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SPECIAL EQUESTRIANS INC: Form 990, tax year 2019

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Organization
SPECIAL EQUESTRIANS INC (EIN 65-0250071)
Tax period
2019-10-01 to 2020-09-30
Filed
2021-04-14
IRS object ID
202101049349300720
Schema version
2019v5.0
Source
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Desc4 NEW PARTICIPANTS WERE ADDED TO OUR THERAPEUTIC HORSEMANSHIP PROGRAM IN 2018-19. THE NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS SERVED FOR OUR THERAPEUTIC PROGRAM DURING 2020 WAS 102. ON MARCH 12, OUR PROGRAMS AND SERVICES WERE TEMPORARILY PAUSED BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC. OUR STABLE COMMITTEE BEGAN WEEKLY MEETINGS TO CREATE A SAFE REOPENING PLAN TO PUT INTO PLACE ONCE THE LOCKDOWN WAS LIFTED. DURING THIS LOCKDOWN PERIOD, PARTICIPANTS WERE KEPT CONNECTED WITH SPECIAL EQUESTRIANS THROUGH WORKSHEETS, LETTERS, AND A NEW AT HOME HORSEMANSHIP PAGE WITH ONLINE ACTIVITIES TO BE ACCESSED FROM OUR WEBSITE. ONCE THE LOCKDOWN WAS LIFTED, INSTRUCTORS CAME TO SPECIAL EQUESTRIANS TO INITIATE FACETIME WITH THE PARTICIPANTS AND THEIR HORSES. YOUTUBE VIDEOS WERE MADE FOR PARTICIPANTS AND VOLUNTEERS TO ENJOY AND LEARN FROM, AT A DISTANCE. A SURVEY WAS SENT TO PARTICIPANTS TO INQUIRE ABOUT WHICH OF OUR DISTANCE ACTIVITIES, PARTICIPANTS WOULD LIKE TO TAKE PART IN. IN MAY OF 2020, SURVEYS WERE SENT TO ALL PARTICIPANTS AND VOLUNTEERS TO ASSESS WHO WAS COMFORTABLE RETURNING TO OUR CENTER AND WHO WOULD BE ABLE TO FOLLOW OUR SAFETY PROTOCOLS. THE SURVEYS GAVE US VALUABLE INFORMATION ABOUT HOW TO PROCEED WITH OUR PROGRAMS AND SERVICES WHEN WE REOPENED. SAFETY VIDEOS FOR PARTICIPANTS AND VOLUNTEERS WERE MADE AT SPECIAL EQUESTRIANS. LINKS FOR THE VIDEOS WERE SHARED WITH ALL VOLUNTEERS AND PARTICIPANTS. NEW VOLUNTEERS MUST WATCH THE SAFETY VIDEOS BEFORE THEY BEGIN THEIR VOLUNTEER WORK. BY JUNE OF 2020, WE HAD IDENTIFIED ALL PARTICIPANTS WHO WERE CLOSE TO INDEPENDENT IN THEIR RIDING. THEY DID NOT NEED SIDEWALKERS OR ASSISTANCE IN MOUNTING AND DISMOUNTING. THESE PARTICIPANTS WERE ABLE TO WEAR A MASK AND FOLLOW ALL OF OUR SAFETY PROTOCOLS. MANY OF OUR PARTICIPANTS AND VOLUNTEERS WERE STILL TOO FEARFUL OF COVID TO RETURN. ABOUT 48 VOLUNTEERS WERE COMFORTABLE COMING BACK. 17 PARTICIPANTS RETURNED TO SPECIAL EQUESTRIANS, IN JUNE. WE WERE JUST HAPPY TO BE OPEN AGAIN, AND THIS LIMITED OPENING GAVE US THE OPPORTUNITY TO PUT ALL OF OUR SAFETY PROTOCOLS INTO PLACE AND PRACTICE THEM. THIS LIMITED OPENING GAVE US THE CONFIDENCE THAT WE COULD STILL SAFELY OFFER OUR SERVICES TO OUR COMMUNITY AND WE WERE ABLE TO PUT OUR NEW PROCEDURES INTO PRACTICE. WE FOLLOW THEM TO THIS DAY AND WILL CONTINUE AS LONG AS NECESSARY. DURING THIS YEAR OF THE PANDEMIC, VOLUNTEER ORIENTATION SHUT DOWN IN MARCH. IN AUGUST, VOLUNTEER ORIENTATION BEGAN AGAIN, USING ZOOM MEETINGS FOR THE MAIN INFORMATIONAL AND INTRODUCTION OF THE VOLUNTEERS. AN IN-PERSON TOUR AND INTERVIEW WERE ALSO INCLUDED AFTER THE ZOOM ORIENTATION, USING PHYSICAL DISTANCING AND SAFETY PROTOCOLS. IN 2020, WE WERE ABLE TO PUT 57 VOLUNTEERS THROUGH VOLUNTEER ORIENTATION USING TRADITIONAL ORIENTATION FROM JANUARY TO MARCH (21) AND ZOOM ORIENTATION FROM AUGUST THROUGH DECEMBER OF 2020 (36). SINCE REOPENING IN JUNE OF 2020, SPECIAL EQUESTRIANS HAS NOT USED OUR OWN VOLUNTEERS AS SIDEWALKERS IN OUR THERAPEUTIC RIDING CLASSES, DUE TO OUR SAFETY PROTOCOLS FOR PHYSICAL DISTANCING. WE HAVE TRAINED MORE THAN 25 FAMILY MEMBERS AND CAREGIVERS TO BE THE SIDEWALKERS FOR THEIR CHILDREN, ALLOWING US TO BRING BACK MANY MORE OF OUR PARTICIPANTS WHO NEED SIDEWALKERS. IN SEPTEMBER OF 2020, WE REOPENED FOR THE FALL SESSION OF THERAPEUTIC HORSEMANSHIP WITH CLOSE TO 50 PARTICIPANTS. SPECIAL EQUESTRIANS CONTINUES TO USE OUR OWN VOLUNTEERS AS HORSE LEADERS. WE HAVE ADDED MANY NEW JOBS THAT DID NOT EXIST BEFORE THE PANDEMIC SUCH AS: SANITIZING EQUIPMENT AFTER EACH CLASS, DAILY CHECK-IN VOLUNTEERS USING THERMOMETERS, COVID SCREENING AND EVEN CLEANING PENS USED. VOLUNTEERS ARE ASSIGNED TO CLEAN GATE HANDLES, HORSE GROOMING TOOLS, AND ARENA TOYS. NUMBERS OF PERSONS ON OUR PROPERTY AT ONE TIME HAVE BEEN LIMITED. EACH PARTICIPANT MAY ONLY BRING ONE PERSON WITH THEM TO THEIR CLASS AND THEY MUST LEAVE WHEN THEIR CLASS HAS FINISHED. KEEPING OUR NUMBERS DOWN AND HAVING ALL OF OUR PROGRAMS IN THE FRESH AIR HAS CONTRIBUTED TO OUR SUCCESS IN KEEPING EVERYONE SAFE. SPECIAL EQUESTRIANS THERAPEUTIC CARRIAGE DRIVING PROGRAM IS BEGINNING ITS FOURTH SEASON AFTER THREE SUCCESSFUL YEARS. THIS NEW PROGRAM HAS ALLOWED US TO SERVE SOME PARTICIPANTS WHO DID NOT QUALIFY FOR THERAPEUTIC HORSEBACK RIDING. THERAPEUTIC DRIVING IS ALSO AN ALTERNATIVE EQUESTRIAN SKILL TO OFFER THE PEOPLE ON OUR WAITING LIST. IF THEY WISH, WE KEEP A PARTICIPANT ON THE WAITING LIST WHILE THEY PARTICIPATE IN THE CARRIAGE DRIVING PROGRAM, GIVING THEM THE OPTION FOR FUTURE MOUNTED ACTIVITIES. OUR ACTIVITY SPECIFICALLY FOR VETERANS BEGAN IN THE FALL OF 2019 AND CONTINUED INTO EARLY 2020. IT IS AN EQUINE ASSISTED LEARNING PROGRAM WHICH IS FACILITATED BY TWO OF OUR PATH CERTIFIED PROFESSIONALS. WE ARE STILL WORKING TOWARDS STARTING THIS PROGRAM BACK UP AGAIN. OUR PATH REGISTERED THERAPIST, WHO IS AN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST, CONTINUED TO OFFER HER SERVICES AT SPECIAL EQUESTRIANS USING HIPPOTHERAPY AS A TREATMENT MODALITY. THE TERM HIPPOTHERAPY REFERS TO HOW OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY, PHYSICAL THERAPY, AND SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY PROFESSIONALS USE EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE AND CLINICAL REASONING IN THE PURPOSEFUL MANIPULATION OF EQUINE MOVEMENT TO ENGAGE SENSORY, NEUROMOTOR, AND COGNITIVE SYSTEMS TO ACHIEVE FUNCTIONAL OUTCOMES IN A CLIENT. WE ARE NOW PARTNERING WITH OUR THERAPIST TO OFFER THESE SERVICES, WHICH BEGAN WITH THE FIRST CLIENTS IN 2018. THE NAME OF OUR THERAPISTS SERVICE IS STRIDES OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY SERVICES. IN EARLY 2020, OUR THERAPIST WAS OUT ON MATERNITY LEAVE. SHE HAS BEGUN HER SERVICES AGAIN AND HER CLIENT LOAD IS INCREASING. SPECIAL EQUESTRIANS CONTINUED WORKING WITH CHRIS COOK OF WILD HORSEMANSHIP CENTER IN REDDICK, FLORIDA IN 2019. CHRIS IS A HORSE DEVELOPMENT SPECIALIST WHOSE MISSION IS TO HELP THERAPEUTIC RIDING CENTERS USE EFFECTIVE TRAINING METHODS FOR THEIR THERAPEUTIC RIDING HORSES. THESE WORKSHOPS HAVE HELPED OUR HORSES TO BECOME HAPPIER IN THEIR JOBS AND OUR HORSE LEADER VOLUNTEERS HAVE BECOME MORE SKILLED. THIS TRAINING ULTIMATELY HELPS THE PARTICIPANTS IN THE CLASSES. IN EARLY 2020, USING A GRANT FROM THE AMERICAN QUARTER HORSE ASSOCIATION, WE WERE ABLE TO EDUCATE 32 OF OUR VOLUNTEERS WITH WORKSHOPS PRESENTED BY CHRIS COOK. IN 2020, ONE NEW HORSE WAS ADDED TO OUR HERD. THIS HORSE WAS PURCHASED BY SPECIAL EQUESTRIANS. IN FEBRUARY OF 2020, OUR 8 PET PARTNER HORSE/HANDLER TEAMS WENT THROUGH THEIR RECERTIFICATION WITH PET PARTNERS THERAPY ANIMAL ORGANIZATION. WE HAVE BEEN GIVEN AN ADDITIONAL YEAR OF CERTIFICATION BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC. WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE DAY WE CAN MAKE OUR VISITS TO SCHOOLS AND AGENCIES ONCE AGAIN.Desc
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EOY$18,116EOYAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows FASB117Yes (X)OrganizationFollowsFASB117Ind

No Donor Restriction Net Assets NoDonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$1,916,540BOYAmt
EOY$1,992,603EOYAmt

Donor Restriction Net Assets DonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$92,882BOYAmt
EOY$93,230EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$2,009,422BOYAmt
EOY$2,085,833EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$2,015,551BOYAmt
EOY$2,103,949EOYAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part XIYes (X)InfoInScheduleOPartXIInd
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss$77,078ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets-$667OtherChangesInNetAssetsAmt
Method Of Accounting AccrualYes (X)MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or ReviewfalseAccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS AuditedYes (true)FSAuditedInd

FS Audited Basis FSAuditedBasisGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Separate Basis Fincl StmtYes (X)SeparateBasisFinclStmtInd
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Audit CommitteeYes (true)AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit RequiredfalseFederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Public Organization170Yes (X)PublicOrganization170Ind

Gifts Grants Contri Rcvd170 GiftsGrantsContriRcvd170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$345,838CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$372,790CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$411,127CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$421,622CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$355,507CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$1,906,884TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$345,838CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$372,790CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$411,127CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$421,622CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$355,507CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$1,906,884TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Substantial Contributors Tot$112,695SubstantialContributorsTotAmt
Public Support Total170$1,794,189PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$236CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$2,457CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$5,009CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$12,268CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$5,384CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$25,354TotalAmt

Unrelated Business Net Incm170 UnrelatedBusinessNetIncm170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$18,106CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Total$18,106TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Support$1,950,344TotalSupportAmt
Gross Receipts Rltd Activities$138,737GrossReceiptsRltdActivitiesAmt
Public Support CY1700.91990PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY1700.95570PublicSupportPY170Pct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY170Yes (X)ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY170Ind

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
ContributorRESTRICTEDContributorNum

Contributor Business Name ContributorBusinessName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1RESTRICTEDBusinessNameLine1

Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line1RESTRICTEDAddressLine1
Address Line2RESTRICTEDAddressLine2
CityRESTRICTEDCity
StateRESTRICTEDState
ZIP CodeRESTRICTEDZIPCode
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total ContributionsRESTRICTEDTotalContributionsAmt

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

CY Endwmt Fund CYEndwmtFundGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance$83,444BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses$1,553InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Administrative Expenses$335AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance$84,662EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus1 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus1YrEndwmtFundGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance$22,082BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions$65,919ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses$443InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures$5,000OtherExpendituresAmt
End Year Balance$83,444EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus2 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus2YrEndwmtFundGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance$21,412BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses$670InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
End Year Balance$22,082EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus3 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus3YrEndwmtFundGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance$19,567BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses$2,302InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Administrative Expenses$457AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance$21,412EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus4 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus4YrEndwmtFundGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance$18,187BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses$1,809InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Administrative Expenses$429AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance$19,567EndYearBalanceAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Prmnnt Endowment Balance EOY1.00000PrmnntEndowmentBalanceEOYPct
Endowments Held Unrelated OrgYes (true)EndowmentsHeldUnrelatedOrgInd
Endowments Held Related OrgfalseEndowmentsHeldRelatedOrgInd

Land LandGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$583,256OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Book Value$583,256BookValueAmt

Buildings BuildingsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$234,672OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$92,377DepreciationAmt
Book Value$142,295BookValueAmt

Leasehold Improvements LeaseholdImprovementsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$537,419OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Book Value$537,419BookValueAmt

Equipment EquipmentGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$175,168OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Book Value$175,168BookValueAmt

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildingsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$188,311OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$366,853DepreciationAmt
Book Value-$178,542BookValueAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings$1,259,596TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt

Other Liabilities Org OtherLiabilitiesOrgGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
DescREFUNDABLE ADVANCEDesc
Amt$9,900Amt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Liability$9,900TotalLiabilityAmt
Footnote TextYes (X)FootnoteTextInd
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt$385,084TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Other Revenue$68,755OtherRevenueAmt
Revenue Not Reported$68,755RevenueNotReportedAmt
Revenue Subtotal$316,329RevenueSubtotalAmt
Other Revenues Not Included$36,050OtherRevenuesNotIncludedAmt
Revenue Not Reported Fincl Stmt$36,050RevenueNotReportedFinclStmtAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990$352,379TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt$308,673TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Other Expenses Included$33,372OtherExpensesIncludedAmt
Expenses Not Reported$33,372ExpensesNotReportedAmt
Expenses Subtotal$275,301ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990$275,301TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (4 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDescExplanationExplanationTxt
SCHEDULE D, PAGE 3, PART XTHE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE HAS DETERMINED THAT THE ORGANIZATION IS EXEMPT FROM FEDERAL INCOME TAXES UNDER SECTION 501(C)3 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE. THE ORGANIZATION IS A NOT-FOR-PROFIT FLORIDA CORPORATION AND THEREFORE IS NOT SUBJECT TO STATE INCOME TAX TAXES. THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE PROVIDES FOR TAXATION OF UNRELATED BUSINESS INCOME UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES. THE ORGANIZATION REPORTS NO UNRELATED BUSINESS TAXABLE INCOME, HOWEVER, SUCH STATUS IS SUBJECT TO FINAL DETERMINATION UPON EXAMINATION OF THE RELATED TAX RETURNS BY THE APPROPRIATE TAXING AUTHORITIES. THE ORGANIZATION'S TAX FILINGS ARE SUBJECT TO AUDIT BY VARIOUS TAXING AUTHORITIES. CERTAIN INCOME TAX RETURNS FILED BY THE ORGANIZATION REMAIN OPEN TO EXAMINATION BY THESE GOVERNMENT AGENCIES. THE ORGANIZATION FOLLOWS ASC TOPIC 740, "INCOME TAXES" IN ACCOUNTING FOR UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS. THE ORGANIZATION HAS EVALUATED ITS TAX POSITIONS AND ANY ESTIMATES UTILIZED IN ITS TAX RETURNS, AND CONCLUDED THAT THE ORGANIZATION HAS TAKEN NO UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS THAT REQUIRE ADJUSTMENTS TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS TO COMPLY WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS GUIDANCE. INTEREST AND PENALTIES ASSOCIATED WITH UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS WILL BE RECOGNIZED IN INCOME TAX EXPENSE, IF REQUIRED.
SCHEDULE D, PAGE 4, PART XI, LINE 2DDIRECT FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 33,372 NONCASH AUCTION ITEMS 35,383
SCHEDULE D, PAGE 4, PART XI, LINE 4BBOOK/TAX ADJ ON SALE OF ASSETS 667 NONCASH AUCTION ITEMS 35,383
SCHEDULE D, PAGE 4, PART XII, LINE 2DDIRECT FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 33,372

Schedule G IRS990ScheduleG

Fundraising Event Information FundraisingEventInformationGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Event1TASTE OF LOVEEvent1Nm
Gross Receipts Event1$194,934GrossReceiptsEvent1Amt
Charitable Contri Event1$152,810CharitableContriEvent1Amt
Gross Revenue Event1$42,124GrossRevenueEvent1Amt
Rent Facility Costs Event1$3,200RentFacilityCostsEvent1Amt
Food And Beverage Event1$3,000FoodAndBeverageEvent1Amt
Other Direct Expenses Event1$59,709OtherDirectExpensesEvent1Amt
Event2RIDE-A-THONEvent2Nm
Gross Receipts Event2$28,417GrossReceiptsEvent2Amt
Charitable Contri Event2$25,958CharitableContriEvent2Amt
Gross Revenue Event2$2,459GrossRevenueEvent2Amt
Rent Facility Costs Event2$1,800RentFacilityCostsEvent2Amt
Food And Beverage Event2$3,226FoodAndBeverageEvent2Amt
Other Direct Expenses Event2$5,785OtherDirectExpensesEvent2Amt
Gross Receipts Total$223,351GrossReceiptsTotalAmt
Charitable Contributions Tot$178,768CharitableContributionsTotAmt
Gross Revenue Total Events$44,583GrossRevenueTotalEventsAmt
Rent Fclty Costs Total Events$5,000RentFcltyCostsTotalEventsAmt
Food And Beverage Total Events$6,226FoodAndBeverageTotalEventsAmt
Oth Direct Expnss Total Events$65,494OthDirectExpnssTotalEventsAmt
Direct Expense Summary Events$76,720DirectExpenseSummaryEventsAmt
Net Income Summary-$32,137NetIncomeSummaryAmt

Schedule L IRS990ScheduleL

Bus Tr Involve Interested Prsn BusTrInvolveInterestedPrsnGrp

Name Of Interested NameOfInterested

Business Name BusinessName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1SPECIALTY TRACTOR SERVICE INCBusinessNameLine1Txt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Relationship DescriptionBOARD MEM SONRelationshipDescriptionTxt
Transaction$875TransactionAmt
TransactionLAND GRADINGTransactionDesc
Sharing Of RevenuesfalseSharingOfRevenuesInd

Schedule M IRS990ScheduleM

Other Non Cash Contri Table OtherNonCashContriTableGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Non Cash CheckboxYes (X)NonCashCheckboxInd
DescAUCTION ITEMSDesc
Contribution137ContributionCnt
Noncash Contributions Rpt F990$35,383NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt
Method Of Determining RevenuesCASH AUCTION BIDMethodOfDeterminingRevenuesTxt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Any Property That Must Be HeldfalseAnyPropertyThatMustBeHeldInd
Review Process Unusual NC GiftsfalseReviewProcessUnusualNCGiftsInd
Third Parties UsedfalseThirdPartiesUsedInd

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (7 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDescExplanationExplanationTxt
FORM 990, PAGE 2, PART III, LINE 4A4 NEW PARTICIPANTS WERE ADDED TO OUR THERAPEUTIC HORSEMANSHIP PROGRAM IN 2018-19. THE NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS SERVED FOR OUR THERAPEUTIC PROGRAM DURING 2020 WAS 102. ON MARCH 12, OUR PROGRAMS AND SERVICES WERE TEMPORARILY PAUSED BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC. OUR STABLE COMMITTEE BEGAN WEEKLY MEETINGS TO CREATE A SAFE REOPENING PLAN TO PUT INTO PLACE ONCE THE LOCKDOWN WAS LIFTED. DURING THIS LOCKDOWN PERIOD, PARTICIPANTS WERE KEPT CONNECTED WITH SPECIAL EQUESTRIANS THROUGH WORKSHEETS, LETTERS, AND A NEW AT HOME HORSEMANSHIP PAGE WITH ONLINE ACTIVITIES TO BE ACCESSED FROM OUR WEBSITE. ONCE THE LOCKDOWN WAS LIFTED, INSTRUCTORS CAME TO SPECIAL EQUESTRIANS TO INITIATE FACETIME WITH THE PARTICIPANTS AND THEIR HORSES. YOUTUBE VIDEOS WERE MADE FOR PARTICIPANTS AND VOLUNTEERS TO ENJOY AND LEARN FROM, AT A DISTANCE. A SURVEY WAS SENT TO PARTICIPANTS TO INQUIRE ABOUT WHICH OF OUR DISTANCE ACTIVITIES, PARTICIPANTS WOULD LIKE TO TAKE PART IN. IN MAY OF 2020, SURVEYS WERE SENT TO ALL PARTICIPANTS AND VOLUNTEERS TO ASSESS WHO WAS COMFORTABLE RETURNING TO OUR CENTER AND WHO WOULD BE ABLE TO FOLLOW OUR SAFETY PROTOCOLS. THE SURVEYS GAVE US VALUABLE INFORMATION ABOUT HOW TO PROCEED WITH OUR PROGRAMS AND SERVICES WHEN WE REOPENED. SAFETY VIDEOS FOR PARTICIPANTS AND VOLUNTEERS WERE MADE AT SPECIAL EQUESTRIANS. LINKS FOR THE VIDEOS WERE SHARED WITH ALL VOLUNTEERS AND PARTICIPANTS. NEW VOLUNTEERS MUST WATCH THE SAFETY VIDEOS BEFORE THEY BEGIN THEIR VOLUNTEER WORK. BY JUNE OF 2020, WE HAD IDENTIFIED ALL PARTICIPANTS WHO WERE CLOSE TO INDEPENDENT IN THEIR RIDING. THEY DID NOT NEED SIDEWALKERS OR ASSISTANCE IN MOUNTING AND DISMOUNTING. THESE PARTICIPANTS WERE ABLE TO WEAR A MASK AND FOLLOW ALL OF OUR SAFETY PROTOCOLS. MANY OF OUR PARTICIPANTS AND VOLUNTEERS WERE STILL TOO FEARFUL OF COVID TO RETURN. ABOUT 48 VOLUNTEERS WERE COMFORTABLE COMING BACK. 17 PARTICIPANTS RETURNED TO SPECIAL EQUESTRIANS, IN JUNE. WE WERE JUST HAPPY TO BE OPEN AGAIN, AND THIS LIMITED OPENING GAVE US THE OPPORTUNITY TO PUT ALL OF OUR SAFETY PROTOCOLS INTO PLACE AND PRACTICE THEM. THIS LIMITED OPENING GAVE US THE CONFIDENCE THAT WE COULD STILL SAFELY OFFER OUR SERVICES TO OUR COMMUNITY AND WE WERE ABLE TO PUT OUR NEW PROCEDURES INTO PRACTICE. WE FOLLOW THEM TO THIS DAY AND WILL CONTINUE AS LONG AS NECESSARY. DURING THIS YEAR OF THE PANDEMIC, VOLUNTEER ORIENTATION SHUT DOWN IN MARCH. IN AUGUST, VOLUNTEER ORIENTATION BEGAN AGAIN, USING ZOOM MEETINGS FOR THE MAIN INFORMATIONAL AND INTRODUCTION OF THE VOLUNTEERS. AN IN-PERSON TOUR AND INTERVIEW WERE ALSO INCLUDED AFTER THE ZOOM ORIENTATION, USING PHYSICAL DISTANCING AND SAFETY PROTOCOLS. IN 2020, WE WERE ABLE TO PUT 57 VOLUNTEERS THROUGH VOLUNTEER ORIENTATION USING TRADITIONAL ORIENTATION FROM JANUARY TO MARCH (21) AND ZOOM ORIENTATION FROM AUGUST THROUGH DECEMBER OF 2020 (36). SINCE REOPENING IN JUNE OF 2020, SPECIAL EQUESTRIANS HAS NOT USED OUR OWN VOLUNTEERS AS SIDEWALKERS IN OUR THERAPEUTIC RIDING CLASSES, DUE TO OUR SAFETY PROTOCOLS FOR PHYSICAL DISTANCING. WE HAVE TRAINED MORE THAN 25 FAMILY MEMBERS AND CAREGIVERS TO BE THE SIDEWALKERS FOR THEIR CHILDREN, ALLOWING US TO BRING BACK MANY MORE OF OUR PARTICIPANTS WHO NEED SIDEWALKERS. IN SEPTEMBER OF 2020, WE REOPENED FOR THE FALL SESSION OF THERAPEUTIC HORSEMANSHIP WITH CLOSE TO 50 PARTICIPANTS. SPECIAL EQUESTRIANS CONTINUES TO USE OUR OWN VOLUNTEERS AS HORSE LEADERS. WE HAVE ADDED MANY NEW JOBS THAT DID NOT EXIST BEFORE THE PANDEMIC SUCH AS: SANITIZING EQUIPMENT AFTER EACH CLASS, DAILY CHECK-IN VOLUNTEERS USING THERMOMETERS, COVID SCREENING AND EVEN CLEANING PENS USED. VOLUNTEERS ARE ASSIGNED TO CLEAN GATE HANDLES, HORSE GROOMING TOOLS, AND ARENA TOYS. NUMBERS OF PERSONS ON OUR PROPERTY AT ONE TIME HAVE BEEN LIMITED. EACH PARTICIPANT MAY ONLY BRING ONE PERSON WITH THEM TO THEIR CLASS AND THEY MUST LEAVE WHEN THEIR CLASS HAS FINISHED. KEEPING OUR NUMBERS DOWN AND HAVING ALL OF OUR PROGRAMS IN THE FRESH AIR HAS CONTRIBUTED TO OUR SUCCESS IN KEEPING EVERYONE SAFE. SPECIAL EQUESTRIANS THERAPEUTIC CARRIAGE DRIVING PROGRAM IS BEGINNING ITS FOURTH SEASON AFTER THREE SUCCESSFUL YEARS. THIS NEW PROGRAM HAS ALLOWED US TO SERVE SOME PARTICIPANTS WHO DID NOT QUALIFY FOR THERAPEUTIC HORSEBACK RIDING. THERAPEUTIC DRIVING IS ALSO AN ALTERNATIVE EQUESTRIAN SKILL TO OFFER THE PEOPLE ON OUR WAITING LIST. IF THEY WISH, WE KEEP A PARTICIPANT ON THE WAITING LIST WHILE THEY PARTICIPATE IN THE CARRIAGE DRIVING PROGRAM, GIVING THEM THE OPTION FOR FUTURE MOUNTED ACTIVITIES. OUR ACTIVITY SPECIFICALLY FOR VETERANS BEGAN IN THE FALL OF 2019 AND CONTINUED INTO EARLY 2020. IT IS AN EQUINE ASSISTED LEARNING PROGRAM WHICH IS FACILITATED BY TWO OF OUR PATH CERTIFIED PROFESSIONALS. WE ARE STILL WORKING TOWARDS STARTING THIS PROGRAM BACK UP AGAIN. OUR PATH REGISTERED THERAPIST, WHO IS AN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST, CONTINUED TO OFFER HER SERVICES AT SPECIAL EQUESTRIANS USING HIPPOTHERAPY AS A TREATMENT MODALITY. THE TERM HIPPOTHERAPY REFERS TO HOW OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY, PHYSICAL THERAPY, AND SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY PROFESSIONALS USE EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE AND CLINICAL REASONING IN THE PURPOSEFUL MANIPULATION OF EQUINE MOVEMENT TO ENGAGE SENSORY, NEUROMOTOR, AND COGNITIVE SYSTEMS TO ACHIEVE FUNCTIONAL OUTCOMES IN A CLIENT. WE ARE NOW PARTNERING WITH OUR THERAPIST TO OFFER THESE SERVICES, WHICH BEGAN WITH THE FIRST CLIENTS IN 2018. THE NAME OF OUR THERAPISTS SERVICE IS STRIDES OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY SERVICES. IN EARLY 2020, OUR THERAPIST WAS OUT ON MATERNITY LEAVE. SHE HAS BEGUN HER SERVICES AGAIN AND HER CLIENT LOAD IS INCREASING. SPECIAL EQUESTRIANS CONTINUED WORKING WITH CHRIS COOK OF WILD HORSEMANSHIP CENTER IN REDDICK, FLORIDA IN 2019. CHRIS IS A HORSE DEVELOPMENT SPECIALIST WHOSE MISSION IS TO HELP THERAPEUTIC RIDING CENTERS USE EFFECTIVE TRAINING METHODS FOR THEIR THERAPEUTIC RIDING HORSES. THESE WORKSHOPS HAVE HELPED OUR HORSES TO BECOME HAPPIER IN THEIR JOBS AND OUR HORSE LEADER VOLUNTEERS HAVE BECOME MORE SKILLED. THIS TRAINING ULTIMATELY HELPS THE PARTICIPANTS IN THE CLASSES. IN EARLY 2020, USING A GRANT FROM THE AMERICAN QUARTER HORSE ASSOCIATION, WE WERE ABLE TO EDUCATE 32 OF OUR VOLUNTEERS WITH WORKSHOPS PRESENTED BY CHRIS COOK. IN 2020, ONE NEW HORSE WAS ADDED TO OUR HERD. THIS HORSE WAS PURCHASED BY SPECIAL EQUESTRIANS. IN FEBRUARY OF 2020, OUR 8 PET PARTNER HORSE/HANDLER TEAMS WENT THROUGH THEIR RECERTIFICATION WITH PET PARTNERS THERAPY ANIMAL ORGANIZATION. WE HAVE BEEN GIVEN AN ADDITIONAL YEAR OF CERTIFICATION BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC. WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE DAY WE CAN MAKE OUR VISITS TO SCHOOLS AND AGENCIES ONCE AGAIN.
FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 11BTHE 990 IS REVIEWED BY THE BOARD PRIOR TO FILING IT ELECTRONICALLY
FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 12CEACH YEAR THE BOARD MEMBERS SIGN AN ACKKNOWLEDGEMENT OF ANY CONFLICT OF INTEREST.
FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 15ANO OFFICERS ARE PAID AT THIS POINT IN TIME.
FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 19GOVERNING DOCUMENTS ARE MADE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST.
FORM 990, PART VIIISPECIAL EVENT REVENUE WAS 216,144, WHICH INCLUDES CONTRIBUTIONS OF 204,142 WHICH IS INCLUDED AS FUNDRAISING INCOME ON LINE 1 NET INCOME FROM SPECIAL EVENTS WAS 186,584
FORM 990, PART XI, LINE 9DIRECT FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 33,372 NONCASH AUCTION ITEMS 35,383 BOOK/TAX ADJ ON SALE OF ASSETS -667 NONCASH AUCTION ITEMS -35,383 DIRECT FUNDRAISING EXPENSES -33,372 TOTAL -667