Adopt a Husky Minnesota

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
823056284
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2018–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Blaine, MN, USA
Phone
6129862244
Rating
94
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Animal Protection and Welfare

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$87,442
Expenses
$117,583
Assets
$249,918

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • AMANDA PAULSON (President)
  • ANN PIWOWARSKI (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • AMANDA PAULSON (President)
  • ANN PIWOWARSKI (Vice President)
  • AMY STOCKING (Treasurer)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To rescue, rehabilitate & re-home dogs, with an emphasis on siberian huskies.

What it reported doing in 2025

Established in late 2017, Adopt A Husky Minnesota is an all-volunteer nonprofit 501(c)3 breed specific rescue dedicated to the welfare of displaced Siberian huskies. We are committed to providing the highest level of care through fostering, rehabilitation, medical care, extensive breed education to not only adopters but the general public, & ultimately proper placement into a forever home. All dogs coming into Adopt A Husky Minnesota receive care tailored to their needs, including nose-to-tail exam with a partner veterinarian, vaccinations (rabies, distemper, Bordetella), 4DX test to check for heartworm or tick diseases, fecal analysis, heartworm & flea/tick preventative. Each dog is also spayed/neutered prior to adoption, microchipped & evaluated for temperament & trainability.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 72% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 94% 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.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 98
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 34
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 93.7%; rating input score 94

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -34.5%; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.13; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 3.9% per year; rating input score 100; 58th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -2.1% per year; rating input score 0; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 17.4% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 93.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $110K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 8 filing years from 2018 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 16/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.