2019-02-07T15:22:20-06:00 2018-09-30 320394930 STROEMER & COMPANY 14030 METROPOLIS AVE STE 200 FORT MYERS FL 33912 990 2017-10-01 650250071 SPECIAL EQUESTRIANS INC SPEC 2392261221 PO BOX 61528 FORT MYERS FL 33906 JAN FIFER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 2398517070 2019-01-23 true JOHN STROEMER CPA CFST CAM GRI P00102391 2394331002 2019-02-07 40.132.64.65 2019-02-07 15:22:20 CS P DFE5DC0C25149479F1E9FC85FCE2B043CE14605A 62326D44F2205BE4FC01FE3CB7059B407BCC3419 2017 2019-02-21 02:37:17Z JAN FIFER PO BOX 61528 FORT MYERS FL 33906 535487 false X SPECIALEQUESTRIANS.NET X 1991 FL TO PROVIDE THERAPEAUTIC BENEFITS TO HANDICAPPED CITIZENS THROUGH A HORSEBACK RIDING PROGRAM. 13 13 5 450 0 372790 411127 22856 31390 3178 5074 -32970 -8871 365854 438720 7704 0 60058 64087 0 10118 185348 190200 245406 261991 120448 176729 1688158 1864020 7175 5694 1680983 1858326 X TO PROVIDE THERAPEAUTIC BENEFITS TO HANDICAPPED CITIZENS THROUGH A HORSEBACK RIDING PROGRAM. false false 239357 7704 31390 1.30 NEW PARTICIPANTS WERE ADDED TO OUR THERAPEUTIC RIDING AND DRIVING PROGRAMS IN 2018. 2.THE NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS SERVED EACH WEEK, AT THE PEAK OF OUR YEAR, HAS INCREASED TO OVER 95 PARTICIPANTS. 3.PRIVATE LESSONS HAVE INCREASED AND ARE GIVEN TO A LIMITED NUMBER OF RIDERS WITH DISABILITIES. WE HAVE ADDED SEMI-PRIVATE LESSONS AS WELL. SOME PRIVATE AND SEMI-PRIVATE LESSONS WERE GIVEN DURING THE MONTH OF AUGUST WHEN THE REGULAR CLASSES ARE NOT OFFERED. 4.SPECIAL EQUESTRIANS NEW ADDITIONAL PAID PATH, INTL. CERTIFIED THERAPEUTIC RIDING INSTRUCTOR HAS ALLOWED US TO HAVE 4 FULL DAYS OF THERAPEUTIC RIDING CLASSES AT SPECIAL EQUESTRIANS. 5.RIDERS WHO CANNOT RIDE FOR MEDICAL OR OTHER REASONS HAVE BEEN GIVEN NEW OPPORTUNITIES TO GROOM OUR HORSES AND PARTICIPATE IN UNMOUNTED ACTIVITIES SUCH AS LEADING HORSES AND HORSE CARE. 6.OUR OUTREACH PROGRAM HAS ALLOWED US TO NOT ONLY GET THE WORD OUT ABOUT OUR PROGRAM, BUT IT HAS BECOME A TEACHING TOOL AS WELL. DURING AN OUTREACH VISIT, THE PARTICIPANTS LEARN ABOUT HORSES, THEIR FOOD, RIDING EQUIPMENT AND GROOMING EQUIPMENT, IN ADDITION TO HEARING A SHORT TALK ABOUT OUR THERAPEUTIC RIDING PROGRAM. WE ALSO LET THEM PET THE TWO HORSES, BRUSH THE HORSES AND, IN SOME PLACES, READ TO THE HORSES. WE HAVE CONTINUED TO ADD NEW AGENCIES AND SCHOOLS TO OUR OUTREACH EFFORTS. AS OF DECEMBER 2018, WE HAVE ENRICHED THE LIVES OF A TOTAL OF 1381 CHILDREN AND ADULTS WITH OUR OUTREACH PROGRAM, WHICH BEGAN IN MARCH OF 2012. THIS NUMBER FOR 2018 IS 236 IN 9 SEPARATE VISITS. 7.OUR OUTREACH TEAM OF PET PARTNER ANIMAL HANDLERS MUST BE EVALUATED EVERY TWO YEARS. WE HAVE 7 EQUINE/HANDLER TEAMS, CURRENTLY. OUR MOST RECENT EVALUATION WAS IN 2018. 8.DURING THIS YEAR, ADDITIONAL VOLUNTEER ORIENTATIONS WERE ADDED TO INCREASE OUR VOLUNTEER NUMBERS. 38 NEW VOLUNTEERS WERE ADDED TO OUR VOLUNTEER STAFF. 9.SPECIAL EQUESTRIANS HAS NOW OFFICIALLY ADDED THERAPEUTIC DRIVING TO OUR PROGRAM OFFERINGS. OUR THERAPEUTIC DRIVING INSTRUCTOR TAUGHT HIS FIRST SEASON OF STUDENTS FOR THERAPEUTIC CARRIAGE DRIVING IN 2017-2018. THIS NEW PROGRAM HAS ALLOWED US TO SERVE SOME PARTICIPANTS WHO DID NOT QUALIFY FOR THERAPEUTIC RIDING. THERAPEUTIC DRIVING IS ALSO AN ALTERNATIVE EQUESTRIAN SKILL TO OFFER THE PEOPLE ON OUR WAITING LIST. 10.WE CONTINUE TO SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT OUR UNMOUNTED VETERAN'S PROGRAM, WHICH IS READY TO BEGIN. IT IS AN EQUINE ASSISTED LEARNING PROGRAM WHICH WILL BE TAUGHT BY TWO OF OUR PATH CERTIFIED INSTRUCTORS WHO TOOK A PATH INTERNATIONAL SPONSORED COURSE IN EQUINE SERVICES FOR HEROES. SPECIAL EQUESTRIANS HAS MET WITH JEREMY GENTILE OF MISSION UNITED AND WE HAVE LISTED THIS SERVICE IN UNITED WAY 211. A VETERAN'S PROGRAM BROCHURE WAS CREATED BY FGCU STUDENTS AND IT IS BEING DISTRIBUTED AROUND OUR COMMUNITY AND AT LOCAL VET CENTERS. 11.IN 2018, A THIRD DRILL TEAM WAS FORMED AMONG OUR THERAPEUTIC RIDING STUDENTS. THIS DRILL TEAM IS COACHED BY OUR TUESDAY INSTRUCTORS, JUSTIN PARCHEM AND DIANE SHAW. THESE RIDERS ARE EXCITED AND HONORED TO BE A PART OF THIS TEAM. IN 2017, TWO DRILL TEAMS, SPIRIT RIDERS AND MIRACLE OUTLAWS, ENTERED A DRILL TEAM HORSE SHOW HELD LOCALLY FOR ABLE BODIED RIDERS. BOTH TEAMS WON FIRST PLACE IN THEIR DIVISION, SHOWING THAT PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES CAN BECOME EMPOWERED THROUGH THE PROVISION OF HORSEBACK RIDING. 12.SOME PERSONS CANNOT QUALIFY FOR THERAPEUTIC RIDING BECAUSE OF AGE (UNDER 4) OR LACK OF PHYSICAL OR COGNITIVE SKILLS NEEDED FOR THERAPEUTIC RIDING. SARAH POINDEXTER, AN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST AND VOLUNTEER FOR SPECIAL EQUESTRIANS, RECENTLY COMPLETED THE PROCESS OF BECOMING A CERTIFIED THERAPIST IN HIPPOTHERAPY. 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 STRIDES OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY SERVICES TO OFFER THESE SERVICES AT SPECIAL EQUESTRIANS. THE FIRST CLIENTS WERE SERVED IN 2018. CLIENTS WHO ARE RECEIVING OT AT SPECIAL EQUESTRIANS COULD BE POTENTIAL PARTICIPANTS IN OUR THERAPEUTIC RIDING PROGRAM AS THEY MAKE PROGRESS WITH THEIR OT/HIPPOTHERAPY SESSIONS. 13.IN 2018, BACKGROUND CHECKS WERE CONTINUED FOR NEW VOLUNTEERS WHO ARE 18 AND OVER. THIS PROCESS WAS INSTITUTED IN 2015 AND HAS BEEN A VERY SUCCESSFUL ADDITION TO OUR VOLUNTEER ORIENTATION AND REQUIREMENTS. 14.A NEW UPDATED BROCHURE WAS DEVELOPED AND PRINTED. THIS BROCHURE HAS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE NEW ACTIVITY (THERAPEUTIC CARRIAGE DRIVING) THAT HAS BEEN ADDED TO OUR THERAPEUTIC PROGRAMMING. 15.SPECIAL EQUESTRIANS CONTINUED WORKING WITH CHRIS COOK OF WILD HORSEMANSHIP CENTER IN REDDICK, FLORIDA IN 2018. CHRIS IS A HORSE DEVELOPMENT SPECIALIST WHOSE MISSION IS TO HELP THERAPEUTIC RIDING CENTERS USE EFFECTIVE TRAINING METHODS FOR THEIR THERAPEUTIC RIDING HORSES. HE IS PRESENTLY EMBARKING ON A STUDY WITH UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA TO DEVELOP A CURRICULUM IN THERAPEUTIC RIDING HORSE TRAINING FOR PATH, INTL. AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS. WE HAVE PARTICIPATED IN A SERIES OF WORKSHOPS WITH HIM TO BETTER TRAIN OUR HORSES AND VOLUNTEERS FOR THEIR MISSION OF SERVING PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES. 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. 16.IN 2018, ONE NEW HORSE WAS PURCHASED BY SPECIAL EQUESTRIANS. THIS WAS NECESSARY AS ONE HORSE WAS RETIRED IN 2018 AND ONE HORSE WAS FOUND TO BE UNSUITABLE FOR HER JOB AS A THERAPY HORSE. NEW EQUINE PARTNERS ARE SO NEEDED AT THIS TIME WHEN WE ARE WORKING TO EXPAND SERVICES AND CLASSES. 17.IN 2018, OUR VOLUNTEERS WHO BECAME NEWLY CERTIFIED AS EQUINE SPECIALISTS IN MENTAL HEALTH AND LEARNING PROVIDED A VALUABLE SERVICE ASSISTING OUR PROGRAMS AT SPECIAL EQUESTRIANS. THE ESMHL CAN SERVE MANY FUNCTIONS AT A THERAPEUTIC RIDING CENTER. ONE OF THEIR ROLES IS TO ENSURE SAFETY AND WELFARE OF THE EQUINES WHO WORK AT THE CENTER. THEY CAN ALSO TEACH EQUINE ASSISTED LEARNING CLASSES WHICH ARE UNMOUNTED. 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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 FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING STANDARDS BOARD HAS ISSUED GUIDANCE ON ACCOUNTING FOR UNCERTAINTY IN INCOME TAXES AND THE ORGANIZATION ADOPTED THIS GUIDANCE. 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. SCHEDULE D, PAGE 4, PART XI, LINE 4B INVESTMENT EXPENSES 489 TUITION IN KIND ASSISTANCE 7,704 ROUNDING 2 SCHEDULE D, PAGE 4, PART XII, LINE 4B INVESTMENT EXPENSES 489 TUITION IN KIND ASSISTANCE 7,704 TASTE OF LOVE 280391 211601 68790 2273 3000 3356 81373 RIDE-A-THON 22054 22054 325 3215 3215 302445 233655 68790 2598 3000 6571 84588 96757 -27967 false TUITION SCHOLARSHIPS 24 7704 SPECIALTY TRACTOR SERVICE INC SON OF F. JONES 3781 BRUSH HOG MOWING false L & L MECHANICAL INC SON OF F. JONES 650 MAINTANCE & REPAIRS false GULFSHORE TRUCKING LLC BOARD MEMBER 2148 DIRT & HAULING false X AUCTION ITEMS 104 54870 FMV X IN KIND 1 7704 FMV false false false FORM 990, PAGE 2, PART III, LINE 4A 4.SPECIAL EQUESTRIANS NEW ADDITIONAL PAID PATH, INTL. CERTIFIED THERAPEUTIC RIDING INSTRUCTOR HAS ALLOWED US TO HAVE 4 FULL DAYS OF THERAPEUTIC RIDING CLASSES AT SPECIAL EQUESTRIANS. 5.RIDERS WHO CANNOT RIDE FOR MEDICAL OR OTHER REASONS HAVE BEEN GIVEN NEW OPPORTUNITIES TO GROOM OUR HORSES AND PARTICIPATE IN UNMOUNTED ACTIVITIES SUCH AS LEADING HORSES AND HORSE CARE. 6.OUR OUTREACH PROGRAM HAS ALLOWED US TO NOT ONLY GET THE WORD OUT ABOUT OUR PROGRAM, BUT IT HAS BECOME A TEACHING TOOL AS WELL. DURING AN OUTREACH VISIT, THE PARTICIPANTS LEARN ABOUT HORSES, THEIR FOOD, RIDING EQUIPMENT AND GROOMING EQUIPMENT, IN ADDITION TO HEARING A SHORT TALK ABOUT OUR THERAPEUTIC RIDING PROGRAM. WE ALSO LET THEM PET THE TWO HORSES, BRUSH THE HORSES AND, IN SOME PLACES, READ TO THE HORSES. WE HAVE CONTINUED TO ADD NEW AGENCIES AND SCHOOLS TO OUR OUTREACH EFFORTS. AS OF DECEMBER 2018, WE HAVE ENRICHED THE LIVES OF A TOTAL OF 1381 CHILDREN AND ADULTS WITH OUR OUTREACH PROGRAM, WHICH BEGAN IN MARCH OF 2012. THIS NUMBER FOR 2018 IS 236 IN 9 SEPARATE VISITS. 7.OUR OUTREACH TEAM OF PET PARTNER ANIMAL HANDLERS MUST BE EVALUATED EVERY TWO YEARS. WE HAVE 7 EQUINE/HANDLER TEAMS, CURRENTLY. OUR MOST RECENT EVALUATION WAS IN 2018. 8.DURING THIS YEAR, ADDITIONAL VOLUNTEER ORIENTATIONS WERE ADDED TO INCREASE OUR VOLUNTEER NUMBERS. 38 NEW VOLUNTEERS WERE ADDED TO OUR VOLUNTEER STAFF. 9.SPECIAL EQUESTRIANS HAS NOW OFFICIALLY ADDED THERAPEUTIC DRIVING TO OUR PROGRAM OFFERINGS. OUR THERAPEUTIC DRIVING INSTRUCTOR TAUGHT HIS FIRST SEASON OF STUDENTS FOR THERAPEUTIC CARRIAGE DRIVING IN 2017-2018. THIS NEW PROGRAM HAS ALLOWED US TO SERVE SOME PARTICIPANTS WHO DID NOT QUALIFY FOR THERAPEUTIC RIDING. THERAPEUTIC DRIVING IS ALSO AN ALTERNATIVE EQUESTRIAN SKILL TO OFFER THE PEOPLE ON OUR WAITING LIST. 10.WE CONTINUE TO SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT OUR UNMOUNTED VETERAN'S PROGRAM, WHICH IS READY TO BEGIN. IT IS AN EQUINE ASSISTED LEARNING PROGRAM WHICH WILL BE TAUGHT BY TWO OF OUR PATH CERTIFIED INSTRUCTORS WHO TOOK A PATH INTERNATIONAL SPONSORED COURSE IN EQUINE SERVICES FOR HEROES. SPECIAL EQUESTRIANS HAS MET WITH JEREMY GENTILE OF MISSION UNITED AND WE HAVE LISTED THIS SERVICE IN UNITED WAY 211. A VETERAN'S PROGRAM BROCHURE WAS CREATED BY FGCU STUDENTS AND IT IS BEING DISTRIBUTED AROUND OUR COMMUNITY AND AT LOCAL VET CENTERS. 11.IN 2018, A THIRD DRILL TEAM WAS FORMED AMONG OUR THERAPEUTIC RIDING STUDENTS. THIS DRILL TEAM IS COACHED BY OUR TUESDAY INSTRUCTORS, JUSTIN PARCHEM AND DIANE SHAW. THESE RIDERS ARE EXCITED AND HONORED TO BE A PART OF THIS TEAM. IN 2017, TWO DRILL TEAMS, SPIRIT RIDERS AND MIRACLE OUTLAWS, ENTERED A DRILL TEAM HORSE SHOW HELD LOCALLY FOR ABLE BODIED RIDERS. BOTH TEAMS WON FIRST PLACE IN THEIR DIVISION, SHOWING THAT PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES CAN BECOME EMPOWERED THROUGH THE PROVISION OF HORSEBACK RIDING. 12.SOME PERSONS CANNOT QUALIFY FOR THERAPEUTIC RIDING BECAUSE OF AGE (UNDER 4) OR LACK OF PHYSICAL OR COGNITIVE SKILLS NEEDED FOR THERAPEUTIC RIDING. SARAH POINDEXTER, AN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST AND VOLUNTEER FOR SPECIAL EQUESTRIANS, RECENTLY COMPLETED THE PROCESS OF BECOMING A CERTIFIED THERAPIST IN HIPPOTHERAPY. 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 STRIDES OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY SERVICES TO OFFER THESE SERVICES AT SPECIAL EQUESTRIANS. THE FIRST CLIENTS WERE SERVED IN 2018. CLIENTS WHO ARE RECEIVING OT AT SPECIAL EQUESTRIANS COULD BE POTENTIAL PARTICIPANTS IN OUR THERAPEUTIC RIDING PROGRAM AS THEY MAKE PROGRESS WITH THEIR OT/HIPPOTHERAPY SESSIONS. 13.IN 2018, BACKGROUND CHECKS WERE CONTINUED FOR NEW VOLUNTEERS WHO ARE 18 AND OVER. THIS PROCESS WAS INSTITUTED IN 2015 AND HAS BEEN A VERY SUCCESSFUL ADDITION TO OUR VOLUNTEER ORIENTATION AND REQUIREMENTS. 14.A NEW UPDATED BROCHURE WAS DEVELOPED AND PRINTED. THIS BROCHURE HAS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE NEW ACTIVITY (THERAPEUTIC CARRIAGE DRIVING) THAT HAS BEEN ADDED TO OUR THERAPEUTIC PROGRAMMING. 15.SPECIAL EQUESTRIANS CONTINUED WORKING WITH CHRIS COOK OF WILD HORSEMANSHIP CENTER IN REDDICK, FLORIDA IN 2018. CHRIS IS A HORSE DEVELOPMENT SPECIALIST WHOSE MISSION IS TO HELP THERAPEUTIC RIDING CENTERS USE EFFECTIVE TRAINING METHODS FOR THEIR THERAPEUTIC RIDING HORSES. HE IS PRESENTLY EMBARKING ON A STUDY WITH UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA TO DEVELOP A CURRICULUM IN THERAPEUTIC RIDING HORSE TRAINING FOR PATH, INTL. AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS. WE HAVE PARTICIPATED IN A SERIES OF WORKSHOPS WITH HIM TO BETTER TRAIN OUR HORSES AND VOLUNTEERS FOR THEIR MISSION OF SERVING PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES. 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. 16.IN 2018, ONE NEW HORSE WAS PURCHASED BY SPECIAL EQUESTRIANS. THIS WAS NECESSARY AS ONE HORSE WAS RETIRED IN 2018 AND ONE HORSE WAS FOUND TO BE UNSUITABLE FOR HER JOB AS A THERAPY HORSE. NEW EQUINE PARTNERS ARE SO NEEDED AT THIS TIME WHEN WE ARE WORKING TO EXPAND SERVICES AND CLASSES. 17.IN 2018, OUR VOLUNTEERS WHO BECAME NEWLY CERTIFIED AS EQUINE SPECIALISTS IN MENTAL HEALTH AND LEARNING PROVIDED A VALUABLE SERVICE ASSISTING OUR PROGRAMS AT SPECIAL EQUESTRIANS. THE ESMHL CAN SERVE MANY FUNCTIONS AT A THERAPEUTIC RIDING CENTER. ONE OF THEIR ROLES IS TO ENSURE SAFETY AND WELFARE OF THE EQUINES WHO WORK AT THE CENTER. THEY CAN ALSO TEACH EQUINE ASSISTED LEARNING CLASSES WHICH ARE UNMOUNTED. MOST CENTERS SUCH AS OURS HAVE AN ESMHL ON STAFF AND IT IS A WONDERFUL ACHIEVEMENT TO ADD THIS POSITION TO OUR STAFF. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 11B THE 990 IS REVIEWED BY THE BOARD PRIOR TO FILING IT ELECTRONICALLY FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 12C EACH YEAR THE BOARD MEMBERS SIGN AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 15A NO OFFICER'S ARE PAID AT THE POINT IN TIME. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 19 GOVERNING DOCUMENTS ARE MADE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. FORM 990, PART VIII SPECIAL EVENT REVENUE WAS 302,495, WHICH INCLUDES CONTRIBUTIONS OF 233,705 WHICH IS INCLUDED AS FUNDRAISING INCOME ON LINE 1 NET INCOME FROM SPECIAL EVENTS WAS 260,598. FORM 990, PART IX, LINE 11G PROFESSIONAL FEES 0 2,000 5,180 PROGRAM INSTRUCTORS 20,341 0 0 INSTRUCTOR TRAINING 3,781 0 0 VETERINARIAN 1,481 0 0 TOTAL 25,603 2,000 5,180 FORM 990, PART XI, LINE 9 INVESTMENT EXPENSES -489 TUITION IN KIND ASSISTANCE -7,704 ROUNDING -2 INVESTMENT EXPENSES 489 TUITION IN KIND ASSISTANCE 7,704 TOTAL -2