Nonprofit · EIN 20-5162723
EQUINE RESCUE OF AIKEN
Tax-exempt · AIKEN, SC 29803
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2025 | 990 | $1,073,053 | $1,102,253 | -$29,200 | $2,123,333 | $690,017 | $1,433,316 |
| December 31, 2024 | 990 | $1,003,569 | $795,659 | $207,910 | $1,777,054 | $314,538 | $1,462,516 |
| December 31, 2023 | 990 | $716,327 | $726,031 | -$9,704 | $1,600,561 | $345,955 | $1,254,606 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $1,018,985
- Program service revenue
- $30,775
- Investment income
- -$62,299
- Net gain from sales of assets
- -$63,407
- Net income from fundraising events
- $43,231
- Other revenue
- $85,592
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $0
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $80,000
- Other salaries and wages
- $29,801
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $119,454
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Legal fees
- $3,258
- Accounting fees
- $7,000
- Occupancy
- $224,537
- Travel
- $5,620
- Depreciation
- $376,972
- Program services (functional)
- $966,388
- Management and general (functional)
- $72,072
- Fundraising (functional)
- $63,793
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $1,777,054
- Total assets, end of year
- $2,123,333
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $690,017
- Net assets, end of year
- $1,433,316
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $1,122,251
- Publicly traded securities
- $32,936
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $1,408,316
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $25,000
- Gross unrelated business income
- $28,720
- Gross receipts
- $1,176,144
- Employees
- 6
- Volunteers
- 500
- Year formed
- 2006
- State of legal domicile
- SC
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, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| JAMES RHODES | PRESIDENT Officer | 40 | $80,000 |
| NANCY GOLDMARK | VICE PRESIDE Officer | 1 | $0 |
| DEBORAH RHODES | SECRETARY Officer | 1 | $0 |
| GINGER FOX CONNELL | TREASURER Officer | 1 | $0 |
| AMY HEBERT | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2024: 5 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| JAMES RHODES | PRESIDENT Officer | 40 | $81,539 |
| NANCY GOLDMARK | VICE PRESIDE Officer | 1 | $0 |
| DEBORAH RHODES | SECRETARY Officer | 1 | $0 |
| GINGER FOX CONNELL | TREASURER Officer | 1 | $0 |
| AMY HEBERT | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 5 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| JAMES RHODES | PRESIDENT Officer | 40 | $77,600 |
| NANCY GOLDMARK | VICE PRESIDE Officer | 1 | $0 |
| DEBORAH RHODES | SECRETARY Officer | 1 | $0 |
| GINGER FOX CONNELL | TREASURER Officer | 1 | $0 |
| AMY HEBERT | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 532 GLENWOOD DR, AIKEN, SC 29803-6594
- Principal officer (990 for 2025)
- JAMES RHODES, 532 GLENWOOD DRIVE, AIKEN, SC 29803
- Signed the 990
- JAMES RHODES, PRESIDENT
- Phone
- (803) 643-1850
- Website
- WWW.AIKENEQUINERESCUE.ORG
- Return prepared by
- OVERSTREET & ASSOCIATES CPAS LLC
Mission
EQUINE RESCUE OF AIKEN'S MISSION IS TO RESCUE UNWANTED HORSES WHO HAVE SUFFERED FROM ABUSE AND NEGLECT. EQUINE RESCUE OF AIKEN WORKS WITH SELECT RACE TRACKS TO REPURPOSE OFF THE TRACK THOROUGHBREDS, THEN REHABILITATES THE HORSES WITH THE GOAL TO PLACE THEM IN "FOREVER" HOMES. ALONG WITH RESCUING HORSES ALREADY IN TROUBLE, EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ON THE PLIGHT OF INHUMANELY TREATED ANIMALS IS PART OF OUR MISSION. WE HOPE TO INSPIRE THE PUBLIC, ESPECIALLY YOUTH, ON THE PROPER TREATMENT AND RESPECT THAT HORSES DESERVE.
Program accomplishments
- HORSE ADOPTION PROGRAM: WE HAVE A CAPACITY OF 65 HORSES IN OUR CARE AT ONE TIME AVAILABLE FOR ADOPTION, BUT IN AN EMERGENCY SITUATION, WE CAN CARE FOR UP TO 70 HORSES TEMPORARILY. WE MAY SEEK A FOSTER SITUATION FOR EITHER AN EMERGENCY SITUATION OR FOR A SPECIAL NEEDS HORSE, BUT WE PREFER OUR HORSES TO BE IN OUR PERSONAL CARE.Expenses $578,832 · revenue $30,775
- HORSE BOARDING: BOARDING IS OFFERED AT OUR FACILITY. MOST OF OUR BOARDERS HAVE ADOPTED HORSES DIRECTLY FROM US. ON AVERAGE, WE PROVIDE THIS SERVICE FOR 9 HORSES.
- COUNTY AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT SUPPORT: EQUINE RESCUE OF AIKEN SUPPORTS CITY CITY OF AIKEN AND AIKEN COUNTY WHEN THEY CONFISCATE HORSES. WE ALSO SUPPORT THE CITY AND COUNTY PRE-TRIAL INTERVENTION PROGRAM BY ALLOWING OFFENDERS TO EARN COMMUNITY SERVICE HOURS AT OUR FACILITY. THE PRE-TRIAL INTERVENTION PROGRAM IS A DIVERSIONARY PROGRAM DESIGNED FOR FIRST TIME OFFENDERS OF NON-VIOLENT CRIMES, WHICH ALLOWS THEM TO AVOID THE COURT SYSTEM BY COMPLETING COUNSELING, EDUCATION, COMMUNITY SERVICE WORK, RESTITUTION, DRUG TESTING, AND PRISON TOURS.Expenses $387,556
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 year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | December 31, 2025 | May 15, 2026 | 990 on file |
| 2024 | December 31, 2024 | May 15, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | December 31, 2023 | May 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 20-5162723
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (509(a)(2))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 2019
- Accounting year ends
- December
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Animal-related (D200)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $2,123,333
- Income (IRS master file)
- $1,176,144
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | December 2025 | $1,073,053 | $1,102,253 | $2,123,333 | XML |
| 990-T | December 2025 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2024 | $1,003,569 | $795,659 | $1,777,054 | XML |
| 990-T | December 2024 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2023 | $716,327 | $726,031 | $1,600,561 | XML |
| 990-T | December 2023 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2022 | $657,895 | $687,448 | $1,806,909 | IRS |
| 990-T | December 2022 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990-T | December 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990-T | December 2020 | – | – | – | 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 20-5162723).
Questions about EQUINE RESCUE OF AIKEN
- What is the EIN of EQUINE RESCUE OF AIKEN?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of EQUINE RESCUE OF AIKEN is 20-5162723.
- Is EQUINE RESCUE OF AIKEN tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2019.
- Are donations to EQUINE RESCUE OF AIKEN tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does EQUINE RESCUE OF AIKEN 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 EQUINE RESCUE OF AIKEN due?
- The return for tax year 2026 (the year ending December 31, 2026) is due May 17, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did EQUINE RESCUE OF AIKEN last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of EQUINE RESCUE OF AIKEN?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 names JAMES RHODES.
- Who are the officers and directors of EQUINE RESCUE OF AIKEN?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 lists 5 people; 1 received compensation from the organization, the highest $80,000 (JAMES RHODES, PRESIDENT).
- How much revenue does EQUINE RESCUE OF AIKEN have?
- On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 it reported revenue of $1,073,053, expenses of $1,102,253 and total assets of $2,123,333 at year end.
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