California · Nonprofit
SANTA YNEZ VALLEY EQUESTRIAN ASSOCIATION
SANTA YNEZ VALLEY EQUESTRIAN ASSOCIATION (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $13,550 to it, the largest being SCHAFER FAMILY FOUNDATION INC ($8,550). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $223k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $14k
- Net assets
- $982k
What Santa Ynez Valley Equestrian Association does
Mission
Youth, community and educational activities to benefit the community at large.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
To provide a multi-use facility for equine activities with accompanying educational experiences in order to foster safe and humane horsemanship. Our goal is to develop, maintain and operate our equestrian facility in a manner that preserves and enriches out community's equestrian lifestyle including youth and therapeutic riding. The center is envisioned as a resource that will attract quality equestrian events and innovative instruction to improve the special relationship between horse and human.
$237,809 spent$181,084 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $237,809.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 $1.0M to $991k (−3%).
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.
19% of SANTA YNEZ VALLEY EQUESTRIAN ASSOCIATION’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 5 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 → 2020: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $5k → $3k.
From the IRS filings of SANTA YNEZ VALLEY EQUESTRIAN ASSOCIATION’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
SANTA YNEZ VALLEY EQUESTRIAN ASSOCIATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 63% 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
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% — broadly stable.
“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 SANTA YNEZ VALLEY EQUESTRIAN ASSOCIATION's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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
SANTA YNEZ VALLEY EQUESTRIAN ASSOCIATION has grown faster than half of the 10,453 recreation & sports nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 10,453 recreation & sports nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like SANTA YNEZ VALLEY EQUESTRIAN ASSOCIATION
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 California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
95% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for SANTA YNEZ VALLEY EQUESTRIAN ASSOCIATION: 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 SANTA YNEZ VALLEY EQUESTRIAN ASSOCIATION?
- SANTA YNEZ VALLEY EQUESTRIAN ASSOCIATION (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $13,550 to it, the largest being SCHAFER FAMILY FOUNDATION INC ($8,550). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SANTA YNEZ VALLEY EQUESTRIAN ASSOCIATION have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $13,550 in grants to SANTA YNEZ VALLEY EQUESTRIAN ASSOCIATION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SANTA YNEZ VALLEY EQUESTRIAN ASSOCIATION?
- SCHAFER FAMILY FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $8,550 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SANTA YNEZ VALLEY EQUESTRIAN ASSOCIATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 2021–2025), 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