PARTNERS THERAPEUTIC HORSEMANSHIP INC

Goal 1. Attain Financial Stability

Goal 2. Deepen Staffing

Goal 3: Focus on Community Outreach and Public Relations

Goal 4: Explore Program Expansion

Goal 5: : Improve Facility Quality and Safety

Goal 6: Internal Operations Strengthening

Goal 1. Attain Financial Stability
a. Corporate Sponsorships/bequests
b. Lesson Revenue
c. Grants
d. Individual Donations
e. Event Fund raisers
Goal 2. Deepen Staffing
a. Certified instructor development (for PTH and others)
b. Salaried Executive Director/Program Director
c. Expand Board of Directors
- Include more diverse and well-connected candidates
- Have Board separate from PTH staff with PTH Executive Director reporting to Board
d. Continue to Strengthen Volunteer Program
- Training
- Recognition (possible riding incentive) RIDING INCENTIVES NOW IN PLACE
- Outreach to attract new volunteers
- Improve internal tracking of hours NEW SYSTEM IN PLACE
Goal 3: Focus on Community Outreach and Public Relations
a. Press/media for major accomplishments
b. Continue On-line newsletter and expand circulation
c. Website – upgrade (DONE) 9/2019
d. Develop marketing material – presentations and display for use at community outreach events (New brochure in 2018)
e. Special needs community outreach to attract more student ATTENDED COMMUNITY EXPOS FOR NON PROFITS
Goal 4: Explore Program Expansion
a. Veteran
b. Hippotherapy
c. Youth centers requiring scholarships
d. Increase number of lessons – depending on ranch space availability
Goal 5: Improve Facility Quality and Safety
a. Develop wish list of features to include in property: covered area, covered track, outer ring, improved corral footing and covers, increase in shade trees
b. Consider long-term facilities options:
- Ownership of current or alternative sites
- Continue renting at current or alternative location

Goal 6: Internal Operations Strengthening
a. Continued strengthened budget/financial management
b. Billing policy and enforcement NEW GUIDELINES FOR FOLLOWING UP DELINQUENT INVOICES
c. Tracking results data (lesson, student and volunteer information) in shared system for ease of access

We are a small organization . We have two part time salaried instructors, and the rest of the management and instructor team is volunteer. We can meet these strategies, working a little bit at a time, but realistically, some of the goals and strategies will take a greater time frame..

One reason for not meeting some of these goals is the philosophy of our program. We are not trying to make money. Our goal is to break even and cover our expenses. We believe the services we offer can provide a tremendous step in the progression toward wellness. If an applicant needs our service, and can not afford to pay, we will likely provide lessons anyway and attempt to recover the cost through grant applications for scholarship money to assist these applicants.

Goal 1: An ongoing struggle

Goal 2: Deepen Staffing
- Partially accomplished with the addition of a new certified instructor,
-We still do not have the resources to salary an Executive Director.
-We have instituted a volunteer of the year program to recognize our dedicated team of volunteers.
- We have added a program coordinator who is responsible for scheduling lessons, appropriate volunteers, and instructors.

Goal 3:Community Outreach:
-We have developed a relationship with SPRITES of East County.
-We have teamed with another nonprofit foundation, which is striving to build a state of the art horse show and boarding facility (ECEF) in our area, to hold fundraiser and awareness events. They struck ground in 2021
-We have established an on line newsletter which is published a minimum of quarterly.

Goal 4: Explore Program Expansion:
-At this time, we do not have the capacity for expansion on a large scale.
increase one student at a time. In 2021, PTH gained 19 students)
-We had more students and gave more lessons in 2021, than we did in 2020, but that value is skewed, because of the shutdown for several months in 2020 due to COVID-19.
-We have increased our social media presence by adding Instagram and Twitter (2018)
Goal 5: Improve Facility Quality and Safety
-Last year(2021) at long last we were able to improve the corrals for our horses. The footing was re graded to improve drainage and DG was added to the sand already there. We added new 24 X 8 inch corral covers to the 24 X 24 corrals.
-We planted 4 new trees to improve shade in the coming years.
-We added a skylight to our tack room.
-We added an internet service to improve communication. Cell service is extremely spotty in our area.
Goal 6:
-We have instituted an online lesson billing system, which has helped to organize the billing process.
-We have instituted on-line client progress notes so that all instructors have access to all students lesson plans