From the Ground Up Therapeutic Horsemanship Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 043667861
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2010–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2016
- Location
- Tully, NY, USA
- Phone
- 3153823664
- Rating
- 68
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Counseling, Support Groups
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $65,625
- Expenses
- $77,140
- Assets
- $272,607
- Liabilities
- $207,692
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
10 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Nadine Essel (President & Volunteer Coordinator)
- Andrea Colella (Executive Director)
People named in this filing
- Nadine Essel (President & Volunteer Coordinator)
- Renee Roth (Treasurer)
- Lori Bachmann (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
From the Ground Up Therapeutic Horsemanship, Inc. (FTGU) offers Equine Assisted Activities/Therapy to persons of all abilities, life challenges and stages.
What it reported doing in 2024
THERAPEUTIC RIDING (TR) Therapeutic Riding is an adapted riding lesson program that addresses physical, cognitive, social & educational goals through working with and riding horses. Participants are screened through medical clearance from their healthcare providers, family/caregiver application and assessment by From The Ground Up (FTGU) staff. Sessions typically take place once a week for 30-60 minutes, depending upon the rider's tolerance and instructor discretion. In 2024, we served 6 riders in this program who rode for all of our three riding seasons, spring, summer and fall. Three riders improved communication with the horse as well as with volunteers. One participant improved coordination and mood. One rider improved impulse regulation as well as the above mentioned outcomes. Three other riders improved independence, attention and coordination.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- 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 - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 42
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 37
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 45.5%; rating input score 45
- Program expense ratio: 36.6%; rating input score 37
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: -17.5%; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.53; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.76; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 3.6%; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 3.2% per year; rating input score 100; 58th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 4.8% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 12.4% per year; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 45.5% of revenue deployed · 36.6% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $28K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 11 filing years from 2010 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
- 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.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 45/100.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 37/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 25/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 7/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 11/100.