For Hanks Sake
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 823739863
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2019–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Nicholasville, KY, USA
- Phone
- 6096941917
- Rating
- 69
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Animal Protection and Welfare
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $165,507
- Expenses
- $170,182
- Assets
- $1,338
- Liabilities
- $179,278
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
1 person listed
Executive titles in this filing
- TAMMI JO REGAN (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- TAMMI JO REGAN (PRESIDENT)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
For hanks sake is a nonprofit organization dedicated to rescuing, rehabilitating and retraining neglected and abused horses. In addition to helping disadvantaged horses, for hanks sake offers the same services to retired racehorses for their second careers once their racing time is over. We are committed to providing the horses in our stables a lifetime of love, comfort, and care. We honor them by providing the joy of safe, compassionate, and trusting relationships. For hanks sake plays a leading role in raising awareness of the need to actively identify and care for these horses, and as a way to give back to the community we connect with other organizations to include underprivileged children and at-risk youth in the proper care of rehabilitated horses so that, by interacting with these majestic, gentle animals, their self-esteem and self-confidence can be strengthened. Our affiliation with equinox stables, llc allows us to accomplish our mission in a professional environment with pow
What it reported doing in 2024
For hanks sake is a nonprofit organization dedicated to rescuing, rehabilitating and retraining neglected and abused horses. In addition to helping disadvantaged horses, for hanks sake offers the same services to retired racehorses for their second careers once their racing time is over. We are committed to providing the horses in our stables a lifetime of love, comfort, and care. We honor them by providing the joy of safe, compassionate, and trusting relationships. For hanks sake plays a leading role in raising awareness of the need to actively identify and care for these horses, and as a way to give back to the community we connect with other organizations to include underprivileged children and at-risk youth in the proper care of rehabilitated horses so that, by interacting with these majestic, gentle animals, their self-esteem and self-confidence can be strengthened. Our affiliation with equinox stables, llc allows us to accomplish our mission in a professional environment with powerful and proven equine assisted learning programs. Mentorship and development of life skills through eal give children a glimmer of hope and a reason to live when all they have only known is how to survive. For hanks sake started with one horse, but its voice will continue growing to speak up for all animals that need it.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 80% 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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 89
- Transparency & Controls: 90
- Accountability: 6
- Sustainability: 24
- Growth: 80
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Limited
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 0%; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 1 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 14
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -2.8%; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.01; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 133.99; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 21% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 22.6% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -29.4% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 0 of 1 board members independent · 1 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $170K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 1 people listed
- Consistency: 24 of 24 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 5 filing years from 2019 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- 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: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
- High — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 6 not reported.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 33/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 2/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 0/100.