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Form 990-EZ for tax year 2025

Filed by HORSE WARRIORS.

Totals

Total revenue
$171,384
Total expenses
$155,742
Contributions and grants received
$151,627
Grants paid
not reported
Program service revenue
$16,981
Membership dues (line 3)
$0
Investment income (line 4)
$1,634
Gain or loss on sale of assets (line 5c)
$0
Gaming and fundraising events, net (line 6d)
$1,114
Gross profit on inventory sales (line 7c)
$28
Other revenue (line 8)
not reported
Total assets, end of year
$211,475
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,160
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$210,315
Program service expenses (Part III)
$115,944

Program services were 74.4% of total expenses calculated — Part III's total program service expenses over total expenses, both as filed.

Mission and programs · 2025

Primary exempt purpose

HORSE THERAPY FOR AT-RISK YOUTH

  • YOUTH PROGRAMS: PONY CAMP; READ-RIDE-DRAW; HORSE WARRIORSTEEN PROGRAM; DEMO TEAM PRESENTATION;GYMKHANA DAY 2025;COMMUNITY KINDNESS PROJECT. See Sch O for details on programs.

    Expenses $75,363

  • ADULT PROGRAMS: CANCER KICKERS; ART & HEALING MANDALAPROJECT; WOMEN & HORSES; ST. JOHNS HEALTH ONCOLOGY STAFFDAY; CANCER VIDEO OUTREACH. See Sch O for details on programs.

    Expenses $40,581

  • HORSE SPONSORSHIPS INCREASED 35% IN 2025.3-CREEK FAMILY HORSE PAINTING completed its 3rd year.

  • PONY CAMP added 12 new students and utilized all our upper-level mentors for sessions that included horsemanship, arena riding, daily art sessions and the end of year gymkhana. Programs were for 8-9 year-olds, and a separate group for 10-11 year-olds. 2 of those in the older group have moved up to our teen program for the 2026 year-round teen sessions, and one has become a weekend volunteer for horse feeding. READ-RIDE-DRAW expanded the arts program to include fabric construction as well as the usual drawing and painting. It was a huge hit! Students in the younger group read The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane and were able to utilize a stuffed horse found in our road to replay Edwards book adventures in our program. Reading campers were able to go on a trail ride in the Bridger-Teton National Forest on their last day before completing their group art project summarizing the book. Reading Camp is for 8-9 and 10-11 year old readers. All of them participated in the end of year gymkhana as well. HORSE WARRIORS TEEN PROGRAM had 2 sections- one for middle school students and one for high school and post-grad homeschooled kids. All students are returning for 2026, and the post-grad student has been hired to be our intern. Winter activities included our annual monthly guest artist retreats and featured mixed media, portraits, fabric painting, small books, poetry, watercolor, and drawing horses. DEMO TEAM PRESENTATION held in June at the Alpine Mountain Days included 8 Horse Warriors participants- 3 staff, 3 youth students (ages 8, 14 and 18), one cancer survivor and one volunteer. Audience members learned how we teach relationship builing and clear communication on the ground, and at the end they were invited to come work with the horses themselves. GYMKHANA DAY 2025 was our biggest ever, with all our youth riders competing in the games. Every student received a ribbon in each class, along with a funny award from things that happende in their classes, and a certificate of achievment or promotion that included a photo of them riding their horses. A Friend of HW donated a number of previously won gymkhana trophies from years of competition in the California gymkhana circuit, so the winner of each class received a recycled trophy- they were absolutley delighted and loved hearing about their years of showing horses. ADULT PROGRAMS: CANCER KICKERS continued with the Saturday Superheroes Breast Cancer Survivorship program, meeting on Saturdays throughout the summer. Attendees spent their sessions sharing their medical progress and encouraging each other in the story cirlce. Program time included cirle time in the tipi, liberty walks through the big herd, horse choosing, grooming, ground driving, arena riding, homemade lunches served in the main lodge dining room, art time and closing circles with the horses. Two of the participants from the past 2 years were promoted to being Saturday Volunteers, helping new attendees as well as being able to work with their own horses each week. ART & HEALING MANDALA PROJECT This free art class for cancer survivors and caregivers focused on creating symbolic artwork to reflect each indivisuals choices of imagery to inspire personal healing. There were 2 sessions, 3 weeks each, meeting on Saturday afternoons in the winter. Attendees received professional level art supplies they got to keep, professional art instruction, and acess to a large library of reference materials and slide shows of similar works to inspire creativity. Groups were encouraging of each other, and many new friendships developed through the shared journey of cancer and creativity. WOMEN & HORSES: Fall programming included a 3-day immersion class for women ages 19 and up that delved into understanding horses, energy, body awareness and time in nature. Riding in the Bridger-Teton and in the Grand Teton National Park gave attendees from across the country access to some of the most beautiful natural environments in the country. Sessions included horse time, gourmet lunches, arena games, art time and trail riding. ST. JOHNS HEALTH ONCOLOGY STAFF DAY: Held in early June, oncology staff members were invited to a day at the ranch with the horses. Not only was it informative so they could recommend the Saturday Superheroes program to their patients, but it was a fun, give-back to a department of nurses and administrators who go to heroic lengths to help peopple in treatment for cancer. CANCER VIDEO OUTREACH: The WY Breast Cancer initiative sponsors our cancer programs and created a short video of our ED talking about the successes of the Horse Warriors survivorship programs. They are using this interview about the Cancer Kickers offerings to promote increased survivorship programs across the state.

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

Listed in Part IV

  • Cheryl Runzulli

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Priscilla Marden

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $61,723
    Compensation
    $55,000
    Benefit plans
    $6,723
    Expense account
    $0
    Hours/week
    50
  • Peter Lagerveld

    VICE-PRESIDENT/TREAS.

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mindy Gaieski

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Katie Mannen

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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
17 February 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.0
Source object
202630719349201303

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