Kentucky · Public charity
Thoroughbred Charities of America Inc
TCA's mission is to fund and facilitate the support of Thoroughbreds and the people who care for them.
- $1.2M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 72
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 62
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 5%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $1.1M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $85,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 28 to 63
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 21
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.3M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 5% of the organizations Thoroughbred Charities of America Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 4% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $40k 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 | 72 | $1.1M | 13% |
| FY2024 | 62 | $1.0M | 5% |
| FY2023 | 60 | $833k | 13% |
| FY2022 | 57 | $724k | 11% |
| FY2021 | 42 | $591k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 63 | $1.0M | 49% |
| FY2019 | 28 | $364k | 43% |
| FY2018 | 33 | $533k | 24% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Retired Racehorse Project Ltd | $638,600 | 9 | 12% |
| Backstretch Employee Service Team of New York Inc | $306,194 | 9 | 3% |
| Race Track Chaplaincy of America Inc | $252,345 | 9 | 18% |
| The Jockey Club | $248,086 | 8 | 0% |
| Race Track Chaplaincy of America Metropolitan New York Division | $217,106 | 7 | 5% |
| Race Track Chaplanicy of America Pa Division Inc | $185,062 | 8 | 21% |
| New Vocations Racehorse Adoption | $179,955 | 9 | 1% |
| Blue Grass Farms Charities Inc | $162,806 | 8 | 7% |
| Belmont Child Care Association Inc | $153,386 | 9 | 2% |
| Kentucky Race Track Chaplaincy Inc | $149,000 | 8 | 5% |
Show all 86 grantees
Plus 20 recipients with no EIN on record ($352k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Thoroughbred Charities of America Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 4 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 84 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance Foundati Dba Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance · Churchill Downs Incorporated Foundation · The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals · Greater Good Charities · California Retirement Management Account · Middleground Capital Charitable Foundation · The Charles and Mary Heider Family Foundation · W L Lyons Brown Foundation · Nafzger Family Foundation · Equus Foundation Inc · The Jockey Club Safety Net Foundation · Limestone Family Foundation Inc
How this is measured
Compare Thoroughbred Charities of America Inc with peer funders
About Thoroughbred Charities of America Inc
- How much does Thoroughbred Charities of America Inc give?
- Thoroughbred Charities of America Inc reported 72 itemized grants totaling $1,080,870, out of $1,191,398 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 28 and 63 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Thoroughbred Charities of America Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Animals (51%), Religion (13%), Recreation & Sports (12%).
- Who are Thoroughbred Charities of America Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Retired Racehorse Project Ltd ($639k), Backstretch Employee Service Team of New York Inc ($306k), Race Track Chaplaincy of America Inc ($252k).
- Does Thoroughbred Charities of America Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 5% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Thoroughbred Charities of America Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance Foundati Dba Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance, Churchill Downs Incorporated Foundation, The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
- Where is Thoroughbred Charities of America Inc based?
- Thoroughbred Charities of America Inc is based in KY.
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