Equicenter Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
331082985
IRS 990 coverage
2017–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Honeoye Falls, NY, USA
Phone
5856247772
Rating
82
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Rehabilitative Medical Services

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$3,438,143
Expenses
$2,028,379
Assets
$10,621,062
Liabilities
$866,980

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

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • KATHERINE HATCH (CFO/EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • KATHERINE HATCH (CFO/EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $83,706 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Equicenter fosters growth, wellness, and educational opportunities for people of all ages and abilities through the power of horses, horticulture, and nature-based experiences.

What it reported doing in 2025

Equicenter is celebrating its twenty-first year of providing vital therapeutic equine, therapeutic horticulture programs to people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, at-risk youth, veterans and their families and first responders in the greater rochester community and surrounding areas. Equicenter's programs address physical, mental, emotional, neurological and cognitive challenges, various mental health issues, and challenging life circumstance. The equicenter serves children and adults facing many different challenges such as, autism, attention deficit disorder (add), attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder (adhd), cerebralpalsy, spina bifida, hypotonia, visual impairment, developmental delays, down syndrome, deafness, hemiplegia, spastic paralegia, multiple sclerosis, epilepsy, stroke, traumatic brain and spinal injuries, and post traumatic stress (pts). Equicenter continues to expand its range of therapeutic activities to fit the equally diverse needs of the community. Other programs include farm-to-table culinary classes, outdoor education, produce donations from the farm, seed transplant donations to community gardens across the region.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 68% 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

STRONG - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of total spending goes to programs. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and liabilities are high compared with assets.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 65
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 78
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 51.3%; rating input score 51
  • Program expense ratio: 84.5%; rating input score 85
  • Fundraising efficiency: $40.52 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 75; 75th 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • 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: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 41%; rating input score 87; 87th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 5.24; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.08; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 4.1%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 11.5% per year; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 17.7% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 13.2% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 51.3% of revenue deployed · 84.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 10 of 10 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $1.7M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $84K · 12 people listed
  • Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $1.1M reported
  • Consistency: 35 of 35 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 9 filing years from 2017 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.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 51/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 52/100.