Form 990 for tax year 2022

Totals

Total revenue

$1,251,393

Total expenses

$1,406,542

Contributions and grants received

$606,721

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$629,133

Investment income

-$2,471

Other revenue

$18,010

Total assets, end of year

$3,516,128

Total liabilities, end of year

$2,203,876

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$1,312,252

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$1,146,721

Management and general expenses

$143,847

Fundraising expenses

$115,974

Program service expenses (Part III)

$1,146,721

Program services were 81.5% 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.

Mission and programs · 2022

• INCLUSIVE EQUESTRIAN SPORTS (RIDING, HORSEMANSHIP, AND VAULTING) IN OUR RIDING AND HORSEMANSHIP PROGRAM, CHILDREN AND ADULTS OF ALL ABILITIES HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO DEVELOP HORSEMANSHIP SKILLS, FITNESS, AND SELF-CONFIDENCE THROUGH HORSEBACK RIDING LESSONS. OUR MODEL CONNECTS HORSEMANSHIP WITH LIFE SKILLS IN A SAFETY-FIRST ENVIRONMENT. THIS ADAPTIVE PROGRAM INCLUDES LESSONS IN BASIC GROUND WORK, HORSE HANDLING, RIDING, DRESSAGE, WESTERN AND JUMPING. WE SERVED 100-125 CLIENTS PER WEEK, ABOUT 60 PERCENT OF WHOM WERE CHILDREN. APPROXIMATELY 70 PERCENT OF OUR CLIENTS SELF-IDENTIFY AS HAVING A PHYSICAL, COGNITIVE, OR EMOTIONAL DIAGNOSIS. IN OUR EQUESTRIAN VAULTING PROGRAM, CLIENTS OF ALL ABILITIES LEARN HOW TO COMBINE GYMNASTICS AND DANCE IN PARTNERSHIP WHILE ATOP A MOVING HORSE. WE ACCENTUATE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE HORSE, TEAMMATES, LONGUEUR, AND COACH. WE SERVED 30 TO 40 CLIENTS A WEEK, 70% OF WHOM WERE CHILDREN. APPROXIMATELY, 70% PERCENT OF THESE CLIENTS SELF-IDENTIFY AS HAVING A DIAGNOSIS. WEEKLY SESSIONS ARE HELD YEAR ROUND, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF 1 OR 2 WEEKS OF BREAK AT THE END OF EACH QUARTERLY SESSION.

  Expenses $796,156 · Revenue $629,133

• CLINICAL SERVICES (REHABILITATIVE SERVICES AND EQUINE FACILITATED PSYCHOTHERAPY) OUR REHABILITATIVE SERVICES (HIPPOTHERAPY) PROGRAM IS THERAPY FOR PEOPLE WITH PHYSICAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL CHALLENGES. OUR LICENSED AND HIGHLY TRAINED THERAPISTS PROVIDE PHYSICAL THERAPY, OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY, AND SPEECH AND LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY. EACH CLINICIAN USES THE UNIQUELY THERAPEUTIC AND CHALLENGING MOVEMENT OF THE HORSE TO ADD TO THE OTHER BENEFITS AND MODALITIES OF THEIR FIELD OF EXPERTISE. WE SERVED 17-21 CLIENTS EACH WEEK, FOR A TOTAL OF 34 LIVES TOUCHED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. WE ALSO PARTNERED WITH PROVIDENCE TO PROVIDE OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY TO 12 INDIVIDUALS. OUR EQUINE FACILITATED PSYCHOTHERAPY (EFP) IS THERAPY FOR PERSONAL GROWTH AND TREATMENT FOR THOSE WITH MENTAL HEALTH DIAGNOSES. SESSIONS ARE AVAILABLE FOR ADULTS, ADOLESCENTS, AND CHILDREN, WHICH CAN TAKE PLACE IN AN INDIVIDUAL, FAMILY, OR GROUP THERAPY SETTING. WE SERVED 10-15 CLIENTS EACH WEEK, FOR A TOTAL OF 33 LIVES TOUCHED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. A SUB PROGRAM OF OUR EFP PROGRAM IS OUR MENTORING PROGRAM. YOUTH BETWEEN THE AGES OF 6 AND 18 WHO ARE IN THE FOSTER SYSTEM ARE PAIRED WITH TRAINED MENTORS AND HORSES THAT THEY MEET WITH WEEKLY. STARTING IN THE 2022 SCHOOL YEAR, WE ARE PROVIDING SERVICES TO 9 MENTEES PER WEEK. WEEKLY SESSIONS ARE HELD YEAR ROUND, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF 1 OR 2 WEEKS OF BREAK AT THE END OF EACH QUARTERLY SESSION.

  Expenses $307,090

• NEW BUILD/FACILITY WE TOOK THIS YEAR TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS UPON EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE. WE ADDED MUD FREE ZONES TO ALL OF OUR EXISTING PASTURES, CREATED 3 NEW PASTURES, AND ERECTED THE FENCING FOR OUR OUTDOOR ARENA SPACE. ALL OF THESE CHANGES HAVE ADDED TO THE GOOD HEALTH OF OUR HERD, REDUCED COSTS FOR BEDDING AND STALL CLEANING, AND ALLOWED FOR LARGER CAPACITY IN THE SUMMER MONTHS.

  Expenses $9,354

• PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT (VOLUNTEER, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, EQUINE FACILITATED LEARNING) OUR VOLUNTEER PROGRAM PROVIDES OPPORTUNITIES FOR EVERYONE OVER THE AGE OF 12 TO GIVE BACK TO OUR ORGANIZATION AND LEARN NEW SKILLS. WE HAD BETWEEN 125 AND 150 VOLUNTEERS PER WEEK AND ABOUT 200 TOTAL INDIVIDUALS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. THESE VOLUNTEERS HELP WITH OUR CLINICAL SERVICES, INCLUSIVE EQUESTRIAN SPORTS AND ASSIST WITH CARING FOR OUR HERD OF THERAPY HORSES AND PONIES. AS COVID-19 PROTOCOLS DIMINISHED WE WERE ABLE TO GO BACK TO FULL CAPACITY FOR OUR VOLUNTEERS. OUR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM CONTINUED TO PROVIDE MENTORING TO 1 PATH INTL. CERTIFIED THERAPEUTIC RIDING INSTRUCTOR. WE ALSO HOSTED A PATH INTL. EQUINE SPECIALIST IN MENTAL HEALTH AND LEARNING WORKSHOP AND CERTIFICATION THAT 9 OF OUR STAFF ATTENDED. EQUINE ASSISTED LEARNING (EAL) IS AN EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING APPROACH THAT PROMOTES THE DEVELOPMENT OF LIFE SKILLS FOR EDUCATIONAL, PROFESSIONAL AND PERSONAL GOALS THROUGH EQUINE-ASSISTED ACTIVITIES. SOME OF THE LEARNING INCLUDED COMMUNICATION, BODY LANGUAGE, GROUP DYNAMICS AND PROBLEM SOLVING. WE PARTNERED WITH 2 DIFFERENT SCHOOL PROGRAMS, VICTORY ACADEMY AND BENSON POLYTECHNIC HIGH SCHOOL. WE SERVED 15 YOUTH THROUGH THESE PARTNERSHIPS. WE ALSO PARTNERED WITH NARA (NATIVE AMERICAN REHABILITATION ASSOCIATION). YOUTH FROM THEIR RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT PROGRAM CAME TWICE A WEEK THROUGH THE YEAR AND WE SERVED 45 YOUTH TOTAL. ONE FINAL PARTNERSHIP WE HAD WAS WITH THE JANUS YOUTH PROGRAM AND MACLAREN YOUTH CORRECTIONAL FACILITY. WE SPENT 6 WEEKS TAKING TWO HORSES TO MACLAREN YOUTH CORRECTIONAL FACILITY PROVIDING GROUNDWORK AND HORSEMANSHIP SKILLS TO 8 YOUTH.

  Expenses $34,121

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

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

2022

Filed

12 April 2024

IRS schema version

2022v5.0

Source object

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