Cedar Bend Humane Society

What Cedar Bend Humane Society does

Cedar Bend Humane Society (CBHS) is an open-admission, full-service animal welfare nonprofit founded in 1968 and headquartered at 1166 West Airline Highway in Waterloo, Iowa, serving Black Hawk County and the broader Cedar Valley region. The organization operates a single main shelter with an adoption center built in 2009, a Memorial Pet Cemetery on-site, and a satellite Outreach & Education Center at 3225 Airport Blvd. Its core services span animal adoption (dogs, cats, pocket pets) with no time limit on placement, municipal animal control under contract with Waterloo and Cedar Falls, end-of-life services including burial, cremation, and euthanasia, low-cost wellness and vaccination clinics, spay/neuter and Trap-Neuter-Return programs, fostering, a barn cat placement program, and humane education. The organization is independently funded through donations, volunteers, and modest service fees, with no parent company, subsidiaries, or disclosed executive leadership identified in available data.

The business model is a hybrid of donation-supported nonprofit operations and transactional fee-for-service revenue. Adoption fees, end-of-life service charges (private cremation $120-$175, mass cremation $25-$75, body burial $290-$565, euthanasia $60), wellness clinic fees (vaccines and microchips at $20 each), and event-based fundraising (cat yoga at $35 per registrant) form the small transactional revenue base. Donations from individuals and volunteers, plus recurring municipal animal control contracts, form the primary revenue base, although no revenue figures are publicly disclosed. Pricing across services is unit-based and pay-as-you-go, with no subscription or membership tiers. Go-to-market is community-based: physical shelter intake and adoption hours, on-site events, Facebook, a WordPress blog, word-of-mouth referrals, and partnerships such as the Adopt-a-Pet Rehome referral program. Customer segments are local pet adopters, pet owners seeking affordable preventive care, and community members engaged in humane education, all concentrated within a single Iowa county.

Name

Cedar Bend Humane Society

Legal name

Cedar Bend Humane Society

Website

https://cedarbendhumane.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1968

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Cedar Bend Humane Society is a 1968-founded nonprofit open-admission animal shelter in Waterloo, Iowa, serving Black Hawk County. It provides pet adoption, animal control, low-cost wellness clinics, end-of-life services, fostering, and humane education, funded primarily through donations, volunteers, and modest service fees.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Animal Shelter Services

NAICS

Environment, Conservation and Wildlife Organizations (813312)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Animal Shelters & Adoption Services (BPAGAIAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Spay/Neuter & Population Control Programs (BPAGAIAE), Animal Cruelty Prevention, Investigation & Humane Law Enforcement (BPAGAIAG), Low-Cost & Community Veterinary Clinics (HLAMAAAE)

Keywords

• Animal shelter services
• Pet adoption programs
• Veterinary wellness clinics
• Humane education programs
• End-of-life pet services

Headquarters

HQ city

Waterloo

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Adoption Fees: Fees collected from placing animals in permanent homes through adoption services
2. End-of-Life Services: Fees for euthanasia, burial, cremation, and memorial services. Body burial: $290-$565; cremation burial: $325-$380; private cremation: $120-$175; mass cremation: $25-$75; euthanasia: $60
3. Wellness Services: Low-cost vaccination and microchip clinics; spay/neuter programs; TNR and barn cat initiatives
4. Donations: Nonprofit funding from donors and volunteers supporting animal care operations

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Cedar Bend Humane Society operates an open-admission, full-service animal shelter in Waterloo, Iowa. It provides pet adoption for dogs, cats, and pocket pets, alongside animal control services, low-cost vaccination and microchip clinics, spay/neuter programs, TNR initiatives, barn cat placement, and end-of-life services including cremation, burial, and euthanasia. The organization also delivers humane education and pet therapy programs to the Black Hawk County community.

Product overview

Cedar Bend Humane Society operates as an open-admission, full-service animal shelter serving Black Hawk County, Iowa. The organization provides a comprehensive suite of animal welfare services centered around its core adoption program for dogs, cats, and pocket pets. Beyond adoption, the organization offers animal control services including TNR programs, end-of-life services (memorial garden, cremation, burial, and euthanasia), wellness programs (vaccinations, microchipping, spay/neuter), and community education. The organization has no time limit on adoption and is a nonprofit supported by donors and volunteers since 1968.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Adopt a Pet Open-admission pet adoption service placing homeless dogs, cats, and pocket pets in permanent, loving homes with no time limit on adoption, serving Black Hawk County, Iowa.
• Animal Control Services Animal control services including TNR (Trap-Neuter-Return) programs for community cats, contracted services for Waterloo and Cedar Falls animal control.
• Burial & Cremation Services

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• UNI Alumni Association & FoundationminorGTM or Marketing PartnerPartnered for cat yoga event. UNI Alumni Association & Foundation co-hosts cat yoga at CBHS with instructors from alumni-owned New Dawn Yoga. Registration is $35 with portion potentially applied to adoption fees.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Best Friends Animal Society: Best Friends operates the nation's largest no-kill sanctuary and runs national adoption partnership programs with local shelters. Comparable as a full-service shelter and adoption organization, with a similar community-program model (TNR, fostering, low-cost clinics) but at national scale.
• The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS): HSUS is a national animal welfare organization operating rescue programs, sanctuaries, and direct shelter services while also advocating for policy reform. Comparable to CBHS in mission and broad service portfolio (adoption, advocacy, training), though HSUS operates at national scope.
• ASPCA (American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals): The ASPCA is the largest national animal welfare organization providing shelter operations, veterinary services, animal control advocacy, and humane law enforcement. Directly comparable to CBHS as an open-admission shelter operator, though at vastly greater national scale.

Others

• Petco Love (formerly Petco Foundation): National nonprofit partner of Petco that funds adoption, veterinary care, and animal welfare programs across the U.S. Comparable as a national animal welfare funder and adoption partner, with potential for grants/loans or partnerships with CBHS.
• Adopt-a-Pet.com: Adopt-a-Pet is the largest online pet adoption platform partnering with thousands of shelters, including CBHS (referral code CBHS63794). Directly comparable as a referral/adoption distribution partner and complementary to CBHS's surrender rehome service.
• PetSmart Charities: National nonprofit funding partner of PetSmart that grants funds to local shelters and runs in-store adoption programs. Comparable ecosystem role to CBHS's community nonprofit model, though operating as a grantmaker rather than a direct shelter operator.

Direct peers

• Animal Rescue League of Iowa: ARL Iowa operates a full-service open-admission animal shelter and adoption center in Des Moines, providing adoptions, low-cost spay/neuter, vaccination clinics, and animal control services. Directly comparable to CBHS in service mix, mission, and Iowa-based regional footprint.

Regional players

• Humane Society of Northeast Iowa: A regional Iowa animal welfare organization providing shelter, adoption, and low-cost spay/neuter services in northeast Iowa. Highly comparable as a community-based open-admission shelter with similar service lines, though serving a different geographic territory than CBHS.
• Quad City Animal Welfare Center: Iowa/Illinois regional shelter providing adoptions, low-cost spay/neuter, vaccination clinics, and humane education. Directly comparable as a Midwestern regional full-service shelter with a similar service mix to CBHS.
• Iowa City Animal Care and Adoption Center: Municipal animal shelter serving Iowa City with adoption, animal control, and licensing services. Comparable as a city-operated open-admission shelter providing adoption and animal control — relevant as a neighboring Iowa open-admission shelter model.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/cedarbendhumane
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/cedar-bend-humane-society

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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