Olive Branch Animal Rescue & Refuge Inc

What it reported doing in 2025

The Olive branch expends substantially all of its annual income for its exempt purposes and therefore depends on the funds it annually solicits from the general public in order to carry out its activities on a normal and continuing basis. Since its inception The Olive Branch has been open to the public and it is estimated that 5,000 animals have been brought to the refuge and almost all of those have been placed with caring foster families. The Olive Branch is a refuge for animals whose families in the area can no longer take care of them or those animals that are abused and or neglected. In addition to rescue and refuge efforts the Olive Branch provides the following community services: * Animal Birth Control Program for stray and abandoned animals which is funded through donations. * Low-income assistance which provides low-income families an opportunity to spay/neuter their pets. * Tyler Consolidated High School students can earn community service hours as needed by helping take care of the animals and the grounds. * Peirpont Community and Technical College (located in Fairmont, WV) are provided community service hours for the veterinary technician program. * Community members are invited to tour the Olive Branch and are provided with education of the operations and the animals. * The Olive Branch also works with local schools, boy scouts, girl scouts and the local government as often as possible. The above description of the Olive Branch Animal Rescue and Refuge has been the description over the last 5 years and will continue to be the purpose into the future. There have been no amendments to the by-laws and The Olive Branch continues to operate on the kindness of the public, the donations of those members of the public as well as local governments, local community foundations and the continued support of the late Olive Barth.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 84%; rating input score 84
• Program expense ratio: 89.7%; rating input score 90
• Fundraising efficiency: $47.79 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th 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: Fail
  • 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: 6.3%; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.26; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 20.1%; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 1.1% per year; rating input score 100; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 0.9% per year; rating input score 100; 24th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: -5.5% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings