Newport Polo’s 10th annual All Charity Day raised $43,896 for 27 organizations this year, the club said, with more than a dozen Newport County groups among the beneficiaries.
Local participants included Kiwanis Newport, Portsmouth Youth Lacrosse, Hathaway Elementary School, the Portsmouth Free Public Library, the Women’s Resource Center, St. Mary’s Church, the Ukraine Relief Project–Aquidneck and West Place Animal Sanctuary in Tiverton.
The full list also included Best Buddies, the Easterseals MA Equestrian Center, the Society of Women Engineers, the Patricia Grace Carrellas Scholarship Fund, the Rhode Island Federation of Garden Clubs, BRIXRUNS, the Gideons International, the Brown Polo Club, the National GRACE Foundation, NE Basecamp, Greenlock Therapeutic Riding Center, Make-A-Wish, Project Undercover, the MAE Organization for the Homeless, Owen’s Kicks for Kids, the Junior League of Boston, the Community String Project, Stable Strides Foundation and Children’s Wishes.
Across all its fundraising — All Charity Day, the International Polo Charity Ball, Rotary Club ad sales in the season program, and ticket donations — Newport Polo said it raised $157,177 in 2026. That brings its cumulative total over 35 years to $2,522,735.
The year marked the 150th anniversary of the Westchester Polo Club, founded in Newport in 1876 and billed as America’s first polo club, and the 35th season of the Newport International Polo Series at Glen Farm.
The 11th All Charity Day is set for Sunday, Sept. 12, 2027.
