Hickory Knoll Fund Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 208605866
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2012–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2023
- Location
- Fitchburg, WI, USA
- Phone
- 6082120804
- Rating
- 74
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Educational Services and Schools - Other
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $1,572
- Expenses
- $816
- Assets
- $38,657
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
5 people listed
People named in this filing
- JOHN FREIBURGER (BOARD)
- BETSY FREIBURGER (BOARD)
- THERESE ASCHKENASE (BOARD)
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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Provide support for equine non profits
What it reported doing in 2025
Provide support for equine non-profits
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Investment-supported. 87% of the money available for current operations came from recurring investment income.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - A large share of total spending goes to programs and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and program spending has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 74
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 77
- Growth: 0
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 58.5%; rating input score 59
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 48.1%; rating input score 89; 89th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 47.37; rating input score 98; 98th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -8% per year; rating input score 0; 31st percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -10.2% per year; rating input score 0; 24th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -3.5% per year; rating input score 0; 27th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 58.5% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $816 in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 1 filed schedules
- Filing history: 4 filing years from 2012 to 2025
- 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.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 59/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.