Kentucky · Nonprofit
NATIONAL THOROUGHBRED RACING ASSOCIATION INC
NATIONAL THOROUGHBRED RACING ASSOCIATION INC (Kentucky) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $12,000 to it, the largest being UNITED STATES POLO ASSOCIATION INC ($12,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $12M
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $12k
- Net assets
- $12M
What National Thoroughbred Racing Association Inc does
Mission
The ntra is a broadly defined membership association that is charged with increasing the popularity, welfare and integrity of thoroughbred racing.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The ntra's federal legislative advocacy team addresses issues that have a direct and material impact on thoroughbred industry participants and their business activities, whether those activities relate to racing, breeding or pari-mutuel wagering.the legislative team has secured passage of legislation to legalize online pari-mutuel wagering under the interstate horseracing act. The team for more than a decade advocated for and eventually secured changes to the tax code that modernized irs regulations relating to the reporting and withholding of pari-mutuel winnings. The team works on an ongoing basis to secure favorable tax reform designed to stimulate investment in thoroughbred bloodstock. Other federal legislative targets include immigration and sports betting.
The ntra reaches its two primary constituencies-racing customers and industry stakeholdersthrough a combination of paid, earned and social media.the ntra's most popular promotion is the national horseplayers championship (nhc), with prize money and awards totaling more than $3.5 million. The nhc is held each february in las vegas, nv.the ntra owns and produces the eclipse awards, which annually recognizes humans and equines for their championship performances in north america.backed by 55 racetracks, all major horsemen's groups, and many other industry stakeholder organizations, the ntra in 2009 formed the safety and integrity alliance to establish and implement national standards and reforms relating to safety, integrity and the welfare of the thoroughbred.through a code of standards and an accreditation process, the alliance institutes an evolving set of standards related to the following areas: 1) injury reporting and prevention; 2) a safer racing environment; 3) uniform equine medication, testing and penalties; 4) jockey safety, 5) thoroughbred aftercare and 6) wagering integrity.
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $21M to $17M (−18%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Thomas Rooney
CEO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2018: the base held at 1 funder, grant income held at $6k.
Left out of every figure on this page: $141k from 2 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money NATIONAL THOROUGHBRED RACING ASSOCIATION INC raised.
From the IRS filings of NATIONAL THOROUGHBRED RACING ASSOCIATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
NATIONAL THOROUGHBRED RACING ASSOCIATION INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Kentucky, across 1 state in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
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In Kentucky
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 4 related entities
- Ntra Investments · disregarded
- Ntra Productions · disregarded
- Ntra Charities Inc · exempt
- Equisource LLC Dba Ntra Advantage · corp_trust
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Questions and answers
- Who funds NATIONAL THOROUGHBRED RACING ASSOCIATION INC?
- NATIONAL THOROUGHBRED RACING ASSOCIATION INC (Kentucky) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $12,000 to it, the largest being UNITED STATES POLO ASSOCIATION INC ($12,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NATIONAL THOROUGHBRED RACING ASSOCIATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $12,000 in grants to NATIONAL THOROUGHBRED RACING ASSOCIATION INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NATIONAL THOROUGHBRED RACING ASSOCIATION INC?
- UNITED STATES POLO ASSOCIATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $12,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NATIONAL THOROUGHBRED RACING ASSOCIATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Kentucky. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2018–2025), and the filings of 1 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing