Connecticut · Public charity
Equus Foundation Inc
The mission is to protect america's horses and strengthen the horse-human bond.
- $664k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 13
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 15
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $100k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $7,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $12,350
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 15
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 11
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.1M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 33% of the organizations Equus Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 42% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 58% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $43k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 13 | $100k | 23% |
| FY2024 | 15 | $101k | 33% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $59k | 60% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $49k | 60% |
| FY2021 | 3 | $23k | 33% |
| FY2020 | 3 | $25k | 33% |
| FY2019 | 8 | $48k | 63% |
| FY2018 | 5 | $34k | 100% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brook Hill Retirement Center for Horses Inc | $42,690 | 6 | 2% |
| The Foundation for the Horse Fka the Aaep Foundation Inc | $40,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Central Kentucky Riding for Hope Inc | $25,265 | 4 | 1% |
| Return to Freedom Inc | $24,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Omega Horse Rescue and Rehabilitation Center Inc | $22,275 | 3 | 3% |
| Horsepower Inc | $21,190 | 2 | 2% |
| Maine State Society for the Protection of Animals | $21,100 | 3 | 0% |
| Bravehearts Therapeutic Riding and Educational Center | $20,795 | 2 | 0% |
| Lucky Orphans Horse Rescue Inc | $17,875 | 3 | 1% |
| Loudoun Therapeutic Riding Foundation Inc | $17,750 | 3 | 1% |
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Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Equus Foundation Inc supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: Greater Good Charities · The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals · Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance Foundati Dba Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance · Thoroughbred Charities of America Inc · Leslie L Alexander Foundation Inc · Oliver-Hoffmann Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Humane World for Animals Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc
How this is measured
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About Equus Foundation Inc
- How much does Equus Foundation Inc give?
- Equus Foundation Inc reported 13 itemized grants totaling $99,610, out of $663,787 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 15 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Equus Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Animals (64%), Health (15%), Human Services (15%).
- Who are Equus Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Brook Hill Retirement Center for Horses Inc ($43k), The Foundation for the Horse Fka the Aaep Foundation Inc ($41k), Central Kentucky Riding for Hope Inc ($25k).
- Does Equus Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Equus Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greater Good Charities, The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance Foundati Dba Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance.
- Where is Equus Foundation Inc based?
- Equus Foundation Inc is based in CT.
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