New Mexico · Nonprofit
THE HORSE SHELTER
THE HORSE SHELTER (New Mexico) receives grants from 40 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,134,258 to it, the largest being Norman Winer Charitable Trust ($570,000). 24 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2.0M
- Funders on record
- 40
- Grants received
- $2.1M
- Net assets
- $24M
What The Horse Shelter does
Mission
Rescue and rehabilitate abused, abandoned, and neglected horses throughout new mexico. Horses are trained and adopted into the community whenever possible. Most horses are received through new mexico government agencies.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Ranch operations, rehabilitation, sanctuary: our ranch is located on 128 acres with close to 100 horses in rescue at any time. We do not have pasture, so we feed and grain our horses year- round, with feed cost alone totaling 179,480 this year and veterinary cost at 63,124. The increase in our onsite horse capacity to 100, as well as rising prices and wages, have also increased all other rehabilitation and care-related expenses, such as ranch payroll, veterinary and dental care, farrier, worming, and vaccinations. We utilize a sponsorship program to help support our horse care expenses and were able to raise 131,599 in 2024 thanks to 76 sponsors, supporting 78 of our horses.
$620,822 spent85% of program spendingTraining and adoption program: training is a vital component in finding our horses good new homes and staying in them. A well-trained and well-mannered horse has value and the best chance of remaining in a good home for life. A horse can live well into it's 30s, therefore investing into their ground manners and saddle training is vital to help them become good equine citizens; becoming valued members of the equine community ensures their continued well-being and safety. Finding good trainers, that have the experience to work with the kind of horses we receive, many of them unhandled upon arrival, is paramount. The more horses we adopt, the more we can rescue. We utilize onsite and offsite trainers, with an onsite groundwork and under saddle trainer. Our 2024 training expense was nearly 106,000 and will rise, due to so many horses coming in unhandled.
$105,905 spent$15,000 earned by the program15% of program spendingVolunteer program: our reward-winning volunteer program had 127 active volunteers in 2024 who donated 7,515.5 hours of their time. Our volunteers bring a variety of skills that greatly benefit our organization, and we consider our volunteer program one of our greatest strengths. We are active participants in the humane world for animals and the forever foundation's plan4progress volunteer training program, which allows our volunteers to learn horse handling skills onsite, as well as through a video training program. Their advanced horse handling skills, in turn, help our horses who can receive much more socialization and groundwork training through our volunteers. Our volunteers also help at our events and resale store.
$3,652 spent1% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $730,379.
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 2022 to 2023, from $3.1M to $22M (+620%).
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 10% · 2021 16% · 2022 8%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
67% of THE HORSE SHELTER’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (74% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 10 funders to 13 funders, grant income rose $170k → $215k.
11 of 40 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 27% 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 THE HORSE SHELTER’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 40 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
THE HORSE SHELTER has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 27% 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
27% 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 THE HORSE SHELTER.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 56% · 2018 46% · 2019 43% · 2020 27% · 2021 24% · 2022 22% · 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
52% of THE HORSE SHELTER's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 60% 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
THE HORSE SHELTER draws 58% of its grant income from funders outside New Mexico, across 13 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $583k arriving through sponsors registered in 8 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
THE HORSE SHELTER runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 1,559 animals nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,559 animals nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like THE HORSE SHELTER
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 New Mexico
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
76% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
65%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE HORSE SHELTER: 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 HORSE SHELTER?
- THE HORSE SHELTER (New Mexico) receives grants from 40 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,134,258 to it, the largest being Norman Winer Charitable Trust ($570,000). 24 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE HORSE SHELTER have?
- IRS filings report 40 organizations giving $2,134,258 in grants to THE HORSE SHELTER, 24 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE HORSE SHELTER?
- Norman Winer Charitable Trust is the largest funder on record, with $570,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE HORSE SHELTER find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New Mexico. 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 2017–2024), and the filings of 40 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