Horses for Heroes - New Mexico Inc

What it reported doing in 2025

Hands-on programs include cowboy up, a program that provides horsemanship, wellness and skill set restructuring to post 9/11 combat wounded and ptsd- rated veterans, aiding in their post traumatic healing resilience. The program is self-paced, and objective/outcome based. It is both a day program for regional veterans and a residential program for participating veterans from out of state and across the country. The program is self- sustaining with program graduates serving as a cadre with the all-volunteer instructor staff. Approximately 9,600 hours of sessions and veteran activities, including phone, skype, and zoom counseling were provided. Wisdom way for warriors is our hybrid life-skills coaching program. Originally exclusive to women veterans, it is now integrated with our cowboy up program as well as individual coaching sessions. Veteran participant families and couples' personal retreats - veterans who have participated in the cowboy up program are allowed to participate in a personal family or couples retreat, individually designed for their families' pre- and post-development needs. Program partners with us special operations command (socom) warrior care coalition. The us navy special warfare teams began pre-deployment resiliency training during 2023 as a result of the success of our pilot program, initiated in 2022, of pre-deployment resiliency for active military conducted with the us army first division. Providing trauma mitigation tools that allow active-duty members who are deploying to combat zones the ability to identify the debilitating effects of combat trauma in themselves and their unit members in order to stave off what would become post traumatic stress disorder. As part of this initiative, we will also host active-duty couples returning from multiple deployments, in retreat style setting to mitigate and repair the catastrophic effects resulting from back-to-back combat deployments. Wholesome and nutritious home-cooked meals are provided daily to all program participants for all programs. A continuing component of this program is the "train the trainers" graduate core class for egcm (equine gestalt coaching method) on how to work with veterans and their trauma. The organization is endorsed by the New Mexico department of veteran services, New Mexico cattle growers association and their member ranches, working ranch cowboys association (wrca), wrangler national patriot program, american gold star mothers, inc. - albuquerque chapter, the military order of world wars - santa fe chapter, New Mexico women's veterans association, the southwest native american veterans association, and many more.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 32.4%; rating input score 32
• Program expense ratio: 90.4%; rating input score 90
• 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: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 33.3%; rating input score 33; 13th percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 5 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 71
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
  • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Missing
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 79.7%; rating input score 97; 97th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 32.73; rating input score 98; 98th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 1.2% per year; rating input score 100; 19th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 4.2% per year; rating input score 100; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 13% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings