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Please make checks for tax-deductible donations to:
Thoroughbred Charities of America
P.O. Box 910668
Lexington, Kentucky 40591
PHONE DONATIONS
859-276-4989
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DIRECTED CASH DONATIONS |
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Racehorse Retraining & Retirement
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This
fund will help provide support for the programs which address
the growing
problem of the fate of the racehorse once its racing career
has ended.
Herb Moelis, president of TCA stated that “the initiative
taken by the Jockey Club in instituting a new Foal Registration
check off enables TCA to establish our RRRF program. We
now intend to solicit support for this program from
all participants in the Thoroughbred industry including
racetracks, race owners, sales companies, etc."
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Eight Belles Memorial Fund
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Eight Belles
came in second in the 2008 Kentucky Derby
but broke down immediately following the race.
The
Eight Belles Memorial Fund was created in response to requests
to donate money in Eight Belles honor. Donations to this
fund are divided between two of TCA's grant sectors: Thoroughbred
retraining for secondary careers and Research Grants to
study catastrophic breakdowns to prevent more horses from
suffering Eight Belles' fate.
Eight Belles minutes before her Kentucky Derby race.
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TCA
Endowment Fund
Thoroughbred Charities of America received a generous
gift of $250,000 from an
anonymous donor to create a permanent Endowment for TCA
to assure future grant giving.
Donations may be directed to the TCA Endowment Fund when
making tax-deductible gifts.
Donations Through Estate Planning
The Pension Protection Act of 2006 states that in 2006
and 2007 a person over the age of
70 1/2 can donate up to $100,000 from an IRA to Thoroughbred
Charities of America and
can exclude the gift from taxable income. The tax benefit,
particularly for non-itemizers,
is the ability to exclude the distribution from gross
income resulting in potential significant tax savings.
For your estate planning needs you will need to speak
to your own attorney or tax consultant.
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Donations
in Lieu of Flowers
Why not honor someone through
a donation to TCA rather than through flowers for birthdays,
celebrations,
holidays,
or in memoriums? What a perfect way to honor someone by
giving happier tomorrows to so many
Thoroughbreds and the people who work with them. Let your
thoughtfulness truly by thoughtful!
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Donations
in Lieu of Birthday Gifts
A
Birthday Gift Donation is when the party-giver suggests
on the invitation, to donate money to a charity in lieu
of
giving a gift to the honored guest. Invitations often say,
"No Gifts, Please", only to disappoint those who
love to give gifts.
This is an opportunity for the extremely generous, to willingly
give up gifts to benefit those who truly are in need.
For
Thoroughbred Charities of America, the gratitude of the
charities under our "umbrella" cannot be described
in words ...
but if you could see the Thoroughbreds transition into their
second careers and the faces of the backstretch workers,
mounted handicapped children and scholarship recipients,
you would know the joy of giving life.
For
children's birthday parties, there could not be a better
way to teach children the merits of charity and
the joy of giving, in one perfect and selfless act of kindness.
We promise to send them a horse-tale!
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