Maryland · Nonprofit
DAYS END FARM HORSE RESCUE INC
DAYS END FARM HORSE RESCUE INC (Maryland) receives grants from 86 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,489,126 to it, the largest being Arnall Family Foundation ($380,588). 59 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $3.5M
- Funders on record
- 86
- Grants received
- $3.5M
- Net assets
- $6.2M
What Days End Farm Horse Rescue Inc does
Mission
To ensure quality care and treatment of horses through intervention, education and outreach.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Rescue and rehabilitation - in collaboration with local animal control and humane agencies, days end farm horse rescue (defhr) provides critical rescue, rehabilitation and husbandry services for horses suffering from abuse and neglect. Our comprehensive care programs include rehabilitation, training, adoption services, he defhr guardian/ off-site sanctuary program, and the equidopt/ on-site foster program all designed to prepare for and secure safe, loving, and long-term homes for rehabilitated horses post legal proceedings. Each year, we shelter an average of 125-150 horses and serve as the primary impounding facility for law enforcement's living evidence in cruelty cases, offering crucial forensic documentation, expert testimony, and hands-on cruelty investigation training for animal control officers and humane societies. As the only facility in the mid-atlantic region providing this level of equine care and expertise, we offer our services at no cost to the agencies that depend on us. This not only ensures the highest standard of care but also helps safeguard the limited budgets of law enforcement agencies, allowing them to focus their resources on investigation and enforcement…
$1,353,982 spent$86,880 earned by the program74% of program spendingHumane education programs - defhr's national equine welfare center provides humane education programs promoting the proper care, treatment, and training of horses, fostering a culture of compassion and responsible equine ownership. Our diverse educational offerings include the highly-regarded and competitive internship and youth programs, which provide hands-on learning experiences in equine care and rehabilitation. In addition to these flagship programs, defhr conducts on-site and off-site seminars for law enforcers, animal welfare professionals and enthusiasts, engaging youth groups, schools, and community organizations. Educational tours and interactive workshops are designed to inspire and educate participants of all ages, encouraging a lifelong commitment to animal welfare. Defhr is unique in that our national equine welfare center is open daily to receive visitors for tours and educational opportunities.
$335,304 spent$48,563 earned by the program18% of program spendingOutreach programs - defhr's outreach programs are dedicated to raising awareness about the abuse and neglect of horses while promoting responsible equine care. These programs include setting up informational booths at fairs and expos, publishing a monthly volunteer newsletter, posting across our various social media channels and offering consultations for individuals looking to start horse rescues or seeking guidance to improve existing rescue operations. Defhr also participates actively in the maryland horse council, holds a board position on the maryland horse industry board representing humane societies, and is a member of the advisory board for the homes for horses coalition. Additionally, we are accredited by the global federation of animal sanctuaries, the thoroughbred aftercare alliance, and the equus foundation. Our commitment to transparency and fiscal responsibility has earned us the highest seals of excellence from guidestar, charity navigator, and the better business bureau. Through our owner2owner (o2o) program, a public safety net, we assist private horse owners who can no longer provide for their horses. This program facilitates the transition of horses to new…
$139,182 spent8% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,828,468.
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 2024 to 2025, from $6.2M to $7.6M (+21%).
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: 2021 8% · 2022 7%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
94% of DAYS END FARM HORSE RESCUE INC’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. 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.
Chief executive
Erin Clemm Ochoa
CEO
Board chair
Brittany Ebbertt
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 27 funders to 51 funders, grant income rose $334k → $370k.
18 of 86 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 45% 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 DAYS END FARM HORSE RESCUE INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 86 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
DAYS END FARM HORSE RESCUE INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 11% of grant income, and it takes 8 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 8 funders to its left
55% 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 DAYS END FARM HORSE RESCUE INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 39% · 2018 19% · 2019 44% · 2020 29% · 2021 31% · 2022 13% · 2023 10% — 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
63% of DAYS END FARM HORSE RESCUE INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 69% 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
DAYS END FARM HORSE RESCUE INC draws 77% of its grant income from funders outside Maryland, across 22 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.6M arriving through sponsors registered in 12 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
DAYS END FARM HORSE RESCUE INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 813 animals nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 813 animals nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like DAYS END FARM HORSE RESCUE 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 Maryland
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
83% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
97%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 9 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for DAYS END FARM HORSE RESCUE 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 DAYS END FARM HORSE RESCUE INC?
- DAYS END FARM HORSE RESCUE INC (Maryland) receives grants from 86 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,489,126 to it, the largest being Arnall Family Foundation ($380,588). 59 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does DAYS END FARM HORSE RESCUE INC have?
- IRS filings report 86 organizations giving $3,489,126 in grants to DAYS END FARM HORSE RESCUE INC, 59 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of DAYS END FARM HORSE RESCUE INC?
- Arnall Family Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $380,588 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like DAYS END FARM HORSE RESCUE INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Maryland. 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 86 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