Futures for Standardbreds

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
464465053
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2023–2023
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2023, Form 990-N 2022
Location
Hollis Center, ME, USA
Phone
2076322128
Rating
54
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Animal Protection and Welfare

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$81,280
Expenses
$54,750
Assets
$96,953
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Ann Ewing (Director and Interim President)
  • Marilyn Ives (Director and President until 6/30/23)

People named in this filing

  • Ann Ewing (Director and Interim President)
  • Marilyn Ives (Director and President until 6/30/23)
  • Eva Morrill (Director and 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 2023. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Futures For Standardbreds accepts donated Standardbreds that are no longer racing for a variety of reasons, and also rescues them from situations that will lead to inhumane treatment. The horses must be sound and retrainable for pleasure disciplines, and placement in a responsible home.

What it reported doing in 2023

To re-home these retrained Standardbreds with an adopter who is a good match in terms of ability, appropriateness of their property of boarding facility, and intended use of the horse. Bad Moonshine also came to us as a track retiree. He took to riding easily, loved people, seemed generally calm, reliable and eager to please. He was adopted by a family that teaches riding lessons. He is now being ridden by much younger riders than most retired racehorses. They are crazy about him and really trust him with younger riders. Those benefitted: The original owner who could no longer afford to take care to the horse, the adopter who got a great horse that will suit their needs for years to come.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 81% 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

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. 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: 22
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 66
  • Growth: NotEnoughData

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 18.6%; rating input score 19
  • Program expense ratio: 27.4%; rating input score 27

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 32.6%; rating input score 83; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.77; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 3.2%; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

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

Details

  • Where the money goes: 18.6% of revenue deployed · 27.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $15K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 19/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 27/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 11/100.