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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 it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

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

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 13 grants below total $99,610, the rows itemized in this filing. The $663,787 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $564,177 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized 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

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:

Its 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 its 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%AAEP FOUNDATION INC: $6k → 15%THE FOUNDATION FOR THE HORSE: $6k → 15%THE FOUNDATION FOR THE HORSE: $6k → 15%AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF EQUIN: $6k → 15%Foundation For The Horse Inc: $6k → 15%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.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
VT
NH
MN
IL
MI
NY
MA
OH
PA
CT
CA
CO
KY
VA
MD
TN
NC
DC
FL
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.

73%of every dollar goes to organizations it has 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
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

  • 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%
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.

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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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Horse Haven of Tennessee Inc; 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.
04the grantee network

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

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover.

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)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
33/33
Grantees still filing
18/33
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and 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 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 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
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.

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.

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

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 Equus Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Equus Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 60%1%3%6%10%funder's 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
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 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 from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 33 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 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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