Common Ground Foundation

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Common Ground Foundation is a non profit 501c3.

We run Common Ground in addition to our Tonkawood Farm sale operation. Although this is a separate entity, it gives us a chance to help horses find homes that may not be suitable for our Tonkawood Farm operation. We do not turn down any horse based on age, condition or breed.

We provide a service to horse owners that no longer can keep their horses, have outgrown them, and need to find them a good home. Our owners care about what happens to the horse. Common Ground can provide a tax donation to horse owners by giving the horse to us, we find it a home, and the owner has control over where they go and who gets them. The new owners sign a form that they are not able to ever sell the donated horse, but if need be and circumstances change, the horse returns to Common Ground for a new home or stays here with us.

We have been very instrumental in the anti slaughter movement as we believe there is a home for all horses and no need to subject them to the unspeakable cruelty of slaughter. To that end we provide a resource for owners to assure themselves that there horses are safe, well cared for and new homes located.

The horses are kept at our Tonkawood Farm until they are placed.Tonkawood's policy is that you may donate a horse to Common Ground and we will guarantee that we will get the horse a good home. The horse will be sold for a nominal fee and the contract states that if they no longer wish to have the horse, it must come back to Common Ground and may not be sold.

We sell good horses that are donated to us at a nominal fee rate, which assures that the new home has an investment in the horse and can demonstrate that they can care for the animal. This process helps the horse find a suitable home and allows persons that have paid money that they can no longer retrieve and they can take a tax deduction on the gift. Common Ground is a 501c3 non profit.

If you purchase a horse from Common Ground, you must sign a contract with us that the horse will NOT ever leave your control and if it you decide that the horse is no longer suitable, or your circumstances change, the horse will be returned to Common Ground and your original purchase price will be a donation. That is why we sell them at a nominal amount to assure the horses return to us.

We use the sale money to care for the horses until they are placed and to rescue and help in the recovery of abused and neglected horses.

If you donate a horse we will give you a Tax ID number for your accountant for your Taxable donation to our Foundation.

Please note: We do not reveal to the previous owner when we place the horse however we do check on them and do give the new owners the information on you the donor. We have had to make this policy do to a case of buyer’s remorse. The new owners are the legal owner of said horse and are required to sign a contract and to contact Common Ground in the event of sale, or not getting along with the new horse.