Mobile Whinnies Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
334021515
IRS 990 coverage
2025–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Arlington, MA, USA
Phone
9146096642
Rating
63
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Rehabilitative Medical Services

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$257,181
Expenses
$47,049
Assets
$210,132
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • KATHRYN BRODOWSKI (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • KATHRYN BRODOWSKI (PRESIDENT)
  • ANDREA PALOMO BARRINGER (CLERK)
  • HILARY EATON (TREASURER)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

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

Overview

Mission

Mobile whinnes, lnc.'s activities consist primarily of providing free equine-assisted intervention to members of the eastern Massachusetts community using miniature horses as therapy animals to improve health and wellness for vulnerable populations and encourage educational success for children. Equine - assisted intervention is conducted by kathryn brodowski, md, mph, and qualified horse trainers through local site visits at community organizations, including schools, libraries, senior centers, hospitals, and businesses. This work constitutes approximately 80 percent of the organization's activities. In addition to directly providing equine-assisted intervention, mobile whinnies also engages in education of the community as to the benefits of such intervention and fundraising to support it's mission.

What it reported doing in 2025

Successful debut of programs at target locations of 2 schools, 1 assisted living facility, and 1 local business. Literacy working group convened and drew on expertise of our board members, such as librarian and teachers specialized in early literacy. Resulted in the creation of early literacy program for both preschool and kindergarten age groups in 2025. Preschool program concentrates on teaching identification and sounds of letters (especially how vowels can make 2 sounds). Letters are then sorted into buckets next to ponies of vowels and consonants. Kindergarten program teaches early phonics. Students learn to blend "onset" sound with the "rime" sound written on the pony saddle pad. Through blending sounds together, they make new words. Wellness meet/greet and walking programs were piloted at assisted living facility and a local business. They were met with great success.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% 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 most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 39
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 82
  • Sustainability: 86
  • Growth: NotEnoughData

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 13.6%; rating input score 14
  • Program expense ratio: 74.1%; rating input score 74
  • Fundraising efficiency: $24.41 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th 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; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 4 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 57
    • 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: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 81.7%; rating input score 98; 98th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.47; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: Limited
  • Asset growth: Limited

Details

  • Where the money goes: 13.6% of revenue deployed · 74.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 9 of 9 board members independent · 4 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $35K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 18 of 18 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 14/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 6 not reported.