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THERAPEUTIC RIDING OF TUCSON INC

EIN 86-0329294 TUCSON, AZ

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Revenue 2024
$872,738
Expenses 2024
$1,009,176

Program services were 76.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
N69Z
Classification
1000
Street
8920 E WOODLAND RD

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

Empowering individuals with diverse abilities to reach their full potential through equine-assisted services since 1974.

  • Equine Assisted Counseling (EAC)EAC is an experiential form of counseling that includes horses to achieve personal and emotional growth. All EAC sessions are facilitated by a licensed mental health professional who works with an individual to address their personal goals. These goals are set forth by the client and the mental health professional. TROT offers special groups for women, teens, veterans and first responders.

    Expenses $188,843

  • Heroes And HorsesHeroes on Horses is specifically designed to address the needs of veterans and first responders of all abilities in our community. Our vision is to help them achieve both physical and emotional goals and improve their quality of life through the use of equine-assisted activities and therapies. Equine-assisted learning, adaptive riding, and equine-assisted counseling has been successful in helping veterans and first responders show improvements in emotional awareness, stress tolerance, independence, TBI, post-traumatic stress, impulse control and much more.

    Expenses $143,085

  • Equine-Assisted LearningEquine-assisted learning (EAL) is an experiential learning approach that promotes the development of life skills for educational, professional and personal goals through equine-assisted activities. Working with equines provides opportunities to teach critical life skills such as trust, respect, honesty and communication. Various format offerings are available for organizations and school groups. Please contact our office for more information about these opportunities.

    Expenses $116,396

  • Adaptive RidingThroughout the world, there are thousands of individuals with special needs who experience the rewarding benefits of horseback riding. A disability does not have to prevent a person from riding horses. In fact, experiencing the motion of a horse can be very therapeutic, physically, mentally, and emotionally. Because horseback riding rhythmically moves the participants body in a manner similar to a human gait, participants with physical challenges often show improvement in flexibility, balance, and muscle strength. As the participants work on riding skill based goals through different tasks and activities, they can experience emotional benefits, including reduced feelings of depression and anxiety, increased self-esteem, enhanced focus, improved social skills, and a sense of control and connection.

    Expenses $112,836

  • BITS - Back In The SaddleBITS is made for individuals who:-have past involvement with horses-may have suffered an equine related injury-want to overcome any equine related trauma -had an experience that hinders their relationship with horses -have previous equestrian experience but have not been on a horse for a long time and want to get back in the saddle in a safe and supportive environment BITS participants report experiencing:-physical benefits-emotional benefits-decreased anxiety-improved confidence-increased riding skills knowledge

    Expenses $106,484

  • Riders Up!Riders Up! is for men and women age 55 and over with age-related challenges. It is designed to enhance flexibility, endurance and strength for those experiencing reduced mobility because of injury, arthritis, or low muscle tone. Our Riders Up! program exercises both mind and body through structured lessons for riders of different levels.

    Expenses $104,584

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

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Jeffrey Copfer

    Executive Dir.

    Total calculated
    $67,000
    From this org
    $67,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Lori Medcoff

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Gordon Reynolds

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Cindy Campano

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Cindy Hanson

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Hiram-Jesus Felipe Cruz

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Carolyn Carter

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tanya Elise Mitchell

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Gary Reeve

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Greg Durnan

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Elizabeth Jepson

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kelly Ottaway

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Denise Santos

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mary Davis

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jan Kearney

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Carrie Gilchrist

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Victoria Otto

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kim Todd

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $872,738
    Expenses
    $1,009,176
    Contributions
    $442,573
    Grants paid
    $50,845
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $1,144,486
    Expenses
    $931,357
    Contributions
    $715,028
    Grants paid
    $49,636
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $780,455
    Expenses
    $822,050
    Contributions
    $441,280
    Grants paid
    $49,263
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $0
    Expenses
    $19,979
    Contributions
    not reported
    Grants paid
    not reported

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2024 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported
  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,013,964
    Expenses
    $999,741
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,737,432
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,583,847
    Expenses
    $1,204,911
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,792,078
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $967,752
    Expenses
    $555,297
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,435,980
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $552,245
    Expenses
    $584,557
    Assets (EOY)
    $846,790
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $587,941
    Expenses
    $497,638
    Assets (EOY)
    $834,532
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $726,886
    Expenses
    $517,534
    Assets (EOY)
    $726,191
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $588,341
    Expenses
    $464,187
    Assets (EOY)
    $476,947
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $595,652
    Expenses
    $646,953
    Assets (EOY)
    $328,963
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $565,455
    Expenses
    $674,271
    Assets (EOY)
    $369,748

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.