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.

2 grants matching “accross” · $7,500

• $2,500

  Marin Stables and Trails · Fairfax, CA · 2023

  Replace the culvert accross the creek

• $5,000

  Marin Stables and Trails · Fairfax, CA · 2022

  Replace the culvert accross the creek

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