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CHARITY REVIEW
Issued: January 2025 Expires: January 2027

Little Bit Therapeutic Riding Center

Accredited Charity
Accredited Charity

Meets Standards
(425) 882-1554
18675 NE 106th Street
Redmond, WA, 98052
https://littlebit.org
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Standards For Charity Accountability

Governance

  1. Board Oversight
  2. Board Size
  3. Board Meetings
  4. Board Compensation
  5. Conflict of Interest

Measuring Effectiveness

  1. Effectiveness Policy
  2. Effectiveness Report

Finances

  1. Program Expenses
  2. Fundraising Expenses
  3. Accumulating Funds
  4. Audit Report
  5. Detailed Expense Breakdown
  6. Accurate Expense Reporting
  7. Budget Plan

Fundraising & Info

  1. Truthful Materials
  2. Annual Report
  3. Website Disclosures
  4. Donor Privacy
  5. Cause Marketing Disclosures
  6. Complaints

Little Bit Therapeutic Riding Center meets the 20 Standards for Charity Accountability.

Stated Purpose:
"to build a community where horses transform the bodies, minds, and spirits of people with disabilities."

Year, State Incorporated:
1976, WA

Little Bit Therapeutic Riding Center (Little Bit) reports that it provides equine-assisted services for children and adults with disabilities. The organization uses evidence-based practices, clinical reasoning, and the horse’s movement to engage sensory, neuromotor, and cognitive systems to achieve functional outcomes for the riders. Little Bit’s programs include physical, occupational, and speech-language therapy; adaptive riding; equine-facilitated psychotherapy; and equine-assisted learning. The organization supports participants in building skills for independence, improving daily functioning, and overcoming physical, emotional, and cognitive health challenges. In 2023, Little Bit reports it provided 5,014 rides to 151 riders with adaptive riding, 3,305 therapy sessions to 161 patients, and 117 students with 114 equine-assisted learning classes.

For the year ended December 31, 2023, Little Bit Therapeutic Riding Center's program expenses were:

Program services $2,767,900
Total Program Expenses $2,767,900

Chief Executive
Paula Del Giudice, Executive Director

Compensation*
$141,416

Chair of the Board
Cheryl Kringle, JD

Chair's Profession / Business Affiliation
Attorney, Aero Law Group PC, and Program Coordinator, Child Advocate Program, San Juan County Superior Court Services

Board Size
15

Paid Staff Size
67

*2023 compensation includes annual salary and, if applicable, benefit plans, expense accounts, and other allowances.

Method(s) Used:
Direct mail appeals, Grant proposals, Internet, Direct mail appeals, Planned giving arrangements, Print advertisements (newspapers, magazines, etc.), Telephone appeals, Cause-related marketing (affinity credit cards, consumer product sales, etc.)

Fundraising costs were 17% of related contributions. (Related contributions, which totaled $2,343,803, are donations received as a result of fundraising activities.)

This organization is tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. It is eligible to receive contributions deductible as charitable donations for federal income tax purposes.

The following information is based on Little Bit Therapeutic Riding Center's audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2023.

Source of Funds
Contributions $1,859,758
Program service fees $1,064,456
Special events, net $407,189
Investment income $153,879
In-kind contributions $76,856
Rental income $26,781
Other income $9,639
Total Income $3,598,558

Programs: 78% Fundraising: 11% Administrative: 11%

Total Income $3,598,558
Total expenses: $3,551,805
  Program expenses $2,767,900
  Fundraising expenses $396,948
  Administrative expenses $386,957
  Other expenses $0
Income in Excess of Expenses $46,753
Beginning Net Assets $10,640,901
Other Changes In Net Assets $0
Ending Net Assets $10,687,654
Total Liabilities $1,020,298
Total Assets $11,707,952

Note: According to the organization's 2023 audited financial statements, Little Bit received in-kind contributions totaling $76,856 in the form of professional services ($47,251), equine equipment ($27,270), and other ($2,335).

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Report completed by:
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