Colorado · Nonprofit
BLUE RIVER HORSE CENTER INC
BLUE RIVER HORSE CENTER INC (Colorado) receives grants from 19 organizations whose IRS filings report $462,570 to it, the largest being THE MINNEAPOLIS FOUNDATION ($145,000). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 78% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $889k
- Funders on record
- 19
- Grants received
- $463k
- Net assets
- $984k
What Blue River Horse Center Inc does
Mission
The mission of the summit valley horse center is to provide rehabilitation to rescued horses, so that they are more likely to be adopted into loving homes. We also aspire to enrich the lives of our community of volunteers and visitors to summit county by providing them the opportunity to learn about the nature of horses, how to communicate with them, and to experience the well-known benefits of horse-person connections. People helping horses helping people.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
In 2025 the ranch hosted 249 volunteers with 6,250 volunteer hours. There were 73 thrift store volunteers who contributed 3,797 hours to the operation. 247 people attended programs at the ranch and we hosted many organizations including keystone science school, building hope, bgv, 4-h and sos outreach. Through our new horses helping humans program we've expanded into support for people with special needs and first responders.
$466,207 spent$67,503 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $466,207.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 2022 to 2023, from $552k to $980k (+77%).
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 2% · 2021 2% · 2022 1% · 2023 0% · 2024 1% · 2025 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
91% of BLUE RIVER HORSE CENTER INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (86% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 6 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 2 funders to 8 funders, grant income rose $9k → $25k.
10 of 19 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 78% 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 BLUE RIVER HORSE CENTER 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
BLUE RIVER HORSE CENTER INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 31% of grant income and the top three 64%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
78% 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 BLUE RIVER HORSE CENTER INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 65% · 2018 51% · 2019 45% · 2020 42% · 2021 32% · 2022 46% · 2023 27% — 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
50% of BLUE RIVER HORSE CENTER INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 47% 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
78% of BLUE RIVER HORSE CENTER 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 $104k that is directly attributable, 72% of it comes from Colorado funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $359k 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
BLUE RIVER HORSE CENTER INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 3,693 animals nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,693 animals nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like BLUE RIVER HORSE CENTER 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 Colorado
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
76% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds BLUE RIVER HORSE CENTER INC?
- BLUE RIVER HORSE CENTER INC (Colorado) receives grants from 19 organizations whose IRS filings report $462,570 to it, the largest being THE MINNEAPOLIS FOUNDATION ($145,000). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 78% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does BLUE RIVER HORSE CENTER INC have?
- IRS filings report 19 organizations giving $462,570 in grants to BLUE RIVER HORSE CENTER INC, 9 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BLUE RIVER HORSE CENTER INC?
- THE MINNEAPOLIS FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $145,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BLUE RIVER HORSE CENTER INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Colorado. 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 2020–2025), and the filings of 19 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