LEG UP THERAPEUTIC RIDING CENTER
EIN 20-5851043 · Centers to Support the Independence of Specific Populations (P80)
What they do
IN 2021, WE SERVED 8 INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES. DURING THIS YEAR WE HAD 10 ACTIVE VOLUNTEERS THAT SERVED IN THE LESSONS AS LEADERS AND/OR SIDE WALKERS and ASSISTED IN FACILITY DEVELOPMENT and MAINTENANCE. RIDERS SHOWED IMPROVED MOBILITY, ATTENTION SPAN, and SELF ESTEEM. OUR RIDERS HAVE ALSO SEEN GAINS IN THEIR OVERALL BALANCE and RHYTHM. THE HORSE PROVIDES THE FREEDOM to WORK IN THE AREAS of BALANCE and RHYTHM WITHOUT HAVING to BE CONCERNED ABOUT BUMPING INTO or STUMBLING OVER SOMETHING. WE HAVE 2 P.A.T.H. INSTRUCTORS and HAVE BEEN ACCREDITED BY P.A.T.H INTERNATIONAL. P.A.T.H. INTERNATIONAL is AN ORGANIZATION THAT PROMOTES EQUINE ASSISTED ACTIVITIES ADN THERAPIES for INDIVIDUALS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS.
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Leadership and board
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Board and leadership roster (7)
BARBARA HOLTEXECUTIVE DIR.
BILL ROPERDIRECTOR
HEATHER COSTELLODIRECTOR
LAURA RICHARDSONSECRETARY
LINDSEY MUSEDIRECTOR
MIKE CESARINIDIRECTOR
REBECCA MCMANUSCHAIRMAN
About this charity
- Location
- 391 MAXWELL HILL RD, PULASKI, TN 38478
- County
- Giles
- In care of
- REBECCA MCMANUS
- Primary officer
- REBECCA MCMANUS, Chairman
How to reach them
Filing and classification
- Latest tax year
- 2021
- Tax period began
- January 1, 2021
- Return type
- 990EZ
- Tax preparer
- ALAN C THOMASON CPA
- NTEE classification
- Centers to Support the Independence of Specific Populations (P80)
- IRS tax category
- Centers to Support the Independence of Specific Populations
- Revocation date
- May 15, 2025