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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by SPECIAL STRIDES.

Totals

Total revenue
$774,705
Total expenses
$931,398
Contributions and grants received
$409,099
Grants paid
$100,355
Program service revenue
$367,725
Investment income
$241
Other revenue
-$2,360
Total assets, end of year
$818,818
Total liabilities, end of year
$27,338
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$791,480
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$779,568
Management and general expenses
$89,642
Fundraising expenses
$62,188
Program service expenses (Part III)
$779,568

Program services were 83.7% 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

    $290,020

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $119,079

  • 2a · Program service revenue: THERAPY/ADAPTIVE RIDIN

    total $267,370 · related or exempt $267,370

  • 2b · Program service revenue: SCHOLARSHIP REVENUE

    total $100,355 · related or exempt $100,355

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $241 · excluded $241

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $38,664

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

    $290,020

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $53,912

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$15,248 · excluded -$15,248

  • 9a · Gaming: gross income

    $16,000

  • 9b · Gaming: direct expenses

    $3,112

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $12,888 · excluded $12,888

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $100,355 · program services $100,355

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $174,398 · program services $136,030 · management and general $17,440 · fundraising $20,928

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $281,750 · program services $219,765 · management and general $28,175 · fundraising $33,810

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $57,413 · program services $44,782 · management and general $5,741 · fundraising $6,890

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $18,480 · management and general $18,480

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $5,596 · program services $5,036 · fundraising $560

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $19,484 · program services $14,613 · management and general $4,871

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $10,896 · program services $9,106 · management and general $1,790

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $15,470 · program services $12,995 · management and general $2,475

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $59,530 · program services $53,577 · management and general $5,953

  • 24a · Other expenses: EQUINE EXPENSE

    total $168,743 · program services $168,743

  • 24b · Other expenses: PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMEN

    total $5,815 · program services $5,815

  • 24c · Other expenses: REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE

    total $5,586 · program services $4,469 · management and general $1,117

  • 24d · Other expenses: TELEPHONE

    total $2,444 · program services $1,491 · management and general $953

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $5,438 · program services $2,791 · management and general $2,647

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $377,376 · end of year $341,154

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $188,841 · end of year $59,864

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $54,277 · end of year $62,631

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $10,000

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

    $225,373

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

    $125,367

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $89,610 · end of year $100,006

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $205,851 · end of year $255,163

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $17,257 · end of year $27,338

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $908,698 · end of year $791,480

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

SPECIAL STRIDES IS A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION DEVOTED TO IMPROVING THE LIVES OF INDIVIDUALS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS. WITH A UNIQUE COMBINATION OF THERAPY, HORSES, AND THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT, INDIVIDUALS ACHIEVE GOALS FOR THERAPY, RECREATION AND EDUCATION. SPECIAL STRIDES PROVIDES ALL INDIVIDUALS AN OPPORTUNITY TO "IMPROVE THEIR LIVES ONE STRIDE AT A TIME", REGARDLESS OF FINANCIAL STATUS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

SPECIAL STRIDES IS A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION DEVOTED TO IMPROVING THE LIVES OF INDIVIDUALS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS. WITH A UNIQUE COMBINATION OF THERAPY, HORSES, AND THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT, INDIVIDUALS ACHIEVE GOALS FOR THERAPY, RECREATION AND EDUCATION. SPECIAL STRIDES PROVIDES ALL INDIVIDUALS AN OPPORTUNITY TO "IMPROVE THEIR LIVES.. ONE STRIDE AT A TIME", REGARDLESS OF FINANCIAL STATUS.

  • SPECIAL STRIDES INC. IS A 27-YEAR-OLD NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION LOCATED IN MONROE, NEW JERSEY. WE PROVIDE THERAPY SERVICES, RECREATION, AND EDUCATION THROUGHOUT THE LIFESPAN FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES. EQUINE ASSISTED SERVICES INCLUDE PHYSICAL THERAPY, OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY, SPEECH THERAPY, ADAPTIVE RIDING INCLUDING MOUNTED AND UNMOUNTED HORSEMANSHIP. CLIENTS GAIN FUNCTIONAL SKILLS IN THE AREAS OF BALANCE, MOBILITY, SOCIALIZATION, COMMUNICATION, AND ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING. SERVICES WERE PROVIDED TO OVER 130 CLIENTS AND COMMUNITY GROUP ENGAGEMENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

    Expenses $679,213 · Revenue $267,370

  • IN 2004, THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS TOOK A POWERFUL STEP TOWARD MEETING SPECIAL STRIDES' MISSION OF PROVIDING ALL INDIVIDUALS WITH LIFE CHALLENGES THE THERAPY SERVICES, RECREATIONAL AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING NEEDED TO REACH THEIR UNIQUE POTENTIAL. TO THIS END, THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS ESTABLISHED THE STEVEN WERTHAN MEMORIAL FUND TO PROVIDE THE NECESSARY FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS IN NEED OF OUR SERVICES. IN 2024, $127,055 WAS AWARDED TO 61 INDIVIDUALS WHO ULTIMATELY USED $100,355 OF THE TOTAL ALLOCATION.

    Expenses $100,355 · Grants $100,355 · Revenue $100,355

  • VOLUNTEERISM IS INTEGRAL TO THE FUNCTIONING OF ALL SERVICES AND PROGRAMS AT SPECIAL STRIDES. VOLUNTEERS ASSIST DURING THERAPY AND RECREATIONAL PROGRAMMING AS SIDEWALKERS, HORSELEADERS, OR IN THE OFFICE AS ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANCE AND AS FUNDRAISERS. WE WERE EXCITED TO ENGAGE WITH 101 NEW VOLUNTEERS WITH 23 ULTIMATELY FORMING OUR "NEW VOLUNTEER CREW". SPECIAL STRIDES IS APPRECIATIVE AND DEDICATED TO OUR VOLUNTEERS IN FOSTERING MENTORSHIP IN LEADERSHIP, BUSINESS, VOCATIONAL ASPIRATIONS, AND SENSE OF PURPOSE. OUR VOLUNTEERS ARE A BRIDGE TO OUR COMMUNITY.

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Sam Landy

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Laurie Landy

    PRESIDENT/THERAPIST/FOUNDI

    Total calculated
    $85,729
    From this org
    $85,729
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Susie Rehr

    TREASURER/THERAPIST/EXECUT

    Total calculated
    $88,669
    From this org
    $88,669
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Carol Werthan

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Corey Offsey

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Gary Fox

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Neal Herstik

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Patty Gallagher

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Rob Kash

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Rob McNaboe

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Vincent Davis

    MEMBER

    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.

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.

  • SHARE A HORSE INC

    C · BOARDING OF HORSES AND DONATION OF OFFICE SPACE · NJ

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
31 July 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202522129349300627

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