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Private foundations don’t post open calls, so nobody can search them. We read IRS filings instead — 9.6 million grants from 174,053 foundations and grantmaking charities, searchable by what the money was actually for.
12 funders with a record of paying for “paddock”
Where the money went
Largest: $10,000 to Illinois Equine Humane Center — to replace fencing used to keep the horses safely confined to the paddocks and pastures
Largest: $25,000 to CENTRAL KENTUCKY RIDING FOR HOPE — 2021 paddock fencing project
Prairie Meadows Race Track and CasinoAltoona, IACharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $35,000 · through 2024Largest: $25,000 to ANIMAL RESCUE LEAGUE OF IOWA INC — horse paddock project
Invest in NeighborhoodsCincinnati, OHCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $23,347 · through 2023Largest: $15,972 to Paddock Hills Assembly — neighborhood revitalization
Largest: $6,000 to PADDOCK PALS 4-H CLUB — unrestricted grant
Largest: $50,000 to EARTH SCHOOL EDUCATION FOUNDATION — this foundation has researched adaptive multi-paddock grazing (amp grazing) in the southeastern united states with multiple peer reviewed published papers resulting in the producti…
Community Foundation of North TexasFort Worth, TXCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $25,752 · through 2023Largest: $10,000 to WINGS OF HOPE EQUITHERAPY — for the construction of two paddocks and horse stock with concrete pad
Largest: $250,000 to DOWNTOWN FORT WORTH INITIATIVES INC — heritage and paddock parks
Largest: $397,300 to ST STEPHEN PRESBYTERIAN — create the paddock trust
Largest: $100,000 to LAUREL FOUNDATION - ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF PITTSBURGH — elephant paddock
Largest: $50,000 to EQUINE RESCUE & ADOPTION FOUNDATION — for sod for the paddock, hay and a quonset hut for safe storage of the hay
Largest: $8,000 to ATHENS PADDOCK CLUB — general operating support
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Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV and Form 990 Schedule I, tax years 2019–2025. These are grants already paid, a record of what an organization funds rather than an open call. Private foundations rarely accept unsolicited applications and the route in is usually a program officer; grantmaking charities and associations more often run real application cycles, so check their website. How this data is built, and its limits →