HIGH HOPES THERAPEUTIC RIDING 2021–22 1 Bonds of Strength High Hopes Therapeutic Riding 2021 – 2022 Annual Report
High
Hopes fosters a vibrant community where horse and human interactions improve lives.
Stronger together!
This year we have seen remarkable demonstrations of strength and resilience. As the pandemic lingers, challenges persist, and life creates a “new normal,” it is the unfailing belief in the mission and vision of High Hopes within the community, which support the breadth of Equine Assisted Services we provide. Volunteers, participants, families, individual donors, corporate partners, foundations and businesses holding true, holding strong and keeping High Hopes and those we serve in the forefront. Thank you for your strength as we all build a more resilient community.
Margaret (Mac) Mummert Kitty Stalsburg Board Chair Executive Director
Bonds of Strength
Over the past two years, we have all experienced great changes in the way we go about our lives and how we connect to people and programs that matter most. For mission-based organizations, continued delivery of programs and services required innovative approaches. At High Hopes, our dedicated community embraced innovation to safeguard our mission of improving lives through horse and human interactions. We emerged as a community united and stronger.
Strength comes from many inspirational sources. At High Hopes, we’re proud of our Strength through Learning, Strength through Community, and Strength through Philanthropy. In this year’s annual report, we celebrate Strength with a reflective thank you.
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Strength is in helping someone grow – a once fearful child develops trust in their horse, a non-verbal child learns the power of words, someone with an uncooperative body develops the strength and skill to go off lead for the first time. It’s not just about large horses and small humans, it’s about trust. Strength, to some degree, is about trust – trusting the instructor, the horse, and the inherent power of the horse-human interaction.”
Judith, volunteer
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Strength through Learning
Sharing knowledge with others is deeply rooted in the culture of High Hopes. Therapeutic Riding as an industry is unique in the willingness of professionals to share their expertise. At High Hopes, that knowledge extends to our volunteers, participants, families and professionals outside of the therapeutic riding realm. Since 1995, High Hopes has been providing instructor education to individuals from all over the world. Within our own community, we provide ongoing education to our volunteers. Learning together, feeding the inquisitive mind, striving to become better and more than what we are today, builds strength and resilience. We have all learned lessons through the pandemic which have helped to make us stronger together.
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Strength through Community
Community has special meaning and is often based on our experiences. The experience of feeling a sense of community includes both feeling like we have what we need, and also feeling a sense of responsibility for others. At High Hopes, it is common to define our community as the wonderful blending of participants and their families, volunteers, donors, staff, and advocates. Based on our geographic location surrounded by serviceoriented towns and villages, the High Hopes community is so much more. Importantly, it includes the business partners who provide critical donated services to ensure we tell our story passionately to a wide audience. It is the business partners who support Horse Show Days, the Annual Benefit, and the Holiday Market – helping to raise awareness about our mission. Through a strong business community, our generous partners provide critical financial resources to ensure the highest quality of our programs and services. We are excited to redefine these relationships as High Hopes Community Partners and welcome deep and meaningful business connections year-round.
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Strength through Philanthropy
“Creating a solid foundation for the future”–words of wisdom from Roger Smith. Roger and Marcia Smith have long been part of the foundation of High Hopes. From active program volunteers to Board leadership, they have both committed many hours of love and dedication to ensure that High Hopes remains a significant part of the community and an impactful part of the lives of people within that community. In their actions and words, their entire family ensures that High Hopes has the financial resources to continue its vital work. During the Share Hope campaign, Roger’s visionary forethought established an endowed fund to support succession planning. Our recent investment in the Development program and its leadership was made substantially easier by this impactful gift. Philanthropy is truly what gives strength to High Hopes. We thank Roger and Marcia and all High Hopes donors for their thoughtfulness and generosity.
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Statement of Financial Position
Assets
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YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2022
CURRENT ASSETS Cash and Cash Equivalents $361,160 Pledge and Other Receivables 476,619 Prepaid Expenses 2,664 TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS $840,443 Property and Equipment – Net $1,337,217 LONG-TERM ASSETS Investments 5,958,409 TOTAL LONG-TERM ASSETS $5,958,409 TOTAL ASSETS $ 8,136,069
15 Liabilities and Net Assets
LIABILITIES Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses
Note Payable
Advance Fees for Services
TOTAL CURRENT LIABILITIES
NET ASSETS Without Donor Restrictions $1,684,177 With Donor Restrictions
TOTAL NET ASSETS $7,980,253 TOTAL LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS $
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CURRENT
$90,411
14,810
50,595
$155,816
6,296,076
8,136,069
16 HIGH HOPES THERAPEUTIC RIDING 2021–22 Government PPP loan – 8% Corporate Support – 17% Foundation Support – 21% Fees For Services – 15% Contributions from Individuals – 39% Fundraising – 17% General and Administrative – 11% Program – 72% Support and Revenue Functional Expenses
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All Other – 4% New Haven County – 12% Middlesex County – 19% New London County – 65% 19 and older – 32%
to 18 – 29% under 10 – 39% Ages of our Participants by Percent Home Locations of Participants
HIGH HOPES THERAPEUTIC RIDING 2021–22 21 RIDE 62% UNMOUNTED 30% DRIVE 8% COGNITIVE 59% Primary Declared Diagnosis Equine Assisted Activities PHYSICAL 27% EMOTIONAL 14% 0 10% 20% 30% 40% > 21 11 – 20 4 – 10 1 – 3 < 1 < 1 year 1–3 4–10 11–20 21 + Volunteers: Length of Service
22 HIGH HOPES THERAPEUTIC RIDING 2021–22 Annual Giving High Hopes greatly appreciates the individual donors who have invested in our mission. For a complete listing of individual donors, please visit https://bit.ly/HH_Donors THIS YEAR AT HIGH HOPES 6,524 services provided to 1,109 participants by 14 instructors 22 horses 3 horses retired, 1 new herd member $11,947 annual cost to care for a member of the herd 412 volunteers donated 12,772 hours ages 9-83 years old $1,300,000 new gifts and pledges to advance our mission 1,097 donors 348 first time donors more than 2,500 visitors to annual Holiday Market
Foundation Support
Allan Louis Loeb Foundation
Bodenwein Public Benevolent Foundation
Chamber of Commerce of Eastern CT
Chelsea Groton Foundation
Citizens Charitable Foundation
Crippled Children’s Aid Society Fund at The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven
EBB Tithes, Inc./The Eleanor Rickel Charitable Foundation
Gardiner Family Foundation
George A. & Grace L. Long Foundation
Howe Charitable Fund
Jacobs Family Fund at the Community Foundation of Eastern Connecticut
James P & Mary E. Shea Perpetual Trust
Kitchings Family Foundation
Edward and Mary Lord Foundation
Laura J. Niles Foundation, Inc.
MHK Foundation
Nordson Corporation Foundation
Peter Grayson Letz Fund for Animals and the Environment
at The Community Foundation of Eastern Connecticut
Pine Bar Cornerstone Foundation
Pritchard Family Foundation
R.S. Gernon Trust
Sidney Stern Memorial Trust
Swenson Family Foundation
Telaka Foundation, Inc.
The Bauman Family Foundation
The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven
The Community Foundation of Eastern Connecticut
The Community Foundation of Middlesex County
The Dime Foundation
The Equus Foundation, Inc.
The Foxboro Foundation
The Goodwin Levine Foundation
The Hope Goddard Iselin Foundation
The Howard Bayne Fund
The Madison Foundation
The Omer Foundation
The SPOUT Foundation
The Taft Foundation
The Westbrook Foundation
Thompson Family Foundation
Triangle Community Foundation
United Way of Central and Northeastern CT
Vermont Community Foundation
William & Ellen E. Macristy Foundation
Wireless Zone Gives
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Corporate Support
Andre Prost, Inc.
Apple
Atlas FRM LLC
Atlas Holdings
Benchmark Wealth Management, LLC
Big Y
BLS Research & Consulting LLC
Cartier Optical, Inc.
Charter Oak Credit Union
Chelsea Groton Bank
Connecticut Club Managers Association
Connecticut Dressage Association
Cuddleduds Socks
Cybergrants
Dime Bank
Diversified Search Group
Dominion Energy
Dreamscapes Design Group
EQI, Ltd.
ESSENCE for Beauty & Wellness
Essex Savings Bank
Eversource Energy
Facebook Fidelity Charitable
Finkeldey - BMJ Inc.
Goldman Sachs Philanthropy Fund
Greenwich Networks, LLC
Groton Ambulance Association
Iconex
International Wire Group
J&J Branford Inc
Julia Balfour, LLC
Killingworth Lions Club
Lakeside Book
Lycurgus LLC
Machnik Bros., Inc.
Madison Chrysler, Inc.
Madison Motors Mass Mutual
Millar Western Forest Products
Novak Brothers Landscaping
Nyman Jewelers
Overabove
Paulson Training Programs, Inc.
Pfizer
Pledgeling Foundation
Printing Plus Rand Tree Removal Reynolds’ Subaru
Salem Valley Veterinary Clinic
Saybrook Home
Schwab Charitable Stanley Black & Decker
The Andrew and Jane Bursky Charitable Fund
The Congregational Church in Killingworth
The E List
The Guilford Riding School
The Hartford
The Whiting Village School Staff Travelers
Two Sigma
UCONN Health Disabilities Interest Group
VFW Post 1467
Voya Financial Water-Flo Inc.
Waterford High School
We Will Ride Therapeutic Riding, Inc
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June Benefit Partners
A Behavioral Approach LLC
A.J. Shea Construction LLC
All American Waste, LLC
All Pro Automotive
Benchmark Wealth Management, LLC
Bouvier Insurance
Carefree Boat Club - Southern CT
Charter Oak Credit Union
Chelsea Groton Bank
Chilton & Chadwick
Connected Systems, LLC
Connecticare
Connecticut Orthopaedics in Essex
CorePlus Credit Union
Dime Bank
Dominion Energy Dreamscapes Design Group
Elea
Environmental Systems Corp
ESSENCE for Beauty & Wellness
Essex Savings Bank
Exencial
Finkeldey - BMJ Inc.
Franklin Organic Mushrooms, Inc.
Geneve Corporation
Gordon ADR
Grand Prix Equine Grand Wine & Spirits Gull Associates
Hall Communications
Herb Chambers Companies
Jean Callan King Interior Design, LLC
Julia Balfour, LLC
K Blake and Company Long River Local Madison Chrysler, Inc.
Middlesex Health Mohegan Tribe/Mohegan Sun Morgan Stanley Northern Trust Novak Brothers Landscaping Overabove Pasta Vita Power Posse
Principle Wealth Partners
Printing Plus Redway Enterprises, Inc
Reynolds’ Subaru & Reynolds’ Boats
River Valley Periodontics and Implant Dentistry
Robinson+Cole
S.D. Hallahan Housewright, Inc. Safe Harbor Marinas, LLC
Saybrook Home Shoreline Eye Group, P.C.
The E List
Valenti Auto Mall Vitality Spa Win Moves Coaching Yale New Haven HealthLawrence & Memorial Hospital
Holiday Market
Event Partners
Caulfield & Ridgway, Inc. Hall Communications Hartford HealthCare Lorensen Enterprises, Inc. Shoreline Pediatric Neuropsychological Services, LLC
Smith Brothers Insurance The Williams School
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Gifts in Memory of
Jerry Ahr
Alma Alpert
Natalie Bieber
Allison Bond
Anna Marie Carpiniello
Nancy Cash
Alice Jennings Castelli
Joanne T. Centola
Julian Colelli
Jan Royce Conant
Chris Coyle
Joseph Curley
John Duane
Joseph Elinsky
Marjorie Fishman
Danielle Fogel
Claire Greenberg
John and Betty Greene
Nancy Hint Harris
Jake Jacobs
Brian Jolicoeur
Bob Knoll
Gifts in Honor of
Sally Aubrey’s 97th Birthday Jane, Keith and Lindsay Bolles
Cole Brodeur and Warrior Chris and Patti Coyle Ed and Mary Jane Fegan Hassie and Gemma
Gemma
Edward Clay Gilbert
Elaine Gordon and Peter Curley
Andrew S. Hart
Jonathan Heuser’s 50th birthday Harly Hewlitt
High Hopes
Georgia Lawson
Drs. Chris and Susie McCawley
Carol Merkt
Wilhelm Meya and Barbara Willkens
Judith Fay Lightfoot
Helen N. Limbach
Aileen Livingston
Christine Lyndes
Dan Marderosian Maya
Barbara McGhie Missy
Margot Donkin Morgan
Bill Prout Raymond Ravanelle
David Regan
Marilyn Regan
Doris Rotella
Wayne Royston
Siborg Memorial
Steve P. Slanoc
Justine “Juddy” Solomon
Ann Marie Tyler
Christ J. Cantres-Vega
Anne Talcott Wright
Sandy Mulligan
Madeline Muench and Matthew Payne
Dominique Plummer
Jeff and Holly Ridgway
Ronald and Janet Romanowski Ryan and Linda Romanowski and Family Cemmy Ryland
Claire Ryland
Jennifer White and Michael Santopietro
Matthew, James and Andrew Scotella
The Curley-Scotella family: Jennifer, Peter, Matthew, Andrew, James Emma Smith
Greg Smith
Kitty Stalsburg
Maris Wacs
Molly Webb
Julia Whalen
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Legacy Society
Matt Abrams and Dr. Barbara Abrams Anonymous Mary Bell
Barbara Benjamin Jane and Keith Bolles
Eleanor Bonafonte Gary F. Borla John M. and Athana Catlett
Hannah Childs James M. Childs Susan K. Childs
Susan Crane-Chodorov and Robert Crane
Judith Cohen Marjorie (Marge) Curtis Elizabeth L. David Janie Davison
Emily T. Fisher Sherley and Michael Furgueson Koko Gildersleeve
Hon. Elaine Gordon and Peter J. Curley Cheryl Heffernan
Joanne M. Ives
Frank E. Jarrabeck and Francis C. Cowgill Judith and Richard Lightfoot Barbara McGhie Sandy and Robert Mulligan Margaret and Earl Mummert Penny Nelson John and Heidi Niblack Susan Peacock John and Lee Pritchard Jeffrey and Holly Ridgway Linda Rogers Matthew and Cheryl Sheridan Roger and Marcia Smith Seymour and Tia Smith Kitty Stalsburg and Robert Hageman Anthony and Sandy Thurston Maris Wacs
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Trustees
Jane Bolles
Sarah Hill Canning
John Catlett
James Scott Douglas
Mark Fader
Jacqueline Kangley
Sarah Kitchings Keenan
Todd Machnik
Margaret (Mac) Mummert
Vicki Newton
Jeffrey Ridgway
Gary Rogers
Robin Schonberger
Greg Varga
Peter Watt
Maris Wacs
Natalie Yonker
Staff
as of June 30, 2022
Barbara Abrams, LPC Diana Artiles
Lily Bensko
Chelsea Bourn
Trudy Burgess
Marie Cahill Karen Castelli
Patti Coyle
Megan Ellis
Lauren Fitzgerald
Claire Gadrow
Liesl Grigerek
Kerrie Guarino
Carolyn Jagielski
Michele Krumenacker
Sarah Miller
Jess Morgan Lesley Olsen
Juanita Paris Hayley Plas
Holly Sundmacker
Kitty Stalsburg Audrey Vela
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36 Town Woods Road, Old Lyme, CT 06371 Phone 860-434-1974 www.highhopestr.org