Ohio · Nonprofit
HORSES AND HUMANS RESEARCH FOUNDATION
HORSES AND HUMANS RESEARCH FOUNDATION (Ohio) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $972,474 to it, the largest being GREATER HOUSTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($700,000). 8 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
- $711k
- Funders on record
- 14
- Grants received
- $972k
- Net assets
- $990k
What Horses and Humans Research Foundation does
Mission
Through funding of rigorous research, outreach and education, Horses and Humans Research Foundation is a catalyst advancing global knowledge of horse-human interactions and their impact on health and wellness.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
In 2025, we continued to educate and inform people through hhrf's conference, digital platforms, newsletters, website, webinars, regional and national conferences hosted by other organizations. We also attended several international conferences to share research and engage with the global community. Despite issuing two research grant calls, hhrf awarded one grant of 150,000 in the field of equine-assisted services
$208,855 spent$20,426 earned by the program58% of program spendingResearch
$149,921 spentof which $149,921 as grants42% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $358,776.
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 $920k to $1.3M (+42%).
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.
92% of HORSES AND HUMANS RESEARCH FOUNDATION’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. 2 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
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 7 funders, grant income rose $16k → $381k.
4 of 14 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 HORSES AND HUMANS RESEARCH FOUNDATION’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
HORSES AND HUMANS RESEARCH FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 72% of grant income and the top three 89%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
79% 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 HORSES AND HUMANS RESEARCH FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 94% · 2019 88% · 2020 62% · 2021 41% · 2022 57% · 2023 92% — 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.
How long its funders stay
33% of HORSES AND HUMANS RESEARCH FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 57% 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 HORSES AND HUMANS RESEARCH FOUNDATION'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 $210k that is directly attributable, 60% of it comes from Ohio funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $762k 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
HORSES AND HUMANS RESEARCH FOUNDATION 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 HORSES AND HUMANS RESEARCH FOUNDATION
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 Ohio
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
82% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
81%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 24 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for HORSES AND HUMANS RESEARCH FOUNDATION: 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 HORSES AND HUMANS RESEARCH FOUNDATION?
- HORSES AND HUMANS RESEARCH FOUNDATION (Ohio) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $972,474 to it, the largest being GREATER HOUSTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($700,000). 8 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 HORSES AND HUMANS RESEARCH FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 14 organizations giving $972,474 in grants to HORSES AND HUMANS RESEARCH FOUNDATION, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of HORSES AND HUMANS RESEARCH FOUNDATION?
- GREATER HOUSTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $700,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like HORSES AND HUMANS RESEARCH FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Ohio. 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 14 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