Totals
- Total revenue
- $87,723
- Total expenses
- $73,885
- Contributions and grants received
- $62,243
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $20,790
- Membership dues (line 3)
- $0
- Investment income (line 4)
- $0
- Gain or loss on sale of assets (line 5c)
- $4,490
- Gaming and fundraising events, net (line 6d)
- $200
- Gross profit on inventory sales (line 7c)
- $0
- Other revenue (line 8)
- $0
- Total assets, end of year
- $97,199
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $0
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $97,199
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $70,422
Program services were 95.3% of total expenses calculated — Part III's total program service expenses over total expenses, both as filed.
Mission and programs · 2025
Primary exempt purpose
To provide blacksmithing instruction and a supportive peer community for veterans and first responders to improve mental well-being and reduce the risk of suicide.
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Black Horse Forge provides hands-on blacksmithing and bladesmithing instruction to veterans, active-duty military, first responders, and their supporters. Our program serves as a community-based intervention designed to reduce veteran suicide and support those living with PTSD by fostering a consistent sense of accomplishment and shared purpose. Unlike one-time experiences, we maintain an ongoing peer community that helps participants rebuild their identity, reduce isolation, and achieve long-term mental and physical stability through the craft of forging. We had over 1200 visits from veterans, active-duty military, first responders, and their supporters during our weekly open forges, weekend veteran classes, and other events.
Expenses $70,422
As filed on the 2025 return.
Listed in Part IV
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Steven Hotz
CEO
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Taylor Gilligan
President
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 10
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John Vilardi
Vice President
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Michael Cook
Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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Erik Seglem
Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
Compensation is as filed in Part IV of the Form 990-EZ: compensation, contributions to benefit plans, expense account, 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.
Grants on this return
No itemized grants to organizations on this return.
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990_ez
- Tax year
- 2025
- Filed
- 1 May 2026
- IRS schema version
- 2025v4.0
- Source object
- 202601279349201505
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