Every year the AYHC supports educational programming at the regional level through the funding of grants. Since its inception, the AYHC grants program has helped supplement valuable educational activities throughout the United States. AYHC offers one grant cycle per year. 

 

Application Deadline
Applications must be received in the AYHC office no later than October 31 of the current year. AYHC only has one grant cycle each year so the grants submitted should be for projects after October 31 of the application year. 

About The American Youth Horse Council Grant Program

Among its many projects, the AYHC annually accepts and awards grant funding to quality educational programs. The chief aim of AYHC's grant program is to support groups in educating adults or teens who will, in turn, share their knowledge with youth, thereby enriching young people’s equine experiences.  A secondary goal of this grant program is to support high-impact educational events that directly educate youth and advance the youth horse industry, in alignment with AYHC’s mission.

Criteria and Eligibility for Funds

Funding proposals should include the following:

• Membership: All applicants must be AYHC members. You may submit membership at the time of application. The form is available in the link below.

• Demonstrate that the ultimate goal of the project supports youth education, either by developing the equine knowledge of adults/teens who will teach youth, or by providing direct educational experiences for youth that strengthen the horse industry.”

• Demonstrate support, collaboration, partnerships, and links with other entities. Priority will be given to projects that involve a minimum of two (2) organizations of dissimilar affiliation to participate as collaborators however, applications will be accepted from individual organizations. Examples that would fulfill this requirement are 4-H and Pony Clubs, 4-H and FFA, Pony Club and breed associations, state horse councils, and horseman’s associations, or any combination of groups that educate youth about horses

Restrictions: The AYHC does not make grants for the following purposes, therefore requests to fund the following purposes are likely to be denied: Political campaigns or entities designed primarily for lobbying, religious activities, activities that jeopardize the AYHC’s tax-exempt status, indirect costs, construction projects, awards, contest travel or purposes outside the funding priorities as listed above.

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Application process:  Applications must be submitted electronically via Judgify at judgify.me/AYHCgrant25.  The following documents may be used as a template to prepare your application. 

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Application template

Budget template