Nebraska Humane Society

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
470378997
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
Location
Omaha, NE, US
Phone
402-444-7800
Rating
84
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Animal Protection and Welfare

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$20,291,944
Expenses
$18,610,041
Assets
$77,767,541
Liabilities
$1,260,712

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

Leadership & pay

28 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • LINDY HESS (EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT - FINANCE)
  • PAMELA WIESE-BUNDY (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • SARA SCHMIDT (EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT-SHELTER OPE)
  • CHARLES COOPER (EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT, DEVELOPMENT)
  • NANCY HINTZ (FORMER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • PAMELA WIESE-BUNDY (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $195,608 total reported compensation
  • CHARLES COOPER (EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT, DEVELOPMENT): $167,014 total reported compensation
  • SARA SCHMIDT (EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT-SHELTER OPE): $154,590 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

To protect and enhance the lives of companion animals and people through adoption, education, prevention, and community engagement.

What it reported doing in 2024

Animal control - the Nebraska humane society (nhs) acts as the animal control agency for the greater omaha area. Municipalities include omaha, bellevue, papillion, springfield, ralston, la vista, gretna, and sarpy county, Nebraska. Nhs also acts as the animal licensing agency for the city of omaha and sarpy county. In 2024, nhs received 85,948 incoming calls resulting in animal control officers being dispatched 20,954 times during the year. These calls included reports of stray, injured or dead animals, and problems with wildlife. There were 3,887 investigations of animal cruelty, barking, bites, and abandonments. Additionally, 620 citations were written. In 2024, 2,148 lost pets were returned to owners, 149 received a free ride home. Animal licensing included - dog licenses issued: 14,411 intact, 89,012 altered, cat licenses issued: 847 intact, 40,597 altered. Potentially dangerous dogs - 97, dangerous dogs - 10, mini pig - 11. Licenses for animals were provided at no charge to 3,515 companion animals for senior citizens aged 65 and older residing in bellevue, papillion, springfield, lavista, unincorporated sarpy county and waterloo. No charge licenses were also provided to 258 service dogs and 5 companion support pets.

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 99% 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 reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 78
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 69
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 82%; rating input score 82
  • Program expense ratio: 84.6%; rating input score 85
  • Fundraising efficiency: $8.43 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 94.7%; rating input score 95; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 66th 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: 8.3%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.18; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 6.6%; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 4.8% per year; rating input score 100; 40th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 5.3% per year; rating input score 100; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 8.5% per year; rating input score 100; 58th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 9 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 82% of revenue deployed · 84.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 20 of 20 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $15.7M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $196K · 28 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 38 of 39 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 10 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 8 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 2 filed related-organization links
  • 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

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

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 33/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 38/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.