Texas · Nonprofit
AMERICAN QUARTER HORSE FOUNDATION
AMERICAN QUARTER HORSE FOUNDATION (Texas) receives grants from 29 organizations whose IRS filings report $11,259,270 to it, the largest being BURNETT FOUNDATION ($8,124,700). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $7.7M
- Funders on record
- 29
- Grants received
- $11M
- Net assets
- $78M
What American Quarter Horse Foundation does
Mission
The foundation connects horses and people through charitable giving to support programs that preserve our horses legacy and further the well-being of the american quarter horse family.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Hall of fame and museum - the museum mission is to steward and preserve the history and legacy of the american quarter horse and educate our diverse audience. The hall of fame honors those humans and horses that have made a transformational impact upon aqha and the american quarter horse industry. Both horse and human inductees should have made a historically significant influence upon their respective fields or disciplines, and the horse should have shown great accomplishment in those areas. The lives of human inductees should reflect their enduring influence upon their field or discipline, and should show the highest level of character and integrity.
$1,116,688 spent$562,443 earned by the program50% of program spendingGrants and education to advance relevant basic and applied research that enhances the well-being of the american quarter horse. By fostering innovative equine research and education, we leverage our resources with exceptional scientists to address fundamental issues facing both the aqha membership and the broader horse industry.
$680,037 spentof which $495,554 as grants30% of program spendingScholarships to empower aqha members with enhanced educational opportunities that strengthen leadership within the american quarter horse industry. Through the development of advanced education and training both nationally and internationally, we ensure the resources needed to steer the american quarter horse industry toward a sustainable future. 150 scholarships were paid in the year ending 9/30/25.
$441,393 spentof which $337,388 as grants20% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,238,118.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
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 $57M to $72M (+27%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 0% · 2018 0% · 2019 1% · 2020 4% · 2021 0% · 2023 1% · 2024 0% · 2025 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
35% of AMERICAN QUARTER HORSE FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (74% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 8 funders to 12 funders, grant income rose $342k → $3.2M.
7 of 29 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 7% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $154k from 3 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest American Quarter Horse Association). These are real filings, and they are not money AMERICAN QUARTER HORSE FOUNDATION raised.
From the IRS filings of AMERICAN QUARTER HORSE FOUNDATION’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
AMERICAN QUARTER HORSE FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 72% of grant income and the top three 93%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 73% · 2018 91% · 2019 62% · 2020 97% · 2021 55% · 2022 88% · 2023 52% — diversifying over time.
“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.
How long its funders stay
44% of AMERICAN QUARTER HORSE FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 59% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
99% of AMERICAN QUARTER HORSE FOUNDATION's grant income comes from Texas funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $789k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. 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.
Against its field
AMERICAN QUARTER HORSE FOUNDATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 717 animals nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 717 animals nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like AMERICAN QUARTER HORSE FOUNDATION
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 Texas
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
79% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 37 states
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- American Quarter Horse Association · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for AMERICAN QUARTER HORSE FOUNDATION: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds AMERICAN QUARTER HORSE FOUNDATION?
- AMERICAN QUARTER HORSE FOUNDATION (Texas) receives grants from 29 organizations whose IRS filings report $11,259,270 to it, the largest being BURNETT FOUNDATION ($8,124,700). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does AMERICAN QUARTER HORSE FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 29 organizations giving $11,259,270 in grants to AMERICAN QUARTER HORSE FOUNDATION, 17 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of AMERICAN QUARTER HORSE FOUNDATION?
- BURNETT FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $8,124,700 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like AMERICAN QUARTER HORSE FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Texas. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 29 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