Humane Society of Nw Montana

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
810496442
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Kalispell, MT, USA
Phone
4067527297
Rating
78
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Animal Protection and Welfare

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,337,835
Expenses
$984,209
Assets
$2,660,438
Liabilities
$23,653

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

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • PEGGY SPENCER (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • STACIE DABOLT (EXECUTIVE DI): $65,000 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Humane society of nw mt is a no kill animal adoption center whose mission is to provide a caring and safe environment for dogs and cats until they can be united with a forever home.

What it reported doing in 2025

The humane society of northwest Montana, home of the charlotte edkins animal adoption center, serves orphaned cats and dogs and adheres to an early age spay/neuter protocol, permanent identification of all pets and a no-kill animal philosophy. The adoption center consists of 18 cat kennels, three cat condos and 17 dog kennels. In 2025 the adoption center served a total of 455 intakes of animals, rescued and/or abandoned animals making sure that all were examined by a licensed veterinarian, vaccinated, dewormed, spayed/neutered, and microchipped. Happily, 450 adoption center pets were adopted into loving homes throughout northwest Montana in 2025. Through its pet food assistance program, the humane society partners with the flathead food bank to feed hungry pets. In 2025 the humane society donated 4,700 pounds of pet food for at-risk community pets. The humane society also helped 50 injured, at-risk community pets receive emergency veterinary care through its humanitarian aid for pets program. The humane society started vaccine clinics held quarterly. Offering low-cost vaccines to the community. A total of 226 pets were seen resulting in 369 vaccines administered.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 73% 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.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of total spending goes to programs. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 63
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 84
  • Sustainability: 71
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 58.6%; rating input score 59
  • Program expense ratio: 74.4%; rating input score 74
  • Fundraising efficiency: $15.7 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 48; 48th 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: 5 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 62
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 26.4%; rating input score 79; 79th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.7; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 6.6%; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 8.8% per year; rating input score 100; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 7.7% per year; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 4% per year; rating input score 100; 31st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 58.6% of revenue deployed · 74.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 8 of 8 board members independent · 5 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $732K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $65K · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 27 of 27 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.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 59/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 7 not reported.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 48/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 47/100.