Virginia · Nonprofit
BLACK HORSE FORGE INC
BLACK HORSE FORGE INC (Virginia) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $122,992 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($50,482). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 94% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $88k
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $123k
- Net assets
- $97k
What Black Horse Forge Inc does
Mission
To provide blacksmithing instruction and a supportive peer community for veterans and first responders to improve mental well-being and reduce the risk of suicide.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Program
Black Horse Forge provides hands-on blacksmithing and bladesmithing instruction to veterans, active-duty military, first responders, and their supporters. Our program serves as a community-based intervention designed to reduce veteran suicide and support those living with PTSD by fostering a consistent sense of accomplishment and shared purpose. Unlike one-time experiences, we maintain an ongoing peer community that helps participants rebuild their identity, reduce isolation, and achieve long-term mental and physical stability through the craft of forging. We had over 1200 visits from veterans, active-duty military, first responders, and their supporters during our weekly open forges, weekend veteran classes, and other events.
$70,422 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $70,422.
Leadership and staff
Chief executive
Steven Hotz
CEO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $5k → $133.
4 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 94% 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 BLACK HORSE FORGE 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
BLACK HORSE FORGE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 41% of grant income and the top three 94%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
94% 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 BLACK HORSE FORGE INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 95% · 2022 98% · 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
94% of BLACK HORSE FORGE INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $7k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Virginia, across 3 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $116k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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
BLACK HORSE FORGE INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 2,277 public benefit nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,277 public benefit nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like BLACK HORSE FORGE 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 Virginia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for BLACK HORSE FORGE INC: 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 BLACK HORSE FORGE INC?
- BLACK HORSE FORGE INC (Virginia) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $122,992 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($50,482). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 94% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does BLACK HORSE FORGE INC have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $122,992 in grants to BLACK HORSE FORGE INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BLACK HORSE FORGE INC?
- AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $50,482 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BLACK HORSE FORGE INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Virginia. 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 2025–2025), and the filings of 7 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