Horse Plus Humane Society

The information for Horse Plus Humane Society is as of the organization's most recent filing in December 2020. This organization is located in Hohenwald, TN. It has been in existence for 15 years, following its founding in 2005.

Organization Classification

The IRS classifies organizations according to the National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) system. The NTEE system helps the IRS assign a 3-character code to each organization to describe the organization's activities.

The Horse Plus Humane Society's NTEE code is D20. The "D" tells us that the organization is classified along with Animal Protection & Welfare. The "20" tells us that the organization is an Animal-Related organization. The NTEE describes Animal-Related organizations as those that provide for the humane care, protection and control of animals and investigate instances of cruelty to animals.

Every organization is also governed by a specific section of the Internal Revenue Code. The most common type is a 501(c)(3) organization. However, there are actually 29 different types of organizations that are identified by the Internal Revenue Code. This organization happens to be a 501(c)(3) organization. The IRS describes these organizations as those engaged in Religious, Educational, Charitable, Scientific, Literary, Public Safety, Amateur Sports, or Prevention of Cruelty to Children or Animals work.

The mission of the Horse Plus Humane Society is to be the largest horse welfare organization in the United States, rescuing and sheltering more horses than any other horse welfare organization. They are an open admissions, full circle of life horse welfare organization and will never turn a horse away. They also have many programs to help horses and their owners throughout the United States.

Program Areas

Program Area 1: This program area is dedicated to rescuing, sheltering and adopting horses from slaughter pipeline auctions, preventing them from being shipped out of the country for slaughter. It also accepts owner surrenders, law enforcement seizures, abandoned horses, and shelter transfer horses.

Program Area 2: The Full Circle of Life Mentoring and Grant Program provides mentoring to Pony Tales Rescue and Rehab in Wisconsin to become a Full Circle of Life Shelter, as well as supports the Horse Rescue Heroes TV program.

Program Area 3: The organization runs a program where horses in danger of shipping to slaughter are purchased before their desperate owners sell them to a kill buyer or horse trader who will take them directly to an auction.

Organization Staffing

Horse Plus Humane Society is run by Tawnee Preisner, who is the CEO. The organization has 14 employees, of whom none are paid more than $100k per year (according to the organization's most recent 990 tax filing). Supporting the paid staff are 3 volunteers.

Board Governance

The Horse Plus Humane Society is well-governed with 10 voting members and 10 independent members. Potential conflicts of interest do not exist and the organization has not delegated management to an outside firm. Board and committee meetings are documented and a document retention policy is in place. The organization also substantiates and reviews leadership and officer salaries and provides copies of the 990 to the board prior to filing. While the organization does not have a conflict of interest policy or a written whistleblower policy, it is still well-governed and is meeting the necessary requirements to ensure the organization is managed properly.

Organization Growth

The Horse Plus Humane Society has experienced significant growth over the past five years. Contributions and grants received have increased from $208.6K in 2015 to $996.7K in 2020, total revenue has increased from $208.6K in 2015 to $996.7K in 2020, employee salaries have increased from $43.6K in 2015 to $171.4K in 2020, and total expenses have increased from $253.4K in 2015 to $725.5K in 2020. Additionally, total employees have increased from 4 in 2015 to 14 in 2020. However, total volunteers have decreased from 15 in 2015 to 3 in 2020.