New York · Nonprofit
A HORSES FRIEND INC
A HORSES FRIEND INC (New York) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $77,500 to it, the largest being ESL CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ($60,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $242k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $78k
- Net assets
- $36k
What A Horses Friend Inc does
Programs
Villa of Hope Equine Experience Program - A Horses Friend Inc.s Equine Experience Program with the Villa of Hope provides youth experiencing behavioral health issues an opportunity to see a brighter side of life through their relationship with horses. The program aims to foster positive values like self-respect self-regulation respect for others personal responsibility honesty in a safe peaceful setting shielding them from the rising neighborhood violence.
$49,113 spentSaddle Up for Success - Saturday Program - A Horses Friend Inc.s year round Saturday Program is open to all youth ages 7 - 17 with a focus on serving urban youth who may not have the financial means to experience other equine programs in the area. The full day program includes all aspects of caring for the horses and farm along with the opportunity for developing their riding capabilities. Outcomes of this program include: 1. Improving childrens quality of life by promoting positive values and increasing social competencies through their experience with horses 2. Providing a safe environment where children experience nature learn respect for animals and others and gain new life skills. 3. Encouraging exploration of positive options for future activities and career opportunities. 4. Developing future leaders by introducing and promoting peer leadership as a model for life while building work ethic and fitness.
$34,728 spentESL Saddle Up for Success Youth Horsemanship Summer Camp & Enrichment Program - A Horses Friend Inc.s Saddle Up for Success Youth Horsemanship Summer Camp and Enrichment Program offered 30 students from Rochester Monroe County and Ontario County the chance to interact with horses at a Rush NY farm for 8 weeks in summer 2024. Outcomes for this program for underserved at-risk youth include: 1. Enhancing childrens quality of life instilling positive values and boosting social skills through horse interaction. 2. Providing a secure setting for kids to connect with nature learn respect for animals and acquire life skills. 3. Inspiring exploration of positive future activities and career paths. 4. Cultivating future leaders by fostering peer leadership instilling work ethic and promoting fitness.
$26,714 spentRochester City School District Youth Horsemanship Program - A Horses Friend Inc.s RCSD afterschool Youth Horsemanship Program provided 30 students from Helen Barrett Montgomery School #50 with 26 Thursdays of afterschool programming at no cost to the students. Students were introduced to the basic knowledge and skills required to work with and around horses. Each participant progressed at their speed in learning horse care and communication grooming walking feeding horses horse tack and riding. The program exposes children to a supportive environment with positive values such as self-respect self-confidence resilience and respect for others.
$17,364 spent
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-PF.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2023, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2023, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $52k to $73k (+40%).
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Matthew Doward
Pres Exec Dir
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990-PF.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of A HORSES FRIEND INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
A HORSES FRIEND INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 77% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
100% of A HORSES FRIEND INC's grant income comes from New York funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Organizations like A HORSES FRIEND INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds A HORSES FRIEND INC?
- A HORSES FRIEND INC (New York) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $77,500 to it, the largest being ESL CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ($60,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does A HORSES FRIEND INC have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $77,500 in grants to A HORSES FRIEND INC.
- Who is the largest funder of A HORSES FRIEND INC?
- ESL CHARITABLE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $60,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like A HORSES FRIEND INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2023–2024), and the filings of 2 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing