Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
BELLA TERRA STABLES
BELLA TERRA STABLES (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $112,425 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($41,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $223k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $112k
- Net assets
- $13k
What Bella Terra Stables does
Mission
Bella Terra Stables is organized exclusively for charitable, educational purposes designed to foster the physical, mental and emotional well-being of individuals of all ages and those who support them, including families and schools; to provide a forever home and repurposed career to older, sick or injured horses who are indispensable as "horse therapists" in our equine assisted psychotherapy and learning programs; and to build meaningful connections between and among humans, horses and the natural environment in the greater Pittsburgh community.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
New Moves for Old Horses is a core program to provide care for a special population of aged or injured horses who are no longer wanted as school horses or recreational guides but are especially adept at demonstrating essential traits of resilience, patience, and caring. Typically older, these retired or rescued horses have special medical or dietary needs, the cost of which is fully covered by contributions. In 2024, BTS supported 12 of these special horses, 8 of which were acquired from a lesson and trail program in Washington DC that suspended operations during the Covid-19 pandemic and continues to struggle to support the horses. This herd supported 576 individual and group equine assisted psychotherapy and learning sessions in 2024. Direct expenses include hay, feed, medical supplies, bedding, veterinarian and ferrier services. In addition to salaried directors who manage the program, BTS relies on volunteers for daily and special care services. Expenses reflect direct costs and do not include indirect expenses for rent, utilities, and general operations.
$64,210 spent$19,115 earned by the program48% of program spendingEquine Assisted Learning and Psychotherapy programs create an emotionally safe space for children and youth struggling with a wide range of mental and behavioral health concerns and those who support them, including family, schools, social groups and community leaders. In 2024, BTS trained, certified and licensed professionals, together with a team of trained local volunteers, worked with approximately 384 clients on site and 840 off-site (responding to communities dealing with grief and loss) who are experiencing anxiety, depression, anger and grief, among other stressors that impede personal growth and stability. In one-on-one experiences and in specially designed group settings, this experiential modality engaging the participant with a horse in a natural setting fosters resiliency, self-respect, teamwork, and forgiveness, among other life skills. Direct expenses include fees for professional licenses and insurance, specialized registration and billing software to adhere to privacy regulations, training for volunteer corps, equine transportation expenses and program supplies. BTS volunteers provide program support in nonconfidential settings. Expenses reflect direct costs and…
$53,552 spentof which $11,830 as grants$74,478 earned by the program40% of program spendingCommunity Wellness Programs take place at the 24 acre property that is home to the Bella Terra Stables. This rural/residentially zoned facility has a storied history as a horse farm and a renewed commitment to being a focal point for the community to experience and appreciate its pastoral setting. Community Thursday programs include "Meditation with the Horses" one evening a week for adults. "Stories in the Stables" is offered once a week as a literacy program for young readers. Volunteer Orientation classes are offered periodically throughout the year for individuals who want to support BTS horses though caring for the horses special needs as well as supporting the mental and behavioral health goals of the organization. The farm is also open to the general public for two seasonal community programs that bring families out to Trick-or-Treat with the horses in October and to interact with princesses and heroes for a Day of Magic in the Spring. Approximately 1200 individuals have benefited from these experiences. Direct expenses include advertising, activity supplies, registration platform, cost associated with general contractors (tables/chair rental, shuttle service, entertainment…
$15,384 spent$24,341 earned by the program12% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $133,146.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 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 $71k to $57k (−19%).
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.
62% of BELLA TERRA STABLES’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (82% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 3 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.
Chief executive
Amber Power
President/Executive Director
Board chair
Cynthia Seale
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2022 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $21k → $180.
3 of 5 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 BELLA TERRA STABLES’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
BELLA TERRA STABLES leans on a few funders — its largest provides 36% of grant income and the top three 90%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
47% 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 BELLA TERRA STABLES.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2022 53% · 2023 100% — growing more concentrated.
“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 BELLA TERRA STABLES's grant income comes from Pennsylvania funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $52k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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
BELLA TERRA STABLES has grown faster than three-quarters of the 13,754 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 13,754 health nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like BELLA TERRA STABLES
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 Pennsylvania
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
50% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for BELLA TERRA STABLES: 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 BELLA TERRA STABLES?
- BELLA TERRA STABLES (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $112,425 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($41,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BELLA TERRA STABLES have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $112,425 in grants to BELLA TERRA STABLES, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BELLA TERRA STABLES?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $41,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BELLA TERRA STABLES find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Pennsylvania. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2022–2024), and the filings of 5 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