New York · Nonprofit
Lucky Orphans Horse Rescue Inc
Lucky Orphans Horse Rescue Inc (New York) receives grants from 48 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,525,180 to it, the largest being LESLIE L ALEXANDER FOUNDATION INC ($325,000). 24 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $585k
- Funders on record
- 48
- Grants received
- $1.5M
- Net assets
- $672k
What Lucky Orphans Horse Rescue Inc does
Mission
Lucky Orphans Horse Rescue, Inc. provides a permanent sanctuary for rescued and retired horses while fostering healing connections between horses and people. Through equine-assisted interactions and educational programs, the organization supports mental health and well-being in a safe, compassionate environment. The organization is committed to lifelong care for its horses and to strengthening the human-animal bond within the community.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Lucky Orphans Horse Rescue, Inc. operates an equine sanctuary providing lifelong care for rescued, abused, neglected, and retired horses that cannot be rehomed. Through its equine- assisted mental health and wellness programs, individuals and groups participate in guided interactions with the horses that promote emotional healing, self-awareness, and personal development. The organization also provides education and youth development programs, including experiential learning opportunities, school partnerships, and community visits that teach humane treatment of animals and foster positive connections between people and horses.
$596,261 spent$60,784 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $596,261.
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 2022 to 2023, from $921k to $744k (−19%).
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: 2023 0% · 2024 1% · 2025 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
89% of Lucky Orphans Horse Rescue Inc’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. 5 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
Deanna Hearn
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 5 funders to 23 funders, grant income rose $57k → $212k.
11 of 48 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 24% 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 Lucky Orphans Horse Rescue Inc’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 48 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
Lucky Orphans Horse Rescue Inc has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 21% of grant income, and it takes 5 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 5 funders to its left
44% 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 Lucky Orphans Horse Rescue Inc.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 27% · 2018 40% · 2019 51% · 2020 34% · 2021 40% · 2022 34% · 2023 19% — 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
32% of Lucky Orphans Horse Rescue Inc's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 50% 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
Lucky Orphans Horse Rescue Inc draws 67% of its grant income from funders outside New York, across 13 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $370k arriving through sponsors registered in 7 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
Lucky Orphans Horse Rescue Inc has grown faster than half of the 3,954 animals nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,954 animals nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like Lucky Orphans 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 New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
88% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
86%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 2 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Lucky Orphans 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 Lucky Orphans Horse Rescue Inc?
- Lucky Orphans Horse Rescue Inc (New York) receives grants from 48 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,525,180 to it, the largest being LESLIE L ALEXANDER FOUNDATION INC ($325,000). 24 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Lucky Orphans Horse Rescue Inc have?
- IRS filings report 48 organizations giving $1,525,180 in grants to Lucky Orphans Horse Rescue Inc, 24 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Lucky Orphans Horse Rescue Inc?
- LESLIE L ALEXANDER FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $325,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Lucky Orphans Horse Rescue 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 48 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