Humane Society of Central Oregon

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
930616957
IRS 990 coverage
2013–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Bend, OR, USA
Phone
5413823537
Rating
82
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Animal Protection and Welfare

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$4,160,309
Expenses
$4,148,479
Assets
$9,767,559
Liabilities
$317,227

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

15 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ROSS LUNDMAN (PRESIDENT (01/01/25-06/30/25))
  • JOEY DRUCKER (PRESIDENT (07/01/24-12/31/24))
  • MIKE FLYNN (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • AMBER KOSTOFF (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • CRYSTAL BLOODWORTH DVM (SHELTER CLINIC DIRECTOR): $191,576 total reported compensation
  • AMBER KOSTOFF (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $103,893 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Humane society of central Oregon (hsco) is a nonprofit organization that provides care for lost, surrendered, and abandoned companion animals throughout central Oregon. Hsco provides holistic and compassionate care for every animal entering our shelter. This includes comprehensive veterinary care, behavioral support, enrichment activities, and individualized care for each animal's needs. Hsco also offers proactive resources for families in our community that prevent animals from having to come to the shelter, like accessible spay/neuter and vaccine services, and free pet food. We partner with county and city governments to offer humane shelter services for law enforcement agencies and are the only shelter in the entire central Oregon region that offers regular owner surrender services to the community.

What it reported doing in 2024

Thrift store: the hsco thrift store receives donated items such as clothes, household items, jewelry, and vehicles from the community on a daily basis. These items are carefully sorted, priced, and made ready for re-sale by our dedicated staff and volunteers. The net proceeds from the thrift store are used to fund vital shelter operations, making this program critical to the ongoing financial sustainability of the hsco. The hsco thrift store also supports our adoption program by housing available small animals (rabbits, guinea pigs, hamsters, etc.) and adopting them to loving families directly from the store.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 80% 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

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

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 80
  • Transparency & Controls: 74
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 50
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 88%; rating input score 88
  • Program expense ratio: 84.9%; rating input score 85
  • Fundraising efficiency: $7.68 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • 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: 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: 0.3%; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.35; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.03; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 7.1%; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 5.8% per year; rating input score 100; 44th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 6.2% per year; rating input score 100; 50th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 4.1% per year; rating input score 100; 29th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 88% of revenue deployed · 84.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 10 of 10 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $3.5M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $192K · 15 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 38 of 38 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 11 filing years from 2013 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 29/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 35/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 41/100.