Equine Spirit Sanctuary

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
203373965
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2012–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2011
Location
Ranchos De Taos, NM, USA
Phone
5757581212
Rating
97
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Animal Protection and Welfare

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$165,629
Expenses
$169,736
Assets
$258,619
Liabilities
$103,020

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

People named in this filing

  • RUTH BOURGEOIS (EXECUTIVE DI)
  • TERESA PISANO (SECRETARY/TR)
  • ELEANOR HUDIBURG (BOARD MEMBER)

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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The equine spirit sanctuary (ess) is a volunteer-based healing center that believes in responsible horse ownership. Ess is dedicated to the safety and welfare of all equines and through a program of rescue, rehabilitation, relocation, permanent retirement, and education and serves to establish a connection between equines and humans.

What it reported doing in 2024

Ess is a licensed horse rescue with the state of New Mexico, with our goal to improve the lives of horses through our programs of horse rescue and rehab and education. Horse rescue and rehab: since the start of ess in 2005, ess has rescued over 100 horses and donkeys that were unwanted, in abusive situations, starving, injured, neglected, or otherwise in need of rescue. Ess takes in an average of 2 to 4 equines per year and adopts out an average of 2 per year. Therapeutic riding and equine-assisted activities and therapies programs: path, intl. Based programs for persons of all ages with disabilities, mental health conditions, emotional problems, learning disabilities. Mental health conditions, emotional problems, learning disabilities education and outreach: ess offers lessons and clinics to anyone interested in learning more about responsible horse care, compassionate training and handling, and holistic horsemanship. Ess has hosted clinics with farrier pete ramey, horse trainer mark rashid, riding instructor linda benedik, veterinarian dr. Tomas teskey and many others. Outreach work includes: assisting local horse owners secure hay and veterinary care for their horses in case of emergency.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 86% 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 liabilities are high compared with assets.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 100
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 37
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -2.5%; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.52; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.4; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 19.4%; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 12.3% per year; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 5.8% per year; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 10.1% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $170K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 9 filing years from 2012 to 2024
  • 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 27/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 12/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 16/100.