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BLUEGRASS DOBERMAN RESCUE INC

BLUEGRASS DOBERMAN RESCUE INC (Kentucky) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $243,283 to it, the largest being LESLIE L ALEXANDER FOUNDATION INC ($130,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$86k
Funders on record
7
Grants received
$243k
Net assets
$31k
6/7 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 45%
01What it does

What Bluegrass Doberman Rescue Inc does

Mission

As a group of volunteers with diverse backgrounds our mission is to come together through our shared passion in order to rescue rehab and rehome Dobermans in need.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.

Programs

  1. Medical Exp - Each animal is evaluated by a veterinarian and provided necessary medical treatment depending on the health of the animal. Each animal is spayed neutered to prevent over population.

    $87,644 spent
    84% of program spending

  2. Pet Food - The rescue does not have a facility so every animal waiting to be adopted is in a foster home. The rescue supplies all necessary food to our fosters.

    $9,516 spent
    9% of program spending

  3. Pet Supplies - The rescue does not have a facility so every animal waiting to be adopted is in a foster home. The rescue supplies all necessary supplies i.e. crates beds collars leashes etc. to our fosters.

    $1,452 spent
    1% of program spending

  4. Boarding Fees

    $1,180 spent
    1% of program spending

  5. Donation Exp

    $70 spent
    0% of program spending

  6. Insurance

    $1,474 spent
    1% of program spending

  7. Misc Exp - Credit Card Fee

    $76 spent
    0% of program spending

  8. PayPal Fees

    $634 spent
    1% of program spending

  9. Postage

    $266 spent
    0% of program spending

  10. Taxes License

    $115 spent
    0% of program spending

  11. Website

    $394 spent
    0% of program spending

  12. Fund Raising Supplies

    $1,886 spent
    2% of program spending

  13. Office Supplies

    $154 spent
    0% of program spending

The 13 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $104,861.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.

100 = 20212021 Revenue 100 ($133k) Expenses 100 ($100k) Net assets 100 ($60k)2022 Revenue 90 ($120k) Expenses 136 ($136k) Net assets 73 ($44k)2023 Revenue 78 ($104k) Expenses 107 ($107k) Net assets 69 ($41k)2024 Revenue 85 ($114k) Expenses 107 ($107k) Net assets 80 ($48k)2025 Revenue 65 ($86k) Expenses 103 ($103k) Net assets 52 ($31k)
20212022202320242025
Revenue (65)Expenses (103)Net assets (52)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $65k to $48k (−26%).

$65k
$48k
$45k
$54k
$43k
20212022202320242025
Total assetsTotal liabilities

How it's funded, over time

Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.

2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

98% of BLUEGRASS DOBERMAN RESCUE INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (100% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 6,580 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.

$33k
’21
−$16k
’22
−$3k
’23
$7k
’24
−$17k
’25
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $5k → $47k.

Funder
'17
'18
'19
'20
'21
'22
'23
'24*
total
funders
1
2
2
4
5
4
3
1

3 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 18% 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 BLUEGRASS DOBERMAN RESCUE INC’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

BLUEGRASS DOBERMAN RESCUE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 53% of grant income and the top three 94%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

46% 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 BLUEGRASS DOBERMAN RESCUE INC.

53%
largest funder
94%
top three
~3
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 50% · 2019 100% · 2020 62% · 2021 60% · 2022 57% · 2023 75% — 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.

Where its funders are

BLUEGRASS DOBERMAN RESCUE INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Kentucky, across 4 states in all.

MA
OH
NM
FL

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
Kentucky out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $43k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

BLUEGRASS DOBERMAN RESCUE INC's funding base is broadening — from 1 funders to 3 as grant income climbed.

Operating margin−19% · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)−10% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,315 animals nonprofits under $100k, FY2025

Organizations like BLUEGRASS DOBERMAN RESCUE INC

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 Kentucky

Kentucky Dachshund Rescue Inc81%Bluegrass Pug Rescue Inc81%Lifebridge for Animals Inc79%Derby City Dog Rescue78%Refuge Ridge Inc77%Kentucky Pets Alive Inc77%Owensboro-Daviess County Humane Society77%Greyhound Pets of America Louisville76%

Nationally

Saving Dobermankind Animal Rescue87%Honoring Hope and Faith Rescue Inc85%The Doberman Rescue Pack Org85%Real Good Dog Rescue85%Big Cypress German Shepherd Rescue Inc84%Distinguished Doberman Rescue Inc84%Amber-S Foundation Inc84%Doberman Rescue Concern Inc84%
05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Public support

98%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

KY

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Questions and answers

Who funds BLUEGRASS DOBERMAN RESCUE INC?
BLUEGRASS DOBERMAN RESCUE INC (Kentucky) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $243,283 to it, the largest being LESLIE L ALEXANDER FOUNDATION INC ($130,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does BLUEGRASS DOBERMAN RESCUE INC have?
IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $243,283 in grants to BLUEGRASS DOBERMAN RESCUE INC, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of BLUEGRASS DOBERMAN RESCUE INC?
LESLIE L ALEXANDER FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $130,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like BLUEGRASS DOBERMAN RESCUE INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Kentucky. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2021–2025), and the filings of 7 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