Horse Whisperers
Ways To Give
The EQUUS Foundation spends many hours evaluating grant applications to insure that your donation will make a real difference. All grant recipients must meet the Foundation's eligibility requirements and grant making guidelines. Following a thorough review, grant recipients are selected in August of each year. In September of each year, we will notify you of the recipient of your grant.
Unrestricted Donation
An Unrestricted donation is one that may be used to award a grant to any of the grant or scholarship recipients deemed worthy of award by the Board of Directors of The EQUUS Foundation.
Field of Interest Donation
Field-of-interest donations are ones where the donors may designate have a particular area of charitable interest for the award of a grant, such as horse rescue or therapeutic riding programs. We will work with you to define your specific interest.
Designated Grants
If you are firmly committed to supporting a specific charity, you should consider making your gifts directly to the charity. But, under some special circumstances, donors may recommend specific charities to receive a Horse Whisperer grant.
However, under Internal Revenue Service rules, the recommendations cannot be binding and The EQUUS Board of Directors has final approval. We will take your suggestions very seriously, and take care of all the record keeping and reporting to insure that recommended charities comply with EQUUS eligibility criteria and grant making guidelines. For donors who have established designated grants, the EQUUS Board, after carefully reviewing the facts, will redirect the funds if the charity becomes ineligible to receive an EQUUS grant.
The Horse Whisperers program is for donors who are inspired by the magical and powerful impact horses have on our lives. Horse Whisperer donations may be named by the donors in honor of a family member, friend, associate, or in the memory of a loved one or a loved equine companion. The Horse Whisperer Fund will be specifically used for the award of grants to charities devoted to the well-being of horses and fostering the horse-human bond, or the award of scholarships to reward equine volunteer service by individuals.
Annual
A donor who makes a donation of $5,000 or more to the Horse Whisperer Annual Fund will be recognized as a Horse Whisperer for the year in which the donation is made. The grants awarded from the annual fund will be named for the donors contributing to the fund in the year in which the donations are made.
Multi-Year
A donor who makes a multi-year pledge will be recognized as a Horse Whisper during the period in which the pledge is made.
• The $25,000 Horse Whisperer pledges $5,000 for five years. A $5,000 grant will be awarded each of the five years the pledge is paid in the name requested by the donor.
• The $10,000 Horse Whisperer pledges $2,500 for four years. Two $5,000 grants will be awarded in the name requested by the donor in the second year that the pledge is paid and when the pledge is paid in full.
• The $5,000 Horse Whisperer pledges $1,000 for five years. When the pledge is paid in full, a $5,000 grant will be awarded in the name requested by the donor.
For Horse Whisperer pledges of more than $25,000, donors may custom design the grant awards.
Michele E. Arnhold Memorial Grant
Established in 2008 by the family of Michele E. Arnhold in memory of her life-long passion, her pursuit of excellence and her commitment and contribution to the equestrian sport,
2008: $10,000 awarded to Giant Steps School & The American Institute for Neuro-Integrative Development.
2009: $10,000 awarded to Giant Steps School & The American Institute for Neuro-Integrative Development.
2010: $10,000 awarded to Giant Steps School & The American Institute for Neuro-Integrative Development.
2011: $10,000 awarded to Giant Steps School & The American Institute for Neuro-Integrative Development.
The Visse M. Wedell Grant
Established in 2008 by Visse M. Wedell, this grant will be awarded annually from 2008 through 2012 to a charity in the horse welfare funding area.
2008: $5,000 awarded to Days End Farm Horse Rescue.
2009: $5,000 awarded to Days End Farm Horse Rescue
2010: $5,000 awarded to Days End Farm Horse Rescue
2011: $5,000 awarded to Days End Farm Horse Rescue
The Gray & Jerry Fadden Grant
Established in 2009 by Gray and Jerry Fadden, this grant will be awarded annually from 2009 through 2013.
2009: $5,000 awarded to City Slickers.
2010: $5,000 awarded to Buffalo Therapeutic Riding Center, Inc.
2011: $5,000 awarded to Buffalo Therapeutic Riding Center, Inc.
The Flavia Callari Grant
Established in 2009 by Flavia Callari, a $5,000 grant will be awarded in 2013.
The Cornelius & Jasper Grant
Established in 2009 by Lynn Coakley, a $5,000 grant will be awarded in 2013.
The Buckeye Grant
Established in 2011 by Rick & Susan Weber, a $5,000 grant will be awarded in 2015.