Missouri · Nonprofit
MISSOURI FORGET-ME-NOT HORSE RESCUE SANCTUARY
MISSOURI FORGET-ME-NOT HORSE RESCUE SANCTUARY (Missouri) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $137,905 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE OZARKS INC ($72,575). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 83% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.3M
- Funders on record
- 10
- Grants received
- $138k
- Net assets
- $2.7M
What Missouri Forget-Me-Not Horse Rescue Sanctuary does
Mission
Our mission is to provide aid and sanctuary to abused, neglected, abandoned or donated horses that come to us in need. To work with law enforcement and other agencies in their efforts to rectify situations in which horses are in peril. To provide horses in our sanctuary with needed medical care, proper nutrition and a health plan to restore them physically and mentally for a new life. To continue educational and fundraising efforts to both help us support our rescue efforts and to promote awareness of issues involving neglect and abuse in our area.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Mfmn provides sanctuary to approximately 80 permanent resident horses who are either elderly or have special medical needs due to blindness, founder, ringbone, joint arthritis, genetic deformities, dental issues or other chronic disease. Many of these horses were going to be euthanized simply because they could no longer be ridden or worked. Although most of these horses are over 20 years old, a few are younger horses with genetic or chronic medical conditions, who will be with us for the remainder of their lives.
$606,284 spent53% of program spendingRehabilitation and adoption program - missouri forget me not horse rescue and sanctuary takes in horses that have been abandoned, neglected, abused or donated. The horses are evaluated by a veterinarian, horse trainer and/or other knowledgeable and experienced staff to determine if they can be rehabilitated for adoption. Horses are provided with any required medical treatment, including gelding studs, and providing nutritional support, including pasture, grain, hay and nutritional supplements as required to return them to a healthy state. They are provided hoof care by a farrier and dental care, if needed. Once healthy, the horses are evaluated by a trainer to determine their ride-ability. Based on the evaluation, they are sent to a professional trainer. Once the horse is deemed ready for adoption, they are listed for adoption on our website, in our newsletter and on facebook. Applications are accepted and reviewed and horses are only adopted to approved applicants. An adoption fee is required to help offset some of the cost of caring for and training the horse. During 2023 we had 16 horses adopted to approved homes, and we had 36 ride-able horses and 52 companion only horses…
$423,255 spent37% of program spendingHorse rescue program - missouri forget me not horse rescue and sanctuary works with law enforcement and the community to fight animal abuse, neglect and abandonment. During 2023 we rescued 8 horses with a body score of 3 or less. In a few cases, we were unable to save the horse becuase we were not able to rescue it in time to save its life. In all cases, we transported the horses either to the sanctuary or to a veterinarian clinic or hospital, depending on the medical state of the horse. In the cases where the horse died after we had possession of it, we took responsibility for disposal of the remains. Horses that are unable to stand are loaded into our rescue van using a specially designed sled. Once at the sanctuary, they are placed in a specially designed sling, and provided with 24 hour observation and care. It sometimes takes months for these horses to recover, and in many cases we find that they also have medical conditions that need to be treated, in addition to the starvation and neglect issues. We find that after they have been cased for, most of these horses begin trusting humans again and lead normal and healthy lives.
$91,515 spent8% of program spendingOther program services 4: mfmn supports a network of foster homes in the surrounding community. At the end of 2023 there were 24 equine being sheltered in foster homes. The foster homes provide food, shelter and farrier care for the equine, and mfmn subsidizes any non-routine veterinary care. Equine in foster care are available for adoption, and mfmn retains ownership of the equines. Equines must be returned to mfmn if the foster home no longer wants to keep the equine or if it is not meeting the required standards of care for the equine.
$22,879 spent2% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,143,933.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2019 to 2020, from $301k to $2.1M (+603%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
92% of MISSOURI FORGET-ME-NOT HORSE RESCUE SANCTUARY’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (74% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $10k → $23k.
4 of 10 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 83% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of MISSOURI FORGET-ME-NOT HORSE RESCUE SANCTUARY’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 9 of 10 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
MISSOURI FORGET-ME-NOT HORSE RESCUE SANCTUARY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 53% of grant income and the top three 82%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
94% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund MISSOURI FORGET-ME-NOT HORSE RESCUE SANCTUARY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2020 70% · 2021 77% · 2022 45% · 2023 39% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
40% of MISSOURI FORGET-ME-NOT HORSE RESCUE SANCTUARY's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 40% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
83% of MISSOURI FORGET-ME-NOT HORSE RESCUE SANCTUARY's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $24k that is directly attributable, 57% of it comes from funders outside Missouri, across 4 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $114k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
MISSOURI FORGET-ME-NOT HORSE RESCUE SANCTUARY has grown faster than three-quarters of the 1,559 animals nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,559 animals nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like MISSOURI FORGET-ME-NOT HORSE RESCUE SANCTUARY
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In Missouri
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
76% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
60%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds MISSOURI FORGET-ME-NOT HORSE RESCUE SANCTUARY?
- MISSOURI FORGET-ME-NOT HORSE RESCUE SANCTUARY (Missouri) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $137,905 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE OZARKS INC ($72,575). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 83% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does MISSOURI FORGET-ME-NOT HORSE RESCUE SANCTUARY have?
- IRS filings report 10 organizations giving $137,905 in grants to MISSOURI FORGET-ME-NOT HORSE RESCUE SANCTUARY, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MISSOURI FORGET-ME-NOT HORSE RESCUE SANCTUARY?
- COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE OZARKS INC is the largest funder on record, with $72,575 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MISSOURI FORGET-ME-NOT HORSE RESCUE SANCTUARY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Missouri. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 10 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing