Valais Blacknose Sheep Society
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 833646713
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2025–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2023
- Location
- Portland, OR, USA
- Phone
- 5039141035
- Rating
- 73
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $66,154
- Expenses
- $55,902
- Assets
- $59,481
- Liabilities
- $30,283
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
4 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Rob Lyerla (President and Director)
- Brandi McGrath (Vice President and Director)
People named in this filing
- Rob Lyerla (President and Director)
- Brandi McGrath (Vice President and Director)
- Pam Campbell (Secretary and Director)
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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The Valais Blacknose Sheep Society is formed for the purpose of promoting the conservation, education, and responsible stewardship of the Valais Blacknose sheep breed. Specifically, it develops programs that aim to support the preservation of the breed's genetic characteristics, encourage responsible breeding practices, and provide educational resources to breeders and the public regarding the breed's history, conformation standards, and husbandry.
What it reported doing in 2025
The Valais Blacknose Sheep Society is formed for the purpose of promoting the conservation, education, and responsible stewardship of the Valais Blacknose sheep breed. Specifically, it develops programs that aim to support the preservation of the breed's genetic characteristics, encourage responsible breeding practices, and provide educational resources to breeders and the public regarding the breed's history, conformation standards, and husbandry. Some of the activities that it has conducted to date include maintaining a voluntary breed registry and pedigree database that documents the lineage and genetic development of Valais Blacknose sheep in the United States. Additionally, it has provided educational information and resources to breeders and livestock enthusiasts regarding breed standards, ethical breeding practices, and animal husbandry. The Society also supports educational workshops, demonstrations, and informational materials that assist breeders and livestock owners in maintaining proper care, breeding practices, and conformation standards consistent with the historic phenotype of the breed.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 75% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program 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.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and liabilities are high compared with assets.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 76
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 53
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 70.5%; rating input score 71
- Program expense ratio: 83.5%; rating input score 83
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 15.5%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.06; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.51; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 70.5% of revenue deployed · 83.5% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $47K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- 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.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 49/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 7/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.