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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by SARASOTA-MANATEE ASSOCIATION FOR RIDING THERAPY INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$316,002
Total expenses
$433,115
Contributions and grants received
$276,368
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$39,210
Investment income
$424
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$1,177,531
Total liabilities, end of year
$588,156
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$589,375
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$336,558
Management and general expenses
$63,027
Fundraising expenses
$33,530
Program service expenses (Part III)
$336,558

Program services were 77.7% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $13,391

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $262,977

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $12,009

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM SERVICE FEES

    total $39,210 · related or exempt $39,210

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $424 · related or exempt $424

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $160,756 · program services $102,608 · management and general $45,225 · fundraising $12,923

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $11,823 · program services $6,621 · management and general $5,202

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $5,127 · program services $5,127

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $1,595 · program services $1,595

  • 20 · Interest

    total $17,334 · program services $17,334

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $26,292 · program services $26,292

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $19,503 · program services $10,528 · management and general $8,975

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROFESSIONAL FEES

    total $79,733 · program services $59,941 · management and general $3,625 · fundraising $16,167

  • 24b · Other expenses: SUPPLIES

    total $51,493 · program services $51,493

  • 24c · Other expenses: REPAIR & MAINTENANCE

    total $30,327 · program services $30,327

  • 24d · Other expenses: IN KIND

    total $12,009 · program services $12,009

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $17,123 · program services $12,683 · fundraising $4,440

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $96,198 · end of year $6,899

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $123,783 · end of year $105,220

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $1,273 · end of year $100

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $9,499 · end of year $8,267

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

    $1,321,419

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

    $264,374

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $1,078,293 · end of year $1,057,045

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $4,285 · end of year $18,761

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $598,273 · end of year $569,395

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $669,624 · end of year $577,511

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $36,864 · end of year $11,864

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE ORGANIZATION IS DEDICATED TO ENRICHING THE LIVES OF PEOPLE WITH SPECIAL NEEDS THROUGH THERAPUTIC HORES RELATED PROGRAMS. TAGLINE: EMPOWERING LIVES THROUGH THE HEALING POWER OF HORSES.

  • SMART PROVIDES THE BENEFITS OF THERAPEUTIC RIDING AND EQUINE ASSISTED ACTIVITIES TO ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUALS. WE SERVE INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE ANY TYPE OF PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL OR COGNITIVE DISABILITY INCLUDING: CEREBRAL PALSY, DEVELOLPMENTAT DISABILITIES, DOWN SYNDROME, DEVELOPMENTAL DELAYS, AUTISM, EPILEPSY, SPEECH IMPAIRMENTS, BLINDNESS, ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER, HEAD TRAUMA, STROKE, LEARNING DISABILITIES, POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER, PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENTS, ETC. INDIVIDUALS MUST AT LEAST FOUR YEARS OF AGE AND THERE IS NO MAXIMUM AGE. ALL OF THE HORSEMANSHIP SKILLS THAT ARE DEVELOPED DURING OUR THERAPEUTIC HORSE RELATED PROGRAMS PROVIDE THE PARTICIPANT WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO INCREASE PHYSICAL STRANGTH AND STAMINA, IMPROVE BALANCE ANDCOORDINATION, IMPROVE GENERAL HEALTH AND ACHIEVE A SENSE OF WELL-BEING, A RESPECTFUL AND AFFECTIONATE CONNECTION TO THE HORSE IS ENCOURAGED AND FOSTERED AND TEAMWORK IS PROMOTED BETWEEN THE RIDER AND THEIR HORSE. INDEPENDENCE IS PROMOTED AND MULTI-TASK LEARNING IS ENCOURAGED, HELPING EACH INDIVIDUAL WITH A DISABILITY TO ACHIEVE DAILY LIVING SKILLS, WITH THE SPECIAL NEEDS OF OUR PARTICIPANTS IN MIND, AND CREATIVE CARING ON THE PART OF OUR INSTRUCTORS AND VOLUNTEERS, WE USE THE MOVEMENT OF THE HORSE, THE CONNECTION TO THE HORSE AND THE NATURAL ENVIROMENT, TO HELP THE BODY, MIND AND SPIRIT OF EVERY SMART RIDER. SMART ACCOMPLISHMENTS 1. CELEBRATING 35 YEARS OF SERVICES TO OUR COMMUNITY IN 2021. SINCE THE BEGINNING, IN 1987, SMART HAS PROVIDED THERAPEUTIC PROGRAMS TO OVER 6,000 INDIVIDUALS, RESULTING IN OVER 55,000 LESSONS. THROUGHOUT THESE PAST 35+ YEARS, SMART HAS BEEN A MOSTLY VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATION. 2. SERVING OVER 100 INDIVIDUALS IN OUR COMMUNITY DURING 2023, SMART'S HARDWORKING VOLUNTEERS AND STAFF DONATED OVER 15,000 HOURS 3. MAINTAINING OUR STATUS AS A PREMIER ACCREDITED CENTER OF THE PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THERAPUTIC HORSEMANSHIP, INT'L. SMART IS THE ONLY THERAPEUTIC CENTER IN MANATEE AND SARASOTA COUNTIES WITH THIS ACCREDITATION. 4. SERVING LOCAL VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES BY PROVIDING A VARIETY OF PROGRAMS. IN 2014, SMART LAUNCHED THEIR VETERANS PROGRAM. THE VETERANS PROGRAM EQUINE ASSISTED LEARNING ACTIVITIES MAINLY FOCUS ON LEADERSHIP, TEAM BUILDING, AND PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING. SMART HAS PROVIDED THESE PROGRAMS TO OVER 600 VETERANS AND FAMILY MEMBERS SINCE INCEPTION.

    Expenses $336,558 · Revenue $39,210

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Lauren Merchant

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Roberto Rodriguez

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Elizabeth Wexler

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Mark Williams

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Leslie Emery

    VICE PRESIDE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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
18 July 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.0
Source object
202403529349300430

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