HERR Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 475320576
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2016–2019
- Forms available
- Form 990 2019
- Location
- Bigfork, MT, USA
- Phone
- 3105710156
- Rating
- 71
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Animal Protection and Welfare
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $437,345
- Expenses
- $436,417
- Assets
- $8,570
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2019. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
1 person listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Johnna Hiatt (President)
People named in this filing
- Johnna Hiatt (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 2019. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To create an atmosphere that encourages creative and spiritual growth for both horses and humans. Amplify the voices of the forgotten, the abused, the lost and the ill. To bring these horses back to a healthy balance, interjecting the support and work of humans that seek the same healthy balance. There is a saying that unconditional love conquers all, we have proven this to be true.
What it reported doing in 2019
Live freely on the land.Promote public awareness to the plight of horses - elderly owners who just want their horses safe from abuse and slaughter after they are gone, families who hit difficult times, children who would otherwise never get a chance to ride, and of course, our forthcoming veterans program where veterans can be employed to assist with the care of the horses and while receiving housing to create a home. We network with other rescue operations and create local events for the public to build existing fostering programs, create internship opportunities and guest speaking opportunities to share their knowledge and experience with our communities. The final ranch will be a 20 plus acre property with protected borders, ensuring a safe space for our programs, facilities and stables. Horses of all ages can be safely introduced, receive medical care nutrition and love. H.E.R.R. embodies what the horses and the natural landscape has taught us and continues to show us every day - how to mercy, how to open our hearts through compassion and how to live every day with unconditional love.
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
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: 38
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 99.8%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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; 6th 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: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Fail
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 0.2%; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.02; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 5.8% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 6.4% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 14.9% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 99.8% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 0 of 1 board members independent · 1 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $436K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 1 people listed
- Consistency: 20 of 20 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 4 filing years from 2016 to 2019
- 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.
Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.
- High — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
- High — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 6 not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 2/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 41/100.
- High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.