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← EQUINE ADVOCATES INCORPORATED

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by EQUINE ADVOCATES INCORPORATED.

Totals

Total revenue
$3,885,482
Total expenses
$2,052,107
Contributions and grants received
$3,612,273
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$97,094
Other revenue
$176,115
Total assets, end of year
$6,945,080
Total liabilities, end of year
$348,057
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$6,597,023
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,596,782
Management and general expenses
$255,520
Fundraising expenses
$199,805
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,596,782

Program services were 77.8% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $3,612,273

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $722,172

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $97,094 · related or exempt $97,094

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $0

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $0

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $241,502

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $65,387

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $176,115 · excluded $176,115

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $0

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $0

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $130,292 · program services $80,814 · management and general $49,478

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $558,062 · program services $428,065 · management and general $80,839 · fundraising $49,158

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $52,663 · program services $38,932 · management and general $9,970 · fundraising $3,761

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $56,620 · program services $41,858 · management and general $10,719 · fundraising $4,043

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $2,500 · management and general $2,500

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $19,588 · management and general $19,588

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $2,705 · management and general $2,705

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $0

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $24,711 · program services $18,268 · management and general $4,678 · fundraising $1,765

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $0

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $0

  • 17 · Travel

    total $6,116 · program services $4,281 · management and general $306 · fundraising $1,529

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $0

  • 20 · Interest

    total $2,916 · management and general $2,916

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $118,551 · program services $87,641 · management and general $22,444 · fundraising $8,466

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $36,474 · program services $26,964 · management and general $6,905 · fundraising $2,605

  • 24a · Other expenses: INFORMATIONAL PUBLICATIONS

    total $309,948 · program services $216,964 · fundraising $92,984

  • 24b · Other expenses: VETERINARY SERVICES

    total $229,912 · program services $229,912

  • 24c · Other expenses: FEED, MEDICATIONS AND SUPPLIES

    total $143,671 · program services $143,671

  • 24d · Other expenses: FARM MAINTENANCE AND SUPPLIES

    total $95,765 · program services $95,765

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $261,613 · program services $183,647 · management and general $42,472 · fundraising $35,494

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

    total $309,948 · program services $216,964 · fundraising $92,984

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $574,228 · end of year $768,849

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,060,646 · end of year $892,485

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $0

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $0

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $19,775 · end of year $31,149

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

    $6,565,640

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

    $1,830,136

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $2,498,046 · end of year $4,735,504

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $719,856 · end of year $512,808

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    end of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    end of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $4,285 · end of year $4,285

  • 15 · Other assets

    end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $113,188 · end of year $48,057

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    end of year $300,000

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $4,645,648 · end of year $6,597,023

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $118,000

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

To rescue, protect and prevent the abuse of equines through education, investigation, rescue operations, the dissemination of information to the public and the operation of a horse sanctuary for slaughter-bound, abused and neglected horses.

  • To conduct rescue operations to save equines, including horses, ponies, donkeys & mules from slaughter & any form of abuse & neglect; To operate a horse sanctuary where rescued equines are cared for in an environment which is a model for the way equines should live and be treated & also as a way to educate students, teachers, law enforcement professionals & the public about the different situations from which equines are rescued - this is done through the examples of the ones who are rescued & live at the sanctuary - they are ambassadors for others from similar situations who also need help and/or rescue; TO PROVIDE HUMANE EDUCATION AS TAUGHT BY A TEACHER IN OUR HUMANE EDUCATION CENTER, SERVICING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND HIGHER GRADE STUDENTS TO HELP FULFILL STATE LEARNING STANDARDS AS MANDATED BY NEW YORK STATE HUMANE EDUCATION LAW; To conduct and present symposiums, lecture demonstrations & other educational events, volunteer programs & tours at our Humane Education Center on the sanctuary grounds - to educate the public about equine-related issues, the special care & needs of equines and to further the understanding & need for the rescue & protection of wild & domestic equines;To conduct investigations into various forms of equine abuse, including slaughter, the PMU industry, the urban carriage horse trade, the tragic fate of most camp horses, the horror of horse slaughter auctions, etc.;To produce films, video, books, literature & other materials to present and/or offer to the public as a way to bring about better awareness of problems facing wild & domestic equines in the United States and around the world.

    Expenses $1,596,782

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Susan Wagner

    President

    Total calculated
    $101,667
    From this org
    $89,960
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,707
    Hours/week
    60
  • Karen Wagner

    Sec'y/Devlp Dir

    Total calculated
    $101,667
    From this org
    $89,960
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,707
    Hours/week
    60
  • Jeffrey Tucker

    Chairman

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Yvette Jackson

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Marilyn Sygrove

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Donna Nadeau

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ellen Goldner

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kelley Watts

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Regan Backer

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Elisa Haworth

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Barbara Guarino Lester

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jill Meschino

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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
2 May 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.0
Source object
202401239349301935

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