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Nonprofit Overview
Target demographics: education and chincoteague pony registrations.
Direct beneficiaries per year: too many to count including volunteers. One college fund per year.
Geographic areas served: Bellingham, WA 98226
Programs: The Pony Education Fund The National Chincoteague Pony Association was formed in the early 1980’s with the mission of increasing public awareness and knowledge (especially among children) of the Chincoteague Pony, a rare and unusual breed of horse that developed in the wild on the mid Atlantic Coast islands of Assateague and Chincoteague over the past 400 years. In order to help keep the breed pure and viable The Association created the first official Registry for pure bred Chincoteague Ponies and then took over management of the small domesticated herd that had been assembled for breeding purposes in the mid 1970’s. The Association’s web site was developed in 1995 and has provided world wide exposure and education about these wonderful animals. The web site is visited frequently (500,000 average visits per month) by people throughout the world ( 96 countries at last count).