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12 funders with a record of paying for “horsemanship”
Where the money went
Largest: $15,000 to Shane CntrTherapeutic Horsemanship — to support operating expense for maintaining the horses and programming for people with disabilities through therapeutic riding
Largest: $3,500 to TWO HEARTS HORSEMANSHIP HEALING — program support
Largest: $125,000 to REINS-WYLDE HORSES — theraputic horsemanship program
Largest: $92,000 to SIRE — grant toward equine-assisted learning program in support of sire's mission to improve the quality of life for people with special needs through therapeutic horsemanship activities …
The Selders FoundationLa Canada Flintridge, CA
7 matching grants · $19,500 · through 2025Largest: $4,500 to RANCHO CIELO — therapeutic horsemanship programs
Largest: $75,000 to CINCINNATI THERAPEUTIC RIDING AND HORSEMANSHIP — organization's charitable purpose
The Community Foundation of HarrisonburgHarrisonburg, VACharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $60,184 · through 2024Largest: $15,475 to DARE TO DREAM THERAPEUTIC HORSEMANSHIP CENTER — mental healthcare
Largest: $40,000 to REINS THERAPEUTIC HORSEMANSHIP — horsemanship program for handicapped
Partnership for Better HealthCarlisle, PACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $77,500 · through 2024Largest: $37,500 to REINS OF RHYTHM RIDING & HORSEMANSHIP — to launch the nationally scaled program model, stable moments, to support the development of life skills in foster/adopted youth for healthy transitions into adulthood; to support …
Community Foundation of Orange and SulliMontgomery, NYCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $123,100 · through 2024Largest: $43,000 to VICTORY HILL THERAPEUTIC HORSEMANSHIP — program support
Largest: $5,000 to SOUTHLANDS FOUNDATION — school of horsemanship & mastership
Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy FundNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $87,500 · through 2024Largest: $35,000 to HOLISTIC HORSEMANSHIP SERVICES — community & human services
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Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV and Form 990 Schedule I, tax years 2019–2025. These are grants already paid, a record of what an organization funds rather than an open call. Private foundations rarely accept unsolicited applications and the route in is usually a program officer; grantmaking charities and associations more often run real application cycles, so check their website. How this data is built, and its limits →

