Bay Area Barns and Trails

What they fund

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

• Bay Area Ridge Trail Council4 grants · $25,000
• Volunteers for Outdoor California4 grants · $21,500
• Mounted Patrol Foundation3 grants · $10,700
• Marin Stables and Trails3 grants · $10,000
• We Ride Too1 grant · $6,350
• Alma Equine2 grants · $6,250
• Square Peg Foundation2 grants · $5,313
• Stewards of the Coast and Redwoods2 grants · $5,000
• Tilden Wildcat Horsemen'S Association1 grant · $5,000
• Halleck Creek Ranch2 grants · $4,900

Giving over time

Grant history

All 43 reported grants, largest first.

• $7,500

  Bay Area Ridge Trail Council · Berkeley, CA · 2025

  Multi-use trail building

• $7,500

  Bay Area Ridge Trail Council · Berkeley, CA · 2024

  Multi-use trail building

• $7,500

  Bay Area Ridge Trail Council · San Francisco, CA · 2023

  General support

• $7,500

  Volunteers for Outdoor California · Belmont, CA · 2022

  General support

• $6,500

  Volunteers for Outdoor California · Belmont, CA · 2023

  General support

• $6,350

  We Ride Too · Oakland, CA · 2022

  Equestrian education programs and lessons for Oakland youth.

• $5,000

  Volunteers for Outdoor California · Belmont, CA · 2025

  Volunteer trail mainteance support

• $5,000

  Marin Stables and Trails · Fairfax, CA · 2022

  Replace the culvert accross the creek

• $5,000

  Tilden Wildcat Horsemen'S Association · Orinda, CA · 2022

  Matching funds for TWHA's benefit event Matching funds for distribution to Bay Area Ridge Trail, Volunteers for Outdoor California, Ivan Dickson Volunteer Trail Maintenance Program(EBRPD).

• $4,755

  Friends of Bear Creek Stables · Redwood Estates, CA · 2025

  Fire resistant horse shelters

• $4,600

  Mounted Patrol Foundation · Woodside, CA · 2023

  Feed grant

• $4,063

  Square Peg Foundation · Half Moon Bay, CA · 2024

  For environmental improvements

• $4,000

  Mounted Patrol Foundation · Woodside, CA · 2025

  Trail bridge repair at Huddert Park

• $3,750

  Alma Equine · Los Gatos, CA · 2024

  Scholarships for riding students

• $2,500

  Sonoma County Regional Parks Foundation · Walnut Creek, CA · 2025

  Patnam park trail restoration

• $2,500

  Access Adventure · Fairfield, CA · 2024

  Trail maintenance

• $2,500

  Califonia Riding Club · Half Moon Bay, CA · 2024

  Scholarships for riding students

• $2,500

  Marin Stables and Trails · Fairfax, CA · 2024

  Environmental improvements

• $2,500

  Sonoma Ecology Center · Eldridge, CA · 2024

  For trail maintenance tools

• $2,500

  Stewards of the Coast and Redwoods · Guerneville, CA · 2024

  For trail maintenance tools

• $2,500

  Volunteers for Outdoor California · Belmont, CA · 2024

  To reroute trail alignment

• $2,500

  Alma Equine · Los Gatos, CA · 2023

  General support

• $2,500

  Equestrian Center of Walnut Creek · Walnut Creek, CA · 2023

  Tractor ans storage shed repair

• $2,500

  Marin Stables and Trails · Fairfax, CA · 2023

  Replace the culvert accross the creek

• $2,500

  Stewards of the Coast and Redwoods · Duncan Mills, CA · 2023

  TRail maintenance, construction

• $2,500

  Bay Area Ridge Trail Council · San Francisco, CA · 2022

  General support

• $2,500

  Halleck Creek Ranch · Nicasio, CA · 2022

  Environmental improvements in diverting contaminated water away from the creek.

• $2,450

  Point Reyes National Seashore Association · Point Reyes, CA · 2025

  Mounted patrol officer training and interpretive signage

• $2,400

  Halleck Creek Ranch · Nicasio, CA · 2024

  Scholarships fpr riding students

• $2,235

  Skyline Wilderness Park Citizens Association · Napa, CA · 2024

  Support for horse infrastructure

• $2,150

  Equestrian Center of Walnut Creek · Walnut Creek, CA · 2025

  Roof repairs

• $2,100

  Mounted Patrol Foundation · Woodside, CA · 2022

  Feed grant

• $2,000

  Sonoma Ecology Center · Eldridge, CA · 2025

  For trail maintenance tools

• $1,760

  Marin Horse Council Attn Linda Rubio Scholarship · Sausalito, CA · 2024

  Scholarships for riding students

• $1,600

  National Park Service · Pointe Reyes, CA · 2023

  Mounted patrol officer training

• $1,250

  Equi Ed · Santa Rosa, CA · 2025

  Therapeutic riding program support

• $1,250

  Square Peg Foundation · Half Moon Bay, CA · 2025

  Riding helmets for lesson program

• $1,250

  Giant Steps Therapeutic Equestrian Center · Petaluma, CA · 2024

  Wheelchair accessible mounting block

• $1,100

  Point Reyes · Point Reyes, CA · 2024

  Mounted patrol officer training

• $845

  Contra Costa Education Foundation · Martinez, CA · 2024

  Structural improvements to horse arena

• $510

  Caring Cowgirl · San Francisco, CA · 2023

  Youth riding scholarships

• $500

  Sonoma County Regional Parks Foundation · Santa Rosa, CA · 2023

  Construct of multi-use, horse-friendly 1.2 mile trail

• $400

  Santa Clara Horsemen'S Association · San Jose, CA · 2025

  Trail safety training event

Who else funds this kind of work