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UNITED PROFESSIONAL HORSEMENS FOUNDATION

EIN 31-1014204 MIDWAY, KY

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Revenue 2024
$1,708,779
Expenses 2024
$697,881

Program services were 67.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
Classification
1000
Street
PO BOX 3728

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Other organizations at this address

2 other organizations in the IRS Business Master File list the same street address. matched by us

We match the street line and ZIP code as the IRS gives them, ignoring case and outer spaces and nothing else, so "AVE" and "AVENUE" count as different streets and this list can miss some. A shared address can mean related organizations or a shared office, but it can also be a registered agent, a mail drop or a service provider holding mail for unrelated clients. It is not, by itself, evidence that two organizations are connected.

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL HORSEMANSHIP AND MATTERS RELATED TO THE WELFARE OF HORSES BY ANY MEANS CONDUCIVE TO THAT END; TO EDUCATE AND TRAIN INDIVIDUALS IN THE ART OF HORSEMANSHIP; TO ENCOURAGE AND PROMOTE HORSE SHOWS AND STIMULATE INTEREST IN AND AWARENESS OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN HORSE SHOWS; TO ENCOURAGE, PROMOTE, AND ADVANCE PARTICIPATION IN EQUESTRIAN ACTIVITIES THROUGH EDUCATION AND SCIENCE; TO UNDERTAKE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS IN EQUESTRIAN ACTIVITIES THROUGH DISSEMINATION OF EQUESTRIAN EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS; TO AWARD SCHOLARSHIPS TO AMATEUR CONTESTANTS IN CERTAIN CLASSES OF SHOW HORSE COMPETITIONS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

CONDUCTING ACTIVITIES FOR EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL HORSEMANSHIP.

  • UPHA RIBBONS OF SERVICE - SADDLESEAT EQUITATION RIDERS COMPETE WITH EACH OTHER TO RAISE FUNDS FOR AN APPROVED CHARITY. THE PROGRAM REQUIRES THE EQUITATION RIDERS TO COMMIT A DESIGNATED NUMBER OF HOURS TO THEIR CHOSEN CHARITY AND TO HELP RAISE AWARENESS AND FUNDS.

    Expenses $179,260 · Grants $141,416 · Revenue $157,895

  • AMERICAN ROYAL PROGRAM - THE UPHA FOUNDATION AND THE AMERICAN ROYAL FOUNDATION PARTNER FOR THE UPHA AMERICAN ROYAL NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP HORSE SHOW HELD ANNUALLY IN NOVEMBER AT THE AMERICAN ROYAL COMPLEX/HALE ARENA IN KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, TO ENCOURAGE AND PROMOTE HORSE SHOWS, STIMULATE INTEREST IN AND AWARENESS OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN HORSE SHOWS AND EFFECT A BETTER UNDERSTANDING AMONG ASSOCIATIONS HOLDING EXHIBITIONS OF HORSES, TO PROMOTE AND ADVANCE PARTICIPATION IN EQUESTRIAN ACTIVITIES AND INCREASE AWARENESS OF EQUESTRIAN SPORT.

    Expenses $89,231 · Revenue $90,841

  • UPHA EXCEPTIONAL CHALLENGE CUP - PROGRAM FOR HANDICAPPED RIDERS TO COMPETE IN A NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP EQUITATION CLASS AT THE AMERICAN ROYAL CHAMPIONSHIP HORSE SHOW IN KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI EACH NOVEMBER.

    Expenses $84,576 · Grants $30,500

  • OPEN GATE LEARNING CENTER IS AN ON-SITE STUDY AND LEARNING CNETER FOR YOUNG EQUESTRIANS WHO ARE COMPETING FOR A NATIONAL WORLD TITLE.

    Expenses $16,567 · Revenue $28,268

  • MARIA KNIGHT SCHOLARSHIP FUND AWARDS SCHOLARSHIPS TO THE CHILDREN OF PROFESSIONAL (ACTIVE MEMBER) HORSE TRAINERS BASED ON ACADEMIC MERIT AND FINANCIAL NEED.

    Expenses $6,724 · Grants $5,312

  • UPHA CLASSICS - CLASSES HELD THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND A GRAND CHAMPIONSHIP HELD FOR SADDLEBREDS, MORGANS, AND HACKNEY PONIES, IN ORDER TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE GROWTH AND PROSPERITY OF THE SHOW HORSE INDUSTRY.

    Revenue $90,000

  • PROGRAM SUPPORT - THE UPHA ANALYZES AND EVALUATES THE NEEDS OTHER ORGANIZATIONS DEDICATED TO PROVIDING EDUCATION AND SCIENCE PROGRAMS IN EQUESTRIAN FIELDS. IN THE EVENT THAT THESE ORGANIZATIONS MEET CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS, THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS WILL APPROVE CONTRIBUTIONS.

    Expenses $97,358 · Grants $76,917 · Revenue $72,422

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • James Taylor

    DIRECTOR AT LARGE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 5 related

  • Cindy Mugnier

    DIRECTOR AT LARGE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 5 related

  • Kristen Cater

    FIRST VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 6 related

  • Paul Boone

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 6 related

  • Tammy Conatser

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 6 related

  • Jimmy Robertson

    IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 6 related

  • Melissa Smith

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 6 related

  • Mark Bodnar

    SECOND VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 6 related

  • Jennifer Mellenkamp

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $102,132
    From this org
    $90,737
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,395
    Hours/week
    15 + 25 related

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $1,708,779
    Expenses
    $697,881
    Contributions
    $648,648
    Grants paid
    $254,145
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $1,095,149
    Expenses
    $823,876
    Contributions
    $597,306
    Grants paid
    $337,679
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $919,798
    Expenses
    $613,899
    Contributions
    $558,506
    Grants paid
    $202,221

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,019,249
    Expenses
    $768,258
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,711,001

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $903,834
    Expenses
    $620,774
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,728,269

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $748,150
    Expenses
    $585,344
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,387,413

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $787,286
    Expenses
    $618,903
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,918,454

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.

Grants made

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared on its 2024 return

Declared as related by

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility SOUNK.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.