$300,000 in grants for US equine projects

The USA Equestrian Trust has rounded off a twelvemonth of giving with $95,000 inwards grants to aid fund iv to a greater extent than equine projects equally business office of a historic twelvemonth for the foundation.

The awards come upwards on laissez passer on off of close $240,000 awarded inwards May to xi equine non-profits.

The Trust’s volunteer leadership approved an expansion of the plan before this year, offering a instant grant application menses for the showtime fourth dimension inwards the foundation’s history. The organisation saw fifty-fifty greater require from interested non-profits equally the release of applications received inwards 2012 to a greater extent than than doubled compared to the twelvemonth before. The Trust’s volunteer leadership responded yesteryear granting to a greater extent than than it always has before.

“In this fourth dimension of continued economical instability, the board of USA Equestrian Trust dedicated itself to helping, equally best nosotros can, the many worthy equine non-profits inwards require of assistance,” said USA Equestrian Trust President Alan F. Balch.

Since the inception of the Trust’s grants program, the organisation has awarded to a greater extent than than $1.25 ane yard 1000 inwards grants to equine non-profits.

The iv projects funded equally business office of the grants menses ending inwards Oct were:

 

• $32,500 to USA Reining, Inc., to assist inwards start-up expenses for the newly recognized FEI sport affiliate. The organisation seeks to back upwards the sport at the grassroots flat in addition to grow its presence nationally.
• $30,000 to the Arabian Horse Association to completely revamp its website to aid the organisation marketplace in addition to promote the breed.
•  $20,000 to the Virginia Horse Center Foundation to assist inwards replacing the ageing lighting scheme inwards the organization’s Anderson Coliseum, which hosts equestrian events of all disciplines. The upgrade volition furnish a safer facility for the 500,000 competitors who compete in that location annually.
• $12,500 to found a need-based move grants plan for riders inwards California in addition to Nevada seeking preparation equally business office of the USA Hunter Jumper Association’s Emerging Athletes Program.

 

USA Equestrian Trust is a New York Not-for-Profit Corporation whose mission is to assist inwards preserving and/or enhancing the lineament of equestrian sport inwards the USA of America.

Its objects in addition to purposes are alone charitable, educational, and dedicated to the fostering of equestrian sports. The Trust is a soul foundation pursuant to the USA Internal Revenue Code of 1986, in addition to a Sustaining Affiliate of United States Equestrian Federation (USEF), the National Governing Body for equestrian sport inwards the United States.

 

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