Endeavor Therapeutic Horsemanship

Endeavor Therapeutic Horsemanship does not meet the following 8 Standards for Charity Accountability:

Standard 1 (Oversight of Operations and Staff)
Organizations shall have a board of directors that provides adequate oversight of the charity's operations and its staff. Indication of adequate oversight includes, but is not limited to, regularly scheduled appraisals of the CEO's performance, evidence of disbursement controls such as board approval of the budget, fund raising practices, establishment of a conflict of interest policy, and establishment of accounting procedures sufficient to safeguard charity finances.

Endeavor does not meet this Standard because its board of directors does not:

• Review the performance of the Chief Executive Officer at least once Every 2 Years.

Standard 6 (Board Policy on Effectiveness)
Have a board policy of assessing, no less than every two years, the organization's performance and effectiveness and of determining future actions required to achieve its mission.

Endeavor does not meet this Standard because:

• The organization's effectiveness assessment policy does not specify that this assessment will take place at least once Every 2 Years.

Standard 7 (Board Approval of Written Report on Effectiveness)
Submit to the organization's governing body, for its approval, a written report that outlines the results of the aforementioned performance and effectiveness assessment and recommendations for future actions.

Endeavor does not meet this Standard because:

• The organization has not completed an effectiveness assessment in the last two years.

Standard 12 (Detailed Functional Breakdown of Expenses)
Include in the financial statements a breakdown of expenses (e.g., salaries, travel, postage, etc.) that shows what portion of these expenses was allocated to program, fund raising, and administrative activities. If the charity has more than one major program category, the schedule should provide a breakdown for each category.

Endeavor does not meet this Standard because, in the organization's 2024 audited financial statements, the detailed functional breakdown of expenses:

• Only included one program service category. It did not include a detailed breakdown of expenses for each of its major program activities (the veteran program, therapeutic horsemanship program, clinical equine assisted services program, equine assisted learning program, at risk youth program, and prison program).

Standard 14 (Budget)
Have a board-approved annual budget for its current fiscal year, outlining projected expenses for major program activities, fund raising, and administration.

Endeavor does not meet this Standard because, when the organization provided 2026 budget information, it indicated that the budget:

• Did not identify total projected fundraising expenses.
• Did not identify total projected administrative expenses.
• Did not identify total projected program service expenses, or include a breakdown of these expenses by major program category.

Standard 16 (Annual Report)
Have an annual report available to all, on request, that includes: (a) the organization's mission statement, (b) a summary of the past year's program service accomplishments, (c) a roster of the officers and members of the board of directors, (d) financial information that includes (i) total income in the past fiscal year, (ii) expenses in the same program, fund raising and administrative categories as in the financial statements, and (iii) ending net assets.

Endeavor does not meet this Standard because the organization's 2024 annual report did not include:

• The organization's financial information from its audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2024.

Standard 17 (Web Site Disclosures)
Include on any charity websites that solicit contributions, the same information that is recommended for annual reports, as well as the mailing address of the charity and electronic access to its most recent IRS Form 990.

Endeavor does not meet this Standard because the organization’s website, https://www.endeavorth.org, does not include all of the recommended information for those charity websites that solicit for donations. Specifically, it does not include:

• Electronic access to the organization’s 2024 IRS Form 990.

Standard 18 (Privacy for Written Appeals & Internet Privacy)
Address privacy concerns of donors by (a) providing in written appeals, at least annually, a means (e.g., such as a check off box) for both new and continuing donors to inform the charity if they do not want their name and address shared outside the organization, (b) providing a clear, prominent and easily accessible privacy policy on any of its websites that tells visitors (i) what information, if any, is being collected about them by the charity and how this information will be used, (ii) how to contact the charity to review personal information collected and request corrections, (iii) how to inform the charity (e.g., a check off box) that the visitor does not wish his/her personal information to be shared outside the organization, and (iv) what security measures the charity has in place to protect personal information.

Endeavor does not meet this Standard because:

• The organization's website, https://www.endeavorth.org, does not provide access to a privacy policy.

The BBB Wise Giving Alliance requested but did not receive complete information from the organization and is unable to verify the organization's compliance with the following Standard(s) for Charity Accountability: 13

Endeavor Therapeutic Horsemanship meets the remaining 11 Standards for Charity Accountability.