FORWARD STRIDE

Financials

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 June 30, 2025, highest compensation first.

Address and contacts

Address (IRS master file)

23839 SW DANIEL RD, BEAVERTON, OR 97078-5400

In care of

% AMBER VARNER

Principal officer (990 for 2024)

HELENA LULAY, 23839 SW DANIEL RD, BEAVERTON, OR 97078

Signed the 990

SUSAN SJORDAL, TREASURER

Phone

(503) 217-2058

Website

WWW.FORWARDSTRIDE.ORG

Return prepared by

DOUGALL CONRADIE LLC

Mission

FORWARD STRIDE IS DEDICATED TO IMPROVING LIVES THROUGH INDIVIDUALIZED PROGRAMS ROOTED IN EQUINE ASSISTED ACTIVITIES AND THERAPIES (EAAT).

Program accomplishments

• INCLUSIVE EQUESTRIAN SPORTS (RIDING, HORSEMANSHIP, AND VAULTING) IN OUR RIDING AND HORSEMANSHIP PROGRAM, CHILDREN AND ADULTS OF ALL ABILITIES HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO DEVELOP HORSEMANSHIP SKILLS, FITNESS, AND SELF-CONFIDENCE THROUGH HORSEBACK RIDING LESSONS. OUR MODEL CONNECTS HORSEMANSHIP WITH LIFE SKILLS IN A SAFETY-FIRST ENVIRONMENT. THIS ADAPTIVE PROGRAM INCLUDES LESSONS IN BASIC GROUND WORK, HORSE HANDLING, RIDING,DRESSAGE, WESTERN AND JUMPING. WE SERVED 211 CLIENTS TOTALING 6,598 SERVICE HOURS, 50% OF WHOM WERE CHILDREN IN OUR EQUESTRIAN VAULTING PROGRAM, CLIENTS OF ALL ABILITIES LEARN HOW TO COMBINE GYMNASTICS AND DANCE IN PARTNERSHIP WHILE ATOP A MOVING HORSE. WE ACCENTUATE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE HORSE, TEAMMATES, LONGUEUR, AND COACH. WE SERVED 63 CLIENTS TOTALING 2,452 SERVICE HOURS, 85% OF WHOM WERE CHILDREN. WEEKLY SESSIONS ARE HELD YEAR ROUND, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF 1 OR 2 WEEKS OF BREAK AT THE END OF EACH QUARTERLY SESSION.
• CLINICAL SERVICES (REHABILITATIVE SERVICES AND EQUINE FACILITATED PSYCHOTHERAPY) OUR REHABILITATIVE SERVICES (HIPPOTHERAPY) PROGRAM IS THERAPY FOR PEOPLE WITH PHYSICAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL CHALLENGES. OUR LICENSED AND HIGHLY TRAINED THERAPISTS PROVIDE PHYSICAL THERAPY, OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY, AND SPEECH AND LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY. EACH CLINICIAN USES THE UNIQUELY THERAPEUTIC AND CHALLENGING MOVEMENT OF THE HORSE TO ADD TO THE OTHER BENEFITS AND MODALITIES OF THEIR FIELD OF EXPERTISE. WE SERVED 15-20 CLIENTS EACH WEEK, FOR A TOTAL OF 26 LIVES TOUCHED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR TOTALING 456 SERVICE HOURS. WE ALSO PARTNERED WITH PROVIDENCE TO PROVIDE OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY TO 11 INDIVIDUALS. OUR EQUINE ASSISTED PSYCHOTHERAPY (EAP) IS THERAPY FOR PERSONAL GROWTH AND TREATMENT FOR THOSE WITH MENTAL HEALTH DIAGNOSES. SESSIONS ARE AVAILABLE FOR ADULTS, ADOLESCENTS, AND CHILDREN, WHICH CAN TAKE PLACE IN AN INDIVIDUAL, FAMILY, OR GROUP THERAPY SETTING. WE SERVED 5-10 CLIENTS EACH WEEK, FOR A TOTAL OF 23 LIVES TOUCHED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR TOTALING 378 SERVICE HOURS. A SUB PROGRAM OF OUR EAP PROGRAM IS OUR MENTORING PROGRAM. YOUTH BETWEEN THE AGES OF 6 AND 18 WHO ARE IN THE FOSTER SYSTEM ARE PAIRED WITH TRAINED MENTORS AND HORSES THAT THEY MEET WITH WEEKLY. STARTING IN THE 2023 SCHOOL YEAR, WE ARE PROVIDING SERVICES TO 4 MENTEES PER WEEK. WE ALSO PARTNERED WITH LEGACY HEALTH CANCER INSTITUTE TO PROVIDE AN 8 WEEK MENTAL HEALTH GROUP TO CANCER SURVIVORS. WE SERVED 5 PARTICIPANTS THROUGH THIS PARTNERSHIP. WEEKLY SESSIONS ARE HELD YEAR ROUND, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF 1 OR 2 WEEKS OF BREAK AT THE END OF EACH QUARTERLY SESSION.
• PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT (VOLUNTEER, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, EQUINE ASSISTED LEARNING) OUR VOLUNTEER PROGRAM PROVIDES OPPORTUNITIES FOR EVERYONE OVER THE AGE OF 12 TO GIVE BACK TO OUR ORGANIZATION AND LEARN NEW SKILLS. WE HAD 135 VOLUNTEERS PER WEEK AND ABOUT 237 TOTAL INDIVIDUALS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. THESE VOLUNTEERS HELP WITH OUR CLINICAL SERVICES, INCLUSIVE EQUESTRIAN SPORTS AND ASSIST WITH CARING FOR OUR HERD OF THERAPY HORSES AND PONIES TOTALING 15,613 SERVICE HOURS. OUR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM CONTINUED TO PROVIDE MENTORING TO 2 PATH INTL. CERTIFIED THERAPEUTIC RIDING INSTRUCTORS. EQUINE ASSISTED LEARNING (EAL) IS AN EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING APPROACH THAT PROMOTES THE DEVELOPMENT OF LIFE SKILLS FOR EDUCATIONAL, PROFESSIONAL AND PERSONAL GOALS THROUGH EQUINE-ASSISTED ACTIVITIES. SOME OF THE LEARNING INCLUDED COMMUNICATION, BODY LANGUAGE, GROUP DYNAMICS AND PROBLEM SOLVING. WE PARTNERED WITH VICTORY ACADEMY AND SERVED 9 YOUTH THROUGH THIS PARTNERSHIP. WE ALSO PARTNERED WITH NARA (NATIVE AMERICAN REHABILITATION ASSOCIATION). YOUTH FROM THEIR RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT PROGRAM CAME ONCE A WEEK THROUGH THE YEAR AND WE SERVED 86 YOUTH TOTAL. ONE FINAL PARTNERSHIP WE HAD WAS WITH THE JANUS YOUTH PROGRAM AND MACLAREN YOUTH CORRECTIONAL FACILITY. WE SPENT 7 WEEKS TAKING TWO HORSES TO MACLAREN YOUTH CORRECTIONAL FACILITY PROVIDING GROUNDWORK AND HORSEMANSHIP SKILLS TO 8 YOUTH. IN THE FALL OF 2023 WE LAUNCHED A NEW SUBSET OF THE EAL PROGRAM, OUR EQUINE ASSISTED COACHING PROGRAM. THIS PROGRAM IS FACILITATED BY A CERTIFIED LIFE COACH AND A PATH INTL. EQUINE SPECIALIST IN MENTAL HEALTH AND LEARNING. WE OFFERED 8 WORKSHOPS WITH THEMES AROUND SETTING INTENTIONS, MINDFULNESS, CONFIDENCE BUILDING AND LEADERSHIP AND SERVED OVER 30 INDIVIDUALS. THIS PROGRAM'S REVENUE AND EXPENSES ARE COLLECTED UNDER THE UMBRELLA OF EAL. TO SUPORT THE CONTINUED HEALTH AND LONGEVITY OF OUR HERD AND FACILITY, WE MADE UPDATES AND IMPROVEMENTS TO SEVERAL HORSE PASTURES AND ARENA SPACES: (1) EACH TURNOUT PASTURE HAS TWO SHELTERS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE INTO TUNNELS, WITH THE SUPPORT POSTS CEMENTED INTO THE GROUND. THIS PROVIDED MORE STRUCTURAL STABILITY FOR THE SHELTERS AND GAVE EACH HORSE IN THESES PASTURES A SEPARTATE AREA TO STAY DRY IN WET WEATHER. (2) EXPANDED BARN GS PASTURE SPACE BY CONNETING IT TO G1 AND ADDING THE G2 PASS-THROUGH, WHICH ALSO HAS ITS OWN SHELTER. THIS ALLOWED FOR MORE SPACE FOR THE HERD IN THIS PASTURE TO ROAM AND TO SPREAD OUT FOR MEAL TIMES, AND THE ADDITION OF SAND AND PEA GRAVEL AREAS REDUCED THE AMOUNT OF MUD FORMED IN THIS PASTURE. (3) REMOVED OLD HOGS FUEL FROM PADDOCKS AT BARNS I, H, AND G TO DECREASE THE OVERALL AMOUNT OF MUD IN THESE PADDOCKS. (4) JULY 2024 SAW THE CREATION OF THE NOBLE SHELTER AT THE ARENA SPACE NEAR PASTURE D. THIS PROVICED A DRY, COVERED, CONFIDENTIAL SPACE FOR MENTAL HEALTH SESSIONS. WE ARE PLEASED TO ANNOUCE THE NAMING OF THIS ARENA SPACE: THE PDXLAN ARENA (5) REMOVED THE A & B GARRISON ARENA FROM THE HAY BARN, MAKING ROOM FOR MORE HAY AND ALLOWING US TO UTLITZE THE PULL-THROUGH SPACE IN THE STORAGE BARN MORE EFFICIENTLY. THE PANELS FROM THE GARRISON ARENA WERE MOVED TO SECTION OFF AREAS OF THE FACILITY MARKED FOR AUTHORIZED PERSONNEL ONLY, MAKING THE AREA SAFER FOR HUMANS AND HORSES.THESE FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS ARE KEEPING OUR HORSES AND HUMANS HAPPY AND SAFE, WHICH ENSURES WE CAN OFFER OUR SERVICES AT THE HIGHEST QUALITY POSSIBLE.
• NEW BUILD/FACILITY WE ERECTED A NEW SHELTER TO PROTECT OUR CLIENTS WORKING IN OUR SMALLER OUTDOOR ARENA. THIS SPACE NOW OFFERS AN AREA PROTECTED FROM THE WEATHER AND AFFORDS EXCELLENT PRIVACY. WE IMPROVED EXISTING PADDOCK SPACES TO INCLUDE SHELTERS THAT ARE USABLE THE WHOLE YEAR. THIS MEANS THAT OUR HORSES NO LONGER NEED TO COME INTO OUR INTERIOR STALLS UNLESS THEY ARE RECOVERING FROM INJURY OR ILLNESS. MAKING THESE IMPROVEMENTS SAVES US COSTS ON BEDDING AND ENSURES HORSES ARE ABLE TO LIVE IN MORE ENRICHING SPACES WITH SOCIAL INTERACTIONS WHEN NOT WORKING. WE ALSO REPLACED THE LARGE STALL GATES IN ALL OF THE BARNS BECAUSE THE PREVIOUS GATES WERE NO LONGER SAFE AFTER WELDS BROKE.
  Expenses $1,129,193

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 June, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.

IRS record

EIN

32-0082786

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

2004

Accounting year ends

June

Files

Form 990 or 990-EZ

Category (NTEE)

Human services (P80)

Assets (IRS master file)

$3,532,957

Income (IRS master file)

$1,577,803

Filing history

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 32-0082786).

Questions about FORWARD STRIDE

What is the EIN of FORWARD STRIDE?

The employer identification number (EIN) of FORWARD STRIDE is 32-0082786.

Is FORWARD STRIDE tax-exempt?

Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2004.

Are donations to FORWARD STRIDE tax-deductible?

Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).

Which annual return does FORWARD STRIDE 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 FORWARD STRIDE due?

The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending June 30, 2026) is due November 16, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.

When did FORWARD STRIDE last file with the IRS?

The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended June 2025.

Who is the principal officer of FORWARD STRIDE?

The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 names HELENA LULAY.

Who are the officers and directors of FORWARD STRIDE?

The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 lists 10 people; 1 received compensation from the organization, the highest $83,403 (AMBER VARNER, EXECUTIVE DI).

How much revenue does FORWARD STRIDE have?

On its 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 it reported revenue of $1,544,335, expenses of $1,444,080 and total assets of $3,532,957 at year end.

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