2025-09-25T12:22:01-07:00 2024-12-31 452047463 Walke & Associates PC 327 E 1st Street SALIDA CO 81201 990 2024-01-01 841161648 ARK-VALLEY HUMANE SOCIETY INC ARK- 7193952737 PO Box 1335 Buena Vista CO 81211 Sarah C McMahon Treasurer 2025-09-23 true true Rachael A Walke P00569698 7195398576 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z Sarah C McMahon PO Box 1335 Buena Vista CO 81211 1119327 false X ark-valley.org X 1991 CO Ark-Valley Humane Society's (AVHS) Mission is ensuring the welfare of companion animals through compassion and care. AVHS operated an open-admission animal shelter for Chaffee County, Colorado. 7 0 16 92 0 796259 752628 251015 252238 73740 79283 28850 35178 1149864 1119327 0 0 596163 679033 41194 133687 373836 383015 969999 1103242 179865 16085 2428244 2437179 57411 50261 2370833 2386918 Ark-Valley Humane Society's (AVHS) Mission is ensuring the welfare of companion animals through compassion and care. AVHS operated an open-admission animal shelter for Chaffee County, Colorado. false false 755811 Our team of eleven staff members, seven board members, and 92 volunteers helped 1,723 animals through our sheltering, spay/neuter, microchipping, safety net, andadoption programs last year. In doing so, the average length of stay for animals at our shelter was only 21.3 days and our Asilomar Live Release Rate was 98.3%. Of the 635animals sheltered, 85% of cats and 89% of dogs originated in Chaff ee County. Others received were relinquished by owners living in surrounding counties or transferred infrom shelters in need. Through our transfer partnerships we worked with 11 shelters across Colorado and 1 in New Mexico, and brought in an additional 49 adoptable petsto our community: 41 cats and 8 dogs. All 389 dogs and cats adopted from the shelter were spayed or neutered, up-to-date on vaccinations, and microchipped beforeleaving our doors. Additionally, our community support programs, aiming to keep pets and people together have continued to become more robust, year over year. Ourcommunity assistance spay and neuter programs provided reduced or no-cost spay/neuter for 254 cats and dogs living in Chaff ee County. In addition, 38 reduced or no-cost microchips were off ered to owned pets. Our community pet food and supply pantry served 786 pets, and 19 pets received free emergency boarding services. Wepartnered with local dog trainers to off er 10 at-risk community dogs 25 individualized training lessons through our behavior intervention training program. We partneredwith Chaff ee County Hospitality to off er motel room stays for unsheltered individuals and their pets during the coldest nights of the year, off ering 42 nights of respite andbenefitting 17 additional community pets, and we partnered with Chaff ee County Community Foundation to off er a Community Pet Fund that benefitted 22 additionalcommunity pets. AVHS maintained operations in two facilities: our main facility in Buena Vista and a police impound facility in Salida, which received 48 animals. 755811 true true false false false false false false false true true false false true false false false false false false false false false true true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 2 0 true 16 false false false false false false false false 0 false false false false false false false X 7 0 false false false false false false false true true false false true false false false false true false X X Michele Crago 7198395600 701 Greg Drive Buena Vista CO 81211 X Angie Burgess Secretary 1.50 0.00 X 0 0 0 Allison Gergley Chairman 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Sarah C McMahon Treasurer 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Judy Hamontre Vice Chair 1.50 0.00 X 0 0 0 Tara Ail Director 1.50 0.00 X 0 0 0 Denise Washer Director 1.50 0.00 X 0 0 0 Debbie McCaleb Director 1.50 0.00 X 0 0 0 0 false false false 0 351069 401559 23877 752628 Canine Income 900099 34623 34623 Cremation Income 900099 191962 191962 Feline Income 900099 21653 21653 Other Program Income 900099 4000 4000 252238 79283 79283 0 0 0 0 35178 35178 0 0 0 1119327 252238 79283 0 0 0 0 0 0 571464 408597 100006 62861 0 58235 41638 10191 6406 49334 35274 8633 5427 0 0 0 0 41194 41194 0 42810 42810 2090 1494 366 230 21540 10299 9841 1400 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 67191 42073 16531 8587 22764 16276 3984 2504 Feline Expense 63550 63550 Canine Expense 61021 61021 Cremation Expense 42117 42117 Utilities 20872 13688 4728 2456 39060 19784 16654 2622 1103242 755811 213744 133687 263126 164540 0 0 15085 15135 0 0 0 9560 13194 11241 3133 1722610 524164 1265637 1198446 0 0 0 0 863595 1042731 2428244 2437179 57411 50261 57411 50261 X 1535111 2163488 835722 223430 2370833 2386918 2428244 2437179 16085 X true X false true false X 727993 938244 679525 692034 752628 3790424 0 0 727993 938244 679525 692034 752628 3790424 0 3790424 11779 44657 32834 10306 79283 178859 0 0 3969283 0.95490 0.96830 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 205903 17527 223430 185844 20059 205903 279002 -23866 69292 185844 265024 32962 18984 279002 118037 119175 27813 265025 false false false 140387 140387 551258 50341 500917 761285 240312 520973 25174 24999 175 244506 208512 35994 1198446 1042731 X X false Various Fundraising 35178 35178 35178 35178 35178 Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b A COPY OF FORM 990 IS DISTRIBUTED TO ALL CURRENT DIRECTORS FOR REVIEW VIA EMAIL INPDF FORMAT PRIOR TO THE FILING OF FORM 990. 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