Bits & Spurs Riding Club

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN: 061729319
IRS 990-EZ coverage: 2021–2025
Forms available: Form 990-EZ 2025
Location: Mill Creek, WA, USA
Rating: 87
Verdict: STRONG
Rating confidence: Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue: $91,288
Expenses: $96,723
Assets: $24,396

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

Jazon Ross (President)
Chad Ruble (Vice President)

People named in this filing

Teresa Eble (Treasurer)
Jazon Ross (President)
Kelli Ross (Games Show Chair)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The principle purposes of bits& spurs riding club shall include the provision of an environment for quine activities which the club members may use to further the art of riding and to encourage horse mastership and equine welfare; to serve and promote the best interests of horse owners and riders and to promote the interest of equine competition; to educate through meetings and or articles on our social web page on subjects of interest to club members and the public.

What it reported doing in 2025

Barrel Racing - Our club is promoting additional Barrel racing opportunities for all ages and adding educational training and novice classes to be more inclusive of all ages and abilities

Operating model

Revenue model: Donor-supported. 97% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model: Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

Financial Efficiency: 95
Transparency & Controls: 82
Sustainability: 28
Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

Mission deployment rate: 96.8%; rating input score 97
Program expense ratio: 91.4%; rating input score 91

Transparency & Controls

Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

Operating margin: -6%; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.25; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

Program expense growth: 34.9% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings
Revenue growth: 30.7% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
Asset growth: 15.4% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings

Details

Where the money goes: 96.8% of revenue deployed · 91.4% of spending went to programs
Governance: Filed governance answers
Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $88K in reported program spending
Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
Schedules: 1 filed schedules
Filing history: 5 filing years from 2021 to 2025
Contacts: How to reach this organization
People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 33/100.
High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 21/100.
Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.