Skip to content
Nonprofiteer
← HORSES FOR HEROES-NEW MEXICO INC

Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by HORSES FOR HEROES-NEW MEXICO INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$577,932
Total expenses
$117,188
Contributions and grants received
$444,274
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$133,658
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$3,835,200
Total liabilities, end of year
$36,867
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$3,798,333
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$105,987
Management and general expenses
$11,201
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$105,987

Program services were 90.4% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $40,000

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $404,274

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $133,658 · excluded $133,658

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $3,494 · program services $1,747 · management and general $1,747

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $15,149 · program services $15,149

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $942 · management and general $942

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $9,761 · program services $5,815 · management and general $3,946

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $6,914 · program services $6,223 · management and general $691

  • 17 · Travel

    total $16,680 · program services $16,680

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $6,795 · program services $6,795

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $3,322 · program services $2,966 · management and general $356

  • 24a · Other expenses: NAVAJO PROJECT EXPENSES

    total $26,478 · program services $26,478

  • 24b · Other expenses: HORSE FEED

    total $11,622 · program services $11,622

  • 24c · Other expenses: PROGRAM PARTICIPANT MEALS

    total $11,349 · program services $10,021 · management and general $1,328

  • 24d · Other expenses: REPAIRS & MAINTENANCE

    total $2,807 · program services $2,491 · management and general $316

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $1,875 · management and general $1,875

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $428,130 · end of year $271,333

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $2,808,577 · end of year $3,480,620

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

    $191,571

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

    $126,638

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $71,728 · end of year $64,933

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $29,154

  • 15 · Other assets

    end of year $18,314

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    end of year $36,867

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,314,199 · end of year $3,780,831

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $23,390 · end of year $17,502

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDES A FREE PROGRAM OF UNIQUE HORSEMANSHIP, WELLNESS, AND SKILL SET RESTRUCTURING THAT IS OPEN TO ALL POST 9/11 VETERANS AS WELL AS ACTIVE MILITARY PERSONNEL WHO HAVE SUSTAINED POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS, COMBAT TRAUMA, OR PHYSICAL INJURIES DURING THEIR TIME OF SERVICE TO OUR COUNTRY.

  • HANDS-ON PROGRAMS INCLUDE COWBOY UP, A PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES HORSEMANSHIP, WELLNESS AND SKILL SET RESTRUCTURING TO POST 9/11 COMBAT WOUNDED AND PTSD- RATED VETERANS, AIDING IN THEIR POST TRAUMATIC HEALING RESILIENCE. THE PROGRAM IS SELF-PACED, AND OBJECTIVE/OUTCOME BASED. IT IS BOTH A DAY PROGRAM FOR REGIONAL VETERANS AND A RESIDENTIAL PROGRAM FOR PARTICIPATING VETERANS FROM OUT OF STATE AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THE PROGRAM IS SELF- SUSTAINING WITH PROGRAM GRADUATES SERVING AS A CADRE WITH THE ALL-VOLUNTEER INSTRUCTOR STAFF. APPROXIMATELY 9,600 HOURS OF SESSIONS AND VETERAN ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING PHONE, SKYPE, AND ZOOM COUNSELING WERE PROVIDED. WISDOM WAY FOR WARRIORS IS OUR HYBRID LIFE-SKILLS COACHING PROGRAM. ORIGINALLY EXCLUSIVE TO WOMEN VETERANS, IT IS NOW INTEGRATED WITH OUR COWBOY UP PROGRAM AS WELL AS INDIVIDUAL COACHING SESSIONS. VETERAN PARTICIPANT FAMILIES AND COUPLES' PERSONAL RETREATS - VETERANS WHO HAVE PARTICIPATED IN THE COWBOY UP PROGRAM ARE ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE IN A PERSONAL FAMILY OR COUPLES RETREAT, INDIVIDUALLY DESIGNED FOR THEIR FAMILIES' PRE- AND POST-DEVELOPMENT NEEDS. PROGRAM PARTNERS WITH US SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND (SOCOM) WARRIOR CARE COALITION. THE US NAVY SPECIAL WARFARE TEAMS BEGAN PRE-DEPLOYMENT RESILIENCY TRAINING DURING 2023 AS A RESULT OF THE SUCCESS OF OUR PILOT PROGRAM, INITIATED IN 2022, OF PRE-DEPLOYMENT RESILIENCY FOR ACTIVE MILITARY CONDUCTED WITH THE US ARMY FIRST DIVISION. PROVIDING TRAUMA MITIGATION TOOLS THAT ALLOW ACTIVE-DUTY MEMBERS WHO ARE DEPLOYING TO COMBAT ZONES THE ABILITY TO IDENTIFY THE DEBILITATING EFFECTS OF COMBAT TRAUMA IN THEMSELVES AND THEIR UNIT MEMBERS IN ORDER TO STAVE OFF WHAT WOULD BECOME POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER. AS PART OF THIS INITIATIVE, WE WILL ALSO HOST ACTIVE-DUTY COUPLES RETURNING FROM MULTIPLE DEPLOYMENTS, IN RETREAT STYLE SETTING TO MITIGATE AND REPAIR THE CATASTROPHIC EFFECTS RESULTING FROM BACK-TO-BACK COMBAT DEPLOYMENTS. WHOLESOME AND NUTRITIOUS HOME-COOKED MEALS ARE PROVIDED DAILY TO ALL PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS FOR ALL PROGRAMS. A CONTINUING COMPONENT OF THIS PROGRAM IS THE "TRAIN THE TRAINERS" GRADUATE CORE CLASS FOR EGCM (EQUINE GESTALT COACHING METHOD) ON HOW TO WORK WITH VETERANS AND THEIR TRAUMA. THE ORGANIZATION IS ENDORSED BY THE NEW MEXICO DEPARTMENT OF VETERAN SERVICES, NEW MEXICO CATTLE GROWERS ASSOCIATION AND THEIR MEMBER RANCHES, WORKING RANCH COWBOYS ASSOCIATION (WRCA), WRANGLER NATIONAL PATRIOT PROGRAM, AMERICAN GOLD STAR MOTHERS, INC. - ALBUQUERQUE CHAPTER, THE MILITARY ORDER OF WORLD WARS - SANTA FE CHAPTER, NEW MEXICO WOMEN'S VETERANS ASSOCIATION, THE SOUTHWEST NATIVE AMERICAN VETERANS ASSOCIATION, AND MANY MORE.

    Expenses $61,189

  • NAVAJO NATION SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE PROGRAM FOR NATIVE AMERICAN VETERAN RANCHERS. THIS PROGRAM IS CONDUCTED COOPERATIVELY WITH VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY'S HUMANITARIAN ENGINEERING AND INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT DIVISION. WE PARTNER WITH GRADUATE ENGINEERING STUDENT VOLUNTEERS TO ADDRESS SPECIFIC ENGINEERING CHALLENGES MAINLY DEALING WITH WATER ON OUR SISTER RANCH ON THE NAVAJO NATION SUCH AS WATER RESTORATION, RECLAMATION AND CAPTURE IN SUPPORT OF THEIR COW-CALF PRODUCTION OPERATION AS WELL AS THE AGRICULTURE ELEMENTS THAT ARE ESSENTIAL TO GROWING HAY FOR FEED. MILITARY VETERANS ARE FULLY ENGAGED WITH THE UNIVERSITY STUDENTS IN DESIGNING, PLANNING, AND EXECUTING THE PROJECTS WHICH ENCOMPASS THE ENTIRE ACADEMIC YEAR. HORSES FOR HEROES CADRE WILL SIMILARLY TRAVEL TO VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY TO CONDUCT PROGRAM LEADER AND TEAM SELECTION, OVERSIGHT, AND TRAINING AS WELL AS PROJECT DESIGN AND PLANNING.

    Expenses $44,798

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Richard Iannucci

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    60
  • Nancy De Santis

    SECRETARY/ T

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    60
  • Charles Bennett

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    8

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
2025
Filed
19 June 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.0
Source object
202621749349300237

Check it against the return as filed: the GivingTuesday Data Lake hosts a public copy of the original XML.

The source document this was parsed from is served over the API, which is where bulk and document access live.