Specialized Equine Services and Theraputic Riding

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
453061388
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2014–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2023, Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2013
Location
Marion, IL, USA
Phone
6189670064
Rating
78
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Centers to Support the Independence of Specific Populations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$113,291
Expenses
$95,705
Assets
$60,765
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Debbie Cooper (Executive Director and Board Member)
  • Kevin MacDonald (President)

People named in this filing

  • Debbie Cooper (Executive Director and Board Member)
  • Kevin MacDonald (President)
  • Rachelle Gray (Secretary)

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

SES provides equine-based therapy to serve children, adults, and Veterans in Southern Illinois. In 2025, we provided 1,000 hours of equine therapy to participants from Southern Illinois.

What it reported doing in 2025

Provided equine-assisted therapy to children, adults, and Veterans with psychological, neurological, and physical conditions such as Down's Syndrome, MS, CP, Autism, Brain Injury, PTSD, Stroke, and Cancer.

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 a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 66
  • Transparency & Controls: 93
  • Sustainability: 54
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 61.8%; rating input score 62
  • Program expense ratio: 73.1%; rating input score 73

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 91.7%; rating input score 92; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 15.5%; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.63; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 24%; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 5.6% per year; rating input score 100; 47th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 9% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 8% per year; rating input score 100; 53rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 61.8% of revenue deployed · 73.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $70K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 11 filing years from 2014 to 2025
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 45/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 15/100.