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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by THIS OLD HORSE INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,221,884
Total expenses
$1,085,381
Contributions and grants received
$1,281,878
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$1,800
Investment income
$4,334
Other revenue
-$66,128
Total assets, end of year
$2,565,007
Total liabilities, end of year
$2,790,473
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
-$225,466
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,019,048
Management and general expenses
$66,333
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,019,048

Program services were 93.9% 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

    $30,873

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,251,005

  • 2a · Program service revenue: BOARDING

    total $1,800 · unrelated business $1,800

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $7,809 · related or exempt $7,809

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

    other assets $3,475

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    other assets -$3,475

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$3,475 · related or exempt -$3,475

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

    $30,873

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $66,128

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$66,128 · unrelated business -$66,128

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $269,145 · program services $242,231 · management and general $26,914

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $21,812 · program services $19,631 · management and general $2,181

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $17,654 · program services $17,654

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total -$1,180 · management and general -$1,180

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $2,128 · management and general $2,128

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $26,311 · program services $26,311

  • 20 · Interest

    total $100,284 · program services $100,284

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $57,578 · program services $57,578

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $42,979 · program services $21,749 · management and general $21,230

  • 24a · Other expenses: HAY

    total $134,784 · program services $134,784

  • 24b · Other expenses: FEED

    total $106,823 · program services $106,823

  • 24c · Other expenses: HAY

    total $57,765 · program services $57,765

  • 24d · Other expenses: VET

    total $48,433 · program services $43,590 · management and general $4,843

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $200,865 · program services $190,648 · management and general $10,217

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $87,110 · end of year $98,262

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

    $2,878,146

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

    $411,401

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $2,583,304 · end of year $2,466,745

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $4,359 · end of year $4,626

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $2,811,536 · end of year $2,785,847

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year -$145,481 · end of year -$225,466

Mission and programs · 2024

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. PROVIDES SUPPORT FOR HORSES IN TRANSITION THROUGH OUR RESCUE, RETIREMENT, AND REHOMING PROGRAMS. THIS OLD HORSE, INC. MANAGES AND OPERATES 10 BARNS THROUGHOUT THE LARGER ST PAUL / MINNEAPOLIS METROPOLITAN AREA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN. DURING CALENDAR YEAR 2024, THIS OLD HORSE PROVIDED HUMANE RESCUE, REHABILITATION, LIFELONG SANCTUARY, AND ADOPTION SERVICES FOR 238 HORSES ACROSS OUR 12-SITE SANCTUARY NETWORK IN MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN. OF THESE, 58 WERE NEW INTAKESINCLUDING RETIRED RACEHORSES, OWNER-SURRENDERS, AND HORSES INTERCEPTED FROM AT-RISK SITUATIONS OR KILL-PEN PIPELINES. WE SUCCESSFULLY REHOMED 46 HORSES INTO QUALIFIED ADOPTIVE HOMES, ALL RETAINED UNDER OUR LIFETIME SAFETY-NET CONTRACTS. ON ANY GIVEN DAY, AN AVERAGE OF 202 RESIDENT HORSES RECEIVED INDIVIDUALIZED CARE, ENCOMPASSING VETERINARY TREATMENTS, FARRIER VISITS EVERY SIX WEEKS, AND MORE THAN 2 MILLION POUNDS OF FEED AND FREE-CHOICE HAY. OUR VOLUNTEER CORPS OF 540 COMMUNITY MEMBERS DONATED 23,000 HOURSVALUED AT OVER 1.3 MILLIONTO DAILY CARE, BARN MAINTENANCE, AND EQUINE-ASSISTED LEARNING PROGRAMS. PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDED: RACEHORSE REIMAGINED RETRAINED AND REHOMED 22 OFF-TRACK THOROUGHBREDS @LIBERTY WELLNESS DEVELOPED A 12-WEEK EQUINE-ASSISTED SUPPORT SERIES FOR WOMEN RECOVERING FROM BREAST CANCER. SOUL TRAIN PAIRED 64 VOLUNTEERS WITH SANCTUARY HORSES FOR STRUCTURED GROUND-TRAINING, COMPLETING 3,500 LOGGED SESSIONS THAT IMPROVED ADOPTABILITY SCORES BY AN AVERAGE OF 30%. THIS COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH ENSURED EVERY HORSE RECEIVED COMPASSIONATE STEWARDSHIP WHILE ADVANCING PUBLIC EDUCATION, VOLUNTEERISM, AND RESPONSIBLE EQUINE AFTERCARE.

    Expenses $1,019,048

As filed on the 2024 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

  • Julie Fischer

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Ellen Hill

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • 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
2024
Filed
20 August 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202502329349300430

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