Connecticut · Private foundation
Hamilton Rare Breeds Foundationinc
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $240k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 7
- Grants FY2025
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 7
- FY2019 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 6
- Total assets, FY2025
- $4.6M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 33% of the organizations Hamilton Rare Breeds Foundationinc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 19% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $45k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 7 | $240k | 14% |
| FY2024 | 6 | $240k | 33% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $207k | 86% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $50k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $85k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $5k | 100% |
| FY2019 | 5 | $70k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Livestock Conservancy Inc | $256,500 | 3 | 12% |
| High Hopes Therapeutic Riding Inc | $80,000 | 4 | 1% |
| High Horses Center for Equine- Assisted Services | $50,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Equus Survival Trust | $40,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Arnold's Rescue Center Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 9% |
| Road to Independence | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 9 recipients with no EIN on record ($440k), not named here.
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
Open a dossier: Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
Compare Hamilton Rare Breeds Foundationinc with peer funders
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About Hamilton Rare Breeds Foundationinc
- How much does Hamilton Rare Breeds Foundationinc give?
- Hamilton Rare Breeds Foundationinc reported 7 grants totaling $240,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 7 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
- What does Hamilton Rare Breeds Foundationinc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Animals (50%), Health (15%), Education (9%).
- Who are Hamilton Rare Breeds Foundationinc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: The Livestock Conservancy Inc ($257k), High Hopes Therapeutic Riding Inc ($80k), High Horses Center for Equine- Assisted Services ($50k).
- Does Hamilton Rare Breeds Foundationinc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Hamilton Rare Breeds Foundationinc accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Hamilton Rare Breeds Foundationinc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Hamilton Rare Breeds Foundationinc based?
- Hamilton Rare Breeds Foundationinc is based in CT.
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