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US nonprofit · EIN 872397848 · Bellingham, WAiSource and licenceOrganisation record IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File (EIN 872397848) - NTEE activity code, address.Board and officers IRS Form 990 annual filings, Part VII (directors, trustees, officers, key employees), read year by year to observe tenure.Latest return IRS Form 990 series e-file data - 990 for the year to 31 December 2024: assets, liabilities, staff, website, telephone, pay.Finances by year IRS Form 990 e-file data - total revenue and total expenses by tax year.Renewal outlook Computed by Governance Register from the observed filing history and filed revenue (us-approach-v4-clean). Not a statement that the organisation is recruiting.Deductibility IRS Publication 78 data (code PC), downloaded 18 October 2026.Licence US Federal Government public domain.How we handle data

Unbridled Spirit 7's network

8 peoplei8 people on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (8). Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK.

The board

8 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations.Tenure and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed tenure is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 8 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.
NameRole as filedSinceOn the board
Sierra James ChairChair2021
5 yrs
Bernadette ZuzarteMember2024
2 yrs
Joni HensleyVice Chair2021
5 yrs
Karabo BreedingMember2021
5 yrs
Niko BaranekMember2021
5 yrs
Paul JamesSecretaryTreasurer2021
5 yrs
Rachel RodriguezMember2022
4 yrs
Sonja WingardExecutive Director2022
4 yrs
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more

Officers and senior leadership

2 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.
NameTitle as filedOn the filings
Sonja WingardExecutive Director & Program Director2021
Susan SwankContracted Bookkeeper2021

Pay and hours

year to 31 December 2024iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.
NameTitle as filedHours a weekPay from the organisationRelated organisationsOther
Sonja WingardExecutive Director30$72k
Karabo BreedingMember1$0
Bernadette ZuzarteMember1$0
Rachel RodriguezMember1$0
Niko BaranekMember1$0
Sierra JamesChair2$0
Paul JamesSecretaryTreasurer1$0
Joni HensleyVice Chair1$0

About

Legal name
Unbridled Spirit 7
EIN
872397848
Address
721 van Wyck Rd, Bellingham, WA, 98226-8789
State
Washington
Mission
To empower social-emotional healing and human connection through equine experiential learning and other innovative methods. (as filed on the Form 990)
Activity (NTEE)
P20 Human services
IRS classification
501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
Classified purpose
Human Services
Size band
4 (IRS master file code)
Formed
2021
Principal officer
Sierra James (as named on the Form 990)
IRS ruling date
1 December 2021
Status
Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
Form 990 filings on record
4, latest 2024
IRS Publication 78
PC (contributions deductible)

Most connected

Longest observed on the filings

≥5years on the filingsSierra James
≥5years on the filingsJoni Hensley
≥5years on the filingsKarabo Breeding
≥5years on the filingsNiko Baranek

Latest return

year to 31 December 2024iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 December 2024. US dollars, as filed.
Total assets
$105k
Total liabilities
$12k
Net assets or fund balances
$93k
Contributions and grants received
$393k
Program service revenue
$18k
Employees
16

Filed finances

1 yeariTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.
Tax yearTotal revenueTotal expensesSurplus or deficit
2024$411k$325k$86k

As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.