San Mateo County Horsemens Association

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
237076143
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2010–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-T 2022
Location
Woodside, CA, USA
Phone
6507220606
Rating
72
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Other Services - Specialty Animals

Reported finances

Revenue
$43,169
Expenses
$35,095
Assets
$40,252

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

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • CARY OBERTI (Vice President)
  • GABRIELA MARQUEZ (CO-PRESIDENT)
  • MARIANGELA SONSTEGARD (CO-PRESIDENT)
  • CARIN ZELLER (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • CHERYL BASIN (Treasurer)
  • CARY OBERTI (Vice President)
  • GABRIELA MARQUEZ (CO-PRESIDENT)

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

The san mateo county horsemen's association is formed for the purpose of sponsoring, cultivating and fostering an interest in fine horses and fine horsemanship in all types of horses throughout the state of California and in the county of san mateo in particular; to give aid and support to every type of activity concerning horses; to sponsor any activity which will further the general purpose thereof, such as, but not limited to, horse shows and parades; to assist and encourage the acquisition, building, maintenance and supervision of bridle paths, horseback trails and the rights-of-way thereof, as well as accomodations for the riders and horses thereon; and to do any and all things in furtherance of horsemen and horses.

What it reported doing in 2025

Furtherance of horsemanship and cultivation of equine activities for the youth of northern California.

Operating model

Revenue model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 73% for direct work, and 27% for grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Revenue has declined or grown slowly and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 66
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 55
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 60.8%; rating input score 61
  • Program expense ratio: 74.8%; rating input score 75

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 18.7%; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.15; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 4.4% per year; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -3.4% per year; rating input score 0; 38th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 9.7% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 60.8% of revenue deployed · 74.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $26K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2025
  • 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 — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 51/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.