SPECIAL EQUESTRIANS INC: Form 990, tax year 2012

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Organization: SPECIAL EQUESTRIANS INC (EIN 65-0250071)
Tax period: 2012-10-01 to 2013-09-30
Filed: 2014-04-14
IRS object ID: 201431049349301313
Schema version: 2012v2.3
Source: Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header
Form 990
Schedule A
Schedule D
Schedule G
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Timestamp	2014-04-14T18:17:26-05:00	Timestamp
Tax Period End Date	2013-09-30	TaxPeriodEndDate
Return Type	990	ReturnType
Tax Period Begin Date	2012-10-01	TaxPeriodBeginDate

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	650250071	EIN

Name Name

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	SPECIAL EQUESTRIANS INC	BusinessNameLine1

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Control	SPEC	NameControl

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	PO BOX 61528	AddressLine1
City	FORT MYERS	City
State	FL	State
ZIP Code	339061528	ZIPCode

Officer Officer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	JAN FIFER	Name
Title	EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR	Title
Date Signed	2014-02-20	DateSigned
Authorize Third Party	false	AuthorizeThirdParty

Preparer Preparer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Date Prepared	2014-04-14	DatePrepared

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax Year	2012	TaxYear
Build TS	2015-11-30 17:44:51Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	308092	GrossReceipts
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliates
Organization501c3	X	Organization501c3
Web Site	SPECIALEQUESTRIANS.NET	WebSite
Type Of Organization Corporation	X	TypeOfOrganizationCorporation
Activity Or Mission Description	PROVIDE THERAPEUTIC BENEFITS TO HANDICAPPED CITIZENS THROUGH A HORSEBACK RIDING PROGRAM.	ActivityOrMissionDescription
Nbr Voting Members Governing Body	14	NbrVotingMembersGoverningBody
Nbr Independent Voting Members	14	NbrIndependentVotingMembers
Total Nbr Employees	3	TotalNbrEmployees
Total Nbr Volunteers	115	TotalNbrVolunteers
Total Gross UBI	0	TotalGrossUBI
Contributions Grants Prior Year	166822	ContributionsGrantsPriorYear
Contributions Grants Current Year	82680	ContributionsGrantsCurrentYear
Program Service Revenue Prior Year	21225	ProgramServiceRevenuePriorYear
Program Service Revenue CY	24244	ProgramServiceRevenueCY
Investment Income Prior Year	400	InvestmentIncomePriorYear
Investment Income Current Year	141	InvestmentIncomeCurrentYear
Other Revenue Prior Year	150300	OtherRevenuePriorYear
Other Revenue Current Year	167947	OtherRevenueCurrentYear
Total Revenue Prior Year	338747	TotalRevenuePriorYear
Total Revenue Current Year	275012	TotalRevenueCurrentYear
Grants And Similar Amnts CY	0	GrantsAndSimilarAmntsCY
Benefits Paid To Members CY	0	BenefitsPaidToMembersCY
Salaries Etc Prior Year	48249	SalariesEtcPriorYear
Salaries Etc Current Year	49960	SalariesEtcCurrentYear
Total Prof Fundrsng Exp CY	0	TotalProfFundrsngExpCY
Total Fundrsng Exp Current Year	8475	TotalFundrsngExpCurrentYear
Other Expense Prior Year	140042	OtherExpensePriorYear
Other Expenses Current Year	133883	OtherExpensesCurrentYear
Total Expenses Prior Year	188291	TotalExpensesPriorYear
Total Expenses Current Year	183843	TotalExpensesCurrentYear
Revenues Less Expenses Prior Year	150456	RevenuesLessExpensesPriorYear
Revenues Less Expenses CY	91169	RevenuesLessExpensesCY
Total Assets BOY	1191472	TotalAssetsBOY
Total Assets EOY	1238292	TotalAssetsEOY
Total Liabilities BOY	107390	TotalLiabilitiesBOY
Total Liabilities EOY	61339	TotalLiabilitiesEOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	1084082	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	1176953	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOY
Mission Description	PROVIDE THERAPEUTIC BENEFITS TO HANDICAPPED CITIZENS THROUGH A HORSEBACK RIDING PROGRAM.	MissionDescription
Significant New Program Services	false	SignificantNewProgramServices
Significant Change	false	SignificantChange
Expense	174137	Expense
Description	HORSEBACK RIDING THERAPY FOR PHYSICALLY & MENTALLY HANDICAPPED INDIVIDUALS IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.	Description
Total Program Service Expense	174137	TotalProgramServiceExpense
Described In501 C3	true	DescribedIn501C3
Schedule B Required	false	ScheduleBRequired
Political Activities	false	PoliticalActivities
Lobbying Activities	false	LobbyingActivities
Subject To Proxy Tax	false	SubjectToProxyTax
Donor Advised Funds	false	DonorAdvisedFunds
Conservation Easements	false	ConservationEasements
Collections Of Art	false	CollectionsOfArt
Credit Counseling	false	CreditCounseling
Term Or Permanent Endowments	true	TermOrPermanentEndowments
Report Land Bldg Equip	true	ReportLandBldgEquip
Report Invest Oth Securities	false	ReportInvestOthSecurities
Report Prog Rel Invest	false	ReportProgRelInvest
Report Other Assets	false	ReportOtherAssets
Report Other Liabilities	true	ReportOtherLiabilities
Report Fin48 Footnote	false	ReportFin48Footnote
Independent Audit Financial Stmt	false	IndependentAuditFinancialStmt
Consolidated Audit Financial Stmt	false	ConsolidatedAuditFinancialStmt
School	false	School
Foreign Office	false	ForeignOffice
Foreign Activities	false	ForeignActivities
More Than5000 K To Organizations	false	MoreThan5000KToOrganizations
More Than5000 K To Individuals	false	MoreThan5000KToIndividuals
Professional Fundraising	false	ProfessionalFundraising
Fundraising Activities	true	FundraisingActivities
Gaming	false	Gaming
Hospital	false	Hospital
Grants To Organizations	false	GrantsToOrganizations
Grants To Individuals	false	GrantsToIndividuals
Schedule J Required	false	ScheduleJRequired
Tax Exempt Bonds	false	TaxExemptBonds
Excess Benefit Transaction	false	ExcessBenefitTransaction
Prior Excess Benefit Transaction	false	PriorExcessBenefitTransaction
Loan To Officer Or DQP	false	LoanToOfficerOrDQP
Grant To Related Person	false	GrantToRelatedPerson
Bsnss Rltnshp With Organization	false	BsnssRltnshpWithOrganization
Bsnss Rltnshp Thru Family Member	false	BsnssRltnshpThruFamilyMember
Officer Entity With Bsnss Rltnshp	false	OfficerEntityWithBsnssRltnshp
Deductible Non Cash Contributions	false	DeductibleNonCashContributions
Deductible Contributions Of Art	false	DeductibleContributionsOfArt
Terminated	false	Terminated
Partial Liquidation	false	PartialLiquidation
Disregarded Entity	false	DisregardedEntity
Related Entity	false	RelatedEntity
Related Org Controlled Entity	false	RelatedOrgControlledEntity
Transfers To Exempt Non Chrtbl Org	false	TransfersToExemptNonChrtblOrg
Activities Conducted Partnership	false	ActivitiesConductedPartnership
Schedule O Required	false	ScheduleORequired
Number Forms Transmitted With1096	5	NumberFormsTransmittedWith1096
Number W2 G Included	0	NumberW2GIncluded
Compliance With Backup Witholding	false	ComplianceWithBackupWitholding
Number Of Employees	3	NumberOfEmployees
Employment Tax Returns Filed	true	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiled
Unrelated Business Income	false	UnrelatedBusinessIncome
Foreign Financial Account	false	ForeignFinancialAccount
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	false	ProhibitedTaxShelterTrans
Taxable Party Notification	false	TaxablePartyNotification
Non Deductible Contributions	false	NonDeductibleContributions
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServices
Nbr Voting Governing Body Members	14	NbrVotingGoverningBodyMembers
Number Independent Voting Members	14	NumberIndependentVotingMembers
Family Or Business Relationship	false	FamilyOrBusinessRelationship
Delegation Of Management Duties	false	DelegationOfManagementDuties
Changes To Organizing Docs	false	ChangesToOrganizingDocs
Material Diversion Or Misuse	false	MaterialDiversionOrMisuse
Members Or Stockholders	false	MembersOrStockholders
Election Of Board Members	false	ElectionOfBoardMembers
Decisions Subject To Approval	false	DecisionsSubjectToApproval
Minutes Of Governing Body	true	MinutesOfGoverningBody
Minutes Of Committees	true	MinutesOfCommittees
Officer Mailing Address	false	OfficerMailingAddress
Local Chapters	false	LocalChapters
Form990 Provided To Governing Body	false	Form990ProvidedToGoverningBody
Conflict Of Interest Policy	false	ConflictOfInterestPolicy
Whistleblower Policy	false	WhistleblowerPolicy
Document Retention Policy	false	DocumentRetentionPolicy
Compensation Process CEO	false	CompensationProcessCEO
Compensation Process Other	false	CompensationProcessOther
Investment In Joint Venture	false	InvestmentInJointVenture

The Books Are In Care Of TheBooksAreInCareOf

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Person	FREDA JONES	NamePerson
Telephone Number	2394156255	TelephoneNumber

Address US AddressUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	19350 MEREDITH ROAD	AddressLine1
City	NORTH FORT MYERS	City
State	FL	State
ZIP Code	33917	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
No Listed Persons Compensated	X	NoListedPersonsCompensated

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionA (16 entries)

TitleTitle	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeek	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirector	Reportable Comp From OrganizationReportableCompFromOrganization	Reportable Comp From Related OrgsReportableCompFromRelatedOrgs	Other CompensationOtherCompensation
JAN FIFER
EXECUTIVE DI	40.00	X	0	0	0
RAYMOND RODRIGUES
DIRECTOR	5.00	X	0	0	0
FREDA JONES
TREASURER	15.00	X	0	0	0
SHERRY GILBERT
DIRECTOR	10.00	X	0	0	0
MINDY LA CROIX
ADVISORY BOA	1.50	X	0	0	0
KAREN MEYER
DIRECTOR	2.50	X	0	0	0
VIKKI RICHARDSON
DIRECTOR	2.50	X	0	0	0
BOB MURRAY
VP	10.00	X	0	0	0
ANGELA SCHIVINSKI
ADVISORY BOA	1.50	X	0	0	0
ADELE SMITH
DIRECTOR	5.00	X	0	0	0
ALLISON SPENCER
DIRECTOR	5.00	X	0	0	0
KATHLEEN BERLICK
SECRETARY	2.50	X	0	0	0
KRISTI PRITCHETT SARLO
PRESIDENT	10.00	X	0	0	0
JERRY SNYDERMAN
DIRECTOR	3.50	X	0	0	0
APRIL TENNESEN
DIRECTOR	5.00	X	0	0	0
KAYLA SHERWOOD
DIRECTOR	2.50	X	0	0	0

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Formers Listed	false	FormersListed
Total Comp GT150 K	false	TotalCompGT150K
Compensation From Other Sources	false	CompensationFromOtherSources
All Other Contributions	82680	AllOtherContributions
Total Contributions	82680	TotalContributions

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Description	PROGRAM SERVICE REVENUE	Description
Total Revenue Column	24244	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	24244	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	24244	TotalProgramServiceRevenue

Investment Income InvestmentIncome

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	141	TotalRevenueColumn
Exclusion	$141	ExclusionAmount

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Income Fundraising Events	201027	GrossIncomeFundraisingEvents
Fundraising Direct Expenses	33080	FundraisingDirectExpenses

Net Income From Fundraising Events NetIncomeFromFundraisingEvents

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	167947	TotalRevenueColumn

Total Revenue TotalRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	275012	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	24244	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
Exclusion	$141	ExclusionAmount

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part IX	X	InfoInScheduleOPartIX

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWages

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	46156	Total
Program Services	46156	ProgramServices

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxes

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	3804	Total
Program Services	3804	ProgramServices

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccounting

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	3600	Total
Fundraising	3600	Fundraising

Office Expenses OfficeExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	927	Total
Program Services	742	ProgramServices
Management And General	185	ManagementAndGeneral

Interest Interest

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	6401	Total
Program Services	6401	ProgramServices

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletion

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	37367	Total
Program Services	37367	ProgramServices

Other Expenses OtherExpenses (4 entries)

DescriptionDescription	TotalTotal	Program ServicesProgramServices
FEED & BEDDING	27920	27920
INSURANCE	15401	15401
FACILITY R & M	12950	12950
PROGRAM EXPENSE	6988	6988

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	22329	Total
Program Services	16408	ProgramServices
Management And General	1046	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	4875	Fundraising

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	183843	Total
Program Services	174137	ProgramServices
Management And General	1231	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	8475	Fundraising

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearing

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	117879	BOY
EOY	102074	EOY

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivable

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	7500	BOY
EOY	7500	EOY

Inventories For Sale Or Use InventoriesForSaleOrUse

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	4320	BOY
EOY	4861	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Buildings Equipment Basis	1298778	LandBuildingsEquipmentBasis
Land Bldg Equipment Accum Deprec	196995	LandBldgEquipmentAccumDeprec

Land Buildings Equipment Basis Net LandBuildingsEquipmentBasisNet

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	1041401	BOY
EOY	1101783	EOY

Investments Pub Traded Securities InvestmentsPubTradedSecurities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	19262	BOY
EOY	20964	EOY

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotal

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	1110	BOY
EOY	1110	EOY

Total Assets TotalAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	1191472	BOY
EOY	1238292	EOY

Accounts Payable Accrued Expenses AccountsPayableAccruedExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	1003	BOY
EOY	1099	EOY

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	106387	BOY
EOY	60240	EOY

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	107390	BOY
EOY	61339	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Follow SFAS117	X	FollowSFAS117

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	1062388	BOY
EOY	1155697	EOY

Temporarily Restricted Net Assets TemporarilyRestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	2432	BOY
EOY	292	EOY

Permanently Restricted Net Assets PermanentlyRestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	19262	BOY
EOY	20964	EOY

Total Net Assets Fund Balances TotalNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	1084082	BOY
EOY	1176953	EOY

Total Liab Net Assets Fund Balances TotalLiabNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	1191472	BOY
EOY	1238292	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expenses	91169	ReconcilationRevenueExpenses
Reconciliation Unrealized Invest	1702	ReconciliationUnrealizedInvest
Method Of Accounting Accrual	X	MethodOfAccountingAccrual
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReview
FS Audited	false	FSAudited

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Publicly Supported Org170b1 Avi	X	PubliclySupportedOrg170b1Avi

Gifts Grants Contrib Received170 GiftsGrantsContribReceived170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year	82680	CurrentTaxYear
Total	82680	Total

Total170 Total170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year	82680	CurrentTaxYear
Total	82680	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Total170	82680	PublicSupportTotal170

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year	141	CurrentTaxYear
Total	141	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	82821	TotalSupport
Gross Receipts From Admissions Etc	225271	GrossReceiptsFromAdmissionsEtc
Public Support Pertcentage170	0.99830	PublicSupportPertcentage170
Thirty Three Percnt Tests CY170	X	ThirtyThreePercntTestsCY170

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Endowments Held By Unrelated Orgs	false	EndowmentsHeldByUnrelatedOrgs
Endowments Held By Related Orgs	false	EndowmentsHeldByRelatedOrgs

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Description	MORTGAGE PAYABLE	Description
Amount	$60,240	Amount

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Of Amounts	60240	TotalOfAmounts

Schedule G IRS990ScheduleG

Events Information EventsInformation

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Of Event1	TASTE OF LOVE	NameOfEvent1
Gross Receipts Event1	157541	GrossReceiptsEvent1
Gross Revenue Event1	157541	GrossRevenueEvent1
Other Direct Expenses Event1	24185	OtherDirectExpensesEvent1
Name Of Event2	RIDE-A-THON	NameOfEvent2
Gross Receipts Event2	33878	GrossReceiptsEvent2
Gross Revenue Event2	33878	GrossRevenueEvent2
Other Direct Expenses Event2	8547	OtherDirectExpensesEvent2
Total Number Of Other Events	1	TotalNumberOfOtherEvents
Gross Receipts Other Events	9608	GrossReceiptsOtherEvents
Gross Revenue Other Events	9608	GrossRevenueOtherEvents
Other Direct Expenses Other Events	348	OtherDirectExpensesOtherEvents
Gross Receipts Total	201027	GrossReceiptsTotal
Gross Revenue Total Events	201027	GrossRevenueTotalEvents
Other Direct Expenses Total Events	33080	OtherDirectExpensesTotalEvents
Direct Expense Summary Events	33080	DirectExpenseSummaryEvents
Net Income Summary	167947	NetIncomeSummary

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (4 entries)

IdentifierIdentifier	Return ReferenceReturnReference	ExplanationExplanation
ORGANIZATION'S PROCESS USED TO REVIEW FORM 990	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 11B	NO REVIEW WAS OR WILL BE CONDUCTED.
GOVERNING DOCUMENTS DISCLOSURE EXPLANATION	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 19	NO DOCUMENTS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC
OTHER EXPENSES	FORM 990, PART IX, LINE 24E	STALL CLEANING 5,184 0 0 CREDIT CARD FEES 220 0 4,191 UTILITIES 2,362 244 0 FARRIER 2,345 0 0 TELEPHONE 2,301 0 0 ANNUAL MEETING 1,261 0 0 DUES & SUBSCRIPTIONS 1,120 0 0 PROFESSIONAL FEES 675 400 0 POSTAGE & DELIVERY 0 75 684 AWARDS 593 0 0 BANK SERVICE CHARGES 0 327 0 LICENSES & PERMITS 297 0 0 TAXES 50 0 0
RECONCILIATION OF CHANGES - OTHER	FORM 990, PART XI, LINE 9	BOOK / TAX DEPRECIATION DIFFERENCE 37,367