Connecticut · Nonprofit
DRESSAGE 4 KIDS INC
DRESSAGE 4 KIDS INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $316,907 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($186,100). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 59% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.6M
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $317k
- Net assets
- $3.5M
What Dressage 4 Kids Inc does
Mission
Dressage 4 kids, inc. Is a non-profit 501 (c) (3) organization incorporated for the express purpose of providing educational and competitive opportunities for youth riders and the adults who support them. To encourage riders under 21 to become true horsemen; to offer scholarships; to develop good sportsmanship; to support programs for adults who in turn educate youth; and to have fun.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Horse management and mentoring training program - the organization receives donated horses and matches these horses with riders. The donated horses are then used by dressage participants for a nominal monthly fee. The participant in turn cares for the horse, paying all care, feed and insurance costs. The participant learns how to care for the horse and competes with the horse in the organizations events as well as shows organized by national and international organizations.
$1,135,588 spent$67,440 earned by the program64% of program spendingThe horsemanship and riding program includes the d4k summer intensive training progarm (sit); the d4k training, education, and mentoring program (team); and the d4k winter intensive training program (wit). These programs focus on helping youth develop through riding and horsemanship experiences that foster technical skills, riding and training theory, horse care and management, and personal growth.
$340,889 spent$208,162 earned by the program19% of program spendingYouth dressage festival: the flagship event of dressage4kids, inc. Is conducted in august. Instituted in 1999, the festival offers individual and team competition for riders from ages 4 through 21. Division championships feature a three-phased competition: a written, test, an individual dressage test, and a group equitation ride. Divisions offered are introductory through fourth, fei pony, junior and young rider and para equestrian. Riders may also assemble teams and vie for the usdf region 8 youth team competition. Classes for leasline (riders aged 4 to 8), prix caprilli, (dressage ride incorporating jumps), dressage trail, musical freestyle are offered, as are other competitive fund activities.
$50,649 spent$42,735 earned by the program3% of program spendingEducational and classromm programs includes the d4k unmounted programs (up); the d4k training4teaching program (t4t); and the d4k business assist program (ba). These programs provide educational opportunities that extend beyond riding, equipping participants with the knowledge, teaching skills, and professional tools needed to succeed in the equestrian industry. Volunteer programs include the d4k advocacy, community, team program (act). D4k act inspires young people to develop leadership and civic engagement through volunteer experiences that strengthen their communities and the equestrian industry. D4k scholarship programs expand access to opportunities by providing financial support that helps participants pursue their goals and continue their development.
$256,788 spentof which $40,996 as grants$4,595 earned by the program14% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,783,914.
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 2019 to 2020, from $1.5M to $2.2M (+45%).
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 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
117% of DRESSAGE 4 KIDS INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (82% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 7 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
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 5 funders, grant income rose $10k → $18k.
2 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 59% 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 DRESSAGE 4 KIDS 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
DRESSAGE 4 KIDS INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 59% of grant income and the top three 93%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
68% 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 DRESSAGE 4 KIDS INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 60% · 2018 75% · 2019 100% · 2020 99% · 2021 100% · 2022 71% · 2023 40% — 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.
Where its funders are
59% of DRESSAGE 4 KIDS 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 $131k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Connecticut, across 4 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $186k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
DRESSAGE 4 KIDS INC's revenue grew 68% between 2017 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,064 youth development nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like DRESSAGE 4 KIDS INC
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In Connecticut
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
96% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 6 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for DRESSAGE 4 KIDS 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 DRESSAGE 4 KIDS INC?
- DRESSAGE 4 KIDS INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $316,907 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($186,100). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 59% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does DRESSAGE 4 KIDS INC have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $316,907 in grants to DRESSAGE 4 KIDS INC, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of DRESSAGE 4 KIDS INC?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $186,100 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like DRESSAGE 4 KIDS INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Connecticut. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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 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