Ohio · Public charity
United States Trotting Association
To improve the breed, establish rules, regulate registration, promote, secure, and enforce uniformity in racing and conditions of the standardbred horse, oversee licensing of officials, drivers and trainers involved in racing.
- $403k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 5
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 25%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $386k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $58,245
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $174,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 6
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $19M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 25% of the organizations United States Trotting Association funded were first-time grantees, receiving 52% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 48% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $172k 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 | 5 | $386k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 4 | $333k | 25% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $158k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $229k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $261k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 3 | $158k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Horse Council Inc | $549,440 | 6 | 16% |
| Standardbred Racing Investigative Fund | $346,000 | 2 | 46% |
| Harness Racing Museum and Hall of Fame | $335,138 | 6 | 6% |
| University of California Davis | $166,767 | 3 | n/a |
| Harness Horse Youth Foundation | $50,000 | 5 | 6% |
| Michigan State University | $41,658 | 2 | n/a |
| Standardbred Transition Alliance | $35,250 | 1 | 15% |
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.
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How this is measured
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About United States Trotting Association
- How much does United States Trotting Association give?
- United States Trotting Association reported 5 itemized grants totaling $385,554, out of $402,504 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 6 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does United States Trotting Association fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Recreation & Sports (87%), Animals (13%).
- Who are United States Trotting Association's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: American Horse Council Inc ($549k), Standardbred Racing Investigative Fund ($346k), Harness Racing Museum and Hall of Fame ($335k).
- Does United States Trotting Association fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as United States Trotting Association?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Pennsylvania Harness Horsemen's Association.
- Where is United States Trotting Association based?
- United States Trotting Association is based in OH.
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