Special Equestrians Inc.

“The 990 is reviewed by the board prior to filing it electronically”

“Each year the board members sign an acknowledgement of conflict of interest.”

“No officer's are paid at the point in time.”

“Governing documents are made available upon request.”

“Special event revenue was 302,495, which includes contributions of 233,705 which is included as fundraising income on line 1 net income from special events was 260,598.”

“4.special equestrians new additional paid path, intl. Certified therapeutic riding instructor has allowed us to have 4 full days of therapeutic riding classes at special equestrians. 5.riders who cannot ride for medical or other reasons have been given new opportunities to groom our horses and participate in unmounted activities such as leading horses and horse care. 6.our outreach program has allowed us to not only get the word out about our program, but it has become a teaching tool as well. During an outreach visit, the participants learn about horses, their food, riding equipment and grooming equipment, in addition to hearing a short talk about our therapeutic riding program. We also let them pet the two horses, brush the horses and, in some places, read to the horses. We have continued to add new agencies and schools to our outreach efforts. As of december 2018, we have enriched the lives of a total of 1381 children and adults with our outreach program, which began in march of 2012. This number for 2018 is 236 in 9 separate visits. 7.our outreach team of pet partner animal handlers must be evaluated every two years. We have 7 equine/handler teams, currently. Our most recent evaluation was in 2018. 8.during this year, additional volunteer orientations were added to increase our volunteer numbers. 38 new volunteers were added to our volunteer staff. 9.special equestrians has now officially added therapeutic driving to our program offerings. Our therapeutic driving instructor taught his first season of students for therapeutic carriage driving in 2017-2018. This new program has allowed us to serve some participants who did not qualify for therapeutic riding. Therapeutic driving is also an alternative equestrian skill to offer the people on our waiting list. 10.we continue to spread the word about our unmounted veteran's program, which is ready to begin. It is an equine assisted learning program which will be taught by two of our path certified instructors who took a path international sponsored course in equine services for heroes. Special equestrians has met with jeremy gentile of mission united and we have listed this service in united way 211. A veteran's program brochure was created by fgcu students and it is being distributed around our community and at local vet centers. 11.in 2018, a third drill team was formed among our therapeutic riding students. This drill team is coached by our tuesday instructors, justin parchem and diane shaw. These riders are excited and honored to be a part of this team. In 2017, two drill teams, spirit riders and miracle outlaws, entered a drill team horse show held locally for able bodied riders. Both teams won first place in their division, showing that people with disabilities can become empowered through the provision of horseback riding. 12.some persons cannot qualify for therapeutic riding because of age (under 4) or lack of physical or cognitive skills needed for therapeutic riding. Sarah poindexter, an occupational therapist and volunteer for special equestrians, recently completed the process of becoming a certified therapist in hippotherapy. The term hippotherapy refers to how occupational therapy, physical therapy, and speech-language pathology professionals use evidence-based practice and clinical reasoning in the purposeful manipulation of equine movement to engage sensory, neuromotor, and cognitive systems to achieve functional outcomes in a client. We are now partnering with strides occupational therapy services to offer these services at special equestrians. The first clients were served in 2018. Clients who are receiving ot at special equestrians could be potential participants in our therapeutic riding program as they make progress with their ot/hippotherapy sessions. 13.in 2018, background checks were continued for new volunteers who are 18 and over. This process was instituted in 2015 and has been a very successful addition to our volunteer orientation and requirements. 1”

“Professional fees 0 2,000 5,180 program instructors 20,341 0 0 instructor training 3,781 0 0 veterinarian 1,481 0 0 total 25,603 2,000 5,180”

“Investment expenses -489 tuition in kind assistance -7,704 rounding -2 investment expenses 489 tuition in kind assistance 7,704 total -2”