Lifeline Horse Rescue and Rehabilitation Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 821507101
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2021–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2020
- Location
- Gaithersburg, MD, USA
- Phone
- 3013181686
- Rating
- 64
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Animal Protection and Welfare
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $148,354
- Expenses
- $150,396
- Assets
- $16,438
- Liabilities
- $16,021
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
4 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- LEILA HERTZBERG (President)
- ANNA GRIFFITHS (Vice President)
People named in this filing
- LEILA HERTZBERG (President)
- JOHN SPENCER DEAN (Treasurer)
- JULIA GRAFSTEIN (Board member)
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
Lifeline Horse Rescue and Rehabilitation, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) Non-Profit volunteer-based equine welfare organization.We are a community resource for connecting horses in need to people who can help them. We provide help for abused, neglected, and/or unwanted horses via rescue, rehabilitation, retraining, and rehoming. We follow and advocate the guidelines of equine care set by the American Association of Equine Practitioners and the Humane Society of the United States. We work closely with a team of professionals to ensure that each rescue horse receives the care, training, and time to recover he/she needs.In addition, we strive to prevent abuse and neglect through educational programs and community outreach. We also look to give back to the community by means of interaction with the rescued horses. The populations we aim to serve include underprivileged children, veterans, military, first responders, and victims of abuse.In an effort to promote a sustainable equine practice we will in
What it reported doing in 2025
Lifelife Horse Rescue and Rehabilitation, Incc's 2025 accomplishments include 3 equine adoptionsl 3 equine intakes, and 400 bags of composted horse manure distributed to the community. The 2025 LETS program includes 231 equine-assisted therapay (EAP) sessions delivered; 48 health & wellness/life coaching sessions; 20 recreational therapeutic horseback riding lessons for mil/vet community; 29 group EAP events delivered; 35 LETS program outreach events staffed; 48 screenings for mental health; 11 trauma-informed yoga classes conducted to the veteran/military community; 1 mil/vet youth horsemanship camp.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 98% 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 - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. 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: 53
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 24
- Growth: 80
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 52.7%; rating input score 53
- Program expense ratio: 52%; rating input score 52
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -1.4%; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.11; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.97; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 13.1% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 24.1% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -22.5% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 52.7% of revenue deployed · 52% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $78K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 5 filing years from 2021 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- 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 53/100.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 52/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 26/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 12/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 4/100.