Manes and Miracles

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
825409126
IRS 990 coverage
2022–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2022, Form 990-N 2018
Location
San Tan Valley, AZ, USA
Phone
4803596470
Rating
79
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Mental Health Disorders

Reported finances

Revenue
$348,001
Expenses
$356,251
Assets
$119,613
Liabilities
$-11,519

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • LINDSEY PITTMAN (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • LINDSEY PITTMAN (PRESIDENT): $29,463 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To provide adaptive recreational and equine-assisted therapy programs to individuals with special needs.

What it reported doing in 2024

Educational and leadership development Manes and Miracles successfully launched new educational initiatives designed to strengthen learning, inclusion, and confidence for children of all abilities. Our inaugural summer camps offered single-day and multi-day experiences focused on horsemanship, socialemotional learning, and ranch-based STEM activities, creating meaningful opportunities for growth, friendship, and independence. We also began the initial development of Barnyard Book Club, an innovative literacy program that uses the calming presence of our therapy animals to help children, especially those with learning delays, discover joy and confidence in reading. These initiatives reflect our commitment to expanding access to transformative, whole-child enrichment for families in our community.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 69% 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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 83
  • Transparency & Controls: 91
  • Accountability: 63
  • Sustainability: 25
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 87.1%; rating input score 87
  • Program expense ratio: 83.6%; rating input score 84
  • Fundraising efficiency: $24.01 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 90.9%; rating input score 91; 13th 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 1 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 12
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -2.4%; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.34; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 8.3%; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 12.9% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 30.9% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 37.1% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 87.1% of revenue deployed · 83.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 10 of 10 board members independent · 1 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $298K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $29K · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 23 of 24 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 to 2024
  • 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.

  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 6 of 7 not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 34/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 17/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 30/100.