National Humane Education Society

Legal name: Peace Plantation Animal Sanctuary Ny C/o National Humane Education Society

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
541807596
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2016–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2014, Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2020
Location
Charles Town, WV, US
Phone
1.304.725.0506
Rating
35
Verdict
REVIEW
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Animal Protection and Welfare

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$2,118
Expenses
$2,342
Assets
$2,916
Liabilities
$2,342

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

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MEGAN HESSENBERGER (PRESIDENT)
  • CYNTHIA TAYLOR (VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • MEGAN HESSENBERGER (PRESIDENT)
  • CYNTHIA TAYLOR (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • JAMES TAYLOR (SECRETARY/TREASURER)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

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

Overview

Mission

The National Humane Education Society is dedicated to promoting humane education and animal welfare through adoption, spay/neuter services, and community outreach.

What it reported doing in 2024

In 2014, the national humane education society (nhes) underwent an organizational restructuring that resulted in the sale of the nhes property on which ppas had been operating and all ppas' operations were consolidated into nhes' facility, the briggs animal adoption center, located on the nhes campus in charles town, West Virginia. This consolidation was undertaken to minimize nhes' operating costs. Ppas continues to exists and coordinate with nhes to operate the cattery at the briggs animal adoption center in charles town, West Virginia.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.

The verdict

REVIEW - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 0
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 37
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
  • Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -10.6%; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.25; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.8; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -23.5% per year; rating input score 0; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -27.2% per year; rating input score 0; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -12.9% per year; rating input score 0; 14th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 3 programs and campaigns described on the official site
  • Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2016 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 0/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 30/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 52/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 6/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.