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United States Equestrian Federation Inc

The united states equestrian federation's mission is to provide access to and increase participation in equestrian sports at all levels by ensuring fairness, safety, and enjoyment.

$2.2M
Granted FY2025still arriving
6
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$23k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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 2024.

Animals$421kRecreation & Sports$247kHealth$235kPublic Safety & Disaster$188kHuman Services$110kScience & Tech$100kYouth Development$30kCommunity Improvement$10kOther$0
02FY2025 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 6 grants below total $70,500, the rows itemized in this filing. The $2,218,636 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $2,148,136 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 $10k4 grants · $30k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $41k
$9,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$38M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ELLEN ETTENGER DBA PRO SHOW SERVICES LLC$22,500
TRYON EQUESTRIAN PROPERTIES LLC$18,000
LIVE OAK INTERNATIONAL$9,000
STEVEN HERRIG DBA TERRANOVA ENTERPRISES LLC$9,000
HORSE PARK OF NEW JERSEY$6,000
STABLE VIEW LLC$6,000
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 (FY23–24, $130k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%TAKING THE REINS: $10k → 14%GIVING ALTERNATIVE LEARNERS UPLIFTING OPPORTUNITIES: $10k → 13%GREAT OAK AIKEN THERAPEUTIC RIDING CENTER: $10k → 17%THE FOUNDATION FOR THE HORSE: $100k → 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

VT
WA
MI
NY
MA
OR
OH
PA
NJ
CT
RI
CA
CO
KY
VA
MD
KS
AR
NC
SC
TX
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.

38%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$546k · 16 repeat orgs$874k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +31% since the first grant, against +9% for those funded once.

16 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 13 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
30

Total granted

$546k
$836k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+31%
+9%

Still filing today

81%
87%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 47% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $38k 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
AnimalsRecreation & SportsHealthHuman ServicesEducationCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • US
    UNITED STATES HUNTER JUMPER ASSOCIATION INC
    3× · 2017–2019 · $86k · revenue +20%
  • US
    UNITED STATES EVENTING ASSOCIATION
    4× · 2020–2023 · $69k · revenue +27%
  • TA
    Texas A&M Foundation
    2× · 2017–2024 · $65k · revenue +90%

Funded once

  • HS
    HOUSTON SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS
    one grant, 2017 · $125k · revenue -5%
  • TO
    THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2023 · $100k
  • TF
    THE FOUNDATION FOR THE HORSE FKA THE AAEP FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2024 · $100k · revenue +9%
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
Impact Horse- Connecting Humans and Horses
Animals
2
Veteran Equine Therapy Stables
Public Benefit
3
Great Results Equine Assisted Therapies
Health
4
Freedom Hooves Therapeutic Riding of Nw Colorado
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5
Horse Hugs
—
6
International Equine Information Inc
Philanthropy
7
Epona Equine Rescue & Rehab
Animals
8
Equine Advocacy of Louisiana
—
9
Wings of Hope Therapeutic Riding Program Inc
—
10
The Horses and Hounds Foundation
Philanthropy
11
Red Bucket Equine Rescue
Animals
12
Freedom Hooves Therapeutic Riding Center Inc

Dedicated to improving the quality of life for anyone with a physical, mental, or emotional disability through therapeutic riding and hippotherapy.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Maryland Therapeutic Riding Inc; the most unlike its peers is Live Oak Foundation. 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

39 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. 39 of the 49 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
39/39
Grantees still filing
29/39
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY: $100,000 · OtherTHE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITYVIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE & STATE UNIVERSITY: $100,000 · OtherVIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE & STATE …ARABIAN HORSE ASSOCIATION: $37,304 · OtherARABIAN HORSE ASSOCIATIONTRYON EQUESTRIAN PROPERTIES LLC: $36,000 · OtherTRYON EQUESTRIAN PROPERTIES LLCPacific Coast Vaulting Club: $31,436 · OtherPacific Coast Vaulting ClubELLEN ETTENGER DBA PRO SHOW SERVICES LLC: $22,500 · OtherAMERICAN MORGAN HORSE ASSOCIATION INC: $20,382 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS: $20,000 · OtherLIVE OAK FOUNDATION: $18,000 · OtherTEXAS EQUINE VETERINARY ASSOCIATION: $50,000 · OtherTEXAS EQUINE VETERINARY ASSOCIATIONDETROIT HORSE POWER: $20,000 · Other+4 more: $38,500 · Other+4 moreHOUSTON SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $125,000 · AnimalsHOUSTON SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTI…HABITAT FOR HORSES INC: $75,000 · AnimalsHABITAT FOR HORSES INCNORTH VALLEY ANIMAL DISASTER GROUP: $65,000 · AnimalsNORTH VALLEY ANIMAL DISASTER GRO…FLEET OF ANGELS: $25,000 · AnimalsFLEET OF ANGELSAMERICAN SADDLEBRED HORSE AND BREEDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $24,906 · AnimalsAMERICAN SADDLEBRED HORSE AND BR…Caribbean Thoroughbred Aftercare Inc: $22,341 · AnimalsCaribbean Thoroughbred Aftercare…+7 more: $71,381 · Animals+7 moreUNITED STATES HUNTER JUMPER ASSOCIATION INC: $86,214 · Recreation & SportsUNITED STATES…Special Equestrians Inc: $16,000 · Recreation & SportsSpecial Eques…Horse Park of NJ at Stone Tavern Inc: $12,000 · Recreation & SportsHorse Park of…HEARTLAND THERAPEUTIC RIDING INC: $10,000 · Recreation & SportsHEARTLAND THE…KENTUCKY HORSE PARK FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · Recreation & SportsKENTUCKY HORS…HORSES N HEROES OF MARION COUNTY INC: $10,000 · Recreation & SportsHORSES N HERO…LITTLE BIT THERAPEUTIC RIDING CENTER: $10,000 · Recreation & SportsLITTLE BIT TH…Ebony Horsewomen Inc: $10,000 · Recreation & SportsEbony Horsewo…THE FOUNDATION FOR THE HORSE FKA THE AAEP FOUNDATION INC: $100,000 · Human ServicesTHE FOUNDA…GREAT OAK EQUINE ASSISTED PROGRAMS: $10,000 · Human ServicesGREAT OAK …TAKING THE REINS: $10,000 · Human ServicesTAKING THE…GIVING ALTERNATIVE LEARNERS UPLIFTING OPPORTUNITIES INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesGIVING ALT…HORSESENSING INC: $20,000 · HealthCLOVERLEAF EQUINE CENTER: $20,000 · HealthKINDLE HILL FOUNDATION CHARITY: $10,000 · HealthMARYLAND THERAPEUTIC RIDING INC: $10,000 · HealthBEACHWOOD CENTER FOR WELLBEING: $10,000 · HealthManes for Movement Inc: $10,000 · HealthWildstar Equine Assisted Activities and Therapy In: $8,600 · HealthUNITED STATES EVENTING ASSOCIATION: $69,000 · Arts & CultureTexas A&M Foundation: $65,000 · Education
Other$494,122Animals$408,628Recreation & Sports$164,214Human Services$130,000Health$88,600Arts & Culture$69,000Education$65,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetHOUSTON SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $125,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTHE FOUNDATION FOR THE HORSE FKA THE AAEP FOUNDATION INC: $100,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetUNITED STATES HUNTER JUMPER ASSOCIATION INC: $86,214 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetHABITAT FOR HORSES INC: $75,000 over 1y, 5.0% of budgetUNITED STATES EVENTING ASSOCIATION: $69,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetTexas A&M Foundation: $65,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNORTH VALLEY ANIMAL DISASTER GROUP: $65,000 over 3y, 22% of budgetTEXAS EQUINE VETERINARY ASSOCIATION: $50,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetARABIAN HORSE ASSOCIATION: $37,304 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetFLEET OF ANGELS: $25,000 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetAMERICAN SADDLEBRED HORSE AND BREEDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $24,906 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetCaribbean Thoroughbred Aftercare Inc: $22,341 over 1y, 9.9% of budgetAMERICAN MORGAN HORSE ASSOCIATION INC: $20,382 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetHORSESENSING INC: $20,000 over 2y, 3.3% of budgetCLOVERLEAF EQUINE CENTER: $20,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetDETROIT HORSE POWER: $20,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetLIVE OAK FOUNDATION: $18,000 over 2y, 3.7% of budgetSpecial Equestrians Inc: $16,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetSOUND EQUINE OPTIONS: $10,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetSolid Strides: $10,000 over 1y, 7.4% of budgetHUMANE SOCIETY OF VENTURA COUNTY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetKINDLE HILL FOUNDATION CHARITY: $10,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetHEARTLAND THERAPEUTIC RIDING INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetGREAT OAK EQUINE ASSISTED PROGRAMS: $10,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetTAKING THE REINS: $10,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetKENTUCKY HORSE PARK FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetMARYLAND THERAPEUTIC RIDING INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetGIVING ALTERNATIVE LEARNERS UPLIFTING OPPORTUNITIES INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetHORSES N HEROES OF MARION COUNTY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 6.2% of budgetLITTLE BIT THERAPEUTIC RIDING CENTER: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetEbony Horsewomen Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetLucky Orphans Horse Rescue Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetKENTUCKY HORSE COUNCIL INC: $10,000 over 1y, 4.8% of budgetBEACHWOOD CENTER FOR WELLBEING: $10,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetManes for Movement Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetWildstar Equine Assisted Activities and Therapy In: $8,600 over 1y, 2.6% 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.

USA Equestrian Trust …The American Society …Brooke USA IncBlue Grass Community …Humane World for Anim…Greater Good CharitiesNetwork for GoodPaypal Charitable Giv…The Bank of America C…The Pfizer Foundation…American Endowment Fo…National Philanthropi…
USA Equestrian Trust IncKY15.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: USA Equestrian Trust Inc · The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals · Brooke USA Inc · Blue Grass Community Foundation Inc · Humane World for Animals Inc · Greater Good Charities · Network for Good · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust

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 United States Equestrian Federation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from United States Equestrian Federation 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%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →median 18%
  • Ebony Horsewomen Inc: 18% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
6get no government money at all
5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
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.

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 49 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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