Annual Report and Finances

Why Support Kids & Horses?

For your head, this page will give you answers to the dozens of questions you might have about Kids & Horses.  Since our founding in 1999, Kids & Horses has been committed to the highest standards of financial transparency and accountability to our supporters.  We can only succeed in our mission if we have the confidence and trust of our riders and donors.

For your heart, we always feel that the best way to learn more about Kids & Horses is to come see in person what we do.  We offer tours throughout the year twice a month – you can find our tour schedule here.  

This page gives you the information needed to make decisions about supporting Kids & Horses.  We think that you will learn that Kids & Horses is an effective, well-managed charity.  Anybody who looks at the IRS 990 form for the first time or GuideStar.com will be a little overwhelmed by the complexity of the information presented but it will shed light on how effective we are in raising funds, how we pay our staff, and how our board of directors governs the affairs of Kids & Horses.  The Kids & Horses annual report and fact sheet illustrate how much service we provide and how well we perform our mission.  Please call us at 775.771.5512 or email us if you have any questions.

Key points to take away:

• Kids & Horses puts individuals with special needs on horseback about 1,500 times a year. In our 12-year history, Kids & Horses given nearly 20,000 therapeutic riding lessons.

• Lessons account for about 13% of our income. We fundraise the rest with a combination of private donations, grants and special events. Kids & Horses' total revenue in 2010 was $130,000. Our net assets are $170,000. 

• Kids & Horses voluntarily gets its finances audited, we will have our 2010 audit posted in Jan. 2011.

• Kids & Horses has a committed board of directors focused on accuracy and accountability.

• Our staff has over 50 years of horse and nonprofit experience.

• The organization’s founder, Sam Waldman, believed so strongly in the value of equine therapy that he established Kids & Horses with his own funds, at his own ranch.

• In 2010, Kids & Horses volunteers logged over 10,000 volunteer hours – the equivalent of 5 full-time positions.

Find Kids & Horses on Guidestar.com by clicking here.  Kids & Horses has earned the GuideStar Exchange Seal, demonstrating our commitment to transparency of programs and finances in support of our mission. 

Here is our Letter of Determination from the IRS.

Here are the 2010 -  Annual Report, Form 990 and Facts.