Wild Horse Connection Corporation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
474041060
IRS 990 coverage
2021–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-N 2018
Location
Stagecoach, NV, USA
Phone
7753509880
Rating
76
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Animal Protection and Welfare

Reported finances

Revenue
$555,826
Expenses
$348,606
Assets
$353,493
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Corenna Vance (President)

People named in this filing

  • Margaret Dziolek (Director of social media)
  • Karen Ballard (Director)
  • Alberta Hoechlin (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. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To keep the Wild Horses of the Virginia Range free on the range by educating the community about living with our Mustangs and rescuing those that have been removed from the range. We work with the Nevada Department of Agriculture City County Law Enforcement Developers and Land Owners to achieve this. WHC installs fencing gates and cattle guards and provides water resources in the higher range so the horses stay high up and not down on our community streets. We train our rescues so they can be used for therapy and emotional support. We provide emergency resources to those in need. We connect with our community in order to protect the Wild Mustangs by education and awareness.

What it reported doing in 2025

Care of rescues - Each year horses and foals must be removed from the range for various reasons and require care. In 2025 we continued operating our foal nursery in which we provide 24 7 care for orphaned or abandoned foals. We also took on 25 horses who were seized in a neglect case by Storey County and required extensive rehabilitation and care while awaiting adoption or sanctuary placement. Wild horses live adjacent to and sometimes in areas presenting many potential needs for intervention. Wild horses who are injured or are outside of designated fenced boundaries require a trained rescue services team with proper trucks trailers and equipment. A rescued wild horse needs to be transported to an equine facility for treatment or rehabilitation or relocated to a safe location on the Virginia Range.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% 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 - A large share of total spending goes to programs and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 70
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 70
  • Sustainability: 73
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 56.2%; rating input score 56
  • Program expense ratio: 89.5%; rating input score 90
  • Fundraising efficiency: $54.97 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 2 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 29
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 37.3%; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.01; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -33.7% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 0.2% per year; rating input score 100; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 2.5% per year; rating input score 100; 25th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 56.2% of revenue deployed · 89.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 6 of 6 board members independent · 2 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 7 filed program accomplishments · $312K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 43 of 43 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2021 to 2025
  • 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.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 56/100.
  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 43/100.