New York · Nonprofit
HORSES FOR A CHANGE INC
HORSES FOR A CHANGE INC (New York) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $13,747 to it, the largest being HUDSON VALLEY FOUNDATION FOR YOUTH HEALTH ($6,500). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $159k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $14k
- Net assets
- $-35466
What Horses for a Change Inc does
Mission
Provide accessible quality horse back riding no matter of income level of participant; assist dedicated riders who might not otherwise have funds to pursue the equine discipline by providing an on-site education to riders at reduced or free tuition and establishing a scholarship fund to provide scholarships to riders to pay for travel and competition entry fees for off-site competitions; provide scholarships to economically disadvantaged youth to learn horse care, riding and skills of empathy, leadership, and appreciation for nature; provide equine assisted therapy by contracting with one or more licensed therapists for children on the autism spectrum as well as for children, adolescents and adults with assorted mental health needs; and provide a safe haven for abandoned horses where they can be reeducated as school mounts and basic level show horses.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Provide accessible quality horse back riding no matter of income level of participant; assist dedicated riders who might not otherwise have funds to pursue the equine discipline by providing an on-site education to riders at reduced or free tuition and establishing a scholarship fund to provide scholarships to riders to pay for travel and competition entry fees for off-site competitions; provide scholarships to economically disadvantaged youth to learn horse care, riding and skills of empathy, leadership, and appreciation for nature; provide equine assisted therapy by contracting with one or more licensed therapists for children on the autism spectrum as well as for children, adolescents and adults with assorted mental health needs; and provide a safe haven for abandoned horses where they can be reeducated as school mounts and basic level show horses.
$156,910 spent$101,288 earned by the program100% of program spendingProvide accessible quality horse back riding no matter of income level of participant; assist dedicated riders who might not otherwise have funds to pursue the equine discipline by providing an on-site education to riders at reduced or free tuition and establishing a scholarship fund to provide scholarships to riders to pay for travel and competition entry fees for off-site competitions; provide scholarships to economically disadvantaged youth to learn horse care, riding and skills of empathy, leadership, and appreciation for nature; provide equine assisted therapy by contracting with one or more licensed therapists for children on the autism spectrum as well as for children, adolescents and adults with assorted mental health needs; and provide a safe haven for abandoned horses where they can be reeducated as school mounts and basic level show horses.
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $156,910.
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 $31k to $113k (+261%).
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.
36% of HORSES FOR A CHANGE INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (18% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $1k → $1k.
2 of 4 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 HORSES FOR A CHANGE 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
HORSES FOR A CHANGE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 47% of grant income and the top three 97%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
45% 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 FOR A CHANGE INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 95% · 2021 100% · 2022 96% · 2023 85% — 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
100% of HORSES FOR A CHANGE INC's grant income comes from New York funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $6k 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
HORSES FOR A CHANGE INC's funding base is broadening — from 1 funders to 2 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 15,520 recreation & sports nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like HORSES FOR A CHANGE 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 New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
100% 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 HORSES FOR A CHANGE INC?
- HORSES FOR A CHANGE INC (New York) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $13,747 to it, the largest being HUDSON VALLEY FOUNDATION FOR YOUTH HEALTH ($6,500). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does HORSES FOR A CHANGE INC have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $13,747 in grants to HORSES FOR A CHANGE INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of HORSES FOR A CHANGE INC?
- HUDSON VALLEY FOUNDATION FOR YOUTH HEALTH is the largest funder on record, with $6,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like HORSES FOR A CHANGE INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 4 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