International Saddlebred Hall of Fame
Legal name: Simmons Stable Preservation Fund Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 431944295
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2019–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2021
- Location
- Mexico, MO, US
- Phone
- 573-473-5930
- Rating
- 78
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Historical Societies, Related Historical Activities
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $113,238
- Expenses
- $46,411
- Assets
- $172,574
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
13 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- BOBETTE BALSER WILSON (President)
- ANN STUBBLEFIELD (Vice President)
People named in this filing
- BOBETTE BALSER WILSON (President)
- MARY WHITE LITTRELL (Treasurer)
- ANN STUBBLEFIELD (Vice 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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The Simmons' Stables Preservation Fund mission is: to preserve the historical significance and physical integrity of; to offer for community use; and to present Simmons' Stables – a nationally significant historic site – to current and future generations that Mexico, Missouri was known as the "Saddlehorse Capital of the World"
What it reported doing in 2024
A saddlehorse museum is being created to preserve artifacts and the history of the stable and saddlebred horses. Cemetery tours have been conducted with local historians representing famous horse trainers from mexico, mo. The stable building is made available to the community as an event location to promote the history of the stable and the city. Educational opportunities for students, residents, and tourists to learn about the saddlebred history of mexico, mo. Volunteers provide their time for all events. Open to the general public.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 86% 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 program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 59
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 79
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 38.5%; rating input score 38
- Program expense ratio: 93.7%; rating input score 94
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: 59%; rating input score 95; 95th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.72; rating input score 93; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 5.6% per year; rating input score 100; 49th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 18.1% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 17% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 3 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 38.5% of revenue deployed · 93.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $44K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 13 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules
- Filing history: 4 filing years from 2019 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- 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.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 38/100.