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Provide equine assisted education and counseling to children, youth and families. The LEAD with Horses mission is to improve the social, emotional and behavioral development of children and youth through quality therapeutic and educational equine programs. We keep our programs affordable for families while maintaining a high level of professionalism, and continually strive to improve and increase equine assisted services for under resourced families.

Form 990 Part I, line 1, FY2024. The organization’s own words, as filed with the IRS. Find it at the IRS (EIN 36-4818132) · Dispute this line
501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
57¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 30 volunteers and 3 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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FY2024 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
The IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2024
latest Form 990
The latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
3 of 3
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $298K a year · 57% of revenue · last 3 filings
A surplus in 3 of the last 3 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 3 filings
Spent on programs
57%
of spending
57% of spending went to programs.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$48K
to officers and key staff · 14% of spending
Pay to officers and key staff is 14% of spending.
Part VII, Section A
6.5 mo
of spending, in cash
6.5 months of spending in cash.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
2
named funders · $20K
2 funders name it on their filings.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$750K
44% of total assets
Liabilities are 44% of assets.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
6
of 7 voting members
6 of 7 voting members are independent.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
Revenue
$1.1M
+315% vs prior year
Spent
$336K
To programs
57%
Net assets
$959K
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$1.1M
FY2024▲ +315%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$76K
FY2021$121K
FY2022$182K
FY2023$268K
FY2024$1.1M
Expenses
$336K
FY2024▲ +64%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020Not on file
FY2021Not on file
FY2022$125K
FY2023$205K
FY2024$336K
Net assets
$959K
FY2024▲ +419%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$39K
FY2021$65K
FY2022$123K
FY2023$185K
FY2024$959K

From the FY2024 Form 990 · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Feb 2017.

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

Where the money goes

57 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 57% · $191K Management & general 43% · $144K

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

8 people listed on the 990; $48K paid to officers and key staff (Part VII, Section A).

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Director
$47,750Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Jeane Spade-Allgood’s $48K as Executive Director is at the 5th percentile of top reported officer pay among 3128 $1–10M health care 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 · 2 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Jeane Spade-Allgood$47,750————
Jeane Spada-Allgood—$30,750$25,000$25,000$25,000

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 15aNo

Programs and updates

Offers horse-based therapy and education to help children, youth, and families improve social, emotional, and behavioral skills.

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1 program · $191K · in their own filed words · FY2024
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Assisted under resourced families by providing impactful equine assisted services

Form 990 Part III, line 4, FY2024. The organization’s own words, as filed with the IRS. Find it at the IRS (EIN 36-4818132) · Dispute this line
$191Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

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

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 2 funders$20K
Grants paid · 1 grant · $30K · 2024–2024
Unitemized GrantFY2024$29,775

By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$1.1M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.1M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$71K
Investment incomeLn 3$831
Money outPt IX
$336K
Ln 25
Programscol B$191K
Managementcol C$144K
Owns and owesPt X
$959K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$183K
Total assetsLn 16$1.7M
LiabilitiesLn 26$750K
PeoplePt VI, VII
8
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a7
IndependentVI 1b6
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.1M
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$82K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$71K
Investment incomeLn 3$831
Total revenueLn 12$1.1M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
SavingsLn 2$183K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$183K
Pledges and grants receivableLn 3$11K
Inventories for sale or useLn 8$1.5M
Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesLn 9$504
Other assetsLn 15$12K
Total assetsLn 16$1.7M
LiabilitiesLn 26$750K
Net assetsLn 32$959K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 53
VolunteersI 630
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY24End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$139K$183K
Total assetsLn 16$185K$1.7M
LiabilitiesLn 26$356$750K
Net assetsLn 32$185K$959K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$30K$30K
Pay of officers and key staff (Part IX, line 5)Ln 5$48K$48K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$80K$62K$17K
Payroll taxesLn 10$4K$3K$1K
Legal feesLn 11b$13K$13K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$22K$18K$3K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$4K$4K
Office expensesLn 13−$369−$369
OccupancyLn 16$3K$3K
TravelLn 17$6K$6K
InterestLn 20$18K$18K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$1K$1K
InsuranceLn 23$19K$7K$12K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$86K$61K$25K
All other expensesLn 24e$2K$2K
Total functional expensesLn 25$336K$191K$144K$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest ViewingFiled with the IRS Sep 15, 2025 $1.1M$336K$774K$959K 990 PDF
FY2023Filed with the IRS Oct 23, 2024 $268K$205K$62K$185K 990 PDF
FY2022Filed with the IRS May 13, 2023 $182K$125K$58K$123K 990 PDF
FY2021Filed with the IRS Jun 20, 2022 $121K$65K 990 PDF
FY2020Filed with the IRS May 9, 2021 $76K$39K 990 PDF

Schedules filed Part IV

A · Public support I · Grants O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $1,109,927 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $252,044$1,053,876
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $52,523$70,650
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $644$831
I-11 Other revenuePrior year −$37,530−$15,430
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $267,681$1,109,927
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $23,069$29,775
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $83,997$131,663
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $98,242$174,251
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $205,308$335,689
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $62,373$774,238
Part VI · Governance 6 of 7 board members independent, 3 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body7
VI-1b Independent voting members6
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $1,109,927 across 7 lines filed
VIII-1c Fundraising events$81,995
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$971,881
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$1,053,876
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $70,650$70,650
VIII-3 Investment incomeUnrelated business $831$831
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax −$15,430−$15,430
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $70,650 · Unrelated business $831 · Excluded from tax −$15,430$1,109,927
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $335,689 across 15 lines filed
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $29,775$29,775
IX-5 Pay of officers and key staff (Part IX, line 5)Management $47,750$47,750
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $62,193 · Management $17,318$79,511
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $3,212 · Management $1,190$4,402
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $12,927$12,927
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $18,499 · Management $3,336$21,835
IX-12 Advertising and promotionManagement $3,910$3,910
IX-13 Office expensesManagement −$369−$369
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $3,312$3,312
IX-17 TravelPrograms $5,745$5,745
IX-20 InterestManagement $18,417$18,417
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationManagement $1,249$1,249
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $7,486 · Management $11,601$19,087
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $61,168 · Management $25,221$86,389
IX-24e All other expensesManagement $1,749$1,749
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $191,390 · Management $144,299 · Fundraising $0$335,689
Part X · Balance sheet $1,709,179 assets, 12 lines filed
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $139,067$182,521
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $26,887$10,707
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $12,279$1,503,365
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $234$504
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $6,830$12,082
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $185,297$1,709,179
X-25 Other liabilities$750,000
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $356$750,000
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $1,500$1,500
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $183,441$957,679
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $184,941$959,179
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $185,297$1,709,179
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $959,179 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$1,109,927
XI-2 Total expenses$335,689
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$774,238
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$184,941
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$959,179

Form 990 e-file FY2024 from the IRS (about our sources) · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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