Support the Akhal-Teke Foundation

Help Save the Akhal-Tekes!

Saving the Akhak-Tekes — success of the long term project to save the endangered Akhal-Teke horse — depends on you, the people who love the Akhal-Tekes.

Here are some specific ways to be part of this award-winning nonprofit project to saving the rare & amazing Akhal-Teke horse, and the nonprofit programs to support long term conservation breeding, breed education, and the success of Akhal-Teke horses and their people.


Join our email list

Click this link to sign up for our periodic email messages.


Follow the Akhal-Teke Foundation on social media

Find us on Facebook, Instagram, and Bluesky.


Visit the national Akhal-Teke Center

Meeting the Akhal-Tekes in person can be an unforgettable experience. Click this link for visiting information.


Donate online or by check

Donate online here.

Write checks to "Akhal-Teke Foundation," and mail to:

Akhal-Teke Foundation
2989 Maury River Rd
Lexington, VA 24405


Sponsor a horse at the nonprofit Akhal-Teke Center

Click this link for a gallery of individual Akhal-Teke horses you can sponsor, from $10 and up.


Volunteer your time

Please contact us at this link for either remote or in-person volunteer opportunities.


Start a peer-to-peer fundraiser

Peer-to-peer fundraising means you help raise support for the Akhal-Tekes among your own friends and contacts. This can be as easy as sharing the ATF's fundraising and horse sponsorship postings on social media, while adding your own endorsement. For more structured and focused peer-to-peer fundraising, please use this link to get in touch!


Reduce Required Minimum Distribution (RMD) taxes with a Qualified Charitable Donation (QCD)

Starting at age 72, many people with retirement accounts have to make minimum withdrawals, known as Required Minimum Distributions (RMDs) every year. In many cases, these retirement withdrawals are taxable. Those taxes can be avoided by donating directly from a retirement account, to a nonprofit like the Akhal-Teke Foundation. This kind of direct donation is known as a Qualified Charitable Donation (QCD). The respected Charity Navigator website provides an overview and step-by-step guide for this very effective way to give.


Donate from a Donor Advised Fund (DAF)

The Akhal-Teke Foundation warmly welcomes support from philanthropists who have an organized "donor advised fund." To support the ATF from your donor advised fund with Fidelity, Schwab, or Mellon, just use this link. And learn more at DAF Direct, sponsored by Schwab and Fidelity.


Support the foundation long term with Planned Giving

"Planned giving" refers to the time-honored approach of making a charitable donation as a bequest, or in other words, including a charitable donation in one's will. Consult your legal advisor, and/or contact us at this link any time for more information.


However you support the Akhal-Teke horses... Thank you!

Contact us anytime at this link with any questions or comments.


And thanks so much to all our wonderful supporters!

Including Barn Manager, Breyer Model Horses, Purina Mills, John Deere, Akhal-Teke Association of America, Richard B. Negley and Leith Askins Negley, Katherine Yates, Rona Garm, Olwen Busch, Annina Speerli, Nancy Salminen, Joy Caughron, Lucy Leaf, Leslie Case, Lori Case, John Macone, Peter Macone, Michael Liebling, Kathryn Tannert, Yorke McGillivray, Larry and Karla Pattis, Susan McClafferty, Pia Johansen, Jose Moreira, and important Anonymous Contributors.

Please contact us at akhaltekefoundation@gmail.com or call 541-514-4766 to donate, for planned giving, and to discuss sponsorship opportunities.