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MARYLAND HORSE BREEDERS ASSOCIATION INC

MARYLAND HORSE BREEDERS ASSOCIATION INC (Maryland) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $10,200 to it, the largest being REISTERSTOWN IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION INC ($10,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 98% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2025
$1.8M
Funders on record
2
Grants received
$10k
Net assets
$2.7M
0/2 repeat funders
01What it does

What Maryland Horse Breeders Association Inc does

Mission

To encourage, promote, protect and improve the horse breeding industry in maryland. While the emphasis has been placed on the production of thoroughbred race horses, the mhba encourages all sports relating to the use of the horse.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. The maryland horse breeders association (mhba) utilizes publications as a means of promoting the horse industry and encouraging horse breeding and participation in horse sports. The mhba publishes the "mid-atlantic thoroughbred", a four-color monthly magazine that covers racing and breeding in maryland and throughout the region. In addition, mhba publishes an annual guide to thoroughbred farms in maryland and various posters, brochures and guides that educate the public about racing and breeding in the state of maryland.

    $1,327,175 spent
    68% of program spending
  2. Mhba functions as an information resource for horse breeders and owners, the media, community and governmental organizations, and the general public. Breeders and owners register their maryland bred horses with the association in order to qualify for specific races restricted to maryland - breds.

  3. Educational programs held for members and the general public to educate on topics relevant to the horse industry.

  4. The maryland horse breeders association (mhba) utilizes publications as a means of promoting the horse industry and encouraging horse breeding and participation in horse sports. The mhba publishes the "mid-atlantic thoroughbred", a four-color monthly magazine that covers racing and breeding in maryland and throughout the region. In addition, mhba publishes an annual guide to thoroughbred farms in maryland and various posters, brochures and guides that educate the public about racing and breeding in the state of maryland.

    $618,808 spentof which $92,000 as grants
    32% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,945,983.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($2.0M) Expenses 100 ($1.8M) Net assets 100 ($1.4M)2018 Revenue 108 ($2.1M) Expenses 104 ($1.9M) Net assets 114 ($1.6M)2019 Revenue 110 ($2.2M) Expenses 109 ($2.0M) Net assets 126 ($1.7M)2020 Revenue 109 ($2.1M) Expenses 111 ($2.1M) Net assets 126 ($1.7M)2021 Revenue 83 ($1.6M) Expenses 88 ($1.6M) Net assets 138 ($1.9M)2022 Revenue 113 ($2.2M) Expenses 97 ($1.8M) Net assets 168 ($2.3M)2023 Revenue 110 ($2.2M) Expenses 103 ($1.9M) Net assets 184 ($2.5M)2024 Revenue 111 ($2.2M) Expenses 106 ($2.0M) Net assets 208 ($2.8M)2025 Revenue 93 ($1.8M) Expenses 105 ($1.9M) Net assets 201 ($2.7M)
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Revenue (93)Expenses (105)Net assets (201)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $1.9M to $2.9M (+49%).

$1.6M
$1.8M
$1.9M
$1.9M
$2.9M
$3.0M
$3.3M
$3.1M
$3.0M
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2022 6% · 2025 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

4% of MARYLAND HORSE BREEDERS ASSOCIATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (74% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 1,657 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$126k
’17
$196k
’18
$155k
’19
$88k
’20
$5k
’21
$439k
’22
$273k
’23
$235k
’24
−$114k
’25
1.9
months of
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.

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Listed171717161618161818
Joined·+4+5+2+4+9+1+6+6
No longer listed·45347346
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 98% 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 MARYLAND HORSE BREEDERS ASSOCIATION 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

MARYLAND HORSE BREEDERS ASSOCIATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 98% 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

98% 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 MARYLAND HORSE BREEDERS ASSOCIATION INC.

98%
largest funder
100%
top three
~1
effective funders

“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

98% of MARYLAND HORSE BREEDERS ASSOCIATION 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 $200 that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from Maryland funders.

MD

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $10k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

MARYLAND HORSE BREEDERS ASSOCIATION INC receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $10k to it.

Operating margin−6% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve1.9mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)−1% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 717 animals nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Governance

17
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Footprint & structure

Part of a family of 3 related entities

  • Mhba Holdings LLC · disregarded
  • Maryland Million Ltd · exempt
  • Maryland Horse Foundation · exempt

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Questions and answers

Who funds MARYLAND HORSE BREEDERS ASSOCIATION INC?
MARYLAND HORSE BREEDERS ASSOCIATION INC (Maryland) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $10,200 to it, the largest being REISTERSTOWN IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION INC ($10,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 98% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does MARYLAND HORSE BREEDERS ASSOCIATION INC have?
IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $10,200 in grants to MARYLAND HORSE BREEDERS ASSOCIATION INC.
Who is the largest funder of MARYLAND HORSE BREEDERS ASSOCIATION INC?
REISTERSTOWN IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION 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 MARYLAND HORSE BREEDERS ASSOCIATION 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 2 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