Organizations Filed Purposes:
Our mission is to provide therapeutic exercise in various forms always emphasizing ability and maintaining an environment of respect and trust for our riders, volunteers and horses.
Pegasus provides equine assisted activities to people with disabilities serving both children adults. Incorporated as a non-profit organization in 1982, this unique program utilizes the horse and its movement to enhance the quality of life for our clients. Pegasus partners with horses, utilizing their movement the important bond between horse rider, to promote improved physical emotional well-being and independence for individuals with disabilities. Pegasus provides therapeutic exercise in various forms, always emphasizing ability maintaining an environment of respect trust for our riders, volunteers, horses. Therapeutic riding has many components, including physical, psychological, recreational, as well as educational. Our facilities include a state of the art indoor riding arena that permits year round operation. We currently have 15 therapy horses of varied sizes breeds. Program staff consists of two full time employees nine part time employees. Pegasus is a PATH Professional Association of Therapeutic Horsemanship International Premier Accredited Center.
Pegasus operates an autism program to meet the growing need for services for children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorders. Many in the medical community believe that there is a special connection between horses and children with autism because both interpret the world in pictures. As the bond grows between child and animal, progress such as improved communication, social skills, and behavior become possible in many cases. This program accomodates 12 riders per week.
Pegasus Therapeutic Riding Academy, Inc. conducts a six week summer program to expose additional people with disabilities to equine assisted activities. In 2018, the program included groups from Moss Rehabilitation Hospital, the Mollie Woods program at The Woods School, the Pennsylvania School for the Deaf, and a six week Try Me program for people who were on our waiting list or who were interested in trying the program for a short period of time. This programming created an additional 35 lessons per week for new participants during the six week period.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Alexandra Manwarren | Exec Director | 40 | $53,160 |
| Barbara M Wertheimer | Former Exec Director | 32 | $9,698 |
| Jessica Ormsby | DIrector | 1 | $0 |
| Randy Ayoob | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Anthony Twardowski Esq | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Tom Forkin | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Joy Bartley | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Harvey Perelman | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Leigh Ann Difusco | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Sarah Reed | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Jason Budd | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Jonathan Smith | Secretary | 1 | $0 |
| Niels Christensen | Treasurer | 1.5 | $0 |
| Robert Hesser | President | 2.5 | $0 |
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