Texas · Nonprofit
ARABIAN WESTERN PLEASURE ASSOCIATION
ARABIAN WESTERN PLEASURE ASSOCIATION (Texas) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $75,000 to it, the largest being RICHARD J AND GEORGIANN L AMES FAMILY FOUNDATION ($50,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $548k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $75k
- Net assets
- $1.9M
What Arabian Western Pleasure Association does
Mission
The purpose is to foster and encourage a good relationship between the awpa professional, amateurs, and breeders of the arabian and half arabian western pleasure horse. To promote, encourage and stimulate breeding of quality arabian and half arabian western pleasure horses. Formulate publicity and educational materials on the western pleasure horse. Increase the value of the western pleasure horse by developing a futurity program where high dollar prize money may be won at selected shows and events.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Western horse futurity program - stallion auction where stallion owners pay a yearly nomination fee to include their stallions in the program. A yearly auction is held where breedings (one purebred, one half-arabian, or one of each) of the nominated stallions are offered to the public with the highest bid the winner of the breeding.mare nominations-mares carrying foals of the nominated stallions can be nominated for a fee so the resulting foal is eligible to compete as a 4 year old in the designated class at us nationals.us national class entry fees paid.
$366,035 spent$413,555 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $366,035.
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 2018 to 2019, from $540k to $824k (+53%).
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.
15% of ARABIAN WESTERN PLEASURE ASSOCIATION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (18% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 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
2022 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income held at $25k.
From the IRS filings of ARABIAN WESTERN PLEASURE ASSOCIATION’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
ARABIAN WESTERN PLEASURE ASSOCIATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 67% 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
Largest funder’s share by year: 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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
ARABIAN WESTERN PLEASURE ASSOCIATION draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Texas, across 1 state in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
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.
Against its field
ARABIAN WESTERN PLEASURE ASSOCIATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 10,453 recreation & sports nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 10,453 recreation & sports nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like ARABIAN WESTERN PLEASURE ASSOCIATION
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
94% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
94%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for ARABIAN WESTERN PLEASURE ASSOCIATION: 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 ARABIAN WESTERN PLEASURE ASSOCIATION?
- ARABIAN WESTERN PLEASURE ASSOCIATION (Texas) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $75,000 to it, the largest being RICHARD J AND GEORGIANN L AMES FAMILY FOUNDATION ($50,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ARABIAN WESTERN PLEASURE ASSOCIATION have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $75,000 in grants to ARABIAN WESTERN PLEASURE ASSOCIATION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ARABIAN WESTERN PLEASURE ASSOCIATION?
- RICHARD J AND GEORGIANN L AMES FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $50,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ARABIAN WESTERN PLEASURE ASSOCIATION 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.
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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 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