Maryland · Nonprofit
FRIENDS OF THE GUNPOWDER FALLS STATE PARK GRAHAM AREA EQUESTRIAN CENTER INC
FRIENDS OF THE GUNPOWDER FALLS STATE PARK GRAHAM AREA EQUESTRIAN CENTER INC (Maryland) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $18,434 to it, the largest being The John J Leidy Foundation Inc ($10,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $549k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $18k
- Net assets
- $143k
What Friends of the Gunpowder Falls State Park Graham Area Equestrian Center Inc does
Mission
To introduce people to horses in an all inclusive and educational environment. Our goal is to educate the mind, improve the body and lift the spirits of local children and adults, regardless of income or (dis)ability, through the joy of horses.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
The organization operates the graham equestrian center which is an equine education center located in gunpowder falls state park, maryland. Program services include education programs such as lessons and camps. Our outreach projects include joins- a program run by the baltimore city police for at risk youth. They learn life skills, farm work, caring for horses and riding. Emerge- a program to teach work skills. City neighbors high school- another program for teaching work skills and ethics. Trellis- a program for students with different physical and mental challenges that learn horse interaction and light horse keeping skills. Scouts and 4h- to earn merit badges. We also host horse discovery days which are free and open to the public to come pet, groom and learn about horses. We also work to promote the equine industry by supporting the maryland state fair's horseland tent and baltimore counties agriculture event.
$454,666 spent$492,957 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $454,666.
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 $103k to $149k (+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 4% · 2021 6% · 2024 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
8% of FRIENDS OF THE GUNPOWDER FALLS STATE PARK GRAHAM AREA EQUESTRIAN CENTER INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (18% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 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.
Board chair
Jay Fillipone
Chairman
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $8k → $100.
2 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 46% 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 FRIENDS OF THE GUNPOWDER FALLS STATE PARK GRAHAM AREA EQUESTRIAN 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
FRIENDS OF THE GUNPOWDER FALLS STATE PARK GRAHAM AREA EQUESTRIAN CENTER INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 54% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
46% 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 FRIENDS OF THE GUNPOWDER FALLS STATE PARK GRAHAM AREA EQUESTRIAN CENTER INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 98% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 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
100% of FRIENDS OF THE GUNPOWDER FALLS STATE PARK GRAHAM AREA EQUESTRIAN CENTER INC's grant income comes from Maryland funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $8k 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
FRIENDS OF THE GUNPOWDER FALLS STATE PARK GRAHAM AREA EQUESTRIAN CENTER INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 15,520 recreation & sports nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 15,520 recreation & sports nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like FRIENDS OF THE GUNPOWDER FALLS STATE PARK GRAHAM AREA EQUESTRIAN 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 Maryland
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
90% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds FRIENDS OF THE GUNPOWDER FALLS STATE PARK GRAHAM AREA EQUESTRIAN CENTER INC?
- FRIENDS OF THE GUNPOWDER FALLS STATE PARK GRAHAM AREA EQUESTRIAN CENTER INC (Maryland) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $18,434 to it, the largest being The John J Leidy Foundation Inc ($10,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FRIENDS OF THE GUNPOWDER FALLS STATE PARK GRAHAM AREA EQUESTRIAN CENTER INC have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $18,434 in grants to FRIENDS OF THE GUNPOWDER FALLS STATE PARK GRAHAM AREA EQUESTRIAN CENTER INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FRIENDS OF THE GUNPOWDER FALLS STATE PARK GRAHAM AREA EQUESTRIAN CENTER INC?
- The John J Leidy Foundation Inc is the largest funder on record, with $10,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FRIENDS OF THE GUNPOWDER FALLS STATE PARK GRAHAM AREA EQUESTRIAN CENTER 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.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 3 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