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Horses for Mental Health

To increase awareness, public engagement, funds, and access to programs incorporating Horses for Mental Health and personal growth.

$538k
Granted FY2025still arriving
34
Grants FY2025still arriving
21
States reached
$34k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2024.

Health$546kArts & Culture$147kAnimals$67kEmployment$30kPublic Benefit$13kHuman Services$12kRecreation & Sports$8kOther$0
02FY2025 · 34 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 34 grants below total $413,070, the rows itemized in this filing. The $537,772 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $124,702 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 $10k19 grants · $131k
  • $10k–50k15 grants · $282k
$8,800
Median grant
21
States reached
$55k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Individual grant recipient$34,320
HOOVES$29,187
HEALING STRIDES OF VA$27,789
IN THE HERD CAPE COD$25,193
FOREVER AMBER ACRES$23,430
Trauma and Resiliency Resourc$20,988
The Red Barn$18,592
Change Your Lead$17,307
LOWCOUNTRY EQUINE ASSISTED PS$15,728
Therapeutic Horses of Saratog$15,029
HORSES & HEROES$11,880
Lucky Orphans Horse Rescue$11,682
Henrys Home Horse Human San$10,933
Horses of Hope$10,015
ABIJAHS ON THE BACKSIDE$10,000
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 (FY24–25, $48k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 86% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%House of Healing Inc: $6k → 9%THE BIG RED BARN RETREAT: $12k → 16%Peace Ranch: $6k → 10%Horses of Hope: $10k → 15%Riding to the Top Theraputic: $7k → 7%THE BIG RED BARN RETREAT: $7k → 16%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

MN
IL
MI
MA
OH
PA
NJ
CA
UT
CO
VA
DE
NM
KS
NC
SC
TX
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.

83%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.0M · 19 repeat orgs$215k to everyone else

19 repeat relationships: 18 still active in FY2025, 1 since wound down; 16 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

19
6

Total granted

$1.0M
$54k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

0%
+46%

Still filing today

68%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 61% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $162k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’23’24’25
HealthHuman ServicesAnimalsPublic BenefitRecreation & SportsArts & 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

  • AO
    ABIJAHS ON THE BACKSIDE
    4× · 2022–2025 · $284k
  • RE
    Riverbend Equine Therapy
    2× · 2024–2025 · $164k · revenue 0%
  • IT
    IN THE HERD CAPE COD
    2× · 2024–2025 · $92k

Funded once

  • WR
    WARHORSE RANCHgraduated
    one grant, 2024 · $21k · revenue +46%
  • BH
    Barnabas Horse Foundation Inc
    one grant, 2024 · $9k · revenue +11%
  • GF
    GATEWAY FAMILY SERVICES OF ILLINOISgraduated
    one grant, 2024 · $6k · revenue +52%
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
Freedom Hooves Therapeutic Riding of Nw Colorado
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3
At Liberty Connections
Health
4
Wings of Hope Therapeutic Riding Program Inc
—
5
Great Results Equine Assisted Therapies
Health
6
Saddles for Soldiers Inc

Ptsd & physical therapy for vet and first responders

Human Services
7
Equus Rescue and Therapy Inc

Rescue rehabilitation recovery of equine mammals

Animals
8
Heroes Equine Assisted Riding Therapy
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9
Unharnessed Potential

At Unharnessed Potential, we incorporate horses experientially for emotional growth and learning into all our therapy programs. The results of such an experience can be life changing. Incorporating horses as catalysts for learning can calm…

Health
10
Mustang Journey

Providing healing opportunities for wild Mustangs and Veterans. Includes horse taming and training and various programs designed to support veterans.

Health
11
Therapeutic Riding of Tucson Inc

Empowering individuals with diverse abilities to reach their full potential through equine-assisted services since 1974.

Recreation & Sports
12
Impact Horse- Connecting Humans and Horses
Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Horses & Heroes Inc; the most unlike its peers is Orchardview Stables. 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

30 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. 30 of the 41 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
30/30
Grantees still filing
10/30
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ABIJAHS ON THE BACKSIDE: $283,534 · OtherABIJAHS ON THE BACKSIDEIN THE HERD CAPE COD: $92,276 · OtherIN THE HERD CAPE CODIndividual grant recipient: $60,540 · OtherIndividual grant recipientHEALING STRIDES OF VIRGINIA: $53,446 · OtherHEALING STRIDES OF VIRGINIAREBOOT HOPE INC: $39,200 · OtherREBOOT HOPE INC+8 more: $92,900 · Other+8 moreLOWCOUNTRY EQUINE-ASSISTED PSYCHOTHERAPY: $47,333 · HealthLOWCOUNTRY EQUINE-ASSISTE…ACRES FOR LIFE - THERAPY & WELLNESS CENTER: $41,009 · HealthACRES FOR LIFE - THERAPY …HORSES & HEROES INC: $34,390 · HealthHORSES & HEROES INCSMILING GOAT RANCH INC: $24,844 · HealthSMILING GOAT RANCH INCTRAUMA AND RESILIENCY RESOURCES INC: $20,988 · HealthTRAUMA AND RESILIENCY RES…WARHORSE RANCH: $20,886 · HealthWARHORSE RANCHSPRING REINS OF LIFE INC: $18,666 · HealthSPRING REINS OF LIFE INCTHE RED BARN: $18,592 · HealthTHE RED BARNHope Reins Healing Inc: $12,578 · Health+6 more: $40,201 · Health+6 moreRiverbend Equine Therapy: $163,735 · Arts & CultureRiverbend Equi…FOREVER AMBER ACRES ANIMAL SANCTUARY: $73,570 · AnimalsFOREVER A…THERAPEUTIC HORSES OF SARATOGA INC: $15,029 · AnimalsTHERAPEUT…Lucky Orphans Horse Rescue Inc: $11,682 · AnimalsLucky Orp…Henrys Home Horse and Human Sanctuary: $10,933 · AnimalsHenrys Ho…BIG RED BARN RETREAT: $19,267 · Human ServicesHORSES FOR HOPE TRC INC: $10,015 · Human ServicesRIDING TO THE TOP: $6,859 · Human ServicesHouse of Healing Inc: $6,312 · Human ServicesPARAKLESIS INC: $5,555 · Human ServicesVETERANS AND EQUINES TOGETHER: $21,621 · Public BenefitRED HORSE CENTER FOR COLLABORATIVE LEADERSHIP: $11,086 · Public BenefitASHEVILLE EQUINE THERAPY INC: $5,059 · Recreation & Sports
Other$621,896Health$279,487Arts & Culture$163,735Animals$111,214Human Services$48,008Public Benefit$32,707Recreation & Sports$5,059

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetRiverbend Equine Therapy: $163,735 over 2y, 23% of budgetFOREVER AMBER ACRES ANIMAL SANCTUARY: $73,570 over 2y, 21% of budgetHEALING STRIDES OF VIRGINIA: $53,446 over 2y, 2.6% of budgetLOWCOUNTRY EQUINE-ASSISTED PSYCHOTHERAPY: $47,333 over 2y, 12% of budgetACRES FOR LIFE - THERAPY & WELLNESS CENTER: $41,009 over 2y, 6.3% of budgetHORSES & HEROES INC: $34,390 over 2y, 6.4% of budgetSMILING GOAT RANCH INC: $24,844 over 2y, 7.5% of budgetVETERANS AND EQUINES TOGETHER: $21,621 over 2y, 41% of budgetWARHORSE RANCH: $20,886 over 1y, 14% of budgetBIG RED BARN RETREAT: $19,267 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetSPRING REINS OF LIFE INC: $18,666 over 2y, 20% of budgetOrchardview Stables: $15,774 over 2y, 5.5% of budgetTHERAPEUTIC HORSES OF SARATOGA INC: $15,029 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetHope Reins Healing Inc: $12,578 over 2y, 5.9% of budgetLucky Orphans Horse Rescue Inc: $11,682 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetRED HORSE CENTER FOR COLLABORATIVE LEADERSHIP: $11,086 over 2y, 5.8% of budgetHORSES FOR HOPE TRC INC: $10,015 over 1y, 5.3% of budgetBarnabas Horse Foundation Inc: $8,865 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetTHERAPEUTIC EQUESTRIAN CENTER INC: $7,177 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetRIDING TO THE TOP: $6,859 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetGATEWAY FAMILY SERVICES OF ILLINOIS: $6,472 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetLOVING THUNDER THERAPEUTIC RIDING INC: $6,433 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetHorses for Healing Inc: $6,027 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetPARAKLESIS INC: $5,555 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetSQUARE PEG FOUNDATION: $5,227 over 1y, 0.4% 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.

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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 Horses for Mental Health funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Horses for Mental Health. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    2report 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 Horses for Mental Health?

    Find your warmest path to Horses for Mental Health 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 41 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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