CHEFF THERAPEUTIC RIDING CENTER

EIN 38-6061238 AUGUSTA, MI

Revenue 2025: $1,528,976
Expenses 2025: $1,064,678

Program services were 58.6% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection: 03
Classification: 1000
Street: 8450 N 43RD ST

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 · 2025

Mission

THE CHEFF THERAPEUTIC RIDING CENTER WAS INCORPORATED JANUARY 29, 1960, AS A MICHIGAN NON-PROFIT CORPORATION. THE PURPOSE OF THE ORGANIZATION IS TO IMPROVE LIVES THROUGH THE THERAPEUTIC USE OF HORSES. THE ORGANIZATION OPENED IN 1970 AS THE UNITED STATES' FIRST THERAPEUTIC RIDING CENTER BUILT SPECIFICALLY TO SERVE THE DISABLED. THE CHEFF CENTER FOCUSES ON WHAT INDIVIDUALS CAN ACCOMPLISH, NOT ON THEIR LIMITATIONS. PARTICIPATION IS AVAILABLE TO RIDERS OF ALL AGES AND ABILITIES. CHEFF CENTER CLIENTS INCLUDE: AT-RISK CHILDREN, MENTALLY AND EMOTIONALLY IMPAIRED, SIGHT OR HEARING IMPAIRED, DOWN SYNDROME, MS/MD/CEREBRAL PALSY, AUTISTIC/LEARNING DISABLED, CYSTIC FIBROSIS/CANCER/BRAIN INJURIES, ADD/ADHD, AND OTHER DISABILITIES.

THERAPEUTIC RIDING - YEAR-ROUND RIDING CLASSES. THERAPEUTIC RIDING CHALLENGES INDIVIDUALS TO ACHIEVE AND IMPROVE PHYSICALLY AND MENTALLY. THE BENEFITS INCLUDE: "INCREASED MUSCLE STRENGTH "IMPROVED CONFIDENCE; INCREASED SELF-ESTEEM "INCREASED BALANCE AND MOBILITY "ABILITY TO STAY ON TASK; FOCUSED "INCREASED RANGE OF MOTION "BEHAVIORAL IMPROVEMENTS

Expenses $580,438 · Grants $12,877 · Revenue $161,789
HIPPOTHERAPY - LITERALLY MEANING "TREATMENT WITH THE HELP OF THE HORSE." THE BENEFITS PROVIDED BY HIPPOTHERAPY INCLUDE: "INCREASED MOBILITY "POSITIVE EFFECT ON RESPIRATORY FUNCTION "IMPROVEMENT OF SYMMETRY, BODY AWARENESS, SPINAL ORIENTATION AND STRENGTH OF POSTURE "IMPROVES SELF ESTEEM, CONFIDENCE, MOTIVATION AND INCREASES ATTENTION SPAN

Expenses $43,430 · Revenue $2,970

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

Officers and directors · 2025

As listed in Part VII of the 2025 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

Tara EastTARA EAST

EXECUTIVE DI

Total calculated

$95,245

From this org

$95,245

From related orgs

$0

Other

$0

Hours/week

40
Angela GrahamANGELA GRAHAM

PRESIDENT

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Kurt SherwoodKURT SHERWOOD

VICE PRESIDE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Kip MillerKIP MILLER

TREASURER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Lynn WeimeisterLYNN WEIMEISTER

SECRETARY

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Amy O'BrienAMY O'BRIEN

MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Kelly Boles ChapmanKELLY BOLES CHAPMAN

MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Kim ShookKIM SHOOK

MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Jeff RossJEFF ROSS

MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Doreen BrinsonDOREEN BRINSON

MEMBER

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

2025

Revenue

$1,528,976

Expenses

$1,064,678

Contributions

$1,065,357

Grants paid

$12,877
2024

Revenue

$1,744,794

Expenses

$999,617

Contributions

$1,329,848

Grants paid

$13,323
2023

Revenue

$978,047

Expenses

$931,172

Contributions

$637,973

Grants paid

$12,663
2022

Revenue

$1,858,198

Expenses

$805,102

Contributions

$1,569,662

Grants paid

$5,275

Tax year	Revenue	Expenses	Contributions	Grants paid
2025	$1,528,976	$1,064,678	$1,065,357	$12,877
2024	$1,744,794	$999,617	$1,329,848	$13,323
2023	$978,047	$931,172	$637,973	$12,663
2022	$1,858,198	$805,102	$1,569,662	$5,275

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

2021 · 990

Revenue

$545,936

Expenses

$643,154

Assets (EOY)

$6,085,596
2020 · 990

Revenue

$562,550

Expenses

$642,864

Assets (EOY)

$5,673,798
2019 · 990

Revenue

$620,328

Expenses

$899,130

Assets (EOY)

$5,291,692
2018 · 990

Revenue

$789,746

Expenses

$805,403

Assets (EOY)

$4,976,907
2017 · 990

Revenue

$658,997

Expenses

$768,529

Assets (EOY)

$5,219,072
2016 · 990

Revenue

$558,580

Expenses

$773,261

Assets (EOY)

$4,903,083
2015 · 990

Revenue

$1,325,144

Expenses

$701,924

Assets (EOY)

$4,965,670
2014 · 990

Revenue

$688,465

Expenses

$647,985

Assets (EOY)

$4,650,132
2013 · 990

Revenue

$600,515

Expenses

$622,281

Assets (EOY)

$4,648,223
2012 · 990

Revenue

not reported

Expenses

$543,172

Assets (EOY)

$4,380,316

Tax year	Form	Revenue	Expenses	Assets (EOY)
2021	990	$545,936	$643,154	$6,085,596
2020	990	$562,550	$642,864	$5,673,798
2019	990	$620,328	$899,130	$5,291,692
2018	990	$789,746	$805,403	$4,976,907
2017	990	$658,997	$768,529	$5,219,072
2016	990	$558,580	$773,261	$4,903,083
2015	990	$1,325,144	$701,924	$4,965,670
2014	990	$688,465	$647,985	$4,650,132
2013	990	$600,515	$622,281	$4,648,223
2012	990	not reported	$543,172	$4,380,316

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

DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

$60,000

2024 HEALTH
DRIVE FOR LIFE

$19,000

2023 OPERATIONS
DRIVE FOR LIFE

$17,000

2022 OPERATIONS
KALAMAZOO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

$14,500

2024 RECREATION, LEISURE & SPORTS, ATHLETICS
DRIVE FOR LIFE

$14,000

2024 OPERATIONS
CHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA

$11,288

2023 CHARITABLE DONATION
CHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA

$10,500

2024 CHARITABLE DONATION
RITE AID HEALTHY FUTURES

$10,250

2024 KIDCENTS APPLICATION
RITE AID HEALTHY FUTURES

$10,250

2023 SUPPORT LOCAL KIDS PROGRAMS
RITE AID HEALTHY FUTURES

$10,000

2022 SUPPORT LOCAL KIDS PROGRAMS

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 2025, the newest we have parsed for this organization.