Coulee Region Humane Society Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
237366713
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Onalaska, WI, USA
Phone
6087814014
Rating
92
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Animal Protection and Welfare

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,937,677
Expenses
$2,077,321
Assets
$11,803,778
Liabilities
$68,498

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

Leadership & pay

16 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • HEATHER DRIEVOLD (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • TIM JONES (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • HEATHER DRIEVOLD (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $89,647 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Crhs actively promotes the humane treatment of animals and positive human-animal relationships.

What it reported doing in 2025

Crhs is the leading community resource for companion animal services. We provide for relinquishment, adoption, education, training, pet therapy, lost and found pet assistance, and animal control. We provide shelter to lost, abandoned or surrendered animals as well as offer adoption of homeless animals. In 2025, 2,544 animals came to our shelter in need of help. While caring for stray and surrendered animals and providing adoptions services are major components of our business, crhs offers many other community services. Our spay/neuter assistance program offers financial help to income eligible residents so that they can alter their pets. The crhs franke fund allows us to offer financial assistance to pet owners with veterinary emergencies, giving assistance to pets with urgent needs. Crhs pet therapy program has provided comfort and friendship to those in our community for over 50 years bringing smiles, friendship, laughter, dog kisses, and companionship. In 2021 we achieved and continue to maintain "no kill" status, which is having a live release rate of above 90%. In 2025, pet therapy teams visited 75,873 people. Our animal control program served approximately 1,609 domestic and 736 wild animals in 2025. Crhs offers resources and guidance to pet owners working through common behaviors and training needs and financial assistance to help pets in caring homes receive immediate/emergency veterinary care and spayed/neutered. Our humane educator presented 53 programs reaching approximately 4,152 participants of all ages on topics such as safety around animals, proper care of animals, and animal abuse/neglect. We also educate the adult population by speaking to professional groups and providing tours of our shelter. Volunteers are very important to crhs. They provide care for the animals, making sure the animals are clean, have fresh food and water and get time to play and socialize with humans. In 2025 volunteers donated over 10,541 hours of service.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
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.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 93
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 46
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 92.9%; rating input score 93
  • Fundraising efficiency: $22.14 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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: 8 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • 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: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -7.2%; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 5.68; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 4.3%; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 6.2% per year; rating input score 100; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 4.9% per year; rating input score 100; 37th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 5.7% per year; rating input score 100; 39th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 92.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 14 of 14 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $1.9M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $90K · 16 people listed
  • Consistency: 28 of 28 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2025
  • 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.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 16/100.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 58/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 51/100.