Wisconsin · Nonprofit
THE AMERICAN DRIVING SOCIETY INC
THE AMERICAN DRIVING SOCIETY INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $19,981 to it, the largest being Ralph Landau Foundation ($8,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $289k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $20k
- Net assets
- $1.5M
What The American Driving Society Inc does
Mission
The promotion of the sport of horse drawn carriage driving and education of the public as to driving methods and safety
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Publicationseducational publications regarding the sport of horse drawn carriage driving.
$104,094 spent32% of program spendingMembership servicesserved almost 2,000 members. Members receive other education and support materials and services. Ads also recognizes various competitive shows during the year that use the ads rulebook and ads trained officials. The society also provides grants to young drivers to further their education in the sport of carriage driving.
$216,370 spent$209,736 earned by the program68% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $320,464.
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 2021 to 2022, from $1.4M to $1.1M (−24%).
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 1% · 2021 20%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
22% of THE AMERICAN DRIVING SOCIETY INC’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. 9 of the last 9 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 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 3 funders, grant income rose $2k → $2k.
1 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 2% 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: $54k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest The Hoopes-Addis Education Trust). These are real filings, and they are not money THE AMERICAN DRIVING SOCIETY INC raised.
From the IRS filings of THE AMERICAN DRIVING SOCIETY 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
THE AMERICAN DRIVING SOCIETY INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 40% of grant income and the top three 95%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 67% · 2018 71% · 2019 50% · 2020 48% · 2021 47% · 2022 61% · 2023 62% — 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.
Where its funders are
THE AMERICAN DRIVING SOCIETY INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Wisconsin, across 4 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $481 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
THE AMERICAN DRIVING SOCIETY INC's funding base is broadening — from 2 funders to 3 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,010 recreation & sports nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like THE AMERICAN DRIVING SOCIETY 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 Wisconsin
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
81% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
89%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 21 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE AMERICAN DRIVING SOCIETY 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 THE AMERICAN DRIVING SOCIETY INC?
- THE AMERICAN DRIVING SOCIETY INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $19,981 to it, the largest being Ralph Landau Foundation ($8,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE AMERICAN DRIVING SOCIETY INC have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $19,981 in grants to THE AMERICAN DRIVING SOCIETY INC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE AMERICAN DRIVING SOCIETY INC?
- Ralph Landau Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $8,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE AMERICAN DRIVING SOCIETY INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Wisconsin. 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 5 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