USA Equestrian Trust Inc
Lexington, KY · EIN 13-1764840. Reported 38 grants totalling $3,533,704 to 33 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. USA Equestrian Trust Inc did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $5,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $3,800 and $10,000; the smallest was $600 and the largest $3,200,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Commonwealth of Kentucky Kentucky Horse Park Commission | Lexington, KY | $3,200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| University of Kentucky College of Agriculture Food and Environment | Lexington, KY | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Plantation Field Equestrian Events | Unionville, PA | $27,250 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Grayson-Jockey Club Research Foundation | Lexington, KY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Santa Barbara Equine Assistance and Evacuation Team | Santa Barbara, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| University of Florida | Gainesville, FL | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| American Association of Equine Practitioners Foundation | Lexington, KY | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| American Horse Council Foundation | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 2 | 1 | 2022 |
| American Saddlebred Horse & Breeders Association | Lexington, KY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Fair Hill International | Elkton, MD | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Horses N Heroes of Marion County | Citra, FL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Retired Racehorse Project | Edgewater, MD | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Peak Pentathlon | Denver, CO | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Detroit Horse Power | Detroit, MI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Lexington Mounted Unit | Lexington, VA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Metropolitan Equestrian Team | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Region 10 Arabian Horse Association | Whitewater, WI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Sacramento Area Hunter Jumper Association | Sacramento, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Simmons' Stable Preservation Fund | Mexico, MO | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Sunrise Vaulters (recognized Member of Equestrian Vaulting Usa) | Oak Park, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Dressage Foundation | Lincoln, NE | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Trot Search and Rescue Mounted Team | Germantown, MD | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| United States Hunter Jumper Association | Lexington, KY | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| United States Saddle Seat Association | Paris, KY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| United States Para-Equestrian Association | Wellington, FL | $4,600 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| American Morgan Horse Educational Charitable Trust | Lexington, KY | $4,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Native Horsemanship Youth Program | Poulsbo, WA | $3,800 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| American Horse Council Foundation | Mclean, VA | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Asbury University | Wilmore, KY | $2,970 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Camp Ondessonk | Ozark, IL | $2,792 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Southlands Foundation | Rhinebeck, NY | $2,592 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Kentucky Horse Council | Lexington, KY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Harness Horse Youth Foundation | Anderson, IN | $1,200 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
4 of 33 (12%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 10%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Commonwealth of Kentucky Kentucky Horse Park Commission
GIFT OF BUILDING AND IMPROVEMENTS TO BENEFIT THE EQUINE INDUSTRY, EQUINE SPORT AND/OR THE KY HORSE PARK COMMISSION - Plantation Field Equestrian Events
CONSTRUCTION FOR ADDITIONAL COMPETITION LEVEL - Grayson-Jockey Club Research Foundation
SUPPORT THE RESEARCH INTO EQUINE HERPESVIRUS MYELOENCEPHALOPATHY - University of Florida
SUPPORT RESEARCH INTO COLLAGEN DEFECTS IN SPORT HORSES - American Saddlebred Horse & Breeders Association
SUPPORT THE NEW YOUTH RIDER PROGRAM - Horses N Heroes of Marion County
SUPPORT THE YOUTH MENTORSHIP PROGRAM
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 18 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 12 | $108,884 | $5,500 |
| 2022 | 15 | $66,870 | $5,000 |
| 2023 | 10 | $3,307,950 | $5,000 |
| 2024 | 1 | $50,000 | $50,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 95% of this one's giving went to organizations in Kentucky. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $5,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Kentucky.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from USA Equestrian Trust Inc's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: Po Box 13321, Lexington, KY, 40583. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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