Texas · Nonprofit
Boston Terrier Rescue of Greater Houston
Boston Terrier Rescue of Greater Houston (Texas) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $149,851 to it, the largest being LESLIE L ALEXANDER FOUNDATION INC ($115,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2023
- $12k
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $150k
- Net assets
- $12k
What Boston Terrier Rescue of Greater Houston does
Mission
Rescue, rehabilitation and rehoming of dogs.
As stated on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Veterinary care and medical expenses are our biggest expenditures. The general public and local governments benefit from fewer stray dogs and unwanted stray litters. Adopters benefit by having a companion animal.
$35,044 spentof which $2,500 as grants76% of program spendingSafe and affordable housing in a clean, clinical environment is especially important post-surgery.
$2,948 spent6% of program spendingProviding quality pet care, healthy pet food and treats, heartworm preventative and toys is important to keeping our rescue dogs healthy both physically and mentally.
$6,322 spent14% of program spendingNone
$1,684 spent4% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $45,998.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $45k to $12k (−74%).
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.
100% of Boston Terrier Rescue of Greater Houston’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (100% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 3 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $6k → $21k.
3 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 17% 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 Boston Terrier Rescue of Greater Houston’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
Boston Terrier Rescue of Greater Houston leans on a few funders — its largest provides 77% of grant income and the top three 92%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 90% · 2019 78% · 2020 81% · 2021 98% · 2022 100% · 2023 97% — 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
Boston Terrier Rescue of Greater Houston draws 93% of its grant income from funders outside Texas, across 2 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $26k 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.
Against its field
Boston Terrier Rescue of Greater Houston's funding base is broadening — from 1 funders to 2 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,812 animals nonprofits under $100k, FY2023
Organizations like Boston Terrier Rescue of Greater Houston
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 Texas
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds Boston Terrier Rescue of Greater Houston?
- Boston Terrier Rescue of Greater Houston (Texas) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $149,851 to it, the largest being LESLIE L ALEXANDER FOUNDATION INC ($115,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Boston Terrier Rescue of Greater Houston have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $149,851 in grants to Boston Terrier Rescue of Greater Houston, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Boston Terrier Rescue of Greater Houston?
- LESLIE L ALEXANDER FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $115,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Boston Terrier Rescue of Greater Houston find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Texas. 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 FY2023 (financials across 2021–2023), and the filings of 6 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