Horse Plus Humane Society is the largest Horse welfare organization in the united states, rescuing and sheltering more horses than any other Horse welfare organization, based on the number of animals helped and adopted each year. We are an open admissions, full circle of life Horse welfare organization and will never turn a Horse away. Every year we help hundreds of Horse trasition from a rough place in their life to a new start. Our wonderful team of veterinarians and Horse trainers work with the horses to help them become happy, healthy and adoptable. Hourse Plus Humane Society has many programs to help horses and their owners thoughout the united states.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
85¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 3 volunteers and 34 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2025 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
5 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $321K a year · 14% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 5 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
85%
of spending
Looks good: 85% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$161K
to officers and key staff · 7% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 7% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
5 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 5.0 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
11
named funders · $121K
Looks good: 11 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$371K
14% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 14% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
10
of 10 voting members
Looks good: 10 of 10 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$2.4M
-25% vs prior year
Spent
$2.3M
To programs
85%
Net assets
$2.3M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$2.4M
FY2025▼ -25%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$997K
FY2021$2.8M
FY2022$2.1M
FY2023$2.2M
FY2024$3.2M
FY2025$2.4M
Expenses
$2.3M
FY2025▼ -12%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$726K
FY2021$1.6M
FY2022$2.3M
FY2023$2.2M
FY2024$2.7M
FY2025$2.3M
Net assets
$2.3M
FY2025▲ +3%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$635K
FY2021$1.8M
FY2022$1.7M
FY2023$1.7M
FY2024$2.2M
FY2025$2.3M

From the FY2025 Form 990 · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Mar 2005.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

85 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 85% · $2.0M Management & general 11% · $263K Fundraising 4% · $92K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

10 people listed on the 990; $161K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
$97,642Pt VII · Sec A
$63,800Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board of Dir
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board of Dir
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board of Dir
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board of Dir
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board of Dir
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Tawnee Preisner’s $98K as President is at the 43rd percentile of top reported officer pay among 1137 $1–10M animals nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 3 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Tawnee Preisner$97,642$101,385$95,156$96,563$78,188$75,600
Angela Archibald$63,800$46,532$37,772$38,215$34,746—
Sarah Lake—————$37,125

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes
  • Loans to or from officersSch L · Pt II1 listed

Programs and updates

Rescues, shelters, and finds new homes for hundreds of horses annually.

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3 programs · $2.0M · in their own filed words · FY2025
01

Rescue, shelter and adopt into loving homes from slaughter pipeline auctions, preventing the horses from being shipped out of the country for slaughter. Also accept owner surrenders, law enforcement seizures, abandoned horses and shelter transfer horses.

$1.8Mprogram expense
02

We Buy Horses

A program where horses in danger of shipping to slaughter are purchased brfore their desperate owners sell them to a kill buyer or horse trader who will take them directly to an auction.

$147Kprogram expense
03

Full circle of life mentoring and grant progam. Mentored pony tales rescue and rehab in wisconsin to become a full circle of life shelter. Also included is the horse rescue heroes TV program.

Pt IX · col B

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2024
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By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$2.4M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$2.4M
Investment incomeLn 3$26K
Money outPt IX
$2.3M
Ln 25
Programscol B$2.0M
Managementcol C$263K
Fundraisingcol D$92K
Owns and owesPt X
$2.3M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$979K
Total assetsLn 16$2.7M
LiabilitiesLn 26$371K
PeoplePt VI, VII
10
listed · VII A
PaidVII A2
Voting boardVI 1a10
IndependentVI 1b10
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$2.4M
Investment incomeLn 3$26K
Total revenueLn 12$2.4M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$479K
SavingsLn 2$501K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$979K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$1.6M
Other assetsLn 15$101K
Total assetsLn 16$2.7M
LiabilitiesLn 26$371K
Net assetsLn 32$2.3M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 534
VolunteersI 63
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aNo
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.0M$979K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$1.4M$1.6M
Total assetsLn 16$2.7M$2.7M
LiabilitiesLn 26$424K$371K
Net assetsLn 32$2.2M$2.3M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$934K$817K$117K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$50K$44K$6K
Payroll taxesLn 10$91K$79K$12K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$25K$25K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$984K$887K$97K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$92K$92K
InterestLn 20$22K$22K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$94K$94K
InsuranceLn 23$50K$42K$7K
Total functional expensesLn 25$2.3M$2.0M$263K$92K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $2.4M$2.3M$52K$2.3M 990 PDF
FY2024 $3.2M$2.7M$534K$2.2M 990 PDF
FY2023 $2.2M$2.2M$10K$1.7M 990 PDF
FY2022 $2.1M$2.3M−$148K$1.7M 990 PDF
FY2021 $2.8M$1.6M$1.2M$1.8M 990 PDF
FY2020 $997K$726K$271K$635K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support O · Explanations
See the full FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $2,393,359 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $3,191,451$2,367,263
I-9 Program service revenue$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $8,398$26,096
I-11 Other revenue$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $3,199,849$2,393,359
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $1,115,317$1,075,038
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $1,550,540$1,266,473
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $2,665,857$2,341,511
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $533,992$51,848
Part VI · Governance 10 of 10 board members independent, 2 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body10
VI-1b Independent voting members10
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyNo
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $2,393,359 across 4 lines filed
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$2,367,263
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$2,367,263
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $26,096$26,096
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $26,096$2,393,359
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $2,341,511 across 9 lines filed
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $817,304 · Management $116,559$933,863
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $44,289 · Management $6,039$50,328
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $79,037 · Management $11,810$90,847
IX-11d Lobbying feesManagement $24,878$24,878
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $887,121 · Management $96,752$983,873
IX-12 Advertising and promotionFundraising $92,268$92,268
IX-20 InterestPrograms $21,822$21,822
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $94,055$94,055
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $42,140 · Management $7,437$49,577
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $1,985,768 · Management $263,475 · Fundraising $92,268$2,341,511
Part X · Balance sheet $2,674,025 assets, 10 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $1,044,832$478,670
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investments$500,711
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $1,371,518$1,593,284
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $243,443$101,360
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $2,659,793$2,674,025
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $31,527$1,352
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $36,490$34,571
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $423,989$371,366
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $2,235,804$2,302,659
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $2,659,793$2,674,025
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $2,302,659 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$2,393,359
XI-2 Total expenses$2,341,511
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$51,848
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$2,235,804
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$15,007
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$2,302,659

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