Sponsorship

Elisa is actively looking for sponsors who would like to come along side her to contribute and join in her success. Team Wallace has spent the better part of two decades establishing the credibility of its brand, and is now well-know for its success in competition, but also for the quality of its horses, teaching, and training. As far as its online presence is concerned, teamwallace.org receives a significant amount of traffic, and it would benefit the visibility of any organization to have its brand featured prominently on the website, in addition to horse shows and other events, both domestic and international. For more information about sponsorship opportunities, please contact Rick Wallace at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Donations are 100% tax deductible according to IRS Code Section 501(c)(3). The American Horse Trials Foundation was established in 1987 to assist 3-Day Event Riders and Organizers in raising tax deductible financial support for national and international competition. Make checks payable to AHTF and in memo line write donation. Send check to Team Wallace, PO Box 10437, Tallahassee, Florida 32302. Your donation will be forwarded to AHTF headquarters and you will receive a letter of your tax deductible donation. For more information, please call Rick Wallace at 850-580-4064.

Benefits of Being a Sponsor

There are many benefits of sponsorship including, but certainly not limited to:

• Increased public awareness of your identity and products through media sources.
• Attracts affluent and upscale market audience.
• Scores of regional and national horse magazines and newsletters report all levels of horse competitions.
• Cable television covers major US equestrian events and covers the Olympics, World Games and the Pan AM Games.
• High national visibility. Elisa travels to at least 20 US cities for competitions, clinics and other horse related business.
• Signage displays: Logos and advertising may be displayed on rider's clothing and helmet, horse's saddle pads, blankets and other equipment, support vehicles and stabling area banners.
• Product endorsements and sample distribution.
• Trade opportunity: Your business would be welcome to set up a corporate hospitality trade booth at Elisa's competitions.
• Partnership with motivated, determined and personable athlete.
• Testimonial about your product/distribution on the website and link to your company's site.
• National and world recognition.
• Behind-the-scenes access at world class events.
• Benefit of a 100% tax deductible donation (according to the IRS Code Section 501(c)3) through the American Horse Trials Foundation.

Demographics

The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) regularly publishes the readership demographics for its primary print publication, Equestrian Magazine. According to the USEF, baed on information gathered from its over 88,000 members, the average Equestrian reader has the following characteristics:

• 85% are women
• 66% have a college degree
• Average income is $185,000
• 38% have a net worth over $500,000
• 80% make or directly influence purchasing decisions at work
• The market value of the average home is $594,000.
• 22% own two or more homes.
• Average 30 nights per year in a hotel
• Own three vehicles
• 40% own a farm; 66% of those are ten acres or more
• Own an average of four horses
• Compete at least six times per year

Syndication

Horse ownership syndication is when a group of people come together to purchase shares in a promising horse for a professional event rider. These shares not only cover the actual cost to buy the horse, but the annual costs needed to maintain the horse. For example, if you are joining a horse ownership syndication which offers 10 shares, then you and 9 other people will own that event horse and help maintain the costs of your event horse on an annual basis. If you are interested in supporting Team Wallace through this type of arrangement and would like more information including forms and a sample budget, please contact Elisa Wallace (Georgia) at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or Rick Wallace (Florida) at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

For more information about Horse ownership syndication in general, please visit http://experienceeventing.com. http://experienceeventing.com is an initiative of the USEF-sponsored Eventing Owners Task Force (EOTF), a small group of eventing horse owners elected by peers in 2008 to improve owner communications with the USEF and to facilitate the expansion of eventing horse ownership.

Experience Eventing Profiles

Rick Wallace
Elisa Wallace

Donations

Donations are 100% tax deductible according to IRS Code Section 501(c)(3). The American Horse Trials Foundation was established in 1987 to assist 3-Day Event Riders and Organizers in raising tax deductible financial support for national and international competition. Make checks payable to AHTF and in memo line write donation. Send check to Team Wallace, PO Box 10437, Tallahassee, Florida 32302. Your donation will be forwarded to AHTF headquarters and you will receive a letter of your tax deductible donation. For more information, please call Rick Wallace at 850-580-4064.

American Horse Trials Foundation

The American Horse Trials Foundation is a non-profit corporation established to assist Three Day Event Riders and Organizers in raising tax deductible financial support for national and international competition. Eventing is one of three Olympic Equestrian sports, with its origins in cavalry training - combining the very diverse disciplines of dressage, cross-country riding and show jumping.

Riders who are bona fide national or international level competitors are eligible to apply for grants from the American Horse Trials Foundation to further their preparation for Olympic or World Championship competition. In 1990 the American Horse Trials Foundation expanded its program to include grants for Horse Trials that offer competition at the preliminary level or above. Additionally, the program includes grants for qualified Young Riders and Riders competing in the Show Jumping, Dressage and Endurance disciplines.

The Foundation has enabled athletes with limited financial resources to train and compete at the national and international levels. At this time our beneficiaries include many of the top eventers in the country including most of the team members and individual competitors at the Olympic games, World Equestrian Games and Pan Am Games since the late 1980’s. The Foundation has also enabled Event Organizers to build, maintain and upgrade their courses.

Since its inception in 1987 the American Horse Trials Foundation has distributed over $17 million directly to equestrian athletes and competition organizers for competitive activities. At this time only 8 percent of each contribution is deducted for administrative expenses.

If you would like to assist equestrian athletes, or are a rider or organizer needing financial support, contact the Foundation today. The American Horse Trials Foundation has been granted tax exempt status under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. All contributions are deductible to the maximum extent allowed by law. Donations should be directed to the American Horse Trials Foundation, Inc. Please contact the AHTF directly for information about anonymous or non-cash contributions.

The American Horse Trials Foundation
221 Grove Cove Road
Centreville, MD
21617 USA

Phone: (443) 262 - 9555
Fax: (443) 262 - 9666

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