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Nonprofit · EIN 58-1930303

SADDLE UP

Tax-exempt · FRANKLIN, TN 37069

Financials

$1.6M$1.5M2023$3.9M$1.8M2024
Revenue Expenses · by fiscal year end
Financials of SADDLE UP by year, from its e-filed returns
Year endedFormRevenueExpensesNet incomeTotal assetsLiabilitiesNet assets
December 31, 2024990$3,933,607$1,777,129$2,156,478$13,494,863$98,552$13,396,311
December 31, 2023990$1,648,446$1,528,545$119,901$10,825,342$100,519$10,724,823
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024

Revenue

Contributions, gifts and grants
$2,816,048
Program service revenue
$223,600
Investment income
$492,008
Net gain from sales of assets
$190,823
Net income from fundraising events
$369,470
Other revenue
$401,951

Expenses

Grants and similar amounts paid
$0
Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
$97,704
Other salaries and wages
$784,163
Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
$1,021,226
Professional fundraising fees
$0
Accounting fees
$17,101
Depreciation
$162,476
Program services (functional)
$1,309,738
Management and general (functional)
$178,510
Fundraising (functional)
$288,881

Balance sheet and other

Total assets, start of year
$10,825,342
Total assets, end of year
$13,494,863
Total liabilities, end of year
$98,552
Net assets, end of year
$13,396,311
Land, buildings and equipment
$2,489,683
Net assets without donor restrictions
$10,336,078
Net assets with donor restrictions
$3,060,233
Gross receipts
$4,516,472
Employees
0
Volunteers
500
Year formed
1991
State of legal domicile
TN

From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.

Officers, directors and key employees

As listed on the 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024, highest compensation first.

NameTitleHours / weekCompensationOther / benefits
AUDREY KIDDEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Trustee or director, Officer
40$97,704$26,571
CHARLES M ARNOLDDIRECTOR OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION
Trustee or director, Officer
40$60,961$0
KRISTY WILLIAMSDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
AMY OREMDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
NIKKI OCHABDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
NATHAN RITTENBERRYDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
NINA LINDLEYDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
SHEREE KELLEY PRICEDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
TERI HENDRICKSDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
SARAH INGRAMDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
TIMOTHY GERSTDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
ANDREA S FREEMANDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
CHARLES FERGUSONDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
ALLIE FEINERDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
LISE BOHANNONDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
8 more people on this return
NameTitleHours / weekCompensation
WILLIAM L BURNS IVDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
SUSAN BURNSDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
ALIE BOHANNONDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
TRINA HAYESIMMEDIATE PAST PRESI
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0
JUSTIN LUCKETTTREASURER
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0
JILL BOSSESECRETARY
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0
COURTNEY LAGINESSVICE PRESDIENT
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0
BRIAN HUBBARDPRESIDENT
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 23 people
NameTitleHours / weekCompensationOther / benefits
AUDREY KIDDEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Trustee or director, Officer
40$94,983$21,864
TRINA HAYESPRESIDENT
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0$0
COURTNEY LAGINESSVICE PRESDIENT
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0$0
JILL BOSSESECRETARY
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0$0
JUSTIN LUCKETTTREASURER
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0$0
SETH ESTEPIMMEDIATE PAST PRESI
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0$0
NANCY BASSDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
LISE BOHANNONDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
WILLIAM L BURNS IVDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
WILLIAM CALDWELLDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
BRIAN HUBBARDDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
SARAH INGRAMDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
REBECCA KEENANDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
NINA LINDLEYDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
DEBORAH NEWMANDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
KRISTY WILLIAMSDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
NATHANIEL WRIGHTDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
CHARLES FERGUSONDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
TIMOTHY GERSTDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
TERI HENDRICKSDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
NIKKI OCHABDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
AMY OREMDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
NATHAN RITTENBERRYDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0

Address and contacts

Address (IRS master file)
1549 OLD HILLSBORO RD, FRANKLIN, TN 37069-9136
Principal officer (990 for 2024)
AUDREY KIDD, 1549 OLD HILLSBORO ROAD, FRANKLIN, TN 37069
Signed the 990
AUDREY KIDD, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Phone
(615) 794-1150
Return prepared by
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Mission

SEE SCHEDULE OSADDLE UP! STARTED AS A DREAM AND LAUNCHED AS A ONE NIGHT A WEEK PROGRAM IN DAYLIGHT AND GOOD WEATHER ONLY FOR 10 STUDENTS. SADDLE UP! IS NOW A YEAR-ROUND PROGRAM THAT WILL SERVE NEARLY 180 CHILDREN/YOUTH THIS YEAR. SADDLE UP! IS THE OLDEST AND LARGEST PROGRAM OF ITS KIND IN THE REGION, AND THE ONLY ONE EXCLUSIVELY SERVING CHILDREN AND YOUTH WHO HAVE DISABILITIES. WE ARE A PREMIER CENTER ACCREDITED BY PATH INTERNATIONAL, THE ORGANIZATION THAT SETS THE STANDARDS FOR SAFETY AND QUALITY IN EQUINE ASSISTED PROGRAMS.

990 for the year ended December 31, 2024

Program accomplishments

  • SADDLE UP!'S ADAPTIVE RIDING (AR) PROGRAM IS AN EQUINE-ASSISTED SERVICE WHERE PARTICIPANTS WORK ON THEIR MOUNTED AND UNMOUNTED HORSEMANSHIP SKILLS. OUR PATH INTERNATIONAL CERTIFIED INSTRUCTORS ADAPT THE LESSON FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONTRIBUTING POSITIVELY TO THE COGNITIVE, PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL AND SOCIAL WELLBEING OF CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES. SECONDARY BENEFITS THAT HAVE BEEN OBSERVED BY SADDLE UP! FAMILIES INCLUDE IMPROVEMENTS IN BALANCE, ENDURANCE, COORDINATION, COMMUNICATION, SPEECH, ATTENTION, AND MUCH MORE. OUR ADAPTIVE RIDING PROGRAM SERVES CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES FROM THE AGE OF 4 THROUGH THEIR 19TH BIRTHDAY. SADDLE UP! DEVELOPED AND USES RIDES AS OUR SYSTEM OF ASSESSMENT FOR THE ADAPTIVE RIDING PROGRAM. FOR MORE INFORMATION, VISIT OUR RIDES INFORMATIONAL PAGE. THE RIDES PROGRAM ALLOWS OUR PATH INTERNATIONAL CERTIFIED INSTRUCTOR TO TEACH MOUNTED AND UNMOUNTED SKILLS AND TO SET AND MEASURE PARTICIPANT GOALS AND OBJECTIVES, FROM THE FUNDAMENTALS TO CANTERING. GOALS ARE BASED ON THE PARTICIPANT'S ABILITIES AND INCLUDE FAMILY INPUT. AT THE END OF EACH SESSION, FAMILIES ARE UPDATED VIA AN END OF SESSION REPORT ON HOW THEIR CHILD HAS WORKED TO ATTAIN THEIR GOALS.
    Expenses $883,711 · revenue $159,052
  • THERAPY SERVICES SADDLE UP!'S THERAPY SERVICES (TS) OFFERS PHYSICAL THERAPY, OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY, AND SPEECH-LANGUAGE THERAPY THAT INCORPORATES EQUINE MOVEMENT AS A TREATMENT STRATEGY. OUR THERAPISTS SKILLFULLY DIRECT THE MOVEMENT OF THE HORSE TO CHALLENGE AND ENGAGE THE CLIENT'S NEUROMUSCULAR AND SENSORIMOTOR SYSTEMS TO ADDRESS THE CLIENT'S CHALLENGES, SUCH AS DEFICITS IN BALANCE, ENDURANCE, COORDINATION, COMMUNICATION, SPEECH, AND ATTENTION. THERAPY SERVICES TREATS CLIENTS WITH DISABILITIES AS YOUNG AS 2 YEARS OLD.
    Expenses $93,433 · revenue $56,243
  • EQUINE ASSISTED LEARNING PROGRAM SADDLE UP!'S EQUINE ASSISTED LEARNING (EAL) PROGRAM IS AN EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING APPROACH WHICH INVOLVES STUDENTS INTERACTING WITH HORSES TO BUILD SELF-CONFIDENCE, IMPROVE SOCIAL SKILLS, AND REINFORCE ACADEMIC SKILLS. USING THE BARN AS A DYNAMIC CLASSROOM, STUDENTS ALSO GET TO PARTICIPATE IN ARTS, CRAFTS, HIKES, GAMES, AND DISCOVERY. THIS PROGRAM IS DESIGNED FOR STUDENTS KINDERGARTEN THROUGH 12TH GRADE WITH LEARNING AND/OR SOCIAL DIFFERENCES.
    Expenses $71,605 · revenue $20,900
  • HORSE PROGRAMS
    Expenses $260,989 · revenue $19,886

What it must file and when

IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in December, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.

Tax yearYear endedDueIRS public records
2025December 31, 2025May 15, 2026Not on file
2024December 31, 2024May 15, 2025990 on file
2023December 31, 2023May 15, 2024990 on file

IRS record

EIN
58-1930303
Tax-exempt status
501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
Foundation status
Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
Donations deductible (Pub 78)
Public charity, 50% deduction limit
Exempt since
1991
Accounting year ends
December
Files
Form 990 or 990-EZ
Category (NTEE)
Health care (E86Z)
Assets (IRS master file)
$13,494,863
Income (IRS master file)
$4,516,472

Filing history

FormYear endedRevenueExpensesAssetsReturn
990December 2024$3,933,607$1,777,129$13,494,863XML
990December 2023$1,648,446$1,528,545$10,825,342XML
990December 2022$2,207,951$1,358,439$9,897,449IRS
990December 2021–––IRS
990December 2020–––IRS
990December 2019–––IRS
990December 2018–––IRS

990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 58-1930303).

Questions about SADDLE UP

What is the EIN of SADDLE UP?
The employer identification number (EIN) of SADDLE UP is 58-1930303.
Is SADDLE UP tax-exempt?
Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1991.
Are donations to SADDLE UP tax-deductible?
Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
Which annual return does SADDLE UP file?
Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
When is the next return of SADDLE UP due?
The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending December 31, 2025) is due May 15, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
When did SADDLE UP last file with the IRS?
The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2024.
Who is the principal officer of SADDLE UP?
The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 names AUDREY KIDD.
Who are the officers and directors of SADDLE UP?
The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 lists 23 people; 2 received compensation from the organization, the highest $97,704 (AUDREY KIDD, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR).
How much revenue does SADDLE UP have?
On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 it reported revenue of $3,933,607, expenses of $1,777,129 and total assets of $13,494,863 at year end.

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