The Cedar Valley Humane Society is dedicated to building healthy relationships between people and animals, and eliminating cruelty, abuse, and overpopulation of animals through education, adoption services, and inspiring compassion for all living things.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
77¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 488 volunteers and 19 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2025 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
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IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
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IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
6 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $1.2M a year · 58% of revenue · last 6 filings
Looks good: a surplus in 6 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
77%
of spending
Looks good: 77% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$68K
to officers and key staff · 7% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 7% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
11 mo
of spending, in cash
Plus $1.4M in investments, Pt X · Ln 11–13
Looks good: 11.0 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
10
named funders · $648K
Looks good: 10 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$445K
4% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 4% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
14
of 14 voting members
Looks good: 14 of 14 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$2.4M
+4% vs prior year
Spent
$958K
To programs
77%
Net assets
$9.7M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$2.4M
FY2025▲ +4%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$1.9M
FY2021$1.6M
FY2022$1.9M
FY2023$2.3M
FY2024$2.3M
FY2025$2.4M
Expenses
$958K
FY2025▲ +11%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$695K
FY2021$963K
FY2022$734K
FY2023$928K
FY2024$861K
FY2025$958K
Net assets
$9.7M
FY2025▲ +18%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$3.6M
FY2021$4.3M
FY2022$5.2M
FY2023$6.7M
FY2024$8.2M
FY2025$9.7M

From the FY2025 Form 990 · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Oct 1966.

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Where the money goes

77 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 77% · $742K Management & general 12% · $117K Fundraising 10% · $100K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

17 people listed on the 990; $68K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Di
$67,500Pt VII · Sec A
VP Thru 03/2
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director Thr
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director Sin
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director Sin
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Lonnie Viner’s $68K as Executive Di is at the 19th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1137 $1–10M animals nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 1 named individual · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Lonnie Viner$67,500$66,404$63,800$63,500$60,128$58,490

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

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  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

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1 program · $742K · in their own filed words · FY2025
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CVHS helped over 7,000 animals by way of community pet food pantry (40,684 LBS in 2025), adoption and reuniting lost pets services (1,034 animals in 2025), dog obedience classes for the public (21 animals in 2025), and various other programs and services to provide support for our community and their pets.

$742Kprogram expense

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Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2024
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By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$2.4M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.9M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$317K
Investment incomeLn 3$147K
Money outPt IX
$958K
Ln 25
Programscol B$742K
Managementcol C$117K
Fundraisingcol D$100K
Owns and owesPt X
$9.7M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$876K
Total assetsLn 16$10.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$445K
PeoplePt VI, VII
17
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a14
IndependentVI 1b14
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.9M
Noncash giftsLn 1g$57K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$93K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$317K
Investment incomeLn 3$147K
Gains on assetsLn 7$5K
Total revenueLn 12$2.4M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$643K
SavingsLn 2$233K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$876K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$1.4M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$2.7M
Other assetsLn 15$5.1M
Total assetsLn 16$10.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$445K
Net assetsLn 32$9.7M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 519
VolunteersI 6488
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$461K$876K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$4.5M$1.4M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$2.8M$2.7M
Total assetsLn 16$8.4M$10.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$197K$445K
Net assetsLn 32$8.2M$9.7M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$68K$30K$24K$14K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$425K$375K$7K$43K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$18K$9K$7K$1K
Payroll taxesLn 10$38K$31K$2K$4K
Accounting feesLn 11c$10K$10K
Investment management feesLn 11f$20K$20K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$96K$96K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$11K$3K$2K$6K
Office expensesLn 13$29K$7K$17K$4K
Information technologyLn 14$11K$119$11K$158
OccupancyLn 16$38K$37K$786$121
TravelLn 17$2K$1K$158$316
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$85K$74K$11K
InsuranceLn 23$33K$33K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$63K$37K$449$26K
All other expensesLn 24e$12K$6K$4K$2K
Total functional expensesLn 25$958K$742K$117K$100K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $2.4M$958K$1.4M$9.7M 990 PDF
FY2024 $2.3M$861K$1.4M$8.2M 990 PDF
FY2023 $2.3M$928K$1.4M$6.7M 990 PDF
FY2022 $1.9M$734K$1.1M$5.2M 990 PDF
FY2021 $1.6M$963K$641K$4.3M 990 PDF
FY2020 $1.9M$695K$1.2M$3.6M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support M · Noncash O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $2,357,021 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $1,826,602$1,909,887
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $315,330$317,076
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $141,330$147,225
I-11 Other revenuePrior year −$13,494−$17,167
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $2,269,768$2,357,021
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $496,048$548,254
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $15,000$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $349,900$410,145
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $860,948$958,399
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $1,408,820$1,398,622
Part VI · Governance 14 of 14 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body14
VI-1b Independent voting members14
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $2,357,021 across 11 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $10,660 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1c Fundraising events$93,432
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$1,816,455
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$56,840
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$1,909,887
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $317,076$317,076
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $142,724$142,724
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossUnrelated business −$21,234 · Excluded from tax $6,106−$15,128
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $4,501$4,501
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax −$17,973−$17,973
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $5,274$5,274
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $329,612 · Unrelated business −$21,234 · Excluded from tax $138,756$2,357,021
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $958,399 across 16 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $30,375 · Management $23,625 · Fundraising $13,500$67,500
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $374,981 · Management $6,609 · Fundraising $43,325$424,915
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $8,978 · Management $7,416 · Fundraising $1,259$17,653
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $31,434 · Management $2,345 · Fundraising $4,407$38,186
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $9,638$9,638
IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $19,742$19,742
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $95,883$95,883
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $3,349 · Management $2,232 · Fundraising $5,581$11,162
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $7,429 · Management $17,372 · Fundraising $3,779$28,580
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $119 · Management $11,131 · Fundraising $158$11,408
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $37,499 · Management $786 · Fundraising $121$38,406
IX-17 TravelPrograms $1,106 · Management $158 · Fundraising $316$1,580
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $74,276 · Management $11,099$85,375
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $32,985$32,985
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $37,140 · Management $449 · Fundraising $25,643$63,232
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $6,128 · Management $4,400 · Fundraising $1,626$12,154
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $741,682 · Management $117,002 · Fundraising $99,715$958,399
Part X · Balance sheet $10,120,030 assets, 15 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $397,897$642,667
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $62,652$232,929
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $21,783$11,198
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $2,100$700
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $2,796,093$2,710,718
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $4,450,085$1,392,642
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $691,001$5,129,176
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $8,421,611$10,120,030
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $191,918$440,408
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $4,936$4,122
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $196,854$444,530
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $3,052,537$5,949,071
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $5,172,220$3,726,429
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $8,224,757$9,675,500
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $8,421,611$10,120,030
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $9,675,500 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$2,357,021
XI-2 Total expenses$958,399
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$1,398,622
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$8,224,757
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$52,121
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$9,675,500

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