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JAMES RIVER HORSE FOUNDATION

EIN 84-2321005 OILVILLE, VA

Revenue 2024
$259,469
Expenses 2024
$202,510

Program services were 91.7% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
D20
Classification
4000
Street
PO BOX 346

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

James River Horse Foundation ("JRHF") provides humane care, safe sanctuary, rehabilitation & when possible, a second career for Thoroughbred racehorses that can no longer complete & may be at risk for abuse, neglect or slaughter. At its location at the State Farm Work Center in Goochland County, VA, JRHF operates an equine care & management program for nonviolent inmates using the retired horses.

Activities or mission (Part I)

James River Horse Foundation provides humane care, safe sanctuary, rehabilitation & when possible, a second career for Thoroughbred racehorses that can no longer compete at the track & may be at risk for abuse, neglect or slaughter. The Foundation operates an equine care & management training program for nonviolent inmates at its location at the State Farm Work Center in Goochland County, VA.

  • Horse rehabilitation & retirement sanctuary program - Thoroughbred horses that cannot compete at the track due to injuries sustained in racing or training are at risk for neglect, abuse or slaughter. Whenever possible, these horses are rehabilitated & retained for second careers & are adopted out to loving homes after careful screening by the staff of JRHF. Those that are not adoptable are provided safe sanctuary for life,including veteninary care, regular hoof trimming & shoeing, and careful monitoring of nutritional needs. The program normally cares for between 25 & 30 horses at any one time. When an adoption provides a vacancy, new horses are admitted to the program. Adopted horses may never be bred or sold & are always returned to the program if the adoptor can no longer care for them. JRHF works in partnership with AfterCare Charles Town ("ACT") in West VA to accept horses requiring 4-6 months of rehabilitative care which the inmate participants provide through their educational program, after which they are returned to ACT for placement or adopted out locally in the JRHF surrounding area. This partnership provides valuable, diverse training opportunities for the inmates in our equine care & management program. JRHF is currently working to establish a similar partnership with "Beyond the Wire" which is a Thoroughbred rescue group located in Laurel, MD near the race track there.

    Expenses $144,706

  • Inmate training program - this educational outreach program selects 8 to 10 candidates from the prision population at the State Farm Work Center every 12 weeks to participate in the vocational training program on a rotating basis. Each candidate is carefully screened by the Barn Manager in cooperation with the Assistant Warden & other correctional officers at the facility. This program has established a valuable public-governmental relationship with the VA Dept of Corrections ("VADOC") & is widely recognized for its contributions to the welfare & education of participating offenders & for marked reduction in reeidivism rates for these taking part in the outreach training program. Graduates of the program who have completed their sentence have gone on to successful employment as grooms, blacksmiths & workers at local area horse farms and race tracks such as Colonial Downs in New Kent, VA. The training program is supervised by the Barn Manager & follows an established & well-supervised curriculum having 3 levels of intensity & depth in horse care management & farm maintenance. Participants are transported by officers daily to Barn 4 to study equine nutrition & behaviors, basic veterinary care, & horse handling techniques & are tested on the materials & "graduate" through the levels. Guest speakers such as local veterinarians, trainers & farriers visit Barn 4 often to teach by example, enhancing the written materials & the hands on experience with the horses. Participants learn to work as a cooperative team, take on responsibilities & complete goals toward a certification that can aid them in obtaining employment after their release. JRHF, in cooperation with VADOC hosts "Open Barn" days when the public can visit Barn 4 & see the progress made by the inmates & the horses.

    Expenses $40,985

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Karen Fowler

    Past President & Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Debby Dunham

    President & Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    8

  • Beverly Thurston

    Vice-President & Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Randall Hagan

    Treasurer & Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Janis Paiva

    Corresponding Secretary & Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Karron Myrick

    Recording Secretary & Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Scott Richeson

    DOC Liaison & Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Pamela Johnson

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Elizabeth Copeland

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Samantha Mackey

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Katie Huffman

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $259,469
    Expenses
    $202,510
    Contributions
    $248,260
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $173,997
    Expenses
    $152,901
    Contributions
    $167,965
    Grants paid
    not reported
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $174,536
    Expenses
    $122,722
    Contributions
    $170,574
    Grants paid
    not reported

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $128,266
    Expenses
    $108,197
    Assets (EOY)
    $113,547

  • 2020 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $101,583
    Expenses
    $110,821
    Assets (EOY)
    $93,478

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.