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“Executive Director Bryan McQueeney and Program Director Gloria Hamblin are husband and wife. Annual Compensation is set by the compensation committee within of the Board of Directors which does not include these employees. Compensation at Ride On is set with guidance from the annual salary survey published by the Center for Nonprofit Management in Los Angeles.”

“Form 990 is discussed and reviewed by the Executive Director, Treasurer and the entire Board of Directors at a board meeting prior to filing.”

“Conflict of Interest Compliance: Ride On's Board of Directors routinely monitors and discusses potential conflicts and puts in place appropriate safeguards including recusal of interested parties from deliberations and decision-making.”

“Compensation Policy: Compensation is set by the board of directors with guidance from the annual salary survey published by the Center for Nonprofit Management in Los Angeles. It is the policy of Ride On to strive to pay employees a competitive wage and benefit package at the median (50th percentile) of prevailing wages for comparable nonprofit organizations in Southern California.”

“Ride On makes its current and past audited financial statementsand IRS Form 990 available on our website at www.RideOn.org along with our Form 1023 including by-laws and articles of incorporation, and Conflict of Interest policy.”

“Ride On LAs program serves approximately 250 riders each week at ranches in Los Angeles and Ventura Counties. The program is nationally accredited by PATH International, and the teaching staff includes 8 certified instructors and 4 licensed therapists assisted by over 30 horses. Ride On LA remains the only nationally accredited program in Ventura County and the only such program which brings a Physical Therapist to a ranch to use the horses movement to improve specific medical conditions. About half of the riders have physical disabilities and half are intellectually disabled; many have multiple handicaps requiring extensive staff and volunteer support. About seventy-five percent of the riders are children. In its 28-year history, Ride On LA has given over 135,000 lessons and physical therapy treatments to children as young as 2 and adults over the age of 80.In 2021 Ride On LA operates three facilities: one 3-acre facility in Chatsworth which it owns, and two park sites in Newbury Park comprising 33 acres operated in partnership with the Conejo Recreation and Park District. In March 2021 Ride On entered into a 40-year lease to operate the Rancho Potrero Community Equestrian Education Center. RPCEC will provide equestrian programming which integrates services to the able-bodied and disabled communities in partnership with the CRPD, other nonprofits and educational institutions. Ride Ons other facility in Newbury Park is now entering its 21st year of operation under a similar 40-year CRPD lease.”