Western Pennsylvania Humane Society
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 250965608
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2011–2015
- Forms available
- Form 990 2015
- Location
- Pittsburgh, PA, USA
- Phone
- 4123214625
- Rating
- 83
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Animal Protection and Welfare
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $3,427,942
- Expenses
- $3,820,494
- Assets
- $9,774,935
- Liabilities
- $1,392,211
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2015. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
20 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- DAVID GRUBMAN (PRESIDENT)
- ANTHONY PARDO (VICE PRESIDENT)
- JOY BRAUNSTEIN EXITED 022016 (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
Highest reported compensation
- JOY BRAUNSTEIN EXITED 022016 (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $95,939 total reported compensation
- HALA NUEMAH - DIR FIN ADMIN ((THRU 2/16)/MANAGING DIR (EFF 2/16)): $81,323 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2015. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The western Pennsylvania humane society, a nonprofit organization, is working to provide and advocate compassionate care for all animals and to enhance the human experience of pet ownership for our community.
What it reported doing in 2015
Through school visits, shelter tours and community outreach, the society encourages responsible pet ownership and animal safety. The society conducts obedience-training classes to help strengthen the human-pet bond with both newly adopted dogs and family pets. The society's pet-assisted therapy programs allow elderly, physically or mentally challenged, and other special needs groups to engage with and realize the benefits of animal contact when the patient is in a facility that does not allow them to share their room with a pet.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- 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
STRONG - 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: 85
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 95
- Sustainability: 39
- Growth: 0
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 82.3%; rating input score 82
- Fundraising efficiency: $5.37 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd 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; 65th 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: -11.5%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.56; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.14; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 4.6%; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -11.1% per year; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -7.2% per year; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -7% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 82.3% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 18 of 18 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $3.1M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $96K · 20 people listed
- Consistency: 30 of 30 current checks pass
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 5 filing years from 2011 to 2015
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
- 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
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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 23/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 10/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 50/100.
- High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.