Medicine Horse Program

Analysis

Medicine Horse Program is a registered charity in United States, based in Longmont, CO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 2001, 25 years ago. Its declared purposes cover mental health and crisis intervention, 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, Medicine Horse Program reported income of $446k and spending of $407k, spending 91% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $255k to $446k (+75%), an average of +15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 81%. Over the whole period it spent 84% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Medicine Horse Program sits at the 53rd percentile: it is larger than about 53% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 68th percentile, and in the 66th percentile within CO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Arkansas Family Health Foundation ($446k), North Benton Ambulance Service Inc ($446k) and My Sisters Place Inc ($446k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 54% and program service revenue 14% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $73k (18% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $82k. It paid $19k in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $385k against liabilities of $62k, net assets of $323k. It reported 12 employees.