California · Nonprofit
AMERICAN WILD HORSE PRESERVATION CAMPAIGN
AMERICAN WILD HORSE PRESERVATION CAMPAIGN (California) receives grants from 81 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,208,269 to it, the largest being FREEDOM REIGN FOUNDATION ($920,000). 45 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $3.4M
- Funders on record
- 81
- Grants received
- $5.2M
- Net assets
- $4.8M
What American Wild Horse Preservation Campaign does
Mission
The american wild horse campaign is the nation's leading conservation organization dedicated to preserving the freedom and habitat of wild horses and burros. Through its initiatives in advocacy, conservation, land preservation, and legal and policy reform, awhc is actively shaping a future where these iconic animals can thrive in the wild, safeguarded and free in their natural environments.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Awhc reaches millions of people annually through strategic advertising campaigns, media outreach, and grassroots organizing. The organization maintains a robust media presence with coverage in major national outlets raising public awareness about wild horse and burro issues and the need for humane management solutions. Awhc uses digital and traditional advertising platforms to educate the public about federal wild horse programs and advocate for policy reform. Awhc's media campaigns highlight the brutality of helicopter roundups, with trained observers capturing footage that is used to raise public awareness about this cruel treatment and strengthen political will for change.awhc's volunteer ambassador program empowers grassroots advocates across the united states to champion wild horses and burros in their communities and with lawmakers. This growing network of informed advocates helps drive policy change and public awareness at the local, state, and federal levels.awhc co-leads the homes for horses coalition, which unites hundreds of rescue organizations nationwide. This coalition plays a critical role in ending horse slaughter and other forms of equine abuse while also…
$1,971,959 spent52% of program spendingAwhc's conservation work focuses on implementing humane and sustainable solutions for managing wild horse populations while preserving their habitat. Awhc's groundbreaking fertility control programs continue to lead the way in reducing the need for helicopter roundups.awhc's fertility control program on nevada's virginia range has become a global model for humane wild horse management. Through sustained vaccination efforts, the program has significantly reduced foaling rates while maintaining healthy, free-roaming populations. This program has received broad community support and has influenced federal policy and funding priorities. Awhc provides financial, logistical, and technical support for fertility control programs in multiple herd management areas across the western united states. These programs demonstrate the feasibility of managing wild horse populations in balance with their environment through science-based, humane methods. Awhc's conservation scientist conducts research and presents findings at professional conferences, establishing the organization as a leader in evidence-based wild horse management.awhc preserves critical habitat for wild horses and burros,…
$1,053,177 spentof which $900 as grants28% of program spendingAwhc is at the forefront of legal and policy advocacy to protect wild horses and burros. The organization's work focuses on litigation, legislation, and exposing mismanagement of these iconic animals by federal agencies. Awhc champions federal legislation to ban helicopter roundups, require humane alternatives, and reform the management of wild horses and burros. The organization works with members of congress to secure protective language in annual spending bills, including funding for fertility control, protection against slaughter, and directives for federal agencies to explore alternatives to roundups and removals. Awhc supports state-level legislation that promotes humane management solutions and provides funding for fertility control and other non-lethal population management methods. The organization collaborates with state officials and advocates to advance humane wild horse policies. Awhc works with coalition partners to support federal legislation addressing broader equine welfare issues, including bills to prevent horse slaughter and protect populations from exploitation, reflecting awhc's commitment to the welfare of all equines. Awhc files litigation to challenge…
$762,902 spent20% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,788,038.
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 2021 to 2022, from $3.5M to $5.6M (+61%).
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: 2020 0% · 2021 3% · 2023 0% · 2024 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
99% of AMERICAN WILD HORSE PRESERVATION CAMPAIGN’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations 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 8 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.
Board chair
Patricia Miller
Board chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 11 funders to 35 funders, grant income rose $256k → $775k.
18 of 81 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 47% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of AMERICAN WILD HORSE PRESERVATION CAMPAIGN’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 81 funders by total. 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 WILD HORSE PRESERVATION CAMPAIGN has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 18% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
48% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund AMERICAN WILD HORSE PRESERVATION CAMPAIGN.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 39% · 2018 46% · 2019 56% · 2020 31% · 2021 38% · 2022 48% · 2023 22% — 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
58% of AMERICAN WILD HORSE PRESERVATION CAMPAIGN's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 56% 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
64% of AMERICAN WILD HORSE PRESERVATION CAMPAIGN's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.5M arriving through sponsors registered in 15 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 WILD HORSE PRESERVATION CAMPAIGN has grown faster than half of the 1,559 animals nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,559 animals nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding AMERICAN WILD HORSE PRESERVATION CAMPAIGN receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $218k on record.
- Department of the Interior$218k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like AMERICAN WILD HORSE PRESERVATION CAMPAIGN
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 California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
79% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
74%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- American Wild Horse Conservancy LLC · disregarded
- American Wild Horse Legislative Fund · exempt
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for AMERICAN WILD HORSE PRESERVATION CAMPAIGN: 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 WILD HORSE PRESERVATION CAMPAIGN?
- AMERICAN WILD HORSE PRESERVATION CAMPAIGN (California) receives grants from 81 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,208,269 to it, the largest being FREEDOM REIGN FOUNDATION ($920,000). 45 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does AMERICAN WILD HORSE PRESERVATION CAMPAIGN have?
- IRS filings report 81 organizations giving $5,208,269 in grants to AMERICAN WILD HORSE PRESERVATION CAMPAIGN, 45 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of AMERICAN WILD HORSE PRESERVATION CAMPAIGN?
- FREEDOM REIGN FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $920,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like AMERICAN WILD HORSE PRESERVATION CAMPAIGN find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 2017–2024), and the filings of 81 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing