New River Humane Society Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 550768496
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2011–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Oak Hill, WV, USA
- Phone
- 6812201067
- Rating
- 77
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Animal Protection and Welfare
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $202,152
- Expenses
- $313,369
- Assets
- $187,115
- Liabilities
- $-1,978
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
4 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Killey Price (President)
- Jennifer Michele Alvarez (Vice President)
People named in this filing
- Killey Price (President)
- Jennifer Michele Alvarez (Vice President)
- Cynthia Holcomb (Secretary)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
New River Humane Society isdedicated to serving the needs of community members animals in Fayette County surrounding areas. We passionately try to contoll the pet population through spay/neuter programs, ensuring all animals are treated with dignity, respect free from abuse finding safe, loving homes for pets who come into our care .
What it reported doing in 2024
As an animal rescue organization, the New River Humane Society served 1315 cats kittens and 483 dogs puppies during the fiscal year ended June 2025. Our staff, volunteers, and supporters make it possible each year for us to operate as a no-kill shelter and continue to provide the very best for each animal, especially after separating from the county shelter in 2022. Veterinarians ultimately recommended euthanizing approximately 1 animal due to service illness, injury or aggression. Additionally 1621 animals went to reputable rescue parters, 117 were locally adopted 6 escaped or were released, 38 died from sudden illness and 11 were reclaimed. During the year, NRHS sately transported 431 canines 1190 felines through our Rescue Transport Program relying solely on volunteers to network with over 20 rescue partners in VA, MD, PA, NY WV. A team of approximately 8-10 volunteer drivers averaged 2000 to 3000 miles per month transporting animals.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 71% 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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 89
- Transparency & Controls: 83
- Accountability: 64
- Sustainability: 19
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 98.9%; rating input score 99
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 92.3%; rating input score 92; 22nd 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; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 1 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 14
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -55%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.6; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 0.8% per year; rating input score 100; 34th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -1.2% per year; rating input score 0; 19th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 3.5% per year; rating input score 100; 41st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 98.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 4 of 4 board members independent · 1 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $310K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
- Consistency: 20 of 21 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules
- Filing history: 9 filing years from 2011 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
- 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 6 not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 5/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 28/100.