Horse Empowered Learning Programs Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
742438629
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2022–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2020, Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2017
Location
Pflugerville, TX, USA
Phone
5124134371
Rating
73
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$121,404
Expenses
$161,354
Assets
$75,577
Liabilities
$4,111

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • STEPHANIE POWELL (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • JC HOBBS (PRESIDENT/TREASURER)

People named in this filing

  • STEPHANIE POWELL (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • JC HOBBS (PRESIDENT/TREASURER)
  • LESLIE WARD (SECRETARY)

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

Our mission is to help those with physical, emotional, and cognitive challenges grow in strength and independence through personalized activities in partnership with a horse.

What it reported doing in 2025

Therapeutic riding program - benefited 15 clients with 272 days of care and 303 completed sessions (4,600 hours of volunteer service)

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 96% 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 total spending goes to programs and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 56
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 16
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 62.1%; rating input score 62
  • Program expense ratio: 46.7%; rating input score 47

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: -32.9%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.47; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.05; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 36.6%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 23.8% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 10.5% per year; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -20.1% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 62.1% of revenue deployed · 46.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $75K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2022 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 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: Program expense ratio scored 47/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 3/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 36/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 9/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 25/100.