Rocky Mountain Riding Therapy
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 311528971
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2015–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2020, Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2014
- Location
- Longmont, CO, USA
- Phone
- 3034941299
- Rating
- 90
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Equestrian
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $61,228
- Expenses
- $176,079
- Assets
- $28,355
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
7 people listed
People named in this filing
- JENNIFER FAWCETT (BOARD MEMBER)
- KELLIE ZELL (BOARD MEMBER)
- BRIAN BOONE (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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Rocky mountain riding therapy's mission is to assist individuals with physical, cognitive and/or emotional challenges to reach their fullest potential through equine-assisted therapies and activities. We are a 501(c)3 non-profit established in 1993. We are also an accredited member center of the professional association of therapeutic horsemanship international (path intl.) we provide equine assisted therapies and activities that have many positive benefits for our participants. They can provide strength, balance, postural control, muscle tone, coordination, motor skills, and sensory processing in addition to increased confidence, emotional well-being, communication, focused attention and cognitive development.
What it reported doing in 2024
In 2024, rocky mountain riding therapy offered a variety of programs tailored to the needs of specific children and adults. In support of our mission, to assist individuals with physical, cognitive and/or emotional challenges to reach their fullest potential through equine-assisted therapies and services. We offer the following programs. 1.therapeutic riding 2.hippotherapy - this is occupational, physical or speech therapy using the movement of the horse as a treatment strategy. 3.equine assisted or facilitated psychotherapy (eap or efp) - is an interactive process in which a licensed mental health professional partners with horses to address psychotherapy goals set forth by the mental health professional and the client. 4.equine assisted learning (eal) - is an experiential learning approach at the end of 2024 rocky mountain riding therapy temporarily closed because we had to relocate. A new board of directors was elected in november of 2024.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- 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
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 91
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 8
- Growth: 80
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 76.3%; rating input score 76
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -187.6%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.16; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 14.6%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 10% per year; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 5% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -1.4% per year; rating input score 0; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 76.3% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $134K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 6 filing years from 2015 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 5/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 14/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 9/100.