Granlee Ranch

Granlee Ranch: where horses come home.

What Granlee Ranch does

Granlee Ranch is a horse sanctuary on the North Texas prairie, just south of Dallas. We take in horses who have run out of chances — the old, the overworked, the ones nobody came back for — and give them the rest of their lives.

Nothing is asked of them here. No riding, no breeding, no earning their keep. Just good hay, clean water, the farrier every six weeks, a vet when they need one, and people who know their names.

Sponsors are what make that promise possible. Fifteen dollars a month helps feed a horse — and every month you hear how they're doing, from the person who fed them.

How it works

  1. Horses grazing under cedar trees behind a pipe fence

    Choose your horse

    Read their stories and pick the one who tugs at you. Can't choose? Sponsor the whole herd and we'll share it around.

  2. Jennifer smiling beside a bay horse in the pasture

    Give $15 a month

    That's a month of hay. It comes out on the same day each month, and you can pause or stop whenever life asks you to.

  3. The herd resting in the shade of cedar trees

    Hear from them

    Every month: one photo of your horse and a few honest lines from whoever fed them that morning.

Sponsor a horse
Meche and Azabache at Granlee Ranch
Meche and Azabache at Granlee RanchMeche and Azabache at Granlee Ranch

Horse Highlight

Meet Meche

In rehab

Meche is an older broodmare. She spent her whole life carrying foals for other people. Jennifer met her three years ago while volunteering, and never stopped thinking about her.

Sponsor Meche

Join the Team

Sponsors are the team behind every horse here. Most people start at $15 a month. Every tier buys the same things — hay, vet visits, hoof trims — and the bigger the gift, the more of your horse's life comes back to you.

Three people and two horses at a pipe fence in front of the barn

Stablemate

$15a month

or $150 a year — about 10 months' price

Most people start here.

For the horse: Hay for the month.

For you: Everything in Hay Share. A monthly photo of your horse. A short personal note about how they're doing.

Hay Share

$5a month

or $50 a year — about 10 months' price

For the horse: A week of hay.

For you: Your name on the horse's page. Monthly herd update email.

Caretaker

$35a month

or $350 a year — about 10 months' price

For the horse: Hay plus the farrier every six weeks.

For you: Everything in Stablemate. Video updates. First to hear about vet milestones and good days.

Guardian

$75a month

or $750 a year — about 10 months' price

For the horse: Hay, farrier and routine vet care.

For you: Everything in Caretaker. Your name on the barn wall. A standing invitation to visit.

Barn Builder

$150a month

or $1,500 a year — about 10 months' price

For the horse: A horse's whole month of care.

For you: Everything in Guardian. A quarterly video call or farm day. First look at every new rescue.

Granlee Ranch is forming as a Texas nonprofit corporation and intends to apply for 501(c)(3) status. Gifts made now are not yet tax-deductible.

Double a sponsor

A matching donor pledges up to a set amount each month.

Every new monthly sponsorship is matched dollar for dollar out of that pledge until it's used up — so a new sponsor at $15 a month puts $30 of hay in front of a horse.

Nobody is matching this month yet. The first pledge starts the doubling.

Pledge a match
Low sun through cedar trees over the pasture

From the pasture

Slow mornings, muddy afternoons and the last light of the day. This is what your support looks like.

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