Wings of Hope Equitherapy

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
752646324
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
Location
Cleburne, TX, USA
Phone
8177833805
Rating
74
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Developmentally Disabled Centers

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$447,068
Expenses
$595,242
Assets
$1,147,768
Liabilities
$131,964

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

Leadership & pay

15 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Allison Gross (Executive Director)
  • Lisa Nussbaum (President - PY)
  • Clint Sanders (Vice President - PY)
  • Frank Pace (President - PY)

Highest reported compensation

  • Allison Gross (Executive Director): $62,928 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

It is the mission of wings of hope to provide equine assisted services for children and adults with unique physical mental or emotional challenges.

What it reported doing in 2024

Wings of Hope provides equine assisted services designed to improve the physical cognitive emotional and social well-being of children and adults with a disability challenge or any type of special need. Through structured therapeutic horsemanship clients partner with a horse to build strength communication skills confidence and independence in a supportive and inclusive environment. Our mission provides a welcoming environment where individuals are not defined or limited by a diagnosis. Clients are encouraged to explore their abilities build confidence and experience success in ways that may not have been achieved in traditional settings. For many families Wings of Hope is a place where their loved one is truly seen and valued. Programs provide opportunities for participants to flourish while offering families the joy of witnessing growth confidence and independence. During the fiscal year Wings of Hope delivered 1,471 therapeutic lessons including 1,229 mounted lessons and 242 ground based lessons. Lessons incorporate mounted and unmounted ground based activities tailored to each participants abilities and therapeutic objectives. Programs are led by trained instructors and supported by dedicated volunteers and specially trained horses that are integral partners in the therapeutic process. Activities focus on developing functional life skills fostering social and emotional growth while improving physical and cognitive abilities. To ensure accessibility for families in need Wings of Hope provided $73,752 in financial aid during the year helping remove financial barriers and allowing participants to access affordable consistent therapeutic services. In our 30th year of operation Wings of Hope continues to expand access to life changing equine assisted services while strengthening community awareness and support for individuals with disabilities.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 67% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of total spending goes to programs and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 59
  • Transparency & Controls: 83
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 28
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 70.5%; rating input score 70
  • Program expense ratio: 52.9%; rating input score 53
  • Fundraising efficiency: $5.32 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 87.5%; rating input score 88; 4th 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; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -33.1%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.93; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.11; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 10.6%; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 5.6% per year; rating input score 100; 56th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 5.7% per year; rating input score 100; 56th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 9.9% per year; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 70.5% of revenue deployed · 52.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 13 of 13 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $315K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $63K · 15 people listed
  • Consistency: 45 of 47 current checks pass · 2 findings to review
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2011 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.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 53/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 23/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 9/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: CEO compensation review process not reported.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 58/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Functional expense sum did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 25/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 28/100.