Thoroughbred Charities of America Inc
Lexington, KY · EIN 26-2861555. Reported 226 grants totalling $3,185,616 to 80 organizations across tax years 2021-2024, on Form 990 Schedule I.
Does this grantmaker accept applications?
Its tax return does not say, and we will not guess. Private foundations file Form 990-PF, which asks outright whether they fund only organizations they select themselves -- 78% say yes, and that one answer is what lets the rest of this site tell you which foundations are worth approaching. Grantmaking charities like this one file a regular Form 990 instead, and the IRS never puts the question to them. Anyone claiming to know the answer from the filing is inventing it.
Three things in the filing do bear on it:
- What kind of organization it is. For Thoroughbred Charities of America Inc, by its IRS classification it exists to support one specific institution in animal welfare -- typically its own parent hospital, university or school (NTEE D11).
- How spread out its giving is. 80 distinct organizations, with 9% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is genuinely spread out -- the mark of a funder making many independent decisions rather than underwriting one institution.
- How much its list changes. 82% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 3 year-to-year transitions. That is well above the 57% median for grantmaking charities, and above the 67% private foundations manage. This list is close to settled, so a newcomer has to displace someone rather than fill a gap.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $10,300. Half of what it reported fell between $8,000 and $15,300; the smallest was $5,100 and the largest $85,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by the EIN the filer reported, not by name, so an organization that was typed differently in two years appears once rather than twice.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Retired Racehorse Project Ltd | Edgewater, MD | $300,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Backstretch Employee Service Team of New York Inc | Elmont, NY | $159,455 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Jockey Club | New York, NY | $109,928 | 7 | 4 | 2024 |
| Race Track Chaplaincy of America Pa Division Inc | Bensalem, PA | $96,500 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| Kentucky Race Track Chaplaincy Inc | Pewee Valley, KY | $86,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Blue Grass Farms Charities Inc | Lexington, KY | $85,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Race Track Chaplaincy of America | Elmont, NY | $77,800 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Belmont Child Care Association Inc | Elmont, NY | $76,930 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| TAKE2 Second Career Thoroughbred Program Inc | Floral Park, NY | $76,070 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Delaware Horsemens Assistance Fund Inc | Wilmington, DE | $71,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Backside Learning Center Inc | Louisville, KY | $66,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Equine Encore Performance at Charles Town Inc | Ranson, WV | $63,300 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Racing Industry Charitable Foundation Inc | Cicero, IL | $62,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| California Thoroughbred Horsemens Foundation | Arcadia, CA | $58,025 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Kentucky Equine Management Internship Program Inc | Lexington, KY | $53,605 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| California Retirement Management Account Inc | Arcadia, CA | $50,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Central Kentucky Riding for Hope Inc | Lexington, KY | $48,800 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Maryland Standardbred Horsemen S Assistance Fund Inc | Temple Hills, MD | $47,800 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Down the Stretch | Creston, WA | $46,800 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Second Stride Inc | Crestwood, KY | $46,300 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Old Friends Inc | Georgetown, KY | $45,605 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Race Track Chaplaincy of Amer | Lexington, KY | $45,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| After the Races | Elkton, MD | $45,100 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Brook Hill Retirement Center for Horses Inc | Forest, VA | $44,800 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Rerun Inc | East Greenbush, NY | $44,618 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Square Peg Foundation | Half Moon Bay, CA | $43,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| New Vocations Racehorse Adopt | Lexington, KY | $42,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Exceller Fund Inc | Batavia, IL | $41,300 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Finger Lakes Thoroughbred Adoption Program Inc | Farmington, NY | $40,710 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Beyond the Wire | Owings Mills, MD | $40,300 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Horse and Hound Rescue Foundation | Guthrie, OK | $40,300 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| New Vocation Racehorse Adoption Program | Lexington, KY | $39,700 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Race Track Chaplaincy of America Inc | Lexington, KY | $39,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Friends of Ferdinand Indiana Inc | Mooresville, IN | $38,800 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Hope After Racing Thoroughbreds | Altoona, IA | $37,800 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Communication Alliance to Network Thoroughbred Ex-Racehorses | Commerce Twp, MI | $37,600 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Midatlantic Horse Rescue | Warwick, MD | $36,600 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Akindale Rehabilitation & Land Conservation Fund | Pawling, NY | $36,300 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Thoroughbred Placement Resources Inc | Uppr Marlboro, MD | $33,600 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Longrun Thoroughbred Ret Svcs | Etobicoke, Ontario | $31,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Illinois Thoroughbred Horsemens Association Thoroughbred Rescue Fu | North Riverside, IL | $30,800 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| United Pegasus Foundation | Tehachapi, CA | $30,800 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Harmony and Hope Horse Haven Inc | Rodeo, NM | $27,800 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Our Mims Retirement Haven Inc | Paris, KY | $27,800 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| The Elite Program | Lexington, KY | $25,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Glen Ellen Vocational Academy | Glen Ellen, CA | $24,800 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Central Virginia Horse Rescue | Fredericksburg, VA | $22,800 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Communication Alliance to Network Thoroughbred Ex-Racehorses | Lexington, KY | $22,800 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Second Call Thoroughbred Adoption and Placement | Helmetta, NJ | $22,800 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Caribbean Thoroughbred Afterc | $22,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 | |
| Hope for Horses | Leicester, NC | $22,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| War Horses at Rose Bower | Appomattox, VA | $21,800 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Equine Rescue and Adoption Foundation Inc | Palm City, FL | $21,300 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Lifeworks Community Action Inc | Ballston Spa, NY | $21,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Thoroughbred Athletes Inc | Guthrie, OK | $20,800 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Secretariat Center Inc | Lexington, KY | $20,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Amplify Horse Racing | Lexington, KY | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Hopes Legacy Equine Rescue Inc | Afton, VA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Illinois Equine Humane Center Nfp | Maple Park, IL | $18,800 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ocala Farm Ministry | Ocala, FL | $17,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Kentucky Equine Humane Center Inc | Nicholasville, KY | $16,800 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Lucky Orphans Horse Rescue | Dover Plains, NY | $16,380 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| After the Homestretch-Arizona | Phoenix, AZ | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Horse Farm Workers Educational Assistance Fund Inc | Versailles, KY | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Lonestar Outreach to Place Ex-Racers | Driftwood, TX | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Race for Education | Lexington, KY | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Race Track Chaplaincy of California | Pico Rivera, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Second Chance Thoroughbreds Inc | Spencer, NY | $13,200 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Horsepower Sanctuaries | Paso Robles, CA | $12,600 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Tjcts | Lexington, KY | $10,890 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Beyond the Roses Equine Rescue and Retirement | Emmett, MI | $10,600 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Long-Run Thoroughbred Retirem | Toronto | $10,300 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Win Place Home Inc | Canyon Country, CA | $10,300 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Midatlantic Horse Rescue Inc | Chesapeake Cy, MD | $10,200 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Ky Equine Mngt Internship | Lexington, KY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Shenandoah Valley Eq Res | Winchester, VA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Bowman Second Chance | Anoka, MN | $7,800 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Lone Star Outreach to Place | Driftwood, TX | $7,800 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Racehorse Remember Me Rescue Foundation | Burleson, TX | $7,200 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| This Old Horse Inc | Afton, MN | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
64 of 80 (80%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold. Remember the $5,000 floor: an organization funded every year at $3,000 shows up here as never funded at all.
What kind of organizations it funds
By each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 49 of 80 recipients we could match to a registered organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses -- Schedule I reports the recipient's EIN, so this is a lookup rather than a name match.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants reported | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 43 | $591,441 | $11,025 |
| 2022 | 58 | $723,790 | $10,200 |
| 2023 | 62 | $833,420 | $10,300 |
| 2024 | 63 | $1,036,965 | $10,300 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- Form 990 arrives about a year after the year it covers, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a grantmaker winding down.
Where its money goes
25% of its giving went to organizations in Kentucky. Community foundations and federated funds are usually the most geographically bounded funders there are -- being outside the footprint is normally disqualifying in a way that a weak programme fit is not.
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How to approach this grantmaker
- Look for a published programme first. Unlike most private foundations, organizations of this kind often do run open, deadlined grant cycles with written guidelines. Its own website is the authority on that; this page is the authority on who it has actually paid.
- Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $10,300 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in Kentucky.
- Read the recipient list for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer and a cheap one to get.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Thoroughbred Charities of America Inc's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred or estimated.
On its most recent return it told the IRS it made grants to 62 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 1 other organizations. That is the filer's own count for one year; the totals above cover every year we hold.
Address of record on the latest return: 2365 Harrodsburg Road A200, Lexington, KY, 40504.
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