Siskiyou Humane Society Inc

What it reported doing in 2025

Sheltering, rehabilitating, and finding homes: in 2025, the siskiyou humane society (shs) sheltered 710 animals and helped many find their forever homes. Adoptions increased significantly, rising from 322 in 2024 to 485 in 2025. Dog adoptions alone grew from 109 in 2024 to 202 in 2025. This growth was driven in part by the expansion of our mt. Shasta adoption center, which is now open seven days a week, allowing us to better serve the community and connect more families with adoptable pets. Throughout the year, shs also hosted or participated in 30 adoption, outreach, and education events across the community. Foster program: shs strengthened its foster program by expanding outreach efforts across multiple social media platforms to recruit foster families. We provide foster families with all necessary supplies, along with ongoing support and guidance to help ensure successful placements for the animals in our care. Keep them home program: shs continues to support low-income and underserved communities through outreach programs designed to help families keep their pets during times of financial hardship. In 2023, we opened our community pet resource center in yreka to expand access to essential resources for pet owners in need. Through the yreka resource center and our adoption center in mt. Shasta, we provide pet food and basic supplies to local families. In 2025 alone, shs distributed 1,315 pounds of pet food to community members in need, helping pets remain in their homes and reducing the need for owner surrenders. Behavior training and counseling: shs provided free behavior consultations for cats and dogs to support pet owners facing behavioral challenges. We offered training guidance, behavior management strategies, and educational resources to help families address problem behaviors, strengthen the human-animal bond, and keep pets safely in their homes. Pet deposit program: shs assists senior citizens by helping cover pet rental deposits, enabling them to keep their beloved pets while securing stable housing. This support helps preserve the important companionship and emotional benefits that pets provide to seniors. Education and volunteer program: shs provided shelter tours and educational presentations to local students to promote animal welfare, responsible pet ownership, and community involvement. We also supported countywide high school students completing senior community service projects and welcomed participants from the college of the siskiyous upward bound program through their work experience program. In addition, shs recorded more than 7,100 volunteer hours in 2025. Dedicated volunteers, including regular dog walkers and kitty socializers, help enrich the lives of our shelter animals while they await their forever homes.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
• Program expense ratio: 92.1%; rating input score 92
• Fundraising efficiency: $188.72 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 90; 90th 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: Limited
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 4 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 50
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
  • Whistleblower policy: Fail
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
  • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Missing
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

• Operating margin: -46.3%; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.78; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 8.6%; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 4.7% per year; rating input score 100; 35th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 6.5% per year; rating input score 100; 45th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 7.4% per year; rating input score 100; 45th percentile among comparable filings