Heart of Illinois Horse Rescue
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 923444081
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2024–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2023
- Location
- Wapella, IL, USA
- Phone
- 2174336388
- Rating
- 44
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Animal Protection and Welfare
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $1,273
- Expenses
- $1,305
- Assets
- $65
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
1 person listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Pamela Barnes (President)
People named in this filing
- Pamela Barnes (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-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The primary exempt status is to rescue abused/neglected horses from kill pens designed to transport them to horse slaughterhouses in Mexico & Canada. Our organization purchases these horses, provides them medical care, farrier work, feed and water, and finds them safe, permanent homes. Our rescue has an extensive adoption application and vetting process so that these horses will not end up in kill pens again. We educate the public as to the condition of these horses through various media and we ask for donations to feed, house and provide medical care, hoof care and housing for them. We operate solely with donations from the public and grants. This year we rescued 2 mini horses from a kill pen in North Carolina via a donkey rescue in Kentucky. These 2 minis were emaciated, unhandled and extremely ill. Through our efforts both minis have received the medical attention, hoof care, & socialization to make them good candidates for adoption.
What it reported doing in 2024
Progressive Foundation - we used this grant to rescue one of the mini horses.
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 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. 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: 18
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 36
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 17.7%; rating input score 18
- Program expense ratio: 17.2%; rating input score 17
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -2.5%; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.05; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 17.7% of revenue deployed · 17.2% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $225 in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 1 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- 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 18/100.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 17/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 40/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 8/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.