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← COLORADO HORSE RESCUE

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by COLORADO HORSE RESCUE.

Totals

Total revenue
$3,573,081
Total expenses
$2,145,025
Contributions and grants received
$3,368,751
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$54,016
Investment income
$251,535
Other revenue
-$101,221
Total assets, end of year
$7,053,404
Total liabilities, end of year
$70,630
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$6,982,774
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,631,710
Management and general expenses
$121,715
Fundraising expenses
$391,600
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,631,710

Program services were 76.1% 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

    $445,771

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $2,922,980

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $33,324

  • 2a · Program service revenue: ADOPTION FEES

    total $43,000 · related or exempt $43,000

  • 2b · Program service revenue: SURRENDER FEES

    total $9,791 · related or exempt $9,791

  • 2c · Program service revenue: OTHER PROGRAM REVENUE

    total $1,225 · related or exempt $1,225

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $116,826 · excluded $116,826

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $7,179,550

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $7,044,841

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $134,709

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $134,709 · excluded $134,709

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $0

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

    $445,771

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $101,357

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$101,357 · excluded -$101,357

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $1,943

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $1,807

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $136 · related or exempt $136

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $195,847 · program services $145,514 · management and general $5,680 · fundraising $44,653

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $867,118 · program services $644,269 · management and general $25,146 · fundraising $197,703

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $29,376 · program services $21,826 · management and general $852 · fundraising $6,698

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $176,195 · program services $130,913 · management and general $5,110 · fundraising $40,172

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $84,303 · program services $62,637 · management and general $2,445 · fundraising $19,221

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $29,866 · management and general $29,866

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $24,131 · management and general $24,131

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $5,986 · program services $356 · fundraising $5,630

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $14,493 · program services $6,522 · management and general $1,449 · fundraising $6,522

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $15,894 · program services $11,809 · management and general $461 · fundraising $3,624

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $108,718 · program services $72,841 · management and general $8,697 · fundraising $27,180

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $18,215 · program services $13,534 · management and general $528 · fundraising $4,153

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $6,423 · program services $4,772 · management and general $186 · fundraising $1,465

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $124,729 · program services $112,256 · management and general $6,237 · fundraising $6,236

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $43,933 · program services $39,539 · management and general $2,197 · fundraising $2,197

  • 24a · Other expenses: EQUINE MANAGEMENT AND T

    total $317,354 · program services $317,354

  • 24b · Other expenses: REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE

    total $21,912 · program services $19,462 · management and general $1,225 · fundraising $1,225

  • 24c · Other expenses: FARM MANAGEMENT

    total $14,893 · program services $14,893

  • 24d · Other expenses: DEVELOPMENT EXPENSES

    total $11,355 · fundraising $11,355

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $34,284 · program services $13,213 · management and general $7,505 · fundraising $13,566

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $119,598 · end of year $196,203

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $297,135 · end of year $1,026,814

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $52,877 · end of year $56,293

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $41,687 · end of year $16,724

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

    $1,793,817

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

    $873,440

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $920,688 · end of year $920,377

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $3,812,366 · end of year $4,612,766

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $263,789 · end of year $208,254

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $9,550 · end of year $15,973

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $66,750 · end of year $63,344

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $9,550 · end of year $7,286

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $5,422,971 · end of year $6,972,831

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $18,419 · end of year $9,943

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

OUR MISSION IS TO BUILD A BETTER FUTURE FOR HORSES BY CONTINUOUSLY REIMAGINING WHAT'S POSSIBLE AND CREATING A REALITY WHERE SAFE SOLUTIONS EXIST FOR EVERY HORSE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO PROVIDE A SAFE SOLUTION FOR EVERY HORSE IN NEED.

  • RESCUE - CHR ACTIVELY SEEKS OUT AND TAKES IN ALL TYPES OF AT-RISK HORSES. WE ENABLE OWNERS TO REHOME THEIR HORSES WITHOUT JUDGMENT. WE ALSO SAVE HORSES WHO WOULD OTHERWISE BE SENT TO SLAUGHTER OR UNSAFE CONDITIONS VIA AUCTION OR SALE. EDUCATE - WE EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ON RESPONSIBLE HORSE OWNERSHIP, ENGAGE WITH OUR COMMUNITIES TO ADDRESS THE ISSUES FACING OUR INDUSTRY TODAY, AND INSPIRE PEOPLE TO INVITE HORSES INTO THEIR LIVES. CARE - WE UPHOLD THE HIGHEST STANDARDS OF CARE, REHABILITATION, AND TRAINING TO HELP EVERY HORSE REACH ITS POTENTIAL. WE WORK TO WAKE UP AND UNITE THE EQUINE INDUSTRY TO GIVE EVERY HORSE THE LIFE THEY DESERVE. ADOPT - OUR MATCHING PROCESS IS STRATEGIC BY DESIGN, CREATING SOLID HORSE-AND-HUMAN PARTNERSHIPS THAT LAST AND A RETURN RATE THAT'S REMARKABLY LOW.

    Expenses $1,631,710 · Revenue $54,152

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Justin Davis

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Molly Vaughan

    TREASURER/SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Dan Burak

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Donnell Heistand

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dr Tanja Hess

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Diana Rothman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kaitlin Bellin

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Katherine Gregory

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $158,761
    From this org
    $138,677
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $20,084
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $138,677
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,255
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,829
    Filer's total
    $158,761

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 3
THE BOARD REVIEWS AND APPROVES THE CEO'S COMPENSATION ANNUALLY.

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
22 February 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202630759349300338

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