Missouri Forget-me-not Horse Rescue Sanctuary

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
453787871
IRS 990 coverage
2016–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-N 2011
Location
Linn Creek, MO, USA
Phone
5732163838
Rating
77
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Wildlife Preservation, Protection

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,002,987
Expenses
$1,043,958
Assets
$3,119,637
Liabilities
$421,162

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • CHRISTINA LANDRY (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • KRISTYN L HEINZMAN (DIRECTOR): $62,500 total reported compensation
  • JOYCE LIZOTTE (TREASURER): $23,745 total reported compensation
  • CHRISTINA LANDRY (PRESIDENT): $11,094 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Our mission is to provide aid and sanctuary to abused, neglected, abandoned or donated horses that come to us in need. To work with law enforcement and other agencies in their efforts to rectify situations in which horses are in peril. To provide horses in our sanctuary with needed medical care, proper nutrition and a health plan to restore them physically and mentally for a new life. To continue educational and fundraising efforts to both help us support our rescue efforts and to promote awareness of issues involving neglect and abuse in our area.

What it reported doing in 2025

Rehabilitation and adoption program - Missouri forget me not horse rescue and sanctuary takes in horses that have been abandoned, neglected, abused or donated. The horses are evaluated by a veterinarian, horse trainer and/or other knowledgeable and experienced staff to determine if they can be rehabilitated for adoption. Horses are provided with any required medical treatment, including gelding studs, and providing nutritional support, including pasture, grain, hay and nutritional supplements as required to return them to a healthy state. They are provided hoof care by a farrier and dental care, if needed. Once healthy, the horses are evaluated by a trainer to determine their ride-ability. Based on the evaluation, they are sent to a professional trainer. Once the hose is deemed ready for adoption, they are listed for adoption on our website, in our newsletter and on facebook. Applications are accepted and reviewed and horses are only adopted to approved applicants. An adoption fee is required to help offset some of the cost of caring for the training the horse. During 2025, we had 16 horses adopted to approved homes, and we had 36 ride-able horses and 52 companion only horses available for adoption at the end of the year, not including those in foster care.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 92% 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 - 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: 75
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 63
  • Sustainability: 40
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 74.2%; rating input score 74
  • Program expense ratio: 71.3%; rating input score 71
  • Fundraising efficiency: $684.31 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 96; 96th percentile among comparable filings

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: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 1 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 11
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -4.1%; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.99; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.14; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 9.3%; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 19.3% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 13.7% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 24.5% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 74.2% of revenue deployed · 71.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 4 of 4 board members independent · 1 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $745K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $62K · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 25 of 25 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 9 filing years from 2016 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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: 7 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 21/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 31/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 39/100.