Maryland · Nonprofit
TALISMAN THERAPEUTIC RIDING INC
TALISMAN THERAPEUTIC RIDING INC (Maryland) receives grants from 19 organizations whose IRS filings report $503,975 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($108,059). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 53% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.3M
- Funders on record
- 19
- Grants received
- $504k
- Net assets
- $1.2M
What Talisman Therapeutic Riding Inc does
Mission
At talisman, we believe in the transformative, healing power of horses and our natural environment. We serve, empower all, and lead by example with compassion, dignity, and inclusivity.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Equine therapy: includes the therapony program for children with cognitive and physical disabilities; the atr & yatr program for adults and young adults with various life limiting health conditions; the hippotherapy program for adults & children supervised by physical, occupational and speech therapists; and the heroes on horses program for service disabled combat veterans and wounded warriors as well as injured first responders.
$283,219 spent$88,382 earned by the program52% of program spendingMaryland horse discovery center providing programs to allow experience for the entire family to discover horses, including farm tours, riding lessons and volunteer opportunities.
$122,572 spent$38,250 earned by the program22% of program spendingRetirement boarding provides clients the opportunity to board owned horses at talisman. The horses are included in the program experiences for families, veterans and seniors such as horse discovery, volunteer opportunities, equine interactions and farm tours.
$142,670 spent$44,522 earned by the program26% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $548,461.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 $1.4M to $1.6M (+20%).
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: 2019 49% · 2020 25% · 2021 9% · 2022 27% · 2023 29% · 2024 23%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
73% of TALISMAN THERAPEUTIC RIDING INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (51% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 7 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
Noelle Douglas
Executive director
Board chair
Diana Saquella
Chairman
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 8 funders, grant income rose $7k → $33k.
6 of 19 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 53% 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 TALISMAN THERAPEUTIC RIDING 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
TALISMAN THERAPEUTIC RIDING INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 21% 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
62% 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 TALISMAN THERAPEUTIC RIDING INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 50% · 2019 67% · 2020 35% · 2021 23% · 2022 36% · 2023 46% — 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
57% of TALISMAN THERAPEUTIC RIDING 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
53% of TALISMAN THERAPEUTIC RIDING 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 $239k that is directly attributable, 90% of it comes from Maryland funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $265k 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.
Against its field
TALISMAN THERAPEUTIC RIDING INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 8,126 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 8,126 health nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding TALISMAN THERAPEUTIC RIDING INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $671k on record — $81k federal, $590k state.
- Corporation for National and Community Service$81k
- Grant$590k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like TALISMAN THERAPEUTIC RIDING 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 Maryland
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
82% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
73%
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 TALISMAN THERAPEUTIC RIDING 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 TALISMAN THERAPEUTIC RIDING INC?
- TALISMAN THERAPEUTIC RIDING INC (Maryland) receives grants from 19 organizations whose IRS filings report $503,975 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($108,059). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 53% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does TALISMAN THERAPEUTIC RIDING INC have?
- IRS filings report 19 organizations giving $503,975 in grants to TALISMAN THERAPEUTIC RIDING INC, 11 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of TALISMAN THERAPEUTIC RIDING INC?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $108,059 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like TALISMAN THERAPEUTIC RIDING 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 FY2024 (financials across 2018–2024), and the filings of 19 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