Virginia · Public charity
Virginia Equine Alliance
The purpose of the VIRGINIA EQUINE ALLIANCE is to sustain, promote, and expand the horse breeding and horse racing industries in the commonwealth of virginia. The alliance seeks to establish and support new and multiple venues for horse racing in the commonwealth and to advocate and support legislation, regulations, and rules beneficial…
- $708k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 16
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 40%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $660k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $80,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 10
- FY2019 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $34M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 40% of the organizations Virginia Equine Alliance funded were first-time grantees, receiving 45% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 55% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $213k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 15 | $660k | 27% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $473k | 40% |
| FY2022 | 7 | $348k | 29% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $253k | 40% |
| FY2020 | 8 | $466k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $182k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Virginia Horse Center Foundation | $500,000 | 3 | 4% |
| Virginia Thoroughbred Project | $333,500 | 6 | 62% |
| Garth Road Preservation Inc | $200,000 | 3 | 8% |
| Virginia Gold Cup Association Inc | $200,000 | 3 | 8% |
| Great Meadow Foundation Inc | $175,000 | 2 | 12% |
| Glenwood Park Trust | $150,000 | 2 | 47% |
| Montpelier Steeplechase & Equestrian Foundation Inc | $150,000 | 2 | 9% |
| Friends of the Richmond Mounted Squad | $100,000 | 1 | 72% |
| Virginia Horse Council | $97,484 | 4 | 60% |
| Standardbred Retirement Foundation Inc | $95,500 | 6 | 2% |
Show all 21 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Virginia Horse Center Foundation | $500,000 | 3 | 4% |
| Virginia Thoroughbred Project | $333,500 | 6 | 62% |
| Garth Road Preservation Inc | $200,000 | 3 | 8% |
| Virginia Gold Cup Association Inc | $200,000 | 3 | 8% |
| Great Meadow Foundation Inc | $175,000 | 2 | 12% |
| Glenwood Park Trust | $150,000 | 2 | 47% |
| Montpelier Steeplechase & Equestrian Foundation Inc | $150,000 | 2 | 9% |
| Friends of the Richmond Mounted Squad | $100,000 | 1 | 72% |
| Virginia Horse Council | $97,484 | 4 | 60% |
| Standardbred Retirement Foundation Inc | $95,500 | 6 | 2% |
| James River Horse Foundation | $67,000 | 5 | 14% |
| Virginia Fall Races Inc | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ashland Museum | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Middleburg Spring Race Association Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 9% |
| Upperville Colt & Horse Show Inc | $22,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Warrenton Horse Show Foundation | $22,500 | 1 | 20% |
| New Day Equine Therapy | $20,000 | 1 | 28% |
| Standardbred Transition Alliance | $20,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Virginia Harness Horse Association | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Virginia Point to Point Foundation | $17,000 | 1 | 18% |
| Healing Strides of Virginia | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($30k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Virginia Equine Alliance supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 5 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 19 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: Dun Foundation · Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance Foundati Dba Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance · MRC Full Circle Foundation · The Leeps Foundation Inc · Paul H Pusey Foundation · The Seilheimer Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
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About Virginia Equine Alliance
- How much does Virginia Equine Alliance give?
- Virginia Equine Alliance reported 16 itemized grants totaling $659,500, out of $707,705 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 10 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
- What does Virginia Equine Alliance fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are Recreation & Sports (65%), Animals (31%), Arts & Culture (2%).
- Who are Virginia Equine Alliance's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: Virginia Horse Center Foundation ($500k), Virginia Thoroughbred Project ($334k), Garth Road Preservation Inc ($200k).
- Does Virginia Equine Alliance fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 40% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Virginia Equine Alliance?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Dun Foundation, Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance Foundati Dba Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance, MRC Full Circle Foundation.
- Where is Virginia Equine Alliance based?
- Virginia Equine Alliance is based in VA.
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