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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by LITTLE BIT THERAPEUTIC RIDING CENTER.

Totals

Total revenue
$3,896,253
Total expenses
$3,842,678
Contributions and grants received
$2,523,875
Grants paid
$94,666
Program service revenue
$1,377,104
Investment income
$59,033
Other revenue
-$63,759
Total assets, end of year
$11,724,017
Total liabilities, end of year
$887,622
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$10,836,395
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$3,072,284
Management and general expenses
$409,508
Fundraising expenses
$360,886
Program service expenses (Part III)
$3,072,284

Program services were 80.0% 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

    $540,984

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,982,891

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $411,370

  • 2a · Program service revenue: TUITION

    total $1,281,074 · related or exempt $1,281,074

  • 2b · Program service revenue: CAMPS

    total $56,296 · related or exempt $56,296

  • 2c · Program service revenue: ASSESSMENT FEES

    total $22,031 · related or exempt $22,031

  • 2d · Program service revenue: SEMINARS & CLINICS

    total $10,395 · related or exempt $10,395

  • 2e · Program service revenue: HORSE SHOWS

    total $7,308 · related or exempt $7,308

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $53,791 · excluded $53,791

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $27,000

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $27,000

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $27,000 · excluded $27,000

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $408,804 · other assets $8,002

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

    securities $411,000 · other assets $564

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$2,196 · other assets $7,438

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $5,242 · excluded $5,242

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $104,819

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

    $540,984

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $210,461

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$105,642 · excluded -$105,642

  • 9a · Gaming: gross income

    $20,785

  • 9b · Gaming: direct expenses

    $12,899

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $7,886 · excluded $7,886

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $10,022

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $3,127

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $6,895 · unrelated business $2,879 · excluded $4,016

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $102 · excluded $102

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $102

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $94,666 · program services $94,666

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $147,440 · program services $36,860 · management and general $58,976 · fundraising $51,604

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,869,341 · program services $1,458,198 · management and general $196,828 · fundraising $214,315

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $151,655 · program services $132,787 · management and general $10,484 · fundraising $8,384

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $238,389 · program services $192,407 · management and general $22,346 · fundraising $23,636

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $36,356 · management and general $36,356

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $1,465 · management and general $1,465

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $65,300 · program services $41,656 · management and general $22,142 · fundraising $1,502

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $14,830 · program services $12,725 · fundraising $2,105

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $157,860 · program services $100,644 · management and general $25,708 · fundraising $31,508

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $40,559 · program services $31,358 · management and general $4,105 · fundraising $5,096

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $119,132 · program services $106,196 · management and general $8,742 · fundraising $4,194

  • 17 · Travel

    total $12,910 · program services $12,306 · management and general $357 · fundraising $247

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $42,532 · program services $29,856 · management and general $9,792 · fundraising $2,884

  • 20 · Interest

    total $23,237 · program services $21,838 · management and general $537 · fundraising $862

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $347,986 · program services $325,230 · management and general $10,342 · fundraising $12,414

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $20,115 · program services $19,275 · management and general $322 · fundraising $518

  • 24a · Other expenses: BARN OPERATIONS

    total $415,339 · program services $415,339

  • 24b · Other expenses: REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE

    total $43,566 · program services $40,943 · management and general $1,006 · fundraising $1,617

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,507,663 · end of year $1,312,144

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,152,032 · end of year $1,329,928

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $97,963 · end of year $105,309

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $10,989 · end of year $4,036

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $56,202 · end of year $85,152

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

    $11,583,694

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

    $3,744,285

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $7,985,045 · end of year $7,839,409

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $897,558 · end of year $1,039,209

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $500 · end of year $8,830

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $175,399 · end of year $150,395

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $146,428 · end of year $60,715

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $698,471 · end of year $676,512

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $9,275,777 · end of year $8,959,648

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,411,877 · end of year $1,876,747

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

LITTLE BIT THERAPEUTIC RIDING CENTER IS A COMMUNITY WHERE HORSES TRANSFORM THE BODIES, MINDS AND SPIRITS OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES.

  • ADAPTIVE RIDING SERVICES: ADAPTIVE RIDING FOCUSES ON INCREASING INDIVIDUAL RIDING SKILLS WHILE GAINING THERAPEUTIC BENEFITS. LESSONS ARE TAUGHT BY ONE OF OUR INSTRUCTORS CERTIFIED BY THE PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION OF THERAPEUTIC HORSEMANSHIP INTERNATIONAL (PATH). PARTICIPANTS SHOW IMPROVED INDEPENDENCE, SELF-ESTEEM, CONCENTRATION, VERBAL FLUENCY AND REDUCED ANXIETY. IN 2024, DURING OUR 42 WEEKS OF REGULAR ADAPTIVE PROGRAMMING, 5,123 ADAPTIVE RIDING LESSONS WERE PROVIDED FOR 174 PARTICIPANTS. EQUINE-FACILITATED PSYCHOTHERAPY (EFP) AND EQUINE-ASSISTED LEARNING (EAL) INVOLVE LITTLE BIT PARTNERING WITH LOCAL MENTAL HEALTH THERAPISTS (EFP) AND EDUCATORS (EAL) TO PROVIDE SERVICES AT OUR FACILITY. THERAPISTS AND EDUCATORS WORK HAND IN HAND WITH LITTLE BIT STAFF WHO HAVE BEEN CERTIFIED BY PATH AS EQUINE SPECIALISTS. HORSES ARE UNIQUELY SUITED TO THIS KIND OF THERAPY BECAUSE THEY ARE INTUITIVE AND WILL REACT TO BEHAVIOR PATTERNS AND CUES THAT PEOPLE MIGHT MISS, ALLOWING THE THERAPIST OR EDUCATOR TO INTERACT ON A DEEPER LEVEL WITH THEIR PATIENT OR STUDENT AND ADDRESS ISSUES THAT MIGHT OTHERWISE GO UNNOTICED. IN 2024, EFP SERVICES WERE PROVIDED FOR 13 PARTICIPANTS IN 276 SESSIONS, AND 125 PARTICIPANTS TOOK PART IN 98 EAL SESSIONS. IN 2024, ADAPTIVE SUMMER CAMP SERVED 64 PARTICIPANTS WITH DISABILITIES AND 12 NEUROTYPICAL PARTICIPANTS IN 8 WEEK-LONG CAMPS.

    Expenses $1,783,159 · Grants $70,574 · Revenue $723,134

  • THERAPY SERVICES: THERAPY AT LITTLE BIT IS AN INTENSIVE MEDICAL TREATMENT DURING WHICH A LICENSED PHYSICAL, OCCUPATIONAL, OR SPEECH-LANGUAGE THERAPIST WORKS WITH A PATIENT, INCORPORATING THE MOVEMENT OF THE HORSE, OR THE HORSE ITSELF, AS PART OF THE TREATMENT. THE THERAPIST USES THE MOVEMENT OF THE HORSE TO ADDRESS THE PATIENT'S CHALLENGES, SUCH AS DEFICITS IN BALANCE, STRENGTH, ENDURANCE, COORDINATION, COMMUNICATION, AND ATTENTION. THIS THERAPY DOES NOT TEACH RIDING SKILLS, RATHER THE GOALS ARE GEARED TOWARDS INDEPENDENCE FOR DAILY ACTIVITIES AND INCREASED PARTICIPATION IN FAMILY, SCHOOL, AND COMMUNITY LIFE. IN 2024, LITTLE BIT PROVIDED 3,811 TREATMENT SESSIONS AND 82 EVALUATIONS TO 160 PATIENTS.

    Expenses $1,281,164 · Grants $24,092 · Revenue $636,267

  • SEMINARS & CLINICS: LITTLE BIT HOSTS WORKSHOPS/CERTIFICATIONS FOR PATH AND AMERICAN HIPPOTHERAPY ASSOCIATION (AHA). THESE WORKSHOPS PROVIDE EDUCATION AND TRAINING TO POTENTIAL PATH INSTRUCTORS FOR THERAPEUTIC HORSEMANSHIP AND EQUINE SPECIALISTS IN MENTAL HEALTH AND LEARNING, AS WELL AS THERAPISTS FOR HIPPOTHERAPY. IN 2024, LITTLE BIT HOSTED AN AHA HIPPOTHERAPY TREATMENT PRINCIPLES - PART II WORKSHOP FOR 12 PARTICIPANTS. A HIPPOTHERAPY HANDLER SKILLS COURSE WAS HOSTED FOR 23 PARTICIPANTS.

    Expenses $4,357 · Revenue $10,395

  • HORSE SHOWS: LITTLE BIT HOSTS MEMORIAL HORSE SHOWS TO PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR PARTICIPANTS TO SHOWCASE THEIR RIDING SKILLS. THIS IS A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY FOR MANY OF OUR PARTICIPANTS TO EARN MERIT-BASED AWARDS AND COMPETE AGAINST THEIR PEERS IN A SPORT THAT THEY TRAIN AND PRACTICE FOR YEAR AROUND. IN 2024, WE HAD 5 VIRTUAL AND 74 IN-PERSON HORSE SHOW PARTICIPANTS OF ALL ABILITIES JUDGED ON A VARIETY OF SKILL LEVELS ON HORSEBACK.

    Expenses $3,604 · Revenue $7,308

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • CHERYL KRINGLE

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7

  • COLLEEN WILLIS

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7

  • NEIL SUDRA

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7

  • KRISTY UDDIN

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7

  • JULIE BONNER

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7

  • CHRISTINE HAWKINS

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7

  • VONIE BRIGHT

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7

  • SWATI PAREKH

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7

  • ANA PAULA LEITE FROM 424

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7

  • MAGDALENA BARGERO FROM 524

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7

  • JANE TODARO FROM 524

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7

  • MARY-LOU MISRAHY FROM 824

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7

  • MATTHEW WIDEMYER FROM 824

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7

  • BRIAN BURGESS FROM 924

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7

  • MEREDITH PLEASANT FROM 1124

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7

  • LISA CHRISTIAN THRU 424

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7

  • MALLORY LOBISSER THRU 924

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7

  • BARBIE STAFFORD THRU 724

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7

  • PAULA DEL GIUDICE

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $147,440
    From this org
    $129,246
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,194
    Hours/week
    40

  • SHARON SOLDENWAGNER

    DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $109,583
    From this org
    $109,583
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • KELSIE MCGLADREY

    THERAPY SERVICES DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $109,042
    From this org
    $101,732
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,310
    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
16 July 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202522029349301462

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