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Equus Foundation Inc

The mission is to protect america's horses and strengthen the horse-human bond.

$664k
Granted FY2025still arriving
13
Grants FY2025still arriving
11
States reached
$12k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

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

Animals$297kHealth$70kHuman Services$68kRecreation & Sports$23kEducation$7k
02FY2025 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 13 grants below total $99,610 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $663,787 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $564,177 is giving the schedule does not break out: grants under the $5,000 itemisation floor, grants to individuals, and grants reported on other schedules. Every figure below describes the itemised rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k12 grants · $87k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $12k
$7,500
Median grant
11
States reached
$1.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BRAVEHEARTS THERAPEUTIC RIDING & ED$12,350
MISTY MEADOWS EQUINE LEARNING CENTE$9,900
BROOK HILL FARM$9,140
RISING STARR HORSE RESCUE$8,350
CENTRAL KENTUCKY RIDING FOR HOPE$8,250
HORSEPOWER INC$8,090
UNITED STATES EQUESTRIAN FEDERATION$7,500
LOUDOUN THERAPEUTIC RIDING FOUNDATI$7,000
SAVING HORSES INC$6,500
LUCKY ORPHANS HORSE RESCUE INC$6,000
THIS OLD HORSE$5,830
HORSE HAVEN OF TENNESSEE INC$5,500
MAINE STATE SOCIETY FOR THE PROTECT$5,200
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

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

show:

Your human-services grants (FY17–25, $98k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 73% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%THIS OLD HORSE: $6k → 6%GIVING ALTERNATIVE LEARNERS: $10k → 20%HORSEPOWER INC: $13k → 16%BRAVEHEARTS THERAPEUTIC RIDING & ED: $12k → 6%HORSEPOWER INC: $8k → 16%BRAVEHEARTS THERAPEUTIC RIDING & ED: $8k → 6%THE FOUNDATION FOR THE HORSE: $8k → 15%AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF EQUIN: $6k → 15%AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF EQUIN: $6k → 15%AAEP FOUNDATION INC: $6k → 15%Foundation For The Horse Inc: $6k → 15%THE FOUNDATION FOR THE HORSE: $6k → 15%THE FOUNDATION FOR THE HORSE: $6k → 15%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

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CA
CO
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VA
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DC
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US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

73%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$338k · 17 repeat orgs$127k to everyone else

17 repeat relationships — 10 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

17
13

Total granted

$338k
$108k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+1%
+17%

Still filing today

100%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $19k 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
AnimalsHuman ServicesHealthRecreation & SportsEducationYouth DevelopmentOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • BH
    BROOK HILL RETIREMENT CENTER FOR HORSES INC
    6× · 2017–2025 · $43k · revenue +116%
  • TF
    THE FOUNDATION FOR THE HORSE FKA THE AAEP FOUNDATION INC
    7× · 2018–2024 · $41k · revenue +100%
  • LO
    Lucky Orphans Horse Rescue Inc
    3× · 2023–2025 · $18k · revenue +16%

Funded once

  • RT
    RETURN TO FREEDOM INCgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $24k · revenue +25%
  • GE
    GERDAS EQUINE RESCUE INC
    one grant, 2021 · $11k · revenue +17%
  • GA
    GIVING ALTERNATIVE LEARNERS UPLIFTING OPPORTUNITIES INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $10k · revenue +26%

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

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Veteran Equine Therapy Stables
Public Benefit
2
Impact Horse- Connecting Humans and Horses
Animals
3
Epona Equine Rescue & Rehab
Animals
4
Freedom Hooves Therapeutic Riding of Nw Colorado
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5
Equus Rescue and Therapy Inc

Rescue rehabilitation recovery of equine mammals

Animals
6
Great Results Equine Assisted Therapies
Health
7
Red Bucket Equine Rescue
Animals
8
Lillies of the Field Equine Rescue
Animals
9
Horse Hugs
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10
Hooves of My Heart Equine Rescue Ltd
Animals
11
Swingin' D Horse Rescue
Animals
12
New Hope Farm Inc

Rescue and sanctuary for horses, donkeys, and mules.

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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Horse Haven of Tennessee Inc and the most unlike its peers is Communication Alliance to Network Thoroghbred Ex-Racehorses. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 20 years old; the field is 16. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number22%0%<5yr14%0%5–10yr19%42%10–20yr16%45%20–35yr13%10%35–55yr16%3%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value22%0%<5yr14%0%5–10yr19%36%10–20yr16%54%20–35yr13%9%35–55yr16%2%55yr+

The field is 22% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 13% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/33
the rest of the field
13%
240,396/1,819,532

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

33 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2026, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
33/33
Grantees still filing
18/33
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

BROOK HILL RETIREMENT CENTER FOR HORSES INC — $42,690 · AnimalsBROOK HILL RETIREMENT CENTER FOR HORSES INCRETURN TO FREEDOM INC — $24,000 · AnimalsRETURN TO FREEDOM INCOMEGA HORSE RESCUE AND REHABILITATION CENTER INC — $22,275 · AnimalsOMEGA HORSE RESCUE AND REHABILITATION CENTER INCMAINE STATE SOCIETY FOR THE PROTECTION OF ANIMALS — $21,100 · AnimalsMAINE STATE SOCIETY FOR THE PROTECTION OF ANIMALSLucky Orphans Horse Rescue Inc — $17,875 · AnimalsLucky Orphans Horse Rescue IncRISING STARR HORSE RESCUE CORP — $17,625 · AnimalsRISING STARR HORSE RESCUE CORPSAVING HORSES INC — $13,960 · AnimalsSAVING HORSES INCGERDAS EQUINE RESCUE INC — $11,063 · AnimalsCOLORADO HORSE RESCUE — $10,510 · AnimalsKENTUCKY EQUINE HUMANE CENTER INC — $10,375 · Animals+5 more — $28,525 · Animals+5 moreTHE FOUNDATION FOR THE HORSE FKA THE AAEP FOUNDATION INC — $40,500 · Human ServicesTHE FOUNDATION FOR THE …HORSEPOWER INC — $21,190 · Human ServicesHORSEPOWER INCBRAVEHEARTS THERAPEUTIC RIDING AND EDUCATIONAL CENTER — $20,795 · Human ServicesBRAVEHEARTS THERAPEUTIC…GIVING ALTERNATIVE LEARNERS UPLIFTING OPPORTUNITIES INC — $10,000 · Human ServicesGIVING ALTERNATIVE LEAR…THIS OLD HORSE INC — $5,830 · Human ServicesTHIS OLD HORSE INCCENTRAL KENTUCKY RIDING FOR HOPE INC — $25,265 · OtherCENTRAL KE…HIGH HOPES THERAPEUTIC RIDING INC — $16,155 · OtherHIGH HOPES…LOUDOUN THERAPEUTIC RIDING FOUNDATION INC — $17,750 · HealthLOUDOUN T…SPROUT THERAPEUTIC RIDING & EDUCATION CE — $10,525 · HealthSPROUT TH…ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESOURCE CENTER INC — $7,210 · HealthALZHEIMER…ENDEAVOR THERAPEUTIC HORSEMANSHIP INC — $5,150 · HealthENDEAVOR …MISTY MEADOWS EQUINE LEARNING CENTER INC — $16,776 · EducationProject Horse Inc — $13,000 · EducationTHE SHANE CENTER FOR THERAPEUTIC HORSEMANSHIP INC — $6,655 · EducationWashington International Horse Show — $10,000 · Recreation & SportsUNITED STATES EQUESTRIAN FEDERATION INC — $7,500 · Recreation & SportsSECRETARIAT CENTER INC — $5,075 · Recreation & SportsHORSE HAVEN OF TENNESSEE INC — $5,500 · Youth Development
Animals$219,998Human Services$98,315Other$41,420Health$40,635Education$36,431Recreation & Sports$22,575Youth Development$5,500

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetBROOK HILL RETIREMENT CENTER FOR HORSES INC — $42,690 over 6y, 2.4% of budgetTHE FOUNDATION FOR THE HORSE FKA THE AAEP FOUNDATION INC — $40,500 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetCENTRAL KENTUCKY RIDING FOR HOPE INC — $25,265 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetRETURN TO FREEDOM INC — $24,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetOMEGA HORSE RESCUE AND REHABILITATION CENTER INC — $22,275 over 3y, 2.5% of budgetHORSEPOWER INC — $21,190 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetMAINE STATE SOCIETY FOR THE PROTECTION OF ANIMALS — $21,100 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetBRAVEHEARTS THERAPEUTIC RIDING AND EDUCATIONAL CENTER — $20,795 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetLucky Orphans Horse Rescue Inc — $17,875 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetLOUDOUN THERAPEUTIC RIDING FOUNDATION INC — $17,750 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetRISING STARR HORSE RESCUE CORP — $17,625 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetMISTY MEADOWS EQUINE LEARNING CENTER INC — $16,776 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetHIGH HOPES THERAPEUTIC RIDING INC — $16,155 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetSAVING HORSES INC — $13,960 over 2y, 7.5% of budgetProject Horse Inc — $13,000 over 2y, 4.6% of budgetGERDAS EQUINE RESCUE INC — $11,063 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetSPROUT THERAPEUTIC RIDING & EDUCATION CE — $10,525 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetCOLORADO HORSE RESCUE — $10,510 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetKENTUCKY EQUINE HUMANE CENTER INC — $10,375 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetGIVING ALTERNATIVE LEARNERS UPLIFTING OPPORTUNITIES INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetWashington International Horse Show — $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetUNITED STATES EQUESTRIAN FEDERATION INC — $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESOURCE CENTER INC — $7,210 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetTHE SHANE CENTER FOR THERAPEUTIC HORSEMANSHIP INC — $6,655 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetHUMANE SOCIETY OF VENTURA COUNTY — $6,575 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDAYS END FARM HORSE RESCUE INC — $6,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHIS OLD HORSE INC — $5,830 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetHORSE HAVEN OF TENNESSEE INC — $5,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetDRAFT GRATITUDE — $5,400 over 1y, 4.8% of budgetENDEAVOR THERAPEUTIC HORSEMANSHIP INC — $5,150 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSECRETARIAT CENTER INC — $5,075 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetEquine Rescue and Adoption Foundation Inc — $5,035 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetCOMMUNICATION ALLIANCE TO NETWORK THOROGHBRED EX-RACEHORSES — $5,015 over 1y, 8.7% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

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

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Greater Good CharitiesThe American Society …Thoroughbred Aftercar…Thoroughbred Charitie…Leslie L Alexander Fo…Oliver-Hoffmann Found…Gs Donor Advised Phil…The Pfizer Foundation…Humane World for Anim…Paypal Charitable Giv…The Ayco Charitable F…Morgan Stanley Global…
Greater Good CharitiesWA28.2× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Equus Foundation Inc funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal, a single department, or state — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 60%1%3%6%10%your share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • High Hopes Therapeutic Riding Inc — 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
6get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
typical government reliance, FY20–25

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

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Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Equus Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to Equus Foundation Inc 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 33 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

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

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