Laurelville, OH – The Standardbred Transition Alliance (STA) has concluded its 2025 grant cycle with a final year end distribution of $97,000 to accredited aftercare organizations.
Additional 2025 STA grant payouts included $103,000 in STA Spring Grant Awards and $12,500 in Placement Liaison Program Awards for a total of $212,500 in disbursements this calendar year.
The recipients of the Fall Grant Awards are Futures For Standardbreds (ME); Happy Trails Farm Animal Sanctuary (OH); Heart of Phoenix (WV); New Vocations Racehorse Adoption Program (OH, NY, KY); Purple Haze Standardbred Adoption Program (NY), and Sunshine Horses (NY).
“STA grants reward accredited organizations that are operating professionally and in the best interests of the horse.” said STA President Don Marean. “ We look forward to growing the grant fund in 2026.”
Contributions to the 2026 STA Grant Awards can be made here:
https://www.standardbredtransition.org/donate
The requirements to submit an application for STA Accreditation include:
• Organization must have current status with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) as a 501(c)(3) or registered as a charitable organization with Canada Revenue Agency.
• Organization must have been in operation for at least two years at close of the STA application period. This will be based on the filing date with the Secretary of State in the pertinent state.
• Organization must comply with all applicable state, provincial and national licensing and permitting requirements related to the sourcing, transferring, rehoming, or brokering of horses. STA compliance statement can be viewed here.
• Organization must have a written euthanasia policy applicable to all stages of a horse’s life with that group, from intake forward, consistent with that established by the American Association of Equine Practitioners (AAEP). That policy can be viewed here.
• Board members, staff and volunteers must not be a party to legal proceedings connected with the applicant organization.
• Organization must have cared for a minimum of five Standardbreds in the year prior to close of applications.
• Adoption contracts of the applicant organization must prohibit breeding of any adopted horse.
• Post adoption protocol must include a minimum of two years documentation of the horse’s location and condition, as well as a commitment to resume care of the horse at any point in the future, if requested.
The Standardbred Transition Alliance is a 501(c)3 charitable non-profit organization. Donations, in any amount, help further the industry-led mission: to inspect, accredit and award grants to approved organizations that acquire, rehabilitate, train and rehome Standardbreds.