Dream Catcher Stables Inc - Theraputic Horsemanship |

1999 We met 80% of our 1999 goals while operating solely on in-kind donations.

2000 You’ve Come a Long Way Baby by adding logo screened polo shirts for identity, an assortment of tack, and major financial assistance of grants from three foundations meeting 79% of our non-deferred goals.

2001 With Land, We Look Forward to Our Future brought a very successful fundraiser, a home for the horses under long-term lease, two donated horses, new volunteers, and grants from two of last year’s donors.

2002 One Step at a time - placing well in competition, garnering two additional grants from past donors, and being recognized in the press nationwide.

2003 A Year of Beginnings and Growth excelling in competition, adding volunteers, athletes, fundraisers, grants from two sustaining donors, fence on our property, and recognition in the press at home, nationally, and internationally.

2004 A Year of Challenges and Change preparing to bring our program back to Houston onto our leased land. Program opened for good October 31, 2004.

2005 All the News that’s Fit to Print we organized our first annual fundraiser raising $5,242.10 and gained help from Kimball Hill Homes.

2006 Meeting the year head on we had our bare bones 2007 budget in the bank by December 31 for the first time.

2007 Alive and Well We Look to the Future. Television told our facility story as we spoke before Houston City Council. The annual fundraiser completed our 2008 bare bones budget. Only 21 lesson days were cancelled because of rain. Our Adjudicated Community Service program repaired our driveway, maintained our arena, and refurbished our stall floors. Several of our athletes became volunteers as well. Panalpina donated a cargo container to store our hay.

2008 Revisiting our sliding fee scale with the base line now being $10 per month per family or donation of substantial time to the organization and reviewed long range plans. Smokey was named CHA School Horse of the Year. Sanna was one of five finalists for CHA Instructor of the year. Cindy LaGarce was nominated for L’Oreal’s Women of Worth award.

2009 Updating our By Laws and a great deal of gratitude to The Houston Association of General Contractors who named us beneficiary of their golf tournament. We won the Top Club Award at the Top Hands Horse Show and purchased our 3-horse trailer. With the golf tournament proceeds we were able to purchase a truck to pull the trailer.

2010 Through the Decade Looking Glass. A benefactor came forward and donated a travel trailer to be used as our office and temporary classroom. Theft of our tractor on Halloween left us undaunted and resolved. Rob Clift was honored by his company as volunteer of the year which netted Dream Catcher $7,500.

2011 Fire, Ice, and More. Challenged with an ice storm and then a fire, two competitions were postponed or cancelled. We added a program to help with facility maintenance and teach high school students the consequences of bad choices.

2012 Upward and Onward. The Junior League funded the office ADA accessible ramp and stairs. In April we took a leap of faith entering 12 of our athletes in an open horse show in Bryan, TX. Competing against 17-21 able bodied riders they brought home 6 firsts, 3 seconds, 4 thirds, 3 fourths, 4 fifths, 3 sixths, placing out of the awards just 9 times. Yes, we proved that people with disabilities CAN be a part of the real world , in other words – Inclusion works!

2013 Meeting Challenges Moving On. Aldine ISD went to bat for us when the property went to tax resale. New owners permitted us to stay on a lease by suffrage. The hunt for a permanent home began. Our first highly trained dressage horse was donated and we added our first participant with PTSD.

2014 You Made It Possible. The capital campaign begins to take shape. Internally we raise $3900 in two months with three email notices. Party Hearty Texas Style raises over $15,000. The 3- and 4- horse trailers get a much needed makeover and the truck gets a new windshield thanks to the generosity of Anglia Homes. AGC provides the funds for an extra tall 2-horse trailer for the safety of our Holsteiner-Thoroughbred dressage horse.

2015 Still on the trail, internally the capital campaign fund grows to $9,600. A sporting clay shoot provides part of our 2016 budget and sets the Board on a new course. The By-Laws are updated. Ima Lil Doc Bar, mother of two of our horses joins our program.

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Dream Catcher Stables Inc. is Born
Ownership Dream Catcher Stables Inc was incorporated in the State of Texas on August 23, 1999 and received Public Charity Status in a Permanent Ruling from the IRS on July 17, 2003, retroactive to August 23, 1999. Dream Catcher Stables Inc is a membership organization [under 501(c)(3), 509(a)(1) and 170(b)(1)(A)(vi) of the Internal Revenue Code] designed to promote the capabilities of people with disabilities in the education and business communities by providing life-long opportunity for equestrians to grow in self-esteem and capability through horsemanship education. Concept Designed to be: Affordable to all. Most accessible to the people of Northern Harris County. A positive environment for persons with intellectual, emotional, and/or physical challenges or youth-at-risk. Available to its members for their lifetime. The Educational/Sport approach provides opportunity for all equestrians, volunteers, and staff to grow and learn together. Discrimination based on race, religion, ethnicity, or socio-economic background simply IS NOT tolerated. Because there are medical contraindications for horseback riding for persons with certain physical disabilities, Dream Catcher Stables Inc reserves the right to require a Physician’s statement before allowing those persons having the medically contraindicated disabilities to participate in our program. Where riding is not an option, every effort is made to provide a safe, alternative horsemanship program for each individual. We hope to add carriage driving in the future. Equestrians come from: Special Education Classrooms Institutions and group homes Individual recommendations from the medical community, educators, families, and friends Results Working under less than ideal conditions, our athletes and volunteers have met the competition head on and competed very successfully. We moved onto our 98 leased acres in 2004 and have been conducting program continuously since October 31 of that year. Hurricanes, winter storms, and floods all impact our ability to teach as our property is recognized wetlands. In 2018 it became necessary for us to move once again as investors planned to sell our property and required that we leave. On November 7, 2018 the City of Houston and Bush Intercontinental Airport gave us a grazing license on 22+ acres contiguous to the northwest corner of the airport. We moved on December 31, 2018, briefly stabled our horses elsewhere and still managed to participate in the 2019 Top Hands Horse Show before bringing our horses to their current home on April 16, 2019. The permitting and construction process would continue. All utilities and a genuine portable office, training, and restroom facility are now a reality. Covid-19 severely impacted funding requiring that we recoil and raise substantial funds to construct the shed rows for the horses. September 8, 2021 our horses were served their first meal in their all weather 12’x12’ stalls. School year 2021-2022 also saw addition of limited weekday program including a pre-vocational pilot project. Assets 14’x60’ portable Vanguard building, ADA accessible Two trucks Two horse trailers One stock trailer One flat bed trailer Tractor with implements Utilities 40’x60’ all weather portable “barn” People Horsemanship instructor (Path Intl, CHA, Special Olympics) Life Coach Facility/Maintenance person Nurse 2 Speech Therapists A nucleus of 13 committed volunteers 49 active Athletes A Board of Directors Horses and equipment 9 horses various saddles and bridles
Annual Reports
Return to the Top of this page: Objectives Met 1999 We met 80% of our 1999 goals while operating solely on in-kind donations. 2000 You’ve Come a Long Way Baby by adding logo screened polo shirts for identity, an assortment of tack, and major financial assistance of grants from three foundations meeting 79% of our non-deferred goals. 2001 With Land, We Look Forward to Our Future brought a very successful fundraiser, a home for the horses under long-term lease, two donated horses, new volunteers, and grants from two of last year’s donors. 2002 One Step at a time - placing well in competition, garnering two additional grants from past donors, and being recognized in the press nationwide. 2003 A Year of Beginnings and Growth excelling in competition, adding volunteers, athletes, fundraisers, grants from two sustaining donors, fence on our property, and recognition in the press at home, nationally, and internationally. 2004 A Year of Challenges and Change preparing to bring our program back to Houston onto our leased land. Program opened for good October 31, 2004. 2005 All the News that’s Fit to Print we organized our first annual fundraiser raising $5,242.10 and gained help from Kimball Hill Homes. 2006 Meeting the year head on we had our bare bones 2007 budget in the bank by December 31 for the first time. 2007 Alive and Well We Look to the Future. Television told our facility story as we spoke before Houston City Council. The annual fundraiser completed our 2008 bare bones budget. Only 21 lesson days were cancelled because of rain. Our Adjudicated Community Service program repaired our driveway, maintained our arena, and refurbished our stall floors. Several of our athletes became volunteers as well. Panalpina donated a cargo container to store our hay. 2008 Revisiting our sliding fee scale with the base line now being $10 per month per family or donation of substantial time to the organization and reviewed long range plans. Smokey was named CHA School Horse of the Year. Sanna was one of five finalists for CHA Instructor of the year. Cindy LaGarce was nominated for L’Oreal’s Women of Worth award. 2009 Updating our By Laws and a great deal of gratitude to The Houston Association of General Contractors who named us beneficiary of their golf tournament. We won the Top Club Award at the Top Hands Horse Show and purchased our 3-horse trailer. With the golf tournament proceeds we were able to purchase a truck to pull the trailer. 2010 Through the Decade Looking Glass. A benefactor came forward and donated a travel trailer to be used as our office and temporary classroom. Theft of our tractor on Halloween left us undaunted and resolved. Rob Clift was honored by his company as volunteer of the year which netted Dream Catcher $7,500. 2011 Fire, Ice, and More. Challenged with an ice storm and then a fire, two competitions were postponed or cancelled. We added a program to help with facility maintenance and teach high school students the consequences of bad choices. 2012 Upward and Onward. The Junior League funded the office ADA accessible ramp and stairs. In April we took a leap of faith entering 12 of our athletes in an open horse show in Bryan, TX. Competing against 17-21 able bodied riders they brought home 6 firsts, 3 seconds, 4 thirds, 3 fourths, 4 fifths, 3 sixths, placing out of the awards just 9 times. Yes, we proved that people with disabilities CAN be a part of the real world , in other words – Inclusion works! 2013 Meeting Challenges Moving On. Aldine ISD went to bat for us when the property went to tax resale. New owners permitted us to stay on a lease by suffrage. The hunt for a permanent home began. Our first highly trained dressage horse was donated and we added our first participant with PTSD. 2014 You Made It Possible. The capital campaign begins to take shape. Internally we raise $3900 in two months with three email notices. Party Hearty Texas Style raises over $15,000. The 3- and 4- horse trailers get a much needed makeover and the truck gets a new windshield thanks to the generosity of Anglia Homes. AGC provides the funds for an extra tall 2-horse trailer for the safety of our Holsteiner-Thoroughbred dressage horse. 2015 Still on the trail, internally the capital campaign fund grows to $9,600. A sporting clay shoot provides part of our 2016 budget and sets the Board on a new course. The By-Laws are updated. Ima Lil Doc Bar, mother of two of our horses joins our program.

	Dream Catcher Stables Inc. Founded August 23, 1999 getinvolved@dreamcatcherstables.org phone: 281-216-3494 501(c)(3) All Volunteer Public Charity under170(b)(1)(A(vi) if the Internal Revenue Code