The Humane Society of Pomona Valley Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 951660842
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2012–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Pomona, CA, USA
- Phone
- 9096239777
- Rating
- 76
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Animal Protection and Welfare
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $12,744,528
- Expenses
- $13,464,944
- Assets
- $25,701,625
- Liabilities
- $11,409
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
20 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- NIKOLE BRESCIANI (PRESIDENT/CEO)
Highest reported compensation
- NIKOLE BRESCIANI (PRESIDENT/CEO): $308,422 total reported compensation
- DR JI HYON LEE (MEDICAL SERVICES DIRECTOR): $194,376 total reported compensation
- MARYANA DE LOS SANTOS (OPERATIONS DIRECTOR): $165,725 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 investigate, institute prosecution of, and prevent acts of cruelty to animals; to acquire, maintain and operate a shelter for stray, homeless, sick and injured animals; to cooperate, whenever possible, with other humane organizations in promotion of sound and humane legislation relating to animals; and to undertake an educational program for the care and treatment of animals.
What it reported doing in 2024
Animal control services provided for the cities of pomona, claremont, la verne, san dimas, chino, montclair, diamond bar, ontario, glendora, chino hills, and covina. Sheltering services provided for the city of la habra.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Other-operating. 84% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
- 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.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - 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 expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 73
- Transparency & Controls: 74
- Accountability: 90
- Sustainability: 38
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 82.9%; rating input score 83
- Program expense ratio: 77.6%; rating input score 78
- Fundraising efficiency: $2.05 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
- Compensation committee: Missing
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Pass
- Board or committee approval: Pass
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 90%; rating input score 90; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: Fail
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -5.7%; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.91; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 97; 97th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 10.6%; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 4.1% per year; rating input score 100; 34th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 5.3% per year; rating input score 100; 46th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 5.4% per year; rating input score 100; 38th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 82.9% of revenue deployed · 77.6% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 9 of 10 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $10.4M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $308K · 20 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $293K reported
- Consistency: 39 of 39 current checks pass
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
- Filing history: 12 filing years from 2012 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 9 filed money-flow records
- 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.
Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 7/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 15/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 18/100.
- High — Grant Readiness: California registration: this organization is recorded as not currently operating in California.