Shining Stars Therapeutic Riding Program Inc

Analysis

Shining Stars Therapeutic Riding Program Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Gettysburg, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover diseases, disorders and medical disciplines, which this site groups under health and saving lives. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Shining Stars Therapeutic Riding Program Inc reported income of $642k and spending of $408k, leaving 36% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $216k to $642k (+198%), an average of +31% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 407%. Over the whole period it spent 43% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Shining Stars Therapeutic Riding Program Inc sits at the 58th percentile: it is larger than about 58% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 74th percentile, and in the 72nd percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Music Movement Inc ($642k), Christine B Foundation Inc ($643k) and Piedmont Orthopedic Foundation ($642k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 86% and program service revenue 4.2% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $61k (15% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $111k. At year end it held assets of $2.3m against liabilities of $477k, net assets of $1.8m. It reported 7 employees.