Michigan · Nonprofit
BARK NATION
BARK NATION (Michigan) receives grants from 19 organizations whose IRS filings report $797,647 to it, the largest being VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM ($505,000). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 76% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2022
- $598k
- Funders on record
- 19
- Grants received
- $798k
- Net assets
- $240k
What Bark Nation does
Mission
To end canine cruelty and save lives
As stated on its FY2022 Form 990.
Programs
In 2021, Bark Nation's Pitness Protection Project assisted in high-level investigations for organized animal crimes in Wayne County, MI, other Michigan communities, and assisted nationally on select investigative efforts. Further, Bark Nation operated a 14,000SF confidential shelter to care for all animals seized out of the aforementioned investigative efforts as live evidence.
$451,394 spent$302 earned by the program93% of program spendingBark Nation's Shelter Intervention services included free spay/neuter, vaccinations, microchips and City of Detroit dog licenses for owned dogs in the City of Detroit through Project Grace in collaboration with Dog Aide. Further, Bark Nation provided euthanasia and crematino services, emergency medical services and supplies to select individuals/organizations to help keep their pets in safe homes.
$32,494 spent7% of program spendingBark Nation's Shelter Enrichment program provided dozens of shelters in Michigan and Ohio with life-saving enrichment for the dogs in their care. Further, Bark Nation provided behavior resources, trainings and live-evidence consulting to shelters nation-wide.
$1,870 spent0% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2022 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $485,758.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 6 funders, grant income rose $1k → $144k.
4 of 19 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 76% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of BARK NATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
BARK NATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 63% of grant income and the top three 79%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
84% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund BARK NATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 69% · 2021 55% · 2022 58% · 2023 57% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
13% of BARK NATION's funders are still giving 2 years after their first grant; 42% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
76% of BARK NATION's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $189k that is directly attributable, 62% of it comes from funders outside Michigan, across 8 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $609k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
BARK NATION receives grants from 19 organizations whose IRS filings report $798k to it.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,965 animals nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2022
Organizations like BARK NATION
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Michigan
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
86% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
91%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for BARK NATION: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds BARK NATION?
- BARK NATION (Michigan) receives grants from 19 organizations whose IRS filings report $797,647 to it, the largest being VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM ($505,000). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 76% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does BARK NATION have?
- IRS filings report 19 organizations giving $797,647 in grants to BARK NATION, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BARK NATION?
- VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM is the largest funder on record, with $505,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BARK NATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Michigan. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2022 (financials across 2022–2022), and the filings of 19 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing