The NCHA Foundation is proud to provide scholarship opportunities to NYCHA members pursuing their goals of higher education! These opportunities are available to youth members both in and out of the arena throughout the year. In addition, the Foundation oversees each NYCHA member’s individual scholarship account and distributes scholarship payouts directly to the students educational institution of choice. Students have until their twenty-fifth birthday to utilize scholarship funds in their account.

The NCHA Foundation is responsible for the acceptance, preservation, documentation, and other activities relating to the curatorship of NCHA’s historic memorabilia. The Foundation is currently working towards such memorabilia available to the public for educational charitable purposes.

It is the mission of the Development / Continued Education of the sport Committee to coordinate and assist with educational programs and presentations promoting the cutting horse and the sport of cutting. Such programs include Foundation fundraising events, judging and cutting clinics, and promotional activities at equine events.

The Animal Welfare Committee is responsible for supporting the projects that fund and promote the welfare of cutting horses. This includes research projects that can improve the length and quality of life of cutting horses and programs which aid in disaster relief efforts for the equine community.