Mini Joys Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
800382261
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2016–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2015
Location
Boise, ID, USA
Phone
2088303227
Rating
92
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Centers to Support the Independence of Specific Populations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$88,425
Expenses
$87,324
Assets
$140,824
Liabilities
$948

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

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • KATIE WRIGHT (PRESIDENT)
  • LAURA BELL (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

People named in this filing

  • KATIE WRIGHT (PRESIDENT)
  • JEN BICKERSTAFF (SECRETARY)
  • KAELIE CARDOZA (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

Mini joys is a charitable organization whose purpose is to promote joy, hope and healing through programs using gentle miniature horses and caring volunteers for those facing physical, mental or emotional challenges. These visits include animal assisted activities (aaa) where the purpose may be simply to warm a heart, decrease stress, provide hope, help form connections and create smiles.

What it reported doing in 2025

Volunteers visit individuals facing physical, mental, or emotional challenges and use animal assisted activities to improve their condition.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% 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 reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 90
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 43
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 90.3%; rating input score 90
  • Program expense ratio: 91.4%; rating input score 91

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: 1.2%; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.61; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 55%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 5.3% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 3.7% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 7.5% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 90.3% of revenue deployed · 91.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $80K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 10 filing years from 2016 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 47/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 3/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 26/100.