Cloverleaf Equine Center

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
541897241
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Clifton, VA, USA
Phone
7037640269
Rating
76
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Rehabilitative Medical Services

Reported finances

Revenue
$2,060,392
Expenses
$1,492,163
Assets
$9,649,866
Liabilities
$1,822,053

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • KELSEY GALLAGHER (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • KELSEY GALLAGHER (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $80,832 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To help each individual realize their highest potential by providing equine-assisted services to people with disabilities, youth from marginalized communities, recovering military personnel, and others in need, in an inclusive community setting.

What it reported doing in 2024

Cloverleaf provided 8,687 riding, horsemanship, physical therapy, and mental health and wellness sessions for individuals, military, and special groups such as youth from marginalized communities. Cloverleaf accomplished this with a staff that includes 11 path certified instructors, 3 therapists, 4 path equine specialists, and 18 horses. Cloverleaf also received over 13,500 volunteer hours provided by over 280 volunteers in 2024.for over forty years, cloverleaf has helped clients gain physical and mental benefits through riding and interactive sessions with horses. Cloverleaf's equine-assisted services include therapeutic riding, physical therapy, mental health services,...continued on schedule ocontinued from page 2...and equine-assisted learning. Clients improve strength and balance and build self-confidence, among many other benefits. Cloverleaf subsidizes the costs of services and provides scholarships as needed for weekly clients. Services are provided at no cost to the youth from marginalized communities and recovering military personnel (both active duty and veterans), so that cost is not a barrier to participation.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 73% 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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 53
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 90
  • Sustainability: 76
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 49.6%; rating input score 50
  • Program expense ratio: 66.1%; rating input score 66
  • Fundraising efficiency: $7.45 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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: 90.9%; rating input score 91; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 27.6%; rating input score 83; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 6.47; rating input score 87; 87th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.19; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 5.4%; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 7.9% per year; rating input score 100; 55th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 4.1% per year; rating input score 100; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 9.6% per year; rating input score 100; 57th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 49.6% of revenue deployed · 66.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 10 of 11 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $987K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $81K · 12 people listed
  • Consistency: 36 of 36 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

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

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 50/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 28/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Form 990 shared with the board not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 45/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 51/100.