Massachusetts · Nonprofit
MISTY MEADOWS EQUINE LEARNING CENTER INC
MISTY MEADOWS EQUINE LEARNING CENTER INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 33 organizations whose IRS filings report $722,239 to it, the largest being NETWORK FOR GOOD ($178,761). 19 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 70% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $12M
- Funders on record
- 33
- Grants received
- $722k
- Net assets
- $11M
What Misty Meadows Equine Learning Center Inc does
Mission
To provide a nurturing environment where horses and humans work together to transform lives.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Misty meadows equine learning center aspires to be a leading resource in the island community and beyond, that connects individuals of all ages and abilities to horses and the natural environment through unique, innovative and inclusive programming that is affordable for all. We are dedicated to providing programs that stimulate an interest in horses and empower individuals through connection with them, helping students better understand their own emotional and physical needs and how horses can enhance and improve their health and wellness. Programs are available year-round and open to both youth and adults.see schedule o for additional information2025 accomplishments:began a pilot equine facilitated psychotherapy program creating access to direct service mental health care in a new and uniquely effective way.streamlined organizational structure and efficiency to ensure sustainability of our impactful programs into the future. Strengthened our collaborative partnerships, signing memorandums of understanding with three key year-round partners: boys and girls club, kinship heals and martha's vineyard community services.for the fourth year in a row, earned equus foundation guardian…
$808,755 spentof which $13,518 as grants$188,562 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $808,755.
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 $326k to $11M (+3217%).
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: 2020 12% · 2021 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
97% of MISTY MEADOWS EQUINE LEARNING CENTER INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (23% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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.
Chief executive
Sarah Mckay
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 6 funders to 15 funders, grant income rose $21k → $155k.
9 of 33 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 70% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $3.8M from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Misty Meadows Foundation Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money MISTY MEADOWS EQUINE LEARNING CENTER INC raised.
From the IRS filings of MISTY MEADOWS EQUINE LEARNING CENTER INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 33 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
MISTY MEADOWS EQUINE LEARNING CENTER INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 25% 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
75% 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 MISTY MEADOWS EQUINE LEARNING CENTER INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 28% · 2020 28% · 2021 53% · 2022 32% · 2023 53% — 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
23% of MISTY MEADOWS EQUINE LEARNING CENTER INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 58% 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
70% of MISTY MEADOWS EQUINE LEARNING CENTER 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 $217k that is directly attributable, 84% of it comes from funders outside Massachusetts, across 10 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $505k 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
MISTY MEADOWS EQUINE LEARNING CENTER INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 3,794 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,794 education nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like MISTY MEADOWS EQUINE LEARNING CENTER 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 Massachusetts
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
73% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
43%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Misty Meadows Foundation · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for MISTY MEADOWS EQUINE LEARNING CENTER 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 MISTY MEADOWS EQUINE LEARNING CENTER INC?
- MISTY MEADOWS EQUINE LEARNING CENTER INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 33 organizations whose IRS filings report $722,239 to it, the largest being NETWORK FOR GOOD ($178,761). 19 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 70% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does MISTY MEADOWS EQUINE LEARNING CENTER INC have?
- IRS filings report 33 organizations giving $722,239 in grants to MISTY MEADOWS EQUINE LEARNING CENTER INC, 19 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MISTY MEADOWS EQUINE LEARNING CENTER INC?
- NETWORK FOR GOOD is the largest funder on record, with $178,761 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MISTY MEADOWS EQUINE LEARNING CENTER INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Massachusetts. 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 33 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