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Bay Area Barns and Trails

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$33k
Granted FY2025still arriving
11
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$8k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Recreation & Sports$170kEnvironment$61kAnimals$30kArts & Culture$15kHuman Services$6kHealth$4kEducation$3kPublic Safety & Disaster$3kOther$0
02FY2025 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$2,450
Median grant
1
States reached
$277k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Bay Area Ridge Trail Council$7,500
Volunteers for Outdoor California$5,000
Friends of Bear Creek Stables$4,755
Mounted Patrol Foundation$4,000
Sonoma County Regional Parks Foundation$2,500
Point Reyes National Seashore Association$2,450
Equestrian Center of Walnut Creek$2,150
Sonoma Ecology Center$2,000
Equi Ed$1,250
Square Peg Foundation$1,250
Santa Clara Horsemen's Association$400
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 99% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%Volunteers for Outdoor California: $8k → 7%Pt Reyes National Seashore Association: $3k → 8%Equestrian Center of Walnut Creek: $3k → 9%Stewards of the Coast and Redwoods: $4k → 9%Access Adventure: $3k → 10%Bay Area Ridge Trail Council: $8k → 10%Alma Equine: $4k → 13%Volunteers for Outdoor California: $8k → 7%Morgan Horse RanchPoint Reyes National Seashore: $3k → 8%Sonoma County Regional Parks Foundation: $3k → 9%Stewards of the Coast and Redwoods: $3k → 9%Access Adventure: $3k → 10%Bay Area Ridge Trail Council: $8k → 10%Alma Equine: $3k → 13%Volunteers for Outdoor California: $7k → 7%Stewards of the Coast and Redwoods: $3k → 9%Access Adventure: $3k → 10%We Ride Too: $6k → 10%Bay Area Ridge Trail Council: $8k → 10%Friends of Bear Creek Stables: $3k → 13%Volunteers for Outdoor California: $5k → 7%Tilden Wildcat Horsemen's Association: $5k → 9%Sonoma County Regional Parks Foundation: $5k → 9%Tri-Valley Conservancy: $5k → 10%Bay Area Ridge Trail Council: $3k → 10%Volunteers for Outdoor California: $5k → 7%Tilden Wildcat Horsemen's Association: $5k → 9%Sonoma County Regional Parks Foundation: $5k → 9%Bay Area Ridge Trail Council: $3k → 10%Volunteers for Outdoor California: $3k → 7%Halleck Creek Ranch: $3k → 8%Tilden Wildcat Horsemen's Association: $5k → 9%Sonoma County Regional Parks Foundation: $3k → 9%Volunteers for Outdoor California: $3k → 7%Halleck Creek Ranch: $3k → 8%Tilden Wildcat Horsemen's Association: $5k → 9%Sonoma County Regional Parks Foundation: $3k → 9%San Mateo County Parks Foundation: $8k → 7%Halleck Creek Ranch: $3k → 8%Tilden Wildcat Horsemen's Association: $5k → 9%Sonoma Ecology Center: $3k → 9%Halleck Creek Ranch: $3k → 8%Orinda Horsemen's Association: $3k → 9%Square Peg Foundation: $4k → 7%Alta Bowl Horseowner's Association: $3k → 8%Concord Mt Diablo Trail Ride Association: $4k → 9%Mounted Patrol Foundation: $5k → 7%Mounted Patrol Foundation: $4k → 7%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

87%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$257k · 22 repeat orgs$38k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +54% since the first grant, against +7% for those funded once.

22 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2025, 13 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

22
19

Total granted

$257k
$36k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+54%
+7%

Still filing today

68%
42%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Recreation & SportsEnvironmentHealthPublic BenefitFood & NutritionArts & CultureOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • VF
    VOLUNTEERS FOR OUTDOOR CALIFORNIA
    8× · 2017–2025 · $37k · revenue +86%
  • BA
    Bay Area Ridge Trail Council
    7× · 2017–2025 · $30k · revenue +71%
  • MS
    MARIN STABLES & TRAILS INC
    4× · 2020–2024 · $15k · revenue +426%

Funded once

  • WR
    WE RIDE TOO
    one grant, 2022 · $6k
  • AB
    Alta Bowl Horseowner's Association
    one grant, 2017 · $3k
  • MH
    Morgan Horse RanchPoint Reyes National Seashore
    one grant, 2020 · $3k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

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Bay Area Barns and Trails
Human Services
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Friends of Huddart & Wunderlich Parks

The Friends of Huddart and Wunderlich Parks is a group of park enthusiasts and stewards who provide a wide range of programs and events in two historic redwood parks in the heart of the Bay Area. We lead hikes, provide environmental…

Environment
3
Stormwalker Ranch Equine
Human Services
4
Sonoma Action for Equine Rescue

Our mission is to be a resource for Sonoma, Mendocino and Lake county and surrounding areas to provide services for people needing to care for or re-home horses. We are dedicated to recycling displaced horses. We advise on options…

Animals
5
Transportation Alternatives for Marin
Public Benefit
6
Sonoma Mountain Institute
Environment
7
Sonoma Botanical Garden
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8
Horses in California

To bring strength and healing to children with special needs and the san francisco community through the love and care of horses; to encourage young people in compassion and leadership through volunteerism.

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9
Santa Cruz County Horsemens Association

The purpose of the Santa Cruz County Horsemen's Association (SCCHA) is to promote interest in horses and horsemanship, and to bring people together to share this common interest. As a group, we aid and support activities concerning the…

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10
Epona Equine Rescue & Rehab
Animals
11
Monterey Bay Horsemanship & Therapeutic Center

Providing horse based therapy for handicapped and developmentally disabled adults and children.

Human Services
12
Impact Horse- Connecting Humans and Horses
Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Giant Steps Therapeutic Equestrian Center Inc; the most unlike its peers is Daily Acts Organization. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

24 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 24 of the 43 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
24/24
Grantees still filing
14/24
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Bay Area Ridge Trail Council: $29,500 · OtherBay Area Ridge Trail CouncilTILDEN WILDCAT HORSEMENS ASSOCIATION: $25,000 · OtherTILDEN WILDCAT HORSEMENS ASSOCIATIONRINCON RIDERS: $15,000 · OtherRINCON RIDERSMounted Patrol Foundation: $11,200 · OtherMounted Patrol FoundationStewards of the Coast and Redwoods: $9,200 · OtherStewards of the Coast and RedwoodsFRIENDS OF BEAR CREEK STABLES: $7,255 · OtherCONCORD MT DIABLO TRAIL RIDE ASSOCIATION: $6,800 · OtherWE RIDE TOO: $6,350 · OtherTRI-VALLEY CONSERVANCY: $6,000 · Other+19 more: $39,844 · Other+19 moreVOLUNTEERS FOR OUTDOOR CALIFORNIA: $37,000 · Recreation & SportsVOLUNTEERS FOR OUTDOOR CALIFORNI…Sonoma County Regional Parks Foundation: $18,500 · Recreation & SportsSonoma County Regional Parks Fou…HALLECK CREEK RANCH: $14,150 · Recreation & SportsHALLECK CREEK RANCHSAN MATEO COUNTY PARKS AND RECREATION FOUNDATION: $13,500 · Recreation & SportsSAN MATEO COUNTY PARKS AND RECRE…+1 more: $2,500 · Recreation & SportsMARIN STABLES & TRAILS INC: $15,000 · Arts & CultureOcean Riders of Marin: $5,000 · EnvironmentPoint Reyes National Seashore Association: $4,950 · EnvironmentSonoma Ecology Center: $4,500 · EnvironmentDaily Acts Organization: $500 · EnvironmentACCESS ADVENTURE: $8,750 · Public BenefitSQUARE PEG FOUNDATION: $5,813 · HealthGiant Steps Therapeutic Equestrian Center Inc: $1,250 · HealthONE STEP CLOSER THERAPEUTIC HORSEMANSHIP INC: $500 · HealthALMA EQUINE: $6,250 · Education
Other$156,149Recreation & Sports$85,650Arts & Culture$15,000Environment$14,950Public Benefit$8,750Health$7,563Education$6,250

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetVOLUNTEERS FOR OUTDOOR CALIFORNIA: $37,000 over 8y, 19% of budgetBay Area Ridge Trail Council: $29,500 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetSonoma County Regional Parks Foundation: $18,500 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetMARIN STABLES & TRAILS INC: $15,000 over 4y, 19% of budgetHALLECK CREEK RANCH: $14,150 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetSAN MATEO COUNTY PARKS AND RECREATION FOUNDATION: $13,500 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetStewards of the Coast and Redwoods: $9,200 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetACCESS ADVENTURE: $8,750 over 4y, 2.9% of budgetCONCORD MT DIABLO TRAIL RIDE ASSOCIATION: $6,800 over 2y, 2.7% of budgetALMA EQUINE: $6,250 over 2y, 3.1% of budgetTRI-VALLEY CONSERVANCY: $6,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetSQUARE PEG FOUNDATION: $5,813 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetOcean Riders of Marin: $5,000 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetPoint Reyes National Seashore Association: $4,950 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSonoma Ecology Center: $4,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL CENTER FOR EQUINE FACILITATED THERAPY: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPine Ridge Association: $1,435 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetEQUI-ED INC: $1,250 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetGiant Steps Therapeutic Equestrian Center Inc: $1,250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDaily Acts Organization: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetONE STEP CLOSER THERAPEUTIC HORSEMANSHIP INC: $500 over 1y, 0.2% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds VOLUNTEERS FOR OUTDOOR CALIFORNIA ↗
  • Who funds Bay Area Ridge Trail Council ↗
  • Who funds Sonoma County Regional Parks Foundation ↗
  • Who funds MARIN STABLES & TRAILS INC ↗
  • Who funds HALLECK CREEK RANCH ↗
  • Who funds SAN MATEO COUNTY PARKS AND RECREATION FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Stewards of the Coast and Redwoods ↗
  • Who funds ACCESS ADVENTURE ↗
  • Who funds CONCORD MT DIABLO TRAIL RIDE ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds ALMA EQUINE ↗
  • Who funds TRI-VALLEY CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds SQUARE PEG FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Ocean Riders of Marin ↗
  • Who funds Point Reyes National Seashore Association ↗
  • Who funds Sonoma Ecology Center ↗
  • Who funds CALIFORNIA RIDING CLUB INC ↗
  • Who funds MARIN HORSE COUNCIL ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL CENTER FOR EQUINE FACILITATED THERAPY ↗
  • Who funds Pine Ridge Association ↗
  • Who funds EQUI-ED INC ↗
  • Who funds Giant Steps Therapeutic Equestrian Center Inc ↗
  • Who funds CARING COWGIRL ↗

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Marin Community Found…Sonoma County Communi…Clif Family FoundationBothin FoundationMcNabb FoundationSilicon Valley Commun…The Heck FoundationMary a Crocker TrustHobsonlucas Family Fo…The San Francisco Fou…American Endowment Fo…The Blackbaud Giving …
Marin Community FoundationCA19.1× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Marin Community Foundation · Sonoma County Community Foundation · Clif Family Foundation · Bothin Foundation · McNabb Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · The Heck Foundation · Mary a Crocker Trust · Hobsonlucas Family Foundation · The San Francisco Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Bay Area Barns and Trails funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Bay Area Barns and Trails. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Bay Area Barns and Trails?

    Find your warmest path to Bay Area Barns and Trails through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 43 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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