Mystery S Haven Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
861873431
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2024–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2023
Location
Capac, MI, USA
Rating
89
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Animal Protection and Welfare

Reported finances

Revenue
$100,312
Expenses
$102,796
Assets
$8,382

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Jennifer Sawyer (President)

People named in this filing

  • Jennifer Sawyer (President)
  • Jason Sawyer (Treasurer)
  • Melissa Elias (Secretary)

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

Our nonprofit provides vital support for community cats by offering comprehensive care and essential resources. This includes trap-neuter-return programs medical assistance shelter and food provisions. We work tirelessly to improve the lives of these cats reduce overpopulation and create healthier communities. Through our initiatives we aim to raise awareness foster compassion and ensure the well-being of community cats for a more sustainable future.

What it reported doing in 2025

Community Cat Support & Supply Distribution: Distributed pet food litter humane traps and other supplies to over 100 households and partner rescues. This program helped prevent pet abandonment and supported low-income families.

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 total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 87
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 22
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 88%; rating input score 88
  • Program expense ratio: 85.9%; rating input score 86

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -2.5%; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.08; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 30.1% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 20.4% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -25.8% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 88% of revenue deployed · 85.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 4 filed program accomplishments · $88K 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: 2 filing years from 2024 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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 24/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 10/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.