Cassidy's Cause Therapeutic Riding Academy Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
463361537
IRS 990 coverage
2013–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2014
Location
Paducah, KY, USA
Phone
2705544040
Rating
81
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Rehabilitative Medical Services

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$356,999
Expenses
$430,468
Assets
$2,673,950
Liabilities
$8,380

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • ANGIE JACKSON (EXEC DIR/SEC): $41,331 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Corporation was formed in may 2013 to provide individuals with disabilities in western ky the opportunity to grow and develop through theraputic, educational, and recreational equine-oriented activities. Equestrian therapy contributes positively to the cognitive, emotional, social, and physical welfare of people with disabilities. Participants will learn to develop communication skills, responsibitilty, trust, patience, respect, self-confidence, self-esteen, and to overcome fear. Cassidy's cause therapuetic riding academy, inc. Is a certified professional association of the therapuetic horsemanship interational (path) member. All of the lessons are taught by instructors who go through path international training and are certified path instructors.

What it reported doing in 2025

Provide equestrian therapy to individuals with diabilites. Through the generous support of volunteers and donations from individuals and businesses in the community, the academy now houses eleven therapy horses and three miniature horses used to teach new riders about horses and their care. For individuals with impaired mobility, horseback riding gently and rhythmically moves their bodies in three planes: forward & backward, side to side, and up and down. Riders experience increased balance, muscle control, and strength. Horseback riding helps individuals with learning or cognitive disabilities improve their concentration, recognition, vocabulary, and task completion. The unique bond formed with the horse can help improve personal relationships, patience, and behavior among idividuals with psychological or emotional disabilites. All lessons are taught by certified path instructors. Volunteers help instructors with the sessions, care for the horses, help maintain the barn, and work in the front office.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 87
  • Transparency & Controls: 86
  • Accountability: 69
  • Sustainability: 38
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 94.2%; rating input score 94
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 92.9%; rating input score 93; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 2 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 25
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -20.6%; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 6.21; rating input score 83; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 9.6%; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 8.6% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 1.6% per year; rating input score 100; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 16.6% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 94.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 11 of 5 board members independent · 2 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $405K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $41K · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 24 of 25 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 12 filing years from 2013 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • 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.

  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 11/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Independent members within voting members did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 27/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 46/100.