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MARYLAND HORSE FOUNDATION INC

MARYLAND HORSE FOUNDATION INC (Maryland) receives grants from 24 organizations whose IRS filings report $638,610 to it, the largest being BENDER FOUNDATION INC ($200,000). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$350k
Funders on record
24
Grants received
$639k
Net assets
$1.8M
10/24 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 53%
01What it does

What Maryland Horse Foundation Inc does

Mission

To educate the public and improve the conditions of the equine industry throughout the state of maryland.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. To educate the public and improve the conditions of the equine industry throughout the state of maryland. Several hundred individuals are reached on an annual basis.

    $182,716 spent
    79% of program spending
  2. Maryland thorougbred career program is an educational program to increase awareness of the diverse career options in the horse industry.

    $3,440 spent
    1% of program spending
  3. The maryland horse library & education center is the largest library of its kind on the east coast, it maintains thousands of books dedicated exclusively to horses.

    $4,491 spent
    2% of program spending
  4. To educate students and assist in ther educational costs, to provide an equine library and media center which is open to the public.

    $41,004 spent
    18% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $231,651.

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 ($21k) Expenses 100 ($15k) Net assets 100 ($65k)2018 Revenue 179 ($38k) Expenses 145 ($22k) Net assets 125 ($81k)2019 Revenue 276 ($59k) Expenses 213 ($32k) Net assets 167 ($108k)2020 Revenue 95 ($20k) Expenses 158 ($24k) Net assets 162 ($105k)2021 Revenue 7088 ($1.5M) Expenses 376 ($56k) Net assets 2419 ($1.6M)2022 Revenue 1870 ($401k) Expenses 1253 ($188k) Net assets 2749 ($1.8M)2023 Revenue 1013 ($217k) Expenses 1525 ($229k) Net assets 2732 ($1.8M)2024 Revenue 811 ($174k) Expenses 1511 ($227k) Net assets 2650 ($1.7M)2025 Revenue 1633 ($350k) Expenses 1675 ($251k) Net assets 2802 ($1.8M)
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Revenue (1633)Expenses (1675)Net assets (2802)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 $110k to $1.6M (+1355%).

$68k
$81k
$109k
$110k
$1.6M
$1.8M
$1.8M
$1.7M
$1.8M
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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: 2023 12% · 2024 12%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

83% of MARYLAND HORSE FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (86% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 7,065 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$6k
’17
$17k
’18
$27k
’19
−$3k
’20
$1.5M
’21
$213k
’22
−$12k
’23
−$53k
’24
$99k
’25
74
months of
reserve
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 9 funders, grant income rose $24k → $108k.

6 of 24 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 21% 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 FOUNDATION 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 FOUNDATION INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 31% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left

36% 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 FOUNDATION INC.

31%
largest funder
62%
top three
~6
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 43% · 2020 99% · 2021 65% · 2022 47% · 2023 46% — growing more concentrated.

“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

75% of MARYLAND HORSE FOUNDATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 42% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y

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

56% of MARYLAND HORSE FOUNDATION INC's grant income comes from Maryland funders.

MA
PA
VA
MD
DC
FL

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’20
’21
’22
’23
Maryland out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $134k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

MARYLAND HORSE FOUNDATION INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 3,954 animals nonprofits its size.

Operating margin28% · top quartile
Months of reserve74.4mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)42% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,954 animals nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

Organizations like MARYLAND HORSE FOUNDATION 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.

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

92% of spending goes to programs.

Program 92%Management 8%Fundraising 0%

Governance

11
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

47%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

MD

Part of a family of 2 related entities

  • Maryland Horse Breeders Association · exempt
  • Maryland Million Ltd · exempt

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Questions and answers

Who funds MARYLAND HORSE FOUNDATION INC?
MARYLAND HORSE FOUNDATION INC (Maryland) receives grants from 24 organizations whose IRS filings report $638,610 to it, the largest being BENDER FOUNDATION INC ($200,000). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does MARYLAND HORSE FOUNDATION INC have?
IRS filings report 24 organizations giving $638,610 in grants to MARYLAND HORSE FOUNDATION INC, 10 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of MARYLAND HORSE FOUNDATION INC?
BENDER FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $200,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like MARYLAND HORSE FOUNDATION 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.

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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 24 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