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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by GENTLE GIANTS DRAFT HORSE RESCUE SOCIETY LTD.

Totals

Total revenue
$9,341,594
Total expenses
$7,870,722
Contributions and grants received
$8,715,253
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$28,821
Other revenue
$597,520
Total assets, end of year
$13,359,983
Total liabilities, end of year
$4,403,986
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$8,955,997
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$6,296,202
Management and general expenses
$482,923
Fundraising expenses
$1,091,597
Program service expenses (Part III)
$6,296,202

Program services were 80.0% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $8,715,253

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $233,912

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $12,221 · related or exempt $12,221

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    other assets $16,600

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    other assets $16,600

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $16,600 · related or exempt $16,600

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $507,050

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $42,595

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $464,455 · related or exempt $464,455

  • 11a · Other revenue: GAIN-LOSS ON SECURITIES

    total $131,608 · related or exempt $131,608

  • 11b · Other revenue: INCOME (LOSS) FROM K-1 PASS-T

    total $1,457 · related or exempt $1,457

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $133,065

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $183,992 · program services $119,595 · management and general $64,397

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $2,148,145 · program services $2,046,788 · management and general $101,357

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $169,175 · program services $156,683 · management and general $12,492

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $5,730 · management and general $5,730

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $31,431 · management and general $22,475 · fundraising $8,956

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $186,767 · fundraising $186,767

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $12,221 · management and general $12,221

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $28,498 · management and general $28,498

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $18,428 · management and general $18,428

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $318,890 · program services $284,830 · management and general $34,060

  • 17 · Travel

    total $14,968 · program services $14,968

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $522,758 · program services $522,758

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $158,966 · program services $109,331 · management and general $49,635

  • 24a · Other expenses: POSTAGE

    total $917,387 · program services $481,966 · management and general $2,199 · fundraising $433,222

  • 24b · Other expenses: FEED, GRAIN, HAY & SUPPLE

    total $448,091 · program services $448,091

  • 24c · Other expenses: PRINTING

    total $437,470 · program services $226,684 · management and general $1,065 · fundraising $209,721

  • 24d · Other expenses: FARM & BARN SUPPLIES

    total $389,491 · program services $389,491

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $1,878,314 · program services $1,495,017 · management and general $130,366 · fundraising $252,931

  • 26 · Joint costs (an allocation of the lines above)

    total $2,581,884 · program services $1,306,500 · management and general $183,787 · fundraising $1,091,597

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,264,527 · end of year $1,829,429

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,178,074 · end of year $2,025,752

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $490,382 · end of year $483,618

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $3,188 · end of year $1,644

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $248,597 · end of year $189,438

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

    $9,579,700

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

    $1,578,190

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $7,880,143 · end of year $8,001,510

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $794,271 · end of year $795,728

  • 15 · Other assets

    end of year $32,864

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $341,064 · end of year $312,315

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $4,162,006 · end of year $4,039,368

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $74,533 · end of year $52,303

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $7,281,579 · end of year $8,905,997

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    end of year $50,000

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO SAVE DRAFT HORSES FROM SLAUGHTER, ABUSE, AND NEGLECT, AND FINDING THEM ADOPTIVE HOMES AS TRAIL AND SCHOOLING HORSES.

  • .

  • GENTLE GIANTS DRAFT HORSE RESCUE FURTHERS ITS MISSION BY ALSO ASSISTING HUMANE LAW ENFORCEMENT ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS THE UNITED STATES BY OFFERING CONTROL AND CUSTODY DURING LITIGATIONS OF ABUSE AND NEGLECT, WE ARE OFTEN ABLE TO OFFER THIS RESOURCE AT NO COST TO THE HUMANE LAW ENFORCEMENT ORGANIZATION, FURTHER EMPOWERING THEM TO ENFORCE ANIMAL WELFARE LAW AND PROTECT MORE HORSES. WE ALSO OFFER OUR RESCUE SERVICES TO PRIVATE OWNERS OF HORSES WHO FIND THEMSELVES UNABLE TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE NUTRITION AND/OR MEDICAL CARE TO THE ANIMALS THEY POSSESS, PREVENTING THOSE ANIMALS FROM FURTHER NEGLECT OR SUFFERING AND KEEPING MORE HORSES OUT OF THE HORSE SLAUGHTER AUCTION PIPELINE. GENTLE GIANTS OPERATES SEVERAL PUBLIC SAFETY NET PROGRAMS TO ASSIST ANIMALS IN NEED, SUCH AS OPERATION GELD - A CERTIFICATE BASED FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR EQUINE CASTRATIONS WITHIN THE STATE OF MARYLAND; MARYLAND HAY BANK - WHICH PROVIDES SUPPORT OF HAY TO PRIVATE OWNERS FACING A TEMPORARY FINANCIAL CRISIS TO ASSIST THE HORSE OWNER DURING A BRIEF PERIOD OF NEED, AND TO KEEP HORSES IN HOMES; EUTHANASIA ASSISTANCE - TO FINANCIALLY PROVIDE FOR VETERINARY ADMINISTERED HUMANE EUTHANASIA OF HORSES IN EXTREME STATES OF ILLNESS AND INJURY IN WHICH REHABILITATION WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE OR EVEN CRUEL, PREVENTING HORSES WITH GRAVE INJURIES LIKE BROKEN LEGS, THOSE WHO ARE OF ADVANCED AGE, OR THOSE IN LATE-STAGE ILLNESS FROM SUFFERING THE ADDITIONAL HORROR OF LANGUISHING IN THEIR CURRENT STATE OR BEING SHIPPED TO SLAUGHTER IN THEIR FRAGILE CONDITION. GENTLE GIANTS ALSO EXTENDS DONATION-BASED TECHNICAL LARGE ANIMAL RESCUE SERVICES WITHIN A TWO-HOUR RADIUS OF OUR FACILITY. GENTLE GIANTS REACHES HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ANNUALLY TO EDUCATE THEM ON THE HORROR OF HORSE SLAUGHTER THROUGH PUBLIC EXPOSITIONS AND PRESENTATIONS, CLINICS, SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS, TOURS, SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS, WEB-BASED INFORMATION, EMAIL, DIRECT MAIL, AND TELEPHONE. IN 2019, GENTLE GIANTS REACHED 1,953,905 INDIVIDUAL AMERICANS TO MAKE THEM AWARE OF THE FATE OF UNWANTED HORSES IN THE UNITED STATES. 59,381 PEOPLE JOINED MEMBERSHIP IN GENTLE GIANTS, RETURNING 118,762 SIGNED PETITIONS TO THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE TO STOP THE EXPORT OF HORSES FOR SLAUGHTER. GENTLE GIANTS IS ALSO ACTIVE IN THE MARYLAND HORSE COUNCIL, THE MARYLAND HORSE INDUSTRY BOARD, AND MARYLAND ASSOCIATION OF RESCUES AND EQUINE SANCTUARIES.

    Expenses $6,296,202

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Christine Hajek

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $183,992
    From this org
    $183,992
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $183,992
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $183,992

  • Peter James McIntosh Jr

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Carolyn Templeton

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Peter McIntosh

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Blair Cook

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

None.

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Related corporations and trusts

Part IV: related organizations taxable as a corporation or trust.

  • SOUTHDOWN COMMUNITY INC

    S CORP · HORSECARE · VA

    Directly controlled by SOUTHDOWN

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
21 October 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202512949349300016

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