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← THIS OLD HORSE INC

Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by THIS OLD HORSE INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,165,209
Total expenses
$1,224,773
Contributions and grants received
$1,245,142
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
-$79,933
Total assets, end of year
$2,468,684
Total liabilities, end of year
$2,912,037
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
-$443,353
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,134,530
Management and general expenses
$90,243
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,134,530

Program services were 92.6% 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

    $153,674

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,091,468

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $800

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

    $153,674

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $79,933

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$79,933 · unrelated business -$79,933

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $258,369 · program services $232,532 · management and general $25,837

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $35,698 · program services $32,128 · management and general $3,570

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $27,563 · management and general $27,563

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $6,413 · management and general $6,413

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $50,507 · program services $50,507

  • 17 · Travel

    total $23,618 · program services $23,618

  • 20 · Interest

    total $158,423 · program services $158,423

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $80,047 · program services $80,047

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $29,053 · program services $18,884 · management and general $10,169

  • 24a · Other expenses: HAY

    total $151,611 · program services $151,611

  • 24b · Other expenses: FEED

    total $87,582 · program services $87,582

  • 24c · Other expenses: HAY

    total $64,976 · program services $64,976

  • 24d · Other expenses: VET

    total $49,001 · program services $49,001

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $201,912 · program services $185,221 · management and general $16,691

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $98,262 · end of year $59,069

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    end of year $12,086

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

    $2,888,977

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

    $491,448

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $2,466,745 · end of year $2,397,529

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $4,626 · end of year $60,881

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $2,785,847 · end of year $2,839,298

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    end of year $11,858

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year -$225,466 · end of year -$471,260

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    end of year $27,907

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

THIS OLD HORSE, INC. PROVIDES RETIREMENT, RESCUE AND REHABILITATION TO OLDER AND UNWANTED HORSES THAT HAVE HAD A CAREER TO SERVICE HUMANS. THEY CONTINUE TO SERVE AS AMBASSADORS TO THE INCREDIBLE IMPACT OF 'HORSE POWER' BY FACILITATING THE DEVELOPMENT OF HORSEMANSHIP AND BEGINNING RIDING SKILLS TO OLDER AND SPECIAL NEEDS RIDERS.

  • THIS OLD HORSE, INC. IS A MINNESOTA-BASED 501(C)(3) EQUINE WELFARE ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO THE RESCUE, REHABILITATION, RETIREMENT, REHOMING, AND SANCTUARY OF HORSES IN NEED. DURING 2025, THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDED DIRECT CARE AND SERVICES TO APPROXIMATELY 200 HORSES DAILY ACROSS MULTIPLE LOCATIONS IN MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN, INCLUDING SANCTUARY FARMS, REHABILITATION FACILITIES, AND FOSTER PARTNERSHIPS. SINCE ITS FOUNDING IN 2012, THIS OLD HORSE HAS HELPED MORE THAN 1,000 HORSES REPRESENTING 60 BREEDS. IN 2025, THE ORGANIZATION CONTINUED TO SERVE A DIVERSE POPULATION OF EQUINES, INCLUDING SENIOR HORSES, SPECIAL-NEEDS HORSES, RETIRED RACEHORSES, BROODMARES, DRAFT HORSES, MINIATURE HORSES, AND HORSES REQUIRING LIFELONG SANCTUARY. MAJOR PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS DURING THE YEAR INCLUDED: O CONTINUED OPERATION OF RACEHORSE REIMAGINED, AN ACCREDITED AFTERCARE PROGRAM PROVIDING REHABILITATION, RETRAINING, RETIREMENT, AND REHOMING SERVICES FOR RETIRED THOROUGHBREDS, STANDARDBREDS, AND QUARTER HORSES. O EXPANSION OF THE DISTAFF, A SPECIALIZED RETIREMENT AND SANCTUARY PROGRAM FOR BROODMARES TRANSITIONING FROM BREEDING CAREERS. O ONGOING SANCTUARY AND LIFETIME CARE SERVICES FOR SENIOR, MEDICALLY COMPLEX, AND UNADOPTABLE HORSES REQUIRING PERMANENT PLACEMENT. O CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT OF EQUINE-ASSISTED PROGRAMS, INCLUDING KEVIN IN THE CITY, WHICH BRINGS MINIATURE HORSES INTO EDUCATIONAL SETTINGS TO SUPPORT SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL LEARNING AND YOUTH ENGAGEMENT. O EXPANSION OF @LIBERTY, A HORSE-CENTERED WELLNESS INITIATIVE SERVING WOMEN DIAGNOSED WITH BREAST CANCER THROUGH FACILITATED INTERACTIONS WITH HORSES AT LIBERTY. O DEVELOPMENT OF THE HONOR GUARD, A VETERAN-FOCUSED INITIATIVE PAIRING RETIRED HORSES WITH VETERANS THROUGH CEREMONIAL, EDUCATIONAL, AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES. O PROVISION OF VETERINARY CARE, DENTAL CARE, FARRIER SERVICES, NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT, BEHAVIORAL REHABILITATION, AND ADOPTION SERVICES FOR HORSES ENTERING THE ORGANIZATION'S CARE. IN ADDITION TO DIRECT HORSE SERVICES, THIS OLD HORSE ENGAGED HUNDREDS OF VOLUNTEERS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS THROUGH EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING, OUTREACH EVENTS, VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES, AND PUBLIC AWARENESS INITIATIVES PROMOTING RESPONSIBLE HORSE OWNERSHIP, EQUINE WELFARE, AND AFTERCARE. THE ORGANIZATION MAINTAINED ACCREDITATION THROUGH THE GLOBAL FEDERATION OF ANIMAL SANCTUARIES AND THE THOROUGHBRED AFTERCARE ALLIANCE, DEMONSTRATING CONTINUED ADHERENCE TO NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED STANDARDS OF EQUINE CARE, GOVERNANCE, AND TRANSPARENCY. THROUGH THESE PROGRAMS AND SERVICES, THIS OLD HORSE CONTINUED ITS MISSION OF ENSURING THAT HORSES IN NEED HAVE ACCESS TO SAFETY, DIGNITY, COMPASSIONATE CARE, AND THE OPPORTUNITY FOR A MEANINGFUL FUTURE.

    Expenses $1,134,530

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Kathleen Amerongen

    SECRETARY/TR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Ellen Hill

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Kari Markham

    DIERCTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Thomas Rhode

    VICE PRESIDE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Brenda Teter

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Nancy Turner

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

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
2025
Filed
16 July 2025
IRS schema version
2025v4.0
Source object
202632059349300518

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