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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by CASSIDYS CAUSE THERAPEUTIC RIDING ACADEMY.

Totals

Total revenue
$36,646
Total expenses
$63,946
Contributions and grants received
$22,568
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$4,800
Investment income
$4,689
Other revenue
$4,589
Total assets, end of year
$2,572,332
Total liabilities, end of year
$12,221
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,560,111
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$56,791
Management and general expenses
$7,155
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$56,791

Program services were 88.8% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $22,568

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $3,500

  • 2a · Program service revenue: CLASS INCOME

    total $4,800 · related or exempt $4,800

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $4,689 · related or exempt $4,689

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $4,800

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $22,568

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $211

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $4,589 · excluded $4,589

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $13,346 · program services $13,346

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $5,797 · program services $5,797

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $5,429 · program services $5,318 · management and general $111

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $9,132 · program services $9,132

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $9,507 · program services $9,507

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $8,218 · program services $1,174 · management and general $7,044

  • 24a · Other expenses: HORSE/BARN EXPENSES

    total $12,517 · program services $12,517

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $216,575 · end of year $190,137

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $8,515 · end of year $1,804

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $1,813,347

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $345,722

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $1,474,032 · end of year $1,467,625

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $375,970 · end of year $408,165

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $461,263 · end of year $504,601

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $2,303 · end of year $3,124

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $13,814 · end of year $9,097

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,520,238 · end of year $2,560,111

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

CORPORATION WAS FORMED IN MAY 2013 TO PROVIDE INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES IN WESTERN KY THE OPPORTUNITY TO GROW AND DEVELOP THROUGH THERAPEUTIC, EDUCATIONAL, AND RECREATIONAL EQUINE-ORIENTED ACTIVITIES. EQUESTRIAN THERAPY CONTRIBUTES POSITIVELY TO THE COGNITIVE, EMOTIONAL, SOCIAL, AND PHYSICAL WELFARE OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES. PARTICIPANTS WILL LEARN TO DEVELOP COMMUNICATION SKILLS, RESPONSIBILITY, TRUST, PATIENCE, RESPECT, SELF-CONFIDENCE, SELF-ESTEEM, AND TO OVERCOME FEAR. OPERATIONS BEGAN IN THE SPRING OF 2014 WITH THE FIRST EIGHT WEEK SESSION SEEING 16 RIDERS. THE STATE OF THE ART THERAPY CENTER COMPLEX FEATURES A BARN WITH NEARLY A HALF AN ACRE OF INDOOR RIDING ARENA AND STABLES. THE FACILITY IS SITUATED ON 22 ACRES OF BEAUTIFULLY GROOMED PASTURES WITH AN OUTDOOR RIDING AREA AND TRAILS SURROUNDING THE BARN AS WELL.

Activities or mission (Part I)

CORPORATION WAS FORMED IN MAY 2013 TO PROVIDE INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES IN WESTERN KY THE OPPORTUNITY TO GROW AND DEVELOP THROUGH THERAPEUTIC, EDUCATIONAL, AND RECREATIONAL EQUINE-ORIENTED ACTIVITIES. EQUESTRIAN THERAPY CONTRIBUTES POSITIVELY TO THE COGNITIVE, EMOTIONAL, SOCIAL, AND PHYSICAL WELFARE OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES. PARTICIPANTS WILL LEARN TO DEVELOP COMMUNICATION SKILLS, RESPONSIBILITY, TRUST, PATIENCE, RESPECT, SELF-CONFIDENCE, SELF-ESTEEM, AND TO OVERCOME FEAR. CASSIDY'S CAUSE THERPEUTIC RIDING ACADEMY, INC. IS A CERTIFIED PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION OF THERAPEUTIC HORSEMANSHIP INTERNATIONAL (PATH) MEMBER. ALL OF THE LESSONS ARE TAUGHT BY INSTRUCTORS WHO GO THROUGH PATH INTERNATIONAL TRAINING AND ARE CERTIFIED PATH INSTRUCTORS.

  • PROVIDE EQUESTRIAN THERAPY TO INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES. THROUGH THE GENEROUS SUPPORT OF VOLUNTEERS AND DONATIONS FROM INDIVIDUALS AND BUSINESSES IN THE COMMUNITY, THE ACADEMY NOW HOUSES ELEVEN THERAPY HORSES AND THREE MINIATURE HORSES USED TO TEACH NEW RIDERS ABOUT HORSES AND THEIR CARE. FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH IMPAIRED MOBILITY, HORSEBACK RIDING GENTLY AND RHYTHMICALLY MOVES THEIR BODIES IN THREE PLANES: FORWARD & BACKWARD, SIDE TO SIDE, AND UP & DOWN. RIDERS EXPERIENCE INCREASED BALANCE, MUSCLE CONTROL AND STRENGTH. HORSEBACK RIDING HELPS INDIVIDUALS WITH LEARNING OR COGNITIVE DISABILITIES IMPROVE THEIR CONCENTRATION, RECOGNITION, VOCABULARY, AND TASK COMPLETION. THE UNIQUE BOND FORMED WITH THE HORSE CAN HELP IMPROVE PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS, PATIENCE, AND BEHAVIOR AMONG INDIVIDUALS WITH PSYCHOLOGICAL OR EMOTIONAL DISABILITIES. ALL LESSONS ARE TAUGHT BY CERTIFIED PATH INSTRUCTORS. VOLUNTEERS HELP INSTRUCTORS WITH THE SESSIONS, CARE FOR THE HORSES, HELP MAINTAIN THE BARN, AND WORK IN THE FRONT OFFICE.

    Expenses $56,791 · Revenue $9,489

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Susan Robinson

    BOARD PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    8

  • Angie Jackson

    EXEC DIR/SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Carol Cain

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Niki Millraney

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dara Triplett

    PROGRAM DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $7,276
    From this org
    $7,276
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Christy Van Cleve

    VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR

    Total calculated
    $6,070
    From this org
    $6,070
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
14 May 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.0
Source object
202411359349308716

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