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Name:	Ride On St Louis, Inc.
Address:	6008 Windsor Harbor Lane PO Box 94
	Kimmswick, MO 63053-0094
Phone:	636-464-3408
Web Address:	www.rideonstl.org
Also known as: Ride On St Louis

Ride On St Louis, Inc. (ROSL) meets the 20 Standards for Charity Accountability.

Founded in 1998, Ride On St. Louis (ROSL) is a community-based organization designed to provide equine-assisted activities and therapies to developmentally and physically disabled individuals and at risk youth living in the Metropolitan St. Louis and surrounding areas. Hippotherapy and therapeutic riding are treatment alternatives to traditional clinical setting whereby patients are influenced by a horse rather than by physical therapy machinery. It is the goal of ROSL that each student achieves at least one incremental and sustaining improvement in his or her quality of life by using our Equine Assisted Therapy program to achieve emotional, mental, physical, and spiritual benefits. ROSL offers three different types of riding programs for clients to participate. Hippotherapy, Therapeutic Riding, and Sports Riding. Riders are placed into the appropriate program by the ROSL team which consists of a Therapeutic Riding Instructor, Physical Therapist, or an Occupational Therapist. Clients range in age from 2 years to 69 years of age and have been diagnosed with; Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Down Syndrome, Spinal Cord Injury, Mental Retardation, Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, Muscular Dystrophy, Spina Bifida, and Visual Impairment. ROSL is a member of; The Professional Association of Therapeutic Horsemanship, Intl. (PATH formerly NARHA); The Equine Facilitated Mental Health Association (EFMHA) and The American Hippotherapy Association (AHA). ROSL is one of over 700 independently operated PATH centers in North America. Each of its instructors is PATH certified or registered with the AHA, and the center follows standards and guidelines which have been put into place for the safety of all riders. ROSL is a PATH, International Premier Accredited Center Member.

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2010, ROSL's program expenses were:

Equine Assisted Therapy	202,128
Total Program Expenses:	$202,128

Chief Executive : Richard Wassman, Executive Director

Compensation*:

Chair of the Board: Vincent Lindwedel
Chair's Profession / Business Affiliation: CEO, Principle Realty Solutions

Board Size: 8

Paid Staff Size: 4

*Compensation includes annual salary and, if applicable, benefit plans, expense accounts, and other allowances.

Method(s) Used:

direct mail, invitations to fund raising events, print advertisements, television, radio, grant proposals, internet, planned giving arrangements

Fund raising costs were 21% of related contributions. (Related contributions, which totaled $196,733, are donations received as a result of fund raising activities.)

ROSL incurred joint costs of $110,815 for informational materials and activities that included fund raising materials. Of those costs $89,572 was allocated to program expenses, $2,242 was allocated to fund raising expenses, and $19,360 was allocated to administrative expenses.

This organization is tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. It is eligible to receive contributions deductible as charitable donations for federal income tax purposes.

The following information is based on ROSL's audited financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2010.

Source of Funds
Fundraising Events	86,012
General Donations	50,932
Program Revenue	35,771
In-Kind Contributions	32,892
Donations - Grants	26,897
Other Income	1,623
Total Income	$234,127

Uses of Funds as a % of Total Expenses

Programs: 78%  Fund Raising: 15%  Administrative: 7%

Total income				$234,127
	Program expenses			$202,128
	Fund raising expenses			40,501
	Administrative expenses			19,111
Total expenses				$261,740
Expenses in Excess of Income				(27,613)
Beginning net assets				104,418
Ending net assets				76,805
Total liabilities				20,598
Total assets				$97,403