The Michael Poulin Dressage Fund

Friends, students and supporters of Michael Poulin established the Fund at the Dressage Foundation in 2003. The Fund was authorized and established by a Resolution of the Board of Directors of The Dressage Foundation. The Resolution spells out the governance and operating policies/procedures for the Fund, and provides a stewardship road map for today and tomorrow.

Purpose

The purpose of The Michael Poulin Dressage Fund is to provide funding support for programs and projects that enhance the quality of Dressage in the United States, through any and all of its component disciplines - riding, competing, training, instructing and judging. The Dressage Foundation seeks grant applications that contain bold, creative, innovative ideas for the improvement and strengthening of Dressage. The Dressage Foundation encourages collaborative efforts, where one or more equestrian organizations might pool their financial resources with a grant from The Michael Poulin Dressage Fund to accomplish new, big, important results in Dressage.

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In 2005, the Fund awarded a $7,950 grant to Kaitlyn Hamilton (MI) to represent the United States at the FEI Young Rider World Cup Dressage Final in Frankfurt, Germany - and a $6,500 grant to two-time Brentina Cup winner, Elizabeth Austin (VT) to train with Klaus Balkenhol in Germany.  In 2010, Isabelle Leibler (CT) was awarded a $6,000 grant to take her two FEI Ponies to compete at the International Youth Festival in Hagen, Germany.  Mo Swanson of Rolling Stone Farm (PA) was given a $6,000 grant in 2011 to send the farm's trainer, John Lee Amber, and its 7-year-old homebred Hanoverian stallion, Shakespeare RSF, to train and compete in Florida.

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