All About Equine Animal Rescue
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
Rescue and rehabilitate abused, neglected, abandoned, unwanted, and/or slaughter-bound animals primarily equines wild and domestic To provide food, shelter, care and veterinary care, to utilize a strategic process for matching healthy, rehabilitated animals with compatible, loving homes provide long-term for unadoptable animals and to educate about the plight of horses.
- Income
- $598,357
- Spending
- $531,503
- Spent on programs
- 90%
- Reserves
- 2.6 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 93%
- Employees
- 7
- Volunteers
- 125
- Highest pay
- $6,000, president
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Good: 71 out of 100. Higher than 36% of charities in its peer group (animals, $250k to $1m).
Reserves
10 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 2.6 months of spending.
Debt
16 of 20It owes 19% of what it owns.
Living within its means
15 of 15Income exceeded spending by 11% of income.
Income trend
15 of 15Income rose 26% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 1590% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 3 cents.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
Strong: 91 out of 100. Higher than 87% of charities in its peer group (animals, $250k to $1m).
Independent board
25 of 256 of 7 voting board members are independent.
Conflict of interest policy
15 of 15Has a written conflict of interest policy.
Whistleblower policy
8 of 8Has a written whistleblower policy.
Record keeping policy
7 of 7Has a written policy on keeping and destroying records.
Board minutes
5 of 5Keeps minutes of board meetings.
Board sees the tax return
10 of 10Gave the board a copy of this return before filing it.
Pay set independently
5 of 5Sets its chief executive's pay through independent review and comparison.
Independent check of accounts
6 of 15Its accounts were not audited or reviewed by an independent accountant.
No reported misuse
10 of 10Reports no diversion of assets, excess benefits or loans to insiders.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (1)
- $477,840 spent. AAE's relocated operations from El Dorado Hills to Pilot Hill end of 2021/2022; 2024 included ongoing set-up of equipment and ongoing facility improvements with added cross-fencing for additional paddocks, 16-stall mare motel, installing shelters in paddocks, restrooms in storage building, adding housing areas, and related expenses for facility/housing, fence maintenance for housing and care programs for the benefit of our horses and other animals. AAE's Health Care program provided for 76 AAE horses/donkeys, four cows, one pig, a tortoise, three goats, a cat, five roosters, and seven dogs, as needed upon intake, for special cases, surgical needs, and maintenance care during the year including costs for veterinary, dental, and hoof care, prescriptions, other medications, first aid supplies, other health care supplies, health care-related tools and equipment, and transportation to/from vet. AAE supported 24 horses/equine and seven dogs associated with law enforcement cases. AAE's Nutritional program included refeeding programs, maintenance feed, and supplements for the 76 equine, one pig, a tortoise, three goats, a cat, five roosters, and seven dogs over the course of the year. AAE began the year with 46 horses/donkeys in the program. Over the course of the year 30 new equine (including two reservation mustangs), a cat, five roosters, and seven dogs were admitted. Over the course of the year, 19 equine (tincluding 14 horses, three mustangs, two minis) were adopted. Six horses and a pig were euthanized, and one elderly cow passed in the night. All euthanasia's were due to severe injury, severe health issues, or poor quality of life issues.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated November 6, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2024.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since March 2010.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated November 4, 2026.
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