Strides Therapeutic Horsemanship Center

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
208371068
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2020–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2016
Location
Pasco, WA, USA
Phone
5094928000
Rating
88
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Centers to Support the Independence of Specific Populations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$61,976
Expenses
$115,063
Assets
$44,353
Liabilities
$2,760

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • CYNTHIA PLANCK (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • JENNIFER WEYAND (PRESIDENT)
  • JESSICA SAGDAL (VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • CYNTHIA PLANCK (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • MARILYN FRENCH (TREASURER)
  • THANE COPE (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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To provide children and adults with the therapeutic benefits of adaptive horseback riding and hippotherapy.

What it reported doing in 2024

Adaptive riding program: strides adaptive riding program is our largest and most impactful service providing weekly therapeutic horseback riding lessons tailored to meet the unique physical emotional and cognitive needs of individuals with disabilities. In 2024 strides served approximately 60 riders across multiple sessions ranging in age from 4 yr old children to adults. Riders were grouped by ability to encourage peer interaction and social development. Lessons focused on building core strength balance coordination confidence and communication. The horses used in this program are carefully selected for their calm intuitive temperaments and play an essential role in supporting each participants growth. This program improves quality of life for individuals with conditions such as cerebral palsy autism spectrum disorder ptsd and developmental delays. 4 scholarships were awarded and funded by community donors.

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 revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 91
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 14
  • Growth: 40

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: -85.7%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.39; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.06; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 52.4%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 20.9% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -10.2% per year; rating input score 0; 24th 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: 3 filed program accomplishments · $88K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2020 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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 9/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 25/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 3/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 20/100.