Horses Help serves the special needs and at risk communities by using Horses and people to improve quality of life.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
61¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 97 volunteers and 22 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
4 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $715K a year · 57% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
61%
of spending
Worth a look: 61% of spending went to programs; under 65%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$60K
to officers and key staff · 8% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 8% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
11 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 11.0 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
7
named funders · $73K
Looks good: 7 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$29K
0.6% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 1% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
11
of 11 voting members
Looks good: 11 of 11 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$532K
-89% vs prior year
Spent
$761K
To programs
61%
Net assets
$4.6M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$532K
FY2025▼ -89%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$382K
FY2021$827K
FY2022$512K
FY2023$601K
FY2024$4.7M
FY2025$532K
Expenses
$761K
FY2025▼ -2%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$395K
FY2021$392K
FY2022$407K
FY2023$520K
FY2024$779K
FY2025$761K
Net assets
$4.6M
FY2025▼ -5%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$323K
FY2021$759K
FY2022$864K
FY2023$944K
FY2024$4.9M
FY2025$4.6M

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending July 2025) · 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 Oct 1988.

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Where the money goes

61 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 61% · $462K Management & general 31% · $234K Fundraising 9% · $65K

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

14 people listed on the 990; $60K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2024); the FY2025 filing did not itemize Part VII
Exec Director Until 02/01/25
$60,000Pt VII · Sec A
President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director from 08/01/24
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Dir. from 06/25/Interim E.d. 02/25-06/25
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 1 named individual · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Gregg Goodman$60,000$50,625$45,000$46,875$41,769$39,350

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

Programs and updates

Uses horses and people to improve quality of life for special needs and at-risk communities.

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3 programs · $462K · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

In the 2024-2025 program year, horses help served 117 individual participants, totaling 1,736 services. Some individuals may have participated in only one program, while others attend weekly throughout the year.

$277Kprogram expense
02

The equine-assisted learning programs served a total of 23 participants across 390 sessions, using a form of human-equine interaction that provides a personal learning experience. These programs promote the development of self-awareness, self-esteem, and confidence problem-solving skills emotional regulation and self-control.

$185Kprogram expense
03

Community training included two mental health workshops to provide training and skills testing for more than 24 participants who were interested in becoming path international equine specialists in mental health learning or were revisiting the workshop content for continuing education.

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
$532K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$416K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$89K
Investment incomeLn 3$26K
Money outPt IX
$761K
Ln 25
Programscol B$462K
Managementcol C$234K
Fundraisingcol D$65K
Owns and owesPt X
$4.6M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$695K
Total assetsLn 16$4.7M
LiabilitiesLn 26$29K
PeoplePt VI, VII
14
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a11
IndependentVI 1b11
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$416K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$35K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$32K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$89K
Investment incomeLn 3$26K
Other incomeLn 4–11$1K
Total revenueLn 12$532K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$80K
SavingsLn 2$615K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$695K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$3.9M
Other assetsLn 15$20K
Total assetsLn 16$4.7M
LiabilitiesLn 26$29K
Net assetsLn 32$4.6M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 522
VolunteersI 697
Fiscal year endsHeaderJuly
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$895K$695K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$4.0M$3.9M
Total assetsLn 16$4.9M$4.7M
LiabilitiesLn 26$41K$29K
Net assetsLn 32$4.9M$4.6M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$71K$40K$23K$7K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$253K$144K$84K$26K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$1K$1K
Payroll taxesLn 10$25K$14K$8K$3K
Management feesLn 11a$0
Legal feesLn 11b$10K$10K
Accounting feesLn 11c$18K$18K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$18K$18K
Investment management feesLn 11f$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$29K$20K$6K$4K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$2K$819$1K
Office expensesLn 13$23K$5K$13K$5K
Information technologyLn 14$21K$2K$19K$149
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$75K$65K$10K
TravelLn 17$2K$2K$66
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$3K$522$2K
InterestLn 20$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$64K$48K$16K
InsuranceLn 23$31K$9K$20K$2K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$114K$112K$2K
All other expensesLn 24e$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$761K$462K$234K$65K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $532K$761K−$229K$4.6M 990 PDF
FY2024 $4.7M$779K$3.9M$4.9M 990 PDF
FY2023 $601K$520K$81K$944K 990 PDF
FY2022 $512K$407K$105K$864K 990 PDF
FY2021 $827K$392K$435K$759K 990 PDF
FY2020 $382K$395K−$13K$323K 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 M · Noncash O · Explanations
See the full FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $531,988 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $535,777$415,858
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $101,525$89,240
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $4,109,427$25,842
I-11 Other revenuePrior year −$57,514$1,048
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $4,689,215$531,988
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $253,246$349,735
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $31,300$17,700
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $494,190$393,621
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $778,736$761,056
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $3,910,479−$229,068
Part VI · Governance 11 of 11 board members independent, 1 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body11
VI-1b Independent voting members11
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $531,988 across 10 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $6,528 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1a Federated campaigns$35,188
VIII-1c Fundraising events$32,063
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$348,607
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$35,351
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$415,858
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $89,240$89,240
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $25,842$25,842
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossRelated to mission $22,695$22,695
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax −$28,175−$28,175
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $118,140 · Excluded from tax −$2,010$531,988
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $761,056 across 31 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizations$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individuals$0
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipients$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for members$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $40,161 · Management $23,438 · Fundraising $7,234$70,833
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $143,528 · Management $83,762 · Fundraising $25,852$253,142
IX-8 Pension plan contributions$0
IX-9 Other employee benefitsManagement $1,099$1,099
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $14,042 · Management $8,118 · Fundraising $2,501$24,661
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $10,362$10,362
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $18,456$18,456
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11e Professional fundraising feesFundraising $17,700$17,700
IX-11f Investment management fees$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $20,156 · Management $5,647 · Fundraising $3,656$29,459
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $819 · Fundraising $1,379$2,198
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $5,247 · Management $12,997 · Fundraising $5,238$23,482
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $1,941 · Management $18,730 · Fundraising $149$20,820
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $64,920 · Management $10,459$75,379
IX-17 TravelPrograms $1,883 · Management $66$1,949
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $522 · Management $2,462$2,984
IX-20 Interest$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $47,998 · Management $16,000$63,998
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $8,983 · Management $20,042 · Fundraising $1,599$30,624
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $111,710 · Management $2,200$113,910
IX-24e All other expenses$0
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $461,910 · Management $233,838 · Fundraising $65,308$761,056
Part X · Balance sheet $4,654,254 assets, 14 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $115,880$80,024
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $779,018$614,861
X-4 Accounts receivable$630
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $8,737$8,991
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $408$3,236
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $3,990,786$3,926,787
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $875$19,725
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $4,895,704$4,654,254
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $41,017$28,635
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $41,017$28,635
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $4,832,051$4,601,208
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $22,636$24,411
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $4,854,687$4,625,619
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $4,895,704$4,654,254
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $4,625,619 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$531,988
XI-2 Total expenses$761,056
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$229,068
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$4,854,687
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$4,625,619

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