Virginia · Nonprofit
SERENITY FARM EQUINE SANCTUARY
SERENITY FARM EQUINE SANCTUARY (Virginia) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $141,453 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($116,397). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 88% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $101k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $141k
- Net assets
- $25k
What Serenity Farm Equine Sanctuary does
Mission
The mission of Serenity Farm is to prevent equine neglect, abuse, abandonment where we can and rehabilitate and find loving, forever homes for neglected or abused equines. We educate the public on the beauty and value of rescued horses. We give purpose to the lives of neglected or abused equines through interaction with humans, including emotionally or physically challenged individuals. We provide equine interaction to individuals with emotionally or physically challenging needs. We welcome all volunteers including adults and school-age with disabilities. We provide horsemanship instruction for our volunteers. We coordinate with agencies in the Commonwealth of Virginia and by providing current and future equine owners and other relevant groups with information and resources.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Equine Rescue and Rehabilitation. Expenses include feed, hay, medical expenses, hoof care and ongoing medication for 30% of our population as well as specialized equipment.
$92,954 spent96% of program spendingSupported Volunteer Program, We provide equine interaction to individuals with emotionally or physically challenging needs. We welcome all volunteers including adults and school-age with disabilities. We provide horsemanship instruction for our volunteers. We also provide a location for those who must complete court ordered community service and all citizens who are willing to help.
$3,526 spent4% of program spendingEquine Assisted Learning, one on one service to those with severe disabilities.
$0 spent0% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $96,480.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $26k to $56k (+111%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2020 17% · 2021 10% · 2022 0% · 2023 0% · 2024 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
91% of SERENITY FARM EQUINE SANCTUARY’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (86% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 5 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
Rhondavena LaPorte
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income fell $28k → $26k.
3 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 88% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of SERENITY FARM EQUINE SANCTUARY’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.
How concentrated its funding is
SERENITY FARM EQUINE SANCTUARY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 82% of grant income and the top three 98%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
88% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund SERENITY FARM EQUINE SANCTUARY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 99% · 2021 99% · 2022 99% · 2023 91% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. 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
88% of SERENITY FARM EQUINE SANCTUARY's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $17k that is directly attributable, 88% of it comes from funders outside Virginia, across 2 states.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $124k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. 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.
Against its field
SERENITY FARM EQUINE SANCTUARY receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $141k to it.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 6,435 animals nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like SERENITY FARM EQUINE SANCTUARY
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Virginia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
94% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for SERENITY FARM EQUINE SANCTUARY: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds SERENITY FARM EQUINE SANCTUARY?
- SERENITY FARM EQUINE SANCTUARY (Virginia) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $141,453 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($116,397). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 88% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does SERENITY FARM EQUINE SANCTUARY have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $141,453 in grants to SERENITY FARM EQUINE SANCTUARY, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SERENITY FARM EQUINE SANCTUARY?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $116,397 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SERENITY FARM EQUINE SANCTUARY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Virginia. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2020–2024), and the filings of 5 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