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TAKE 2 SECOND CAREER THOROUGHBRED PROGRAM INC

TAKE 2 SECOND CAREER THOROUGHBRED PROGRAM INC (New York) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,189,512 to it, the largest being NEW YORK THOROUGHBRED HORSEMEN'S ASSOCIATION INC ($3,010,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$805k
Funders on record
9
Grants received
$3.2M
Net assets
$1.1M
6/9 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 92%
01What it does

What Take 2 Second Career Thoroughbred Program Inc does

Mission

The take2 second career thoroughbred program inc is committed to promoting and developing second careers for racehorses when they have retired from racing.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Take2 promotes and develops second careers for retired racehorses as hunters and jumpers.

    $140,999 spent
    17% of program spending
  2. Take the lead thoroughbred retirement program partners with established aftercare programs to provide rehabilitation and retraining placements for the thoroughbreds retiring from competition on the new york racing association circuit.

    $681,529 spent
    83% of program spending

The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $822,528.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($334k) Expenses 100 ($342k) Net assets 100 ($146k)2018 Revenue 101 ($339k) Expenses 78 ($268k) Net assets 148 ($217k)2019 Revenue 111 ($371k) Expenses 111 ($380k) Net assets 142 ($208k)2020 Revenue 153 ($510k) Expenses 116 ($398k) Net assets 219 ($320k)2021 Revenue 172 ($575k) Expenses 130 ($444k) Net assets 309 ($452k)2022 Revenue 205 ($686k) Expenses 124 ($424k) Net assets 489 ($715k)2023 Revenue 208 ($694k) Expenses 157 ($535k) Net assets 598 ($873k)2024 Revenue 281 ($939k) Expenses 219 ($748k) Net assets 728 ($1.1M)2025 Revenue 241 ($805k) Expenses 243 ($829k) Net assets 756 ($1.1M)
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Revenue (241)Expenses (243)Net assets (756)Peer revenue range

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 $459k to $722k (+57%).

$147k
$218k
$210k
$327k
$459k
$722k
$878k
$1.1M
$1.1M
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

98% of TAKE 2 SECOND CAREER THOROUGHBRED PROGRAM INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (86% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 7,042 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

−$8k
’17
$71k
’18
−$9k
’19
$112k
’20
$132k
’21
$263k
’22
$159k
’23
$191k
’24
−$24k
’25
4.2
months of
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.

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Listed665677777
Joined·+0+0+1+1+0+0+0+1
No longer listed·01000001
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 3 funders, grant income rose $295k → $320k.

3 of 9 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 2% 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 TAKE 2 SECOND CAREER THOROUGHBRED PROGRAM 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.

How concentrated its funding is

TAKE 2 SECOND CAREER THOROUGHBRED PROGRAM INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 94% 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

99% 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 TAKE 2 SECOND CAREER THOROUGHBRED PROGRAM INC.

94%
largest funder
98%
top three
~1
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 98% · 2018 96% · 2019 100% · 2020 95% · 2021 93% · 2022 87% · 2023 95% — 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.

How long its funders stay

60% of TAKE 2 SECOND CAREER THOROUGHBRED PROGRAM INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 67% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y

Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.

Where its funders are

96% of TAKE 2 SECOND CAREER THOROUGHBRED PROGRAM INC's grant income comes from New York funders.

NY
NJ
KY

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’18
’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
New York out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $51k 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

TAKE 2 SECOND CAREER THOROUGHBRED PROGRAM INC has grown faster than half of the 3,693 animals nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−3% · below the median
Months of reserve4.2mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)12% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,693 animals nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

Organizations like TAKE 2 SECOND CAREER THOROUGHBRED PROGRAM INC

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 New York

Nationally

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

99% of spending goes to programs.

Program 99%Management 1%Fundraising 0%

Governance

6
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

97%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

NY

Part of a family of 1 related entity

  • New York Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association · exempt

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Questions and answers

Who funds TAKE 2 SECOND CAREER THOROUGHBRED PROGRAM INC?
TAKE 2 SECOND CAREER THOROUGHBRED PROGRAM INC (New York) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,189,512 to it, the largest being NEW YORK THOROUGHBRED HORSEMEN'S ASSOCIATION INC ($3,010,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does TAKE 2 SECOND CAREER THOROUGHBRED PROGRAM INC have?
IRS filings report 9 organizations giving $3,189,512 in grants to TAKE 2 SECOND CAREER THOROUGHBRED PROGRAM INC, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of TAKE 2 SECOND CAREER THOROUGHBRED PROGRAM INC?
NEW YORK THOROUGHBRED HORSEMEN'S ASSOCIATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $3,010,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like TAKE 2 SECOND CAREER THOROUGHBRED PROGRAM INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 9 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