California · Nonprofit
COASTAL K9 GERMAN SHEPHERD RESCUE
COASTAL K9 GERMAN SHEPHERD RESCUE (California) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $586,759 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($284,800). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 93% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.0M
- Funders on record
- 13
- Grants received
- $587k
- Net assets
- $2.9M
What Coastal K9 German Shepherd Rescue does
Mission
Rescue and placement of german shepherd dogs and german shepherd mix breeds.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Coastal K9 German Shepherd Rescue takes in homeless German Shepherds and German Shepherd mixes with the goal of finding their forever homes. Dogs rescued by the organization were abandoned, abused, neglected, they are either relinquished by their owners, or left at the local shelters to await an uncertain future. Coastal K9 German Shepherd Rescue educates the public about German Shepherds, their lifespan, personality, and activity along with overall responsible dog ownership. The organization also raises awareness of the overpopulation of animals through education, training, spaying, neutering.Coastal K9 German Shepherd Rescue is also dedicated to providing a sanctuary to dogs with more complicated behavioral and mental health issues that are easily corrected through proper rehabilitation therapy and medical attention. The organization provides a permanent residence, and a place of refuge and safety, for these dogs in a home-like environment until such time that the right home comes along. Coastal K9 German Shepherd Rescue has been able to acquire our own kennel facility. A place that mimics as close to a home environment as possible. Our facility is open 365 days a year, Each dog…
$789,712 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $789,712.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 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 and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $2.2M to $3.4M (+52%).
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.
96% of COASTAL K9 GERMAN SHEPHERD RESCUE’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (74% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 6 funders, grant income rose $6k → $34k.
6 of 13 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 93% 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 COASTAL K9 GERMAN SHEPHERD RESCUE’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
COASTAL K9 GERMAN SHEPHERD RESCUE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 49% of grant income and the top three 85%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
95% 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 COASTAL K9 GERMAN SHEPHERD RESCUE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 82% · 2018 73% · 2019 89% · 2020 81% · 2021 71% · 2022 80% · 2023 73% — 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
38% of COASTAL K9 GERMAN SHEPHERD RESCUE's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 62% 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
93% of COASTAL K9 GERMAN SHEPHERD RESCUE'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 $43k that is directly attributable, 98% of it comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $544k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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
COASTAL K9 GERMAN SHEPHERD RESCUE runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 813 animals nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 813 animals nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like COASTAL K9 GERMAN SHEPHERD RESCUE
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 California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
96% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
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
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Questions and answers
- Who funds COASTAL K9 GERMAN SHEPHERD RESCUE?
- COASTAL K9 GERMAN SHEPHERD RESCUE (California) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $586,759 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($284,800). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 93% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does COASTAL K9 GERMAN SHEPHERD RESCUE have?
- IRS filings report 13 organizations giving $586,759 in grants to COASTAL K9 GERMAN SHEPHERD RESCUE, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of COASTAL K9 GERMAN SHEPHERD RESCUE?
- DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC is the largest funder on record, with $284,800 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like COASTAL K9 GERMAN SHEPHERD RESCUE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 13 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing