Humane Society of Fremontcounty Inc

What it reported doing in 2025

The humane society of fremont county (hsfc)is an open admission shelter that provides animal care and control services to seven different Colorado municipalities: fremont and custer counties, the cities of canon city and florence, and the towns of coal creek, westcliffe and silver cliff, Colorado. Each of the above seven municipalities independently contracted with hsfc. Revenue from these contracts accounted for 19.6% of our total operating budget, requiring the shelter to fund the remaining 80.4% through donations, grants and other sources. In 2025 the hsfc admitted 986 live animals, including 697 canines, 285 felines and four others. Aditionally, 99 animals arrived deceased (63 dogs, 32 cats, and 4 others), bringing the total live and doa intake to 1,085 animals. This represents a 13% increase from 2024. Community residents brought 327 stray animals, representing 33% of total live intake, and surendered 173 owned animals, accounting for 18%. Together, residents contributed 500 animals more than half of all live intakes in 2025. Animal control officers, police departments, and the sheriff's department brought in 473 animals, representing 48% of total live intakes. Hsfc successfully reunited 400 pets with their owners, achieving a 41% return to owner rate. Additionally, 338 animals were adopted resulting in a 34% adoption rate. To ensure transparency, hsfc calculates two separate live-release (save) rates: onbe that includes owner-requested euthanasia and on that excludes it. In 2025, our live-release rate was 97.67% including owner-requested eutanasia and 98.38% when excluded. Hsfc has maintained teh highest save rate among open-admission animal shelters in Colorado for eleven consecutive years. In 2025, our performance placed us in the top 2% of shelters nationally meaning we have ranked in the top 1-3% for eight of the past eleven years.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 88.3%; rating input score 88
• Program expense ratio: 89%; rating input score 89
• Fundraising efficiency: $32.95 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 67; 67th 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: Limited
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 5 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 71
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
  • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Missing
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 1%; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.9; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 3.6% per year; rating input score 100; 29th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 5.3% per year; rating input score 100; 39th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: -2.9% per year; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings