Virginia · Private foundation
The American Donkey Trust
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.
- $90k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 9
- Grants FY2025
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $54,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 10
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $308k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations The American Donkey Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 20% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $23k 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 | 9 | $90k | 22% |
| FY2024 | 10 | $112k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $95k | 40% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $24k | 67% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $12k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $2k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 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, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Middleburg Humane Foundation | $107,500 | 4 | 1% |
| Blue Ridge Wildlife Center | $52,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Lost Meadows Mule Refuge | $45,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Peaceful Valley Donkey Rescue Inc | $18,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Rainbow Therapeutic Riding Center | $18,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Gerdas Equine Rescue Inc | $11,500 | 3 | 2% |
| Rockys Horse Rescue and Rehabilitation | $10,330 | 4 | n/a |
| Oscar's Place Adoption Center & Sanctuary | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Fauquier Spca Inc | $6,000 | 2 | 0% |
| North Carolina Veterinary Medical Foundation Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 17 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Middleburg Humane Foundation | $107,500 | 4 | 1% |
| Blue Ridge Wildlife Center | $52,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Lost Meadows Mule Refuge | $45,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Peaceful Valley Donkey Rescue Inc | $18,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Rainbow Therapeutic Riding Center | $18,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Gerdas Equine Rescue Inc | $11,500 | 3 | 2% |
| Rockys Horse Rescue and Rehabilitation | $10,330 | 4 | n/a |
| Oscar's Place Adoption Center & Sanctuary | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Fauquier Spca Inc | $6,000 | 2 | 0% |
| North Carolina Veterinary Medical Foundation Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Upperville Colt & Horse Show Inc | $4,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Homeless Animals Rescue Team Inc | $4,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Save the Brays Donkey Rescue | $4,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Life Horse Inc | $3,500 | 1 | 3% |
| Sound Equine Options | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The National Sporting Library and Museum | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Little Fork Volunteer Fire And | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($29k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The American Donkey Trust supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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 tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: The Kathryn J Clark Foundation Inc · Wise Foundation · Dun Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Ronald M Bradley Foundation Inc · William M Backer Foundation Inc · The Luminescence Foundation Inc · Northern Piedmont Community Foundation · Fauquier Health Foundation Dba the Path Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Verizon Foundation · Network for Good
How this is measured
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About The American Donkey Trust
- How much does The American Donkey Trust give?
- The American Donkey Trust reported 9 grants totaling $90,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 10 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does The American Donkey Trust fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Animals (86%), Health (5%), Recreation & Sports (2%).
- Who are The American Donkey Trust's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Middleburg Humane Foundation ($108k), Blue Ridge Wildlife Center ($52k), Lost Meadows Mule Refuge ($45k).
- Does The American Donkey Trust fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The American Donkey Trust 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 The American Donkey Trust?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Kathryn J Clark Foundation Inc, Wise Foundation, Dun Foundation.
- Where is The American Donkey Trust based?
- The American Donkey Trust is based in VA.
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