2023 Impact Report: Enhancement and Expansion

With the very generous support of 550 donors, Mane Stream provided programs for 597 children and adults with special needs from all over central New Jersey!

We are very excited that our field trip program more than doubled compared to last year. This led us to develop new partnerships in the community and to introduce many more students to our programs, horses, and specially trained staff. The Pillar Elementary School in Livingston is one of our new…read more

 2023 Annual Impact Report, 2023 Audited Financial Statement and the 2023 990 Form
Mane Stream Inc. Tax ID #: 23-7377601

2022 Happy Golden Anniversary Mane Stream!

This was a year of celebration at Mane Stream. We turned 50 and spent the year commemorating all of the important people and milestones from our five-decades long history. We are the 2nd oldest center offering adaptive riding and therapy services in the country, and are excited and humbled to know that our programs have been an important part of the lives of thousands of children and adults with special needs, and their families over the years… read more

 2022 Annual Impact Report, 2022 Audited Financial Statement and the 2022 990 Form
Mane Stream Inc. Tax ID #: 23-7377601

2021 impact report: We’ve been Busy!!

Mane Stream was busy in 2021!
The year started off strong and we kept up the momentum through all of our programs. Always mindful of local pandemic-related policies, Mane Stream welcomed 294 participants to the farm during the year, bringing us close to the number we served in 2019. Many volunteers returned and plenty of new volunteers joined… read more

2021 Annual Impact Report, 2021 Audited Financial Statement and the 2021 990 Form

2020 impact report: Oh what a year!

Many words were used to describe the world in 2020, most of them negative. While we would agree that 2020 was a challenging year for everyone, in almost every way, at Mane Stream there were many things to celebrate amidst the uncertainty.

Although we were closed for 12 weeks, we were able to offer our programs for much of the year; 22 children of all abilities attended our modified summer camp…read more

2020 Annual Impact Report, 2020 Audited Financial Statement and the 2020 990 Form

2019 IMPACT REPORT:

2018 impact report: You Make Everything Possible

I am pleased to share Mane Stream’s 2018 Impact Report. In these pages you will see how “You Make Everything at Mane Stream Possible!” for our riders and clients through your generous support of our mission. Mane Stream had a wonderful year – made possible by your kindness, generosity, support, and advocacy. I cannot THANK YOU enough!

Gifts from donors like you not only help us to provide programming to our participants, but also provide…read more

2018 Impact Report, 2018 Audited Financial Statement and the 2018 990 Form

2017 Impact Report: Celebrating 45 Yrs!

Letter from the President, Linda Dietz:

When I volunteer with any one of these participants it is impossible not to share the joy, the accomplishments and the empowerment. And I know I’m not alone. If you talk to any one of the hundreds of volunteers at Mane Stream they will tell you the same thing. Even if you only observe a speech-language or occupational or physical therapy session, you can’t miss the connection and the power of what is happening...read more  

2017 Impact Report, 2017 Audited Financial Statement and the 2017 990 Form

2016 Financials

2015 Building: Strength and Confidence

Letter from the President: Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote, "Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn."  Here at Mane Stream we agree whole-heartedly.  2015 was an incredible year of re-growth, innovation, and expansion.  We came from worrying about how to keep the lights on and our programs running at the end of 2014 to the expansion of all of our therapy offerings and the introduction of many new programs for even more members of our community in 2015.  

Far from giving up when times were tough, we dug deep and redoubled our efforts to make Mane Stream successful.  I am proud to report that our financials are once again healthy and we are serving more people with more programs than ever before.

As I look back on this past year I am overwhelmed with gratitude!  I am grateful to our amazing and dedicated staff, our tremendous volunteers, my fellow board members, and all the generous donors who have supported us.   While there are many riding programs for people with disabilities across the country, I can promise you there is no place like Mane Stream.  It is a very special place where wonderful things happen every day for a wide variety of deserving people.  Thank you to everyone who has helped and continues to help keep Mane Stream growing and thriving.  Thank you for never giving up! 

2015 Annual Report, 2015 Audited Financial Statement and the 2015 990 Form

Meeting the Challenges of 2014

Letter from the President: The ancient Greek philosopher Heraclitus said that nothing on this earth remains unchanged over time.  The world is always in flux.  While Mane Stream is no exception to that basic law of nature, 2014 has brought more challenges for us in one year than we ever expected.  

The difficult economic climate of recent years has offered tremendous challenges for everyone.  Like nearly all other non-profit organizations we have struggled to raise the funds needed to run our programs.  But as we moved into the fourth quarter of the year it became abundantly clear that here at Mane Stream we were going to have to make some painful and important decisions.  We needed to cut our budget.  And we had to do it without sacrificing our services or losing sight of our mission.

While change is often difficult, it can also bring great things.  Sometimes it forces us to be smarter and better.  I believe that is what has happened at Mane Stream.  Thanks to the hard work and creativity of our staff, volunteers and Board of Directors we are better than we were.   And we are well poised to face any and all changes and challenges that may come our way in 2015.

2014 Annual Report and 2014 Audited Financial Statement and the 2014 990 Form

2013 PROVIDING UNBRIDLED POSSIBILITIES:

Mane Stream celebrated forty one years of service to individuals with special needs in 2013. The programs that we provide include Adaptive Riding, Equine Assisted Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy and Speech Therapy, Interactive Vaulting, and Summer Day Camp. Mane Stream instructors and therapists provided more than 3,200 hours of service for 171 participants at the Oldwick farm. The programs at Mane Stream were made possible with the help of 229 program volunteers that kept weekly commitments to assist in lessons, therapy sessions, camp and an additional 124 volunteers that played supportive roles throughout the year. 

2013 Mane Stream Annual Report   and the  2013 990 form