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Nonprofit · EIN 86-3879237

SPIRIT HORSE RANCH INC

Tax-exempt · KULA, HI 96790

Financials

$217K$151K2024$788K$778K2025
Revenue Expenses · by fiscal year end
Financials of SPIRIT HORSE RANCH INC by year, from its e-filed returns
Year endedFormRevenueExpensesNet incomeTotal assetsLiabilitiesNet assets
December 31, 2025990$787,832$777,578$10,254$172,282$35,533$136,749
December 31, 2024990$216,969$150,674$66,295$66,615$120$66,495
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025

Revenue

Contributions, gifts and grants
$787,693
of which government grants
$577,816
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$14
Other revenue
$125

Expenses

Grants and similar amounts paid
$0
Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
$198,000
Other salaries and wages
$263,524
Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
$508,833
Professional fundraising fees
$0
Accounting fees
$2,806
Occupancy
$1,440
Travel
$21,714
Depreciation
$7,461
Program services (functional)
$661,511
Management and general (functional)
$89,223
Fundraising (functional)
$26,844

Balance sheet and other

Total assets, start of year
$66,615
Total assets, end of year
$172,282
Total liabilities, end of year
$35,533
Net assets, end of year
$136,749
Land, buildings and equipment
$56,097
Net assets without donor restrictions
$136,749
Gross receipts
$787,832
Employees
9
Volunteers
16
Year formed
2021
State of legal domicile
HI

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.

NameTitleHours / weekCompensation
PAIGE DEPONTEEXECUTIVE DI
Trustee or director, Officer
40$111,158
MAURISSA DEPONTESECRETARY/MA
Trustee or director, Officer
40$90,538
DIRK TERPSTRAVICE PRESIDE
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0
DENNIS D'ARCY BANKSDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
990 for the year ended December 31, 2024: 2 people
NameTitleHours / weekCompensation
PAIGE DE PONTEDIRECTOR
Trustee or director, Officer
40$19,394
MAURISSA DE PONTEMANAGER
Trustee or director, Officer
40$17,279

Address and contacts

Address (IRS master file)
7797 KULA HWY, KULA, HI 96790-7403
In care of
% PAIGE DE PONTE
Principal officer (990 for 2025)
PAIGE DEPONTE, 18100 PIILANI HWY, KULA, HI 96790
Signed the 990
PAIGE DEPONTE, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Phone
(808) 280-7070
Return prepared by
ACCUITY ADVISORS LLC

Mission

OUR MISSION IS TO PROVIDE TRANSFORMATIVE EQUINE-ASSISTED THERAPY THAT FOSTER TRAUMA RECOVERY, SUICIDE PREVENTION, AND RESILIENCE BUILDING FOR INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITIES.

990 for the year ended December 31, 2025

Program accomplishments

  • YOUTH PROGRAMS. ON MAUI, FAMILIES ARE FACING UNPRECEDENTED CHALLENGES. IN LAHAINA, MANY REMAIN DISPLACED, LIVING IN TRANSITIONAL HOUSING AND UNABLE TO REGAIN A SENSE OF STABILITY. ACROSS THE ISLAND, FINANCIAL STRAIN WEIGHS HEAVILY AS BUSINESSES, HOUSEHOLDS, AND ENTIRE COMMUNITIES STRUGGLE TO RECOVER. PARENTS ARE BURDENED AND OFTEN EMOTIONALLY DISCONNECTED FROM THEIR CHILDREN. AT-RISK YOUTH, CAUGHT IN THIS INSTABILITY, FACE TRAUMA THAT FUELS SUBSTANCE USE, SELF-HARM, VIOLENCE, AND CYCLES OF GENERATIONAL PAIN. SPIRIT HORSE RANCH EXISTS TO PROVIDE A SAFE SPACE FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH AGES 8 TO 18 TO INTERRUPT THIS CYCLE THROUGH HUMAN-HORSE CONNECTION - A SAFE, NON-JUDGMENTAL RELATIONSHIP THAT ALLOWS YOUTH TO FEEL SEEN, VALUED, AND ACCEPTED.
    Expenses $264,605
  • OHANA STRONG. ON MAUI, FAMILIES ARE FACING UNPRECEDENTED CHALLENGES. IN LAHAINA, MANY HAVE LOST HOUSING. PARENTS ARE FINANCIALLY BURDENED AND OFTEN EMOTIONALLY DISCONNECTED FROM THEIR CHILDREN. AT-RISK YOUTH FACE TRAUMA AT THE ROOT OF SUBSTANCE USE, SELF-HARM, VIOLENCE, AND CYCLES OF GENERATIONAL TRAUMA. SPIRIT HORSE RANCH EXISTS TO INTERRUPT THIS CYCLE OFFERING SAFE, TRAUMA-INFORMED SPACES WHERE HEALING BEGINS WITH THE INDIVIDUAL AND EXTENDS TO THE WHOLE COMMUNITY.
    Expenses $165,378
  • KUPUNA PROGRAM. SPIRIT HORSE RANCH IS HONORED TO WELCOME MAUI'S KUPUNA TO EXPERIENCE THE CALMING PRESENCE OF HORSES AND THE HEALING BEAUTY OF NATURE. OUR TRAUMA INFORMED EQUINE ASSISTED SERVICES PROVIDE A PEACEFUL SPACE WHERE ELDERS CAN RELAX, RECONNECT WITH THE LAND, AND ENJOY MEANINGFUL TIME WITH GENTLE HORSES. THESE GUIDED EXPERIENCES SUPPORT EMOTIONAL WELL BEING, REDUCE STRESS, ENCOURAGE MOVEMENT, AND CREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR REFLECTION, CONNECTION, AND JOY IN A SAFE AND SUPPORTIVE RANCH ENVIRONMENT.
    Expenses $99,227
  • OTHER PROGRAMS INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING: VETERANS PROGRAMS. WE ARE HONORED TO SERVE VETERANS WHO ARE NAVIGATING THE LASTING IMPACTS OF TRAUMA, POST TRAUMATIC STRESS, AND THE CHALLENGES OF RETURNING TO CIVILIAN LIFE. OUR TRAUMA INFORMED EQUINE ASSISTED SERVICES PROGRAM PROVIDES A CALM, NATURAL ENVIRONMENT WHERE VETERANS CAN STEP AWAY FROM CONFINED SPACES AND RECONNECT WITH THEMSELVES THROUGH NATURE, HORSES, AND EVIDENCE BASED NERVOUS SYSTEM REGULATION PRACTICES. WORKFORCE TRAINING. WE OFFER CUSTOMIZABLE HEARTMATH RESILIENCE TRAININGS AND ON-SITE GROUP SESSIONS DESIGNED TO EQUIP INDIVIDUALS AND TEAMS WITH PRACTICAL, SCIENCE-BASED TOOLS TO MANAGE STRESS, REGULATE EMOTIONS, AND BUILD RESILIENCE. TRAININGS CAN BE DELIVERED VIA ZOOM, IN-PERSON AT THE SPIRIT HORSE RANCH IN MAUI, OR AT YOUR ORGANIZATION'S LOCATION. RANCH HORSE RESCUE. IN 2025, WE OFFICIALLY LAUNCHED OUR HORSE FOSTER & RESCUE PROGRAM, PROVIDING VETERINARY CARE, REHABILITATION, AND LIFELONG SANCTUARY WHEN NEEDED. SADLY, RANCH HORSES ARE OFTEN DISCARDED AFTER THEY HAVE AGED OUT. OUR MISSION HAS ALWAYS EMBRACED HEALING FOR BOTH HUMANS AND ANIMALS. ALONGSIDE OUR HERD OF 16 HORSES, WE WELCOMED TOA AND STAR, TWO RESCUED HORSES WHO FOUND SANCTUARY AND RENEWED PURPOSE WITH US. JUST AS OUR HUMAN CLIENTS ARE GIVEN TOOLS TO REBUILD TRUST AND RESILIENCE, OUR EQUINE RESCUES RECEIVE SAFETY, CARE, AND CONNECTION. TOGETHER, PEOPLE AND HORSES WALK THE PATH OF HEALING-RESTORING HOPE AND LIFE THROUGH COMPASSION AND PARTNERSHIP.
    Expenses $132,301

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 yearYear endedDueIRS public records
2025December 31, 2025May 15, 2026990 on file
2024December 31, 2024May 15, 2025990 on file
2023December 31, 2023May 15, 2024Check at the IRS

IRS record

EIN
86-3879237
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
2024
Accounting year ends
December
Files
Form 990 or 990-EZ
Assets (IRS master file)
$172,282
Income (IRS master file)
$787,832

Filing history

FormYear endedRevenueExpensesAssetsReturn
990December 2025$787,832$777,578$172,282XML
990December 2024$216,969$150,674$66,615XML

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 86-3879237).

Questions about SPIRIT HORSE RANCH INC

What is the EIN of SPIRIT HORSE RANCH INC?
The employer identification number (EIN) of SPIRIT HORSE RANCH INC is 86-3879237.
Is SPIRIT HORSE RANCH INC tax-exempt?
Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2024.
Are donations to SPIRIT HORSE RANCH INC tax-deductible?
Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
Which annual return does SPIRIT HORSE RANCH INC 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 SPIRIT HORSE RANCH INC 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 SPIRIT HORSE RANCH INC 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 SPIRIT HORSE RANCH INC?
The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 names PAIGE DEPONTE.
Who are the officers and directors of SPIRIT HORSE RANCH INC?
The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 lists 4 people; 2 received compensation from the organization, the highest $111,158 (PAIGE DEPONTE, EXECUTIVE DI).
How much revenue does SPIRIT HORSE RANCH INC have?
On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 it reported revenue of $787,832, expenses of $777,578 and total assets of $172,282 at year end.

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