank during the year.drive through rabies vaccinations provided: 442 drive through rabies 169 cat 3 way 199 dog phpp 145 lepto 63 felv 71 bordatellarabies for animals adopted from cvas were 371 and all adopted animals are current on all vaccines.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 76% 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.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - 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 expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 86
  • Transparency & Controls: 81
  • Accountability: 64
  • Sustainability: 42
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 95.8%; rating input score 96
  • Program expense ratio: 99.1%; rating input score 99
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 85.7%; rating input score 86; 3rd 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; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 1 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 14
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Fail
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 3.3%; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.88; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.07; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 14.8% per year; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 12.2% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -0% per year; rating input score 0; 22nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 14 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 2 operating locations identified
  • Where the money goes: 95.8% of revenue deployed · 99.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 7 of 4 board members independent · 1 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $333K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
  • Consistency: 23 of 25 current checks pass · 2 findings to review
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2019 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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.

  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 6 not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 43/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Independent members within voting members did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 37/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 24/100.