Equine Safe Haven

Equine Safe Haven is established within the meaning of IRS Publication 557 Section 501(c)3 Organization and Public Charity Status of 509(a)(2), of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”) or the corresponding section of any future federal tax code and shall be operated exclusively to:

1) Promote benefits to the community, traveling visitors, and guests of the Ranch; To teach basic horsemanship, basic carriage driving, leadership/life-skills using Equines, and inclusive of the economically
disadvantaged or physically disadvantaged. We use Equines in (2) below:

2) Promote Public awareness and adoption, that certain Equines can still benefit the community. These are Equines that are found in auctions/kill pens, that would be shipped to slaughter in Mexico. These horses are purchased, then rehabilitated, repurposed, or retired into Equine Safe Haven’s program or rehomed to save them from slaughter in Mexico.

Equine Safe Haven is located at SaddleHawk Ranch in Deming NM. We are a startup nonprofit in 2023

Equine Safe Haven purchases certain Equines that meet the criteria for it's educational purposes. These purchases are from a "kill pen" and and only those Equines that would be shipping out to slaughter within two weeks. Currently Equine Safe Haven uses 4 Equines in the program. Plans are to extend to 7 Equines by 2024.

Public outreach is through various channels. Guests from all over the country, and world, can book to stay at the SaddleHawk Ranch using various camping, RV and website reservation tools. There they can interact with the Equine Safe Haven animals.

Equine Safe Haven hosts 4 driving clinics, and 4 open houses a year for Public outreach and education. In addition, private sessions are scheduled for those that are disadvantaged.
Currently we have 4 students in the education program.
The plan for 2023/24 is to have the ability to take on education of more than 3 disadvantaged students a month.

Equine Safe Haven has use of limited equipment (tack, harness, cart & buggies) from SaddleHawk Ranch and would be needing to purchase additional equipment in 2023 in order to accommodate the needs of individuals and the horses taken into the program.

In order for the above to become reality, we will need to have the time, resources, and funding to accomplish our goals. We hope that by partnering with the community, other nonprofits, and the use of GuideStar we can see results.

The founding staff has made it possible for the first year of operation. The President is a professional Project Manager and has been the core for the current operational success with procuring excellently trained horses and accommodating over 100 overnight guests that experience the horses and discover driving. All horse health management, medical care, transport documentation etc. are taken care of, and all applications, tax filings, marketing, and funding have been taken care of through her skills and efforts. The Vice President holds a CPA, and is instrumental in accounting support and documentation. He also manages the Ranch where the four Equines are kept in the program. We have two trained Directors that have been volunteering at the Ranch and are in the program since Spring of 2022.

In 2022, before our non profit status was achieved we were able to purchase and care for a total of 34 Equines preventing them from going to slaughter in Mexico. Eight of these were horses that we were able to adopt into new homes, and provide transportation for. Ten of the horses are waiting to go into the Equine Safe Haven program.

We have currently four students (3 adults, and one child) in the economically/physically disadvantaged program. Three started in May of 2022. One will start in March 2023

Equine Safe Haven currently has 4 horses in the program and can support one driving horse full time, and receives partial funding for the three others.

We have successfully hosted 100+ overnight visitors at our Ranch since July of 2022. We have had extremely positive feedback and reviews from these travelers as well as from the community. We had a Ranch Open House on Dec 17, 2022, and a local newspaper, the Deming Headlight, covered the Ranch in a front-page article, that printed Dec 23, 2022!

The 2023/24 plan is to be able to financially take responsibility on all 8 saved-from-slaughter driving horses, their equipment, feed, medical care and maintenance, and continue to provide the community, and guests with education and experiences.