Pasado's Safe Haven

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
911843707
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Sultan, WA, USA
Phone
3603893067
Rating
77
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Animal Protection and Welfare

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$11,445,020
Expenses
$6,711,340
Assets
$24,574,885
Liabilities
$341,609

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

20 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MARK TAKEHARA (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • MARK TAKEHARA (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $200,037 total reported compensation
  • SHEILA LEE (SR. FINANCE DIRECTOR): $178,936 total reported compensation
  • KIRSTEN GREGORY (GENERAL COUNCIL): $128,747 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Fighting to end animal cruelty and create a more compassionate world.(continued in schedule o)fiscal year 2024-2025 highlights include: investigated/resourced 71 animal cruelty cases, provided care andrehabilitations for 398 animals at our sanctuary. Engaged with 5,000+ peoplethrough online and sanctuary-based education and advocacy initiatives to helpend animal suffering and grow compassion for animals. 6k+ students and adultslearned about compassion through our education program, 454 volunteerslogged more than 12,000 hours in support of our mission. We performed3, 692 spay/neuter surgeries and distributed 17,500 pounds of pet food to familiesin need."

What it reported doing in 2024

Advocacy: in fiscal year 2024-2025, the advocacy program continued to provide a voice for animals by collaborating with legislators and key stakeholders to drive meaningful policy changes, strengthen laws that benefit animals, and mobilize our community to stand behind issues that aim to end animal suffering. During the fiscal year, our lobbying efforts resulted in the passing of landmark legislation in Washington state which made animal fighting a ranked felony, placing it within the state sentencing guidelines; closed a loophole in the second degree animal cruelty statute that hindered prosecution of the most common forms of criminal neglect; and enacted changes that will make post-conviction animal ban provisions enforceable. Our team also successfully lobbied for and supported three additional bills that became law, and initiated grassroots advocacy action alerts to the community that resulted in 5,290 emails and letters being sent to state and federal legislators in support of proposed legislation that would strengthen legal protections for companion and farmed animals and in opposition to legislation that would weaken protections.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 93% 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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of total spending goes to programs and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 62
  • Transparency & Controls: 79
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 78
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 53.7%; rating input score 54
  • Program expense ratio: 81.1%; rating input score 81
  • Fundraising efficiency: $13.33 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 41.4%; rating input score 92; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.66; rating input score 79; 79th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 15%; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 10.4% per year; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 11.9% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 12% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 53.7% of revenue deployed · 81.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 11 of 11 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 5 filed program accomplishments · $5.4M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $200K · 20 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 2 contractors listed · $665K reported
  • Consistency: 39 of 39 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 7 filed money-flow records
  • 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

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

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 54/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 46/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 8/100.