Destinys Ride Therapeutic Program Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
882393545
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2025–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2024
Location
Ghent, NY, USA
Phone
5186104408
Rating
77
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Counseling, Support Groups

Reported finances

Revenue
$53,310
Expenses
$50,307
Assets
$15,127
Liabilities
$60

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

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JANE SHERWOOD (President)

People named in this filing

  • JANE SHERWOOD (President)
  • ASHLEY SALAMIDA (Secretary)
  • SANDRA FOSTER (Treasurer)

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

Destinys Ride Therapeutic Program, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to enriching the lives of individuals with disabilities and other challenges through therapeutic and adaptive equine-assisted activities. Our programs promote physical, emotional, social, and cognitive development while building confidence, independence, self-esteem, and overall well-being. Services include therapeutic adaptive horseback riding, equine-assisted activities, and individualized programming designed to meet each participants unique needs. We strive to provide a safe, supportive, and inclusive environment where individuals of all abilities can experience the therapeutic benefits of horses.

What it reported doing in 2025

Destinys Ride Therapeutic Program, Inc. provides therapeutic adaptive horseback riding and equine-assisted activities for children and adults with disabilities and other physical, developmental, emotional, and social challenges. Programs are individualized to support each participants abilities and goals and may address balance, coordination, strength, motor skills, communication, confidence, independence, and social participation. Current programming includes private and group therapeutic riding lessons, equine-assisted ground activities, and individualized equine experiences. The organization also collaborates with local agencies serving individuals with disabilities and continues to expand community-based programming and scholarship opportunities to improve access to services.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 76% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
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

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

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 85
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 42
  • Growth: NotEnoughData

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 82.9%; rating input score 83
  • Program expense ratio: 87.9%; rating input score 88

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 5.6%; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.3; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: Limited
  • Asset growth: Limited

Details

  • Where the money goes: 82.9% of revenue deployed · 87.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $44K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.

Key Signals

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

  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 23/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 54/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 28/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.