Eagles Nest Ranch

“Part iii primary exempt purpose: eagles nest ranch provides the community a place to find hope, healing and a havenfrom various types of adversity and emotional wounds through their interaction with horses and a loving and welcoming staff. This takes place at a peaceful ranch environment and is provided free of charge. We believe that no matter how dark the day, there is always hope. Additionally, enr is a place for unwanted, abandoned and neglected horses/equines in the community. These equines will be taken in and cared for through feeding, nourishing, vetting and training in order to find them new loving and caring homes. The horses in hardship that become part of the program can then be matched with an individual who has also experienced hardships and adversity. (cont) exempt purpose cont: together human and animal, through the mentoring guidance of a staff person, can start rebuilding hope and trust for the future based on gods unconditional love and acceptance. It is our desire that eagles nest ranch be a place of hope and help to the community of people along the front range. Part iii line 28: the healing horses for the armed forces program serves active duty and veteran service members as well as their family members by offering interactive sessions with horses in order to increase hope, trust and growth. We served 22 military households (17 veteran & 5 active duty), 27 individuals in 60 sessions. In the fall of 2016, two groups of veterans from the denver vas medical center homeless program began to come to the ranch every other week with a va worker. For many of them, coming to the ranch was the highlight of their week. They enjoyed working on the ranch as much as interacting with the horses. Getting out of the city and coming to the peaceful environment of theranch was a balm to their broken lives. (cont) part iii line 28 cont: they interacted with the horses by grooming, leading, bathing, some riding and learning basic horsemanship which helped bring peace and lessened their anxiety. Over and over the veterans thanked us for providing the opportunity to come to the ranch and be with the horses. One veteran commented that he likes coming to the ranch because he can be at peace and that the horses help calm his rage and anger. He went on to say that being at the ranch helped him with his ptsd. He said we are doing great work. One iraq army veteran came out frequently with his wife and three young daughters. He was diagnosed with ptsd and doesnt like to leave home very much. His wifesaid that coming to the ranch is a positive family experience for them. (cont) part iii line 28 cont: shes happy that they can spend fun time together. Their daughters see their dad in a different light as he smiles while working with one of the horses. He said he doesnt need medication, but that he just needs to come to the ranch. Part iii line 29: the soaring program serves the general public by offering interactive sessions with horses in order to increase hope, trust and growth. Throughout the summer we served disadvantaged children from the poorest neighborhood of denver called sun valley. The neighborhood is served by the sun valley youth center which provides childcare and educational activities for the children throughout the year. The children were brought to the ranch by the youth center as a part of their educational activity. (cont) part iii line 29 cont: here they learned about compassion and caring as they loved on one of our program horses that werescued from a bad situation. This horse came to us about 275 pounds underweight. The children brushed her and spent time with her each time they came. They also learned about caring for horses and the value of work as they did chores around the ranch each week. Through the horses, the children learned about leadership, communication, confidence, compassion, assertiveness, patience and kindness. They also did crafts and learned about 4-h while at the ranch. There were 43 childre”

“Description amountdepreciation from 4562 498insurance 2,535office expense 832staff and volunteer expense 1,116contributions 100horse expense 6,995”

“Category beginning of year end of yearsecurity deposit 0 1,700other assets 0 1,992”

“OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES”