California · Nonprofit
SUNRISE HORSE RESCUE
SUNRISE HORSE RESCUE (California) receives grants from 21 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,302,420 to it, the largest being Winifred Johnson Clive Foundation ($246,400). 13 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $673k
- Funders on record
- 21
- Grants received
- $1.3M
- Net assets
- $593k
What Sunrise Horse Rescue does
Mission
To rescue and provide sanctuary for abused and neglected horses in napa and surrounding counties, educate the public about current issues affecting horse welfare, and provide community members with the unique benefit of equine assisted learning and therapy.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Sunrise herd care
$204,474 spent46% of program spendingHorse-in-need (hin) program: when disaster strikes whether financial hardship, health crises, or wildfireshorses suffer too. In 2024, sunrise received 169 calls from owners and neighbors seeking emergency help for at-risk horses. Our horse in need (hin) program has been a lifeline for these horses. For every call we provide education and support on safe rehoming. In addition, if indicated we provide feed, veterinary services, transportation, medication,and sometimes sanctuary. If not for this intervention these horses would languish or go to slaughter.
$20,390 spent5% of program spendingEquine assisted learning (eal): is an experiential learning approach that utilizes interactions with horses to promote personal growth, develop life skills, and enhance emotional well-being. In 2024, Sunrise Horse Rescue facilitated 17 eal program events with various communities: connected horse (equine-assisted workshops and training that inspire connection and engagement and improve the lives of those impacted by dementia together with their care partners), theboys & girls club, crestwood behavioralhealthcenter, upvalleyfamilycenter, and local senior groups. These events provided community members with the unique benefit of equine assisted learning and therapy.
$1,321 spent$302 earned by the program0% of program spendingVolunteer program:children and adults in the community gain life-enhancing skills by assisting in the rehabilitation ofthehorsesat Sunrise Horse Rescueandproviding them with the loving attention they so deserve. Volunteers contribute greatly to the care and well-being ofourhorses and also provide valuable help with projects like event planning, fundraising, and publicity.in 2024, sunrise maintained an average of 40 volunteers.
Other program expenses
$215,816 spent49% of program spending
The 5 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $442,001.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 2023 to 2024, from $128k to $496k (+289%).
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.
97% of SUNRISE HORSE RESCUE’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. 1 of the last 6 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
Lisa O'Connor
Executive director (from 9/25)
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 8 funders, grant income rose $63k → $166k.
4 of 21 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 16% 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 SUNRISE HORSE RESCUE’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
SUNRISE HORSE RESCUE has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 19% 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
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 64% · 2018 38% · 2019 53% · 2020 32% · 2021 40% · 2022 24% · 2023 30% — 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
43% of SUNRISE HORSE RESCUE's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 62% 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
SUNRISE HORSE RESCUE draws 63% of its grant income from funders outside California, across 7 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $210k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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
SUNRISE HORSE RESCUE runs a healthier operating margin 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 SUNRISE HORSE RESCUE
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
78% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
72%
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 SUNRISE HORSE RESCUE: 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 SUNRISE HORSE RESCUE?
- SUNRISE HORSE RESCUE (California) receives grants from 21 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,302,420 to it, the largest being Winifred Johnson Clive Foundation ($246,400). 13 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SUNRISE HORSE RESCUE have?
- IRS filings report 21 organizations giving $1,302,420 in grants to SUNRISE HORSE RESCUE, 13 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SUNRISE HORSE RESCUE?
- Winifred Johnson Clive Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $246,400 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SUNRISE HORSE RESCUE 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 2020–2025), and the filings of 21 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