In partnership with five Baltimore-based farms, Bacon Hall, Church Hill, Johnnycake Farm, Olney Farm, and Willow View Farm, the Schuster Foundation provides over 1,000 lessons per year for children enrolled in a variety of Baltimore City Community Organizations.

Founded by Lezlie Hiner and based in Philadelphia since 1994, Work to Ride is a community-based prevention program that aids under-resourced urban youth through constructive activities centered on horsemanship, equine sports, and education. The success of this program has been featured on HBO Real Sports several times. Graduates of this program Kareem Rosser and Shariah Harris have received national acclaim for their accomplishments on and off the polo field. 

Charm City Youth Polo brings young riders from Baltimore City to the sport of polo. In conjunction with Garrison Forest School, the teams practice and compete in the interscholastic league under the USPA. This growing program is bringing horsemanship and sportsmanship of polo to new faces, and helping their riders reach new heights in sport as well as school. 

Great Strides Equestrian Foundation provides under-resourced teens in the Albany, NY area access to equestrian sports through polo and horseback riding lessons. Thanks to their founder Laurie Scott, Mario Dino of the Saratoga Polo School, and the Boys and Girls Club of the Capital Area for bringing these riders the joy of horsemanship, and with it, values such as discipline, teamwork, and responsibility.

Under the umbrella of the Helen Gurley Brown Foundation and based out of the Southern Blues Equestrian Center in Memphis, TN, GiddyUP guides young people into a future in which they can take their horseback riding skills and apply these into any future career path, within the “horse world” and beyond it. Their merit-based system of riding standards and levels helps their riders set and attain goals with both their riding and school. This program is also the home for the U.S. Equestrian Society which is committed to rider education and unifying standards through ethical and accessible horsemanship. 

The Florida Department of Juvenile Justice and the Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation run this program at the Lowell Correctional Institution in Ocala, FL to provide youth an opportunity to gain hands-on training while receiving the benefits of equine assisted therapy. This service is part of a specialized treatment plan and allows youth to grow and build upon their skills to ensure a successful transition back into their home communities.