Horses' Haven FY2023 filing

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Howell, MI501(c)(3)Since 1995AnimalsEIN 38-3259872Revenue $674K in FY2023

On file with the IRShorsehaven.orgPo Box 166, 48844-0166 · Howell, MITax-exempt since Sep 1997Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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Our mission is to rescue, rehabilitate, retrain, and re-home at risk equines (horses, ponies,donkeys and mules).

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
92¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$50K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2023 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
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
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
5 of 7
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $61K a year · 9% of revenue · last 7 filings
Fine: a surplus in 5 of the last 7 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 7 filings
Spent on programs
92%
of spending
Looks good: 92% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$50K
to officers and key staff · 8% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 8% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
7 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 7.2 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
9
named funders · $331K
Looks good: 9 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$28K
2% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 2% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
5
of 6 voting members
Looks good: 5 of 6 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$674K
-9% vs prior year
Spent
$631K
To programs
92%
Net assets
$1.5M
By yearFY2019–FY2025
Revenue
$674K
FY2023▼ -9%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2019$368K
FY2020$470K
FY2021$662K
FY2022$741K
FY2023$674K
FY2024$886K
FY2025$879K
Expenses
$631K
FY2023▲ +10%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2019$492K
FY2020$506K
FY2021$552K
FY2022$574K
FY2023$631K
FY2024$726K
FY2025$769K
Net assets
$1.5M
FY2023▲ +5%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2019$1.2M
FY2020$1.1M
FY2021$1.2M
FY2022$1.4M
FY2023$1.5M
FY2024$1.7M
FY2025$1.8M

From the FY2023 Form 990 · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Sep 1997.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

92 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 92% · $582K Management & general 6% · $41K Fundraising 1% · $8K

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

6 people listed on the 990; $50K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Director
$50,200Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Kristine Dvonch’s $52K as Executive Director is at the 61st percentile of top reported officer pay among 1221 $100K–1M 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 · 2 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020FY2019
Kristine Dvonch$52,500$50,200$41,763$33,920$34,815$21,676
Jill Fredericksonformer—————$33,932

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 15aNo

Programs and updates

Rescues and cares for old, abused, sick, or neglected horses and other large animals.

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1 program · $582K · in their own filed words · FY2023
01

To rescue, rehabilitate, retrain, and re-home at risk equines (horses, ponies, donkeys and mules).

$582Kprogram expense

Funders

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 FY2023 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$674K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$545K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$80K
Investment incomeLn 3$25K
Money outPt IX
$631K
Ln 25
Programscol B$582K
Managementcol C$41K
Fundraisingcol D$8K
Owns and owesPt X
$1.5M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$380K
Total assetsLn 16$1.5M
LiabilitiesLn 26$28K
PeoplePt VI, VII
6
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a6
IndependentVI 1b5
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$545K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$80K
Investment incomeLn 3$25K
Other incomeLn 4–11$23K
Gains on assetsLn 7$454
Total revenueLn 12$674K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$303K
SavingsLn 2$77K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$380K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$602K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$413K
Other assetsLn 15$29K
Total assetsLn 16$1.5M
LiabilitiesLn 26$28K
Net assetsLn 32$1.5M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 512
VolunteersI 6114
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY23End FY23
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$547K$380K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$412K$602K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$432K$413K
Total assetsLn 16$1.4M$1.5M
LiabilitiesLn 26$22K$28K
Net assetsLn 32$1.4M$1.5M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$50K$50K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$129K$129K
Payroll taxesLn 10$15K$15K
Accounting feesLn 11c$19K$19K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$18K$13K$5K
Office expensesLn 13$2K$1K$341
OccupancyLn 16$10K$9K$960
TravelLn 17$3K$3K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$2K$2K
InterestLn 20$1K$1K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$44K$40K$4K
InsuranceLn 23$15K$12K$4K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$252K$251K$1K
All other expensesLn 24e$72K$60K$4K$8K
Total functional expensesLn 25$631K$582K$41K$8K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $879K$769K$110K$1.8M 990 PDF
FY2024 $886K$726K$159K$1.7M 990 PDF
FY2023 Viewing $674K$631K$43K$1.5M 990 PDF
FY2022 $741K$574K$166K$1.4M 990 PDF
FY2021 $662K$552K$110K$1.2M 990 PDF
FY2020 $470K$506K−$36K$1.1M 990 PDF
FY2019 $368K$492K−$124K$1.2M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
See the full FY2023 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $674,118 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $588,391$545,485
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $123,173$80,321
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $5,715$24,899
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $23,411$23,413
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $740,690$674,118
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$0
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $143,335$193,958
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $431,155$436,840
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $574,490$630,798
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $166,200$43,320
Part VI · Governance 5 of 6 board members independent, 2 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body6
VI-1b Independent voting members5
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $674,118 across 7 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $1,902 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$545,485
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$545,485
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $80,321$80,321
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $24,445$24,445
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsRelated to mission $454$454
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax $21,511$21,511
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $80,775 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $47,858$674,118
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $630,798 across 14 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $50,200$50,200
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $128,853$128,853
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $14,905$14,905
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $18,880$18,880
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $12,711 · Management $5,109$17,820
IX-13 Office expensesManagement $1,362 · Fundraising $341$1,703
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $8,643 · Management $960$9,603
IX-17 TravelPrograms $3,184$3,184
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $1,515$1,515
IX-20 InterestManagement $1,201$1,201
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $39,638 · Management $4,404$44,042
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $11,596 · Management $3,866$15,462
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $250,562 · Management $1,133$251,695
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $60,217 · Management $3,612 · Fundraising $7,906$71,735
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $582,024 · Management $40,527 · Fundraising $8,247$630,798
Part X · Balance sheet $1,481,586 assets, 13 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $510,728$303,161
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $36,444$76,536
X-4 Accounts receivable$58,400
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $431,948$412,985
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $411,993$601,573
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $17,987$28,931
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $1,409,100$1,481,586
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expenses$17,352
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $22,103$28,294
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $1,340,589$1,386,991
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $46,408$66,301
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $1,386,997$1,453,292
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $1,409,100$1,481,586
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $1,453,292 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$674,118
XI-2 Total expenses$630,798
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$43,320
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$1,386,997
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$35,255
XI-6 Donated services and use of facilities$11,038
XI-7 Investment expenses−$5,029
XI-9 Other changes in net assets−$18,289
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$1,453,292

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