- Revenue 2024
- $1,849,911
- Expenses 2024
- $2,307,231
Program services were 70.4% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
As filed
- Subsection
- 03
- Classification
- 2000
- Street
- 36 TOWN WOODS 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
HIGH HOPES THERAPEUTIC RIDING, INC. (HIGH HOPES) IS A NONPROFIT CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION IN CONNECTICUT WHOSE MISSION IS FOSTER A VIBRANT COMMUNITY WHERE HORSE AND HUMAN INTERACTIONS IMPROVE LIVES. HIGH HOPES IS COMMITTED TO PROVIDING EFFICIENT, SAFE, INNOVATIVE AND PROFESSIONAL THERAPEUTIC RIDING PROGRAMS TO INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES OF ALL AGES. HIGH HOPES WAS FOUNDED ON THE BELIEF THAT EXPERIENCING AND RIDING HORSES IN A SECURE, CHALLENGING AND COMPANIONABLE ENVIRONMENT WILL ACHIEVE THIS OBJECTIVE. THE FOCUS IS ON EACH PARTICIPANTS NEED TO ACHIEVE MEANINGFUL GAINS IN BALANCE, COORDINATION, STRENGTH, CONFIDENCE AND SELF-RESPECT.
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1. OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR, HIGH HOPES SERVED 361 PEOPLE; HELD 4,957 EQUINE ASSISTED ACTIVITIES AND THERAPY SESSIONS; UTILIZED 7,921 VOLUNTEER HOURS AND PROVIDED FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO 100% OF OUR RIDERS. 2. EQUINE ASSISTED SERVICES - 100% OF OUR THERAPEUTIC HORSEMANSHIP PARTICIPANTS RECEIVED FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE; EVEN WITH THE INCREASE IN DEMAND HIGH HOPES CONTINUES TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THIS NECESSARY FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE. 3. HIGH HOPES CONTINUES TO PROVIDE ITS NECESSARY SERVICES TO PARTICIPANTS REGARDLESS OF AGE OR DISABILITY, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO OUR PARKINSONS PROGRAM, HORSEMANSHIP AND THERAPEUTIC RIDING, VETERANS AND SUMMER CAMP PROGRAMS. ALL PROGRAMS PROVIDE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE UP TO 100%.
Expenses $1,623,714 · Revenue $126,542
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.
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Melissa LamontMELISSA LAMONT
EXECUTIVE DI
- Total calculated
- $106,095
- From this org
- $106,095
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
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Alison DarrellALISON DARRELL
FORMER INTER
- Total calculated
- $67,008
- From this org
- $67,008
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $67,008
- Bonus
- not reported
- Other
- not reported
- Deferred
- not reported
- Nontaxable benefits
- not reported
- Filer's total
- $67,008
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Mary StalsburgMARY STALSBURG
FORMER EXEC.
- Total calculated
- $53,359
- From this org
- $53,359
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $53,359
- Bonus
- not reported
- Other
- not reported
- Deferred
- not reported
- Nontaxable benefits
- not reported
- Filer's total
- $53,359
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Maris WacsMARIS WACS
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Gregory VargaGREGORY VARGA
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Todd MachnikTODD MACHNIK
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Mark FaderMARK FADER
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Sarah Kitchings KeenanSARAH KITCHINGS KEENAN
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Beth GarrityBETH GARRITY
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Wendy VisgilioWENDY VISGILIO
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Chris BergerCHRIS BERGER
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Liz DoeringLIZ DOERING
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Margaret MummertMARGARET MUMMERT
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Priya TandonPRIYA TANDON
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Barbara WillkensBARBARA WILLKENS
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Natalie YonkerNATALIE YONKER
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Landon PottsLANDON POTTS
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Sarah Hill CanningSARAH HILL CANNING
VICE CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Gary RogersGARY ROGERS
VICE CHAIR,
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Peter WattPETER WATT
CHAIR
- 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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.
Filings
-
2024
- Revenue
- $1,849,911
- Expenses
- $2,307,231
- Contributions
- $1,386,737
- Grants paid
- $0
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2023
- Revenue
- $1,766,516
- Expenses
- $2,272,995
- Contributions
- $1,092,356
- Grants paid
- $0
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2022
- Revenue
- $1,867,587
- Expenses
- $2,149,908
- Contributions
- $1,393,751
- Grants paid
- $0
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
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2021 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,827,774
- Expenses
- $1,530,340
- Assets (EOY)
- $8,136,068
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2020 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,613,238
- Expenses
- $1,485,334
- Assets (EOY)
- $9,105,693
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2019 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,443,735
- Expenses
- $1,525,032
- Assets (EOY)
- $7,620,710
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2018 · 990
- Revenue
- $2,297,391
- Expenses
- $1,596,177
- Assets (EOY)
- $7,545,679
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2017 · 990
- Revenue
- $2,276,009
- Expenses
- $1,570,351
- Assets (EOY)
- $6,676,954
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2016 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,730,366
- Expenses
- $1,424,460
- Assets (EOY)
- $5,769,025
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2015 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,599,689
- Expenses
- $1,469,837
- Assets (EOY)
- $5,248,244
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2014 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,526,532
- Expenses
- $1,376,007
- Assets (EOY)
- $5,318,748
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2013 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,680,019
- Expenses
- $1,349,765
- Assets (EOY)
- $5,232,793
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2012 · 990
- Revenue
- not reported
- Expenses
- $1,254,289
- Assets (EOY)
- $4,988,805
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
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2022 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
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2024 TO PROVIDE GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT.
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2024 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
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2023 AS OUTLINED IN 2023 REQUEST
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2023 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
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$27,000
2024 HEALTH
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2023 TO PROVIDE GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
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$20,000
2022 HEALTH CARE
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2024 YO - YOUTH DEVELOPMENT & EMPOWERMENT
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2023 GENERAL SUPPORT
The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.
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 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.