Iowa · Nonprofit
DEAFINITELY DOGS
DEAFINITELY DOGS (Iowa) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $219,167 to it, the largest being GREATER CEDAR RAPIDS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($108,800). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 86% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $336k
- Funders on record
- 12
- Grants received
- $219k
- Net assets
- $9k
What Deafinitely Dogs does
Mission
ORGANIZATIONS MISSION - Deafinitely Dogs is a nonprofit ornaniztion that enriches the lives of individuals with visible and invisible disabilities by increasing their independence throught the placement of highly trained service dogs. Each dog is trained to meet the specific needs of te individual, promoting autonomy and improving quality of life through the power of the human canine bond. We place service dogs for individuals who are deaf PTSD/Psychiatric Conditions and Veterans being our primary placement but also serving civilians.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Service Dog Program Deafinitely Dogs excels in matching highly trained service dogs with clients, achieving impressive outcomes including a 100 team retension rate with 67 of our dogs successfully placed in working positions this as is well above the national average and placement costs significantly lower than national standard - we continiue to lead in service dog training and placement. Our primary placements include PTSD Service Dogs, with focus on Combat Veterans, as well as Pyschiatric Service Dogs and Hearing Dogs. At the heart of our program is the human-canine bond we allow each dog to meet and choose their person, ensuring the most effective partnership. 2025 successes included the placement of 10 Service Dogs and 27 Public Recertifications.
$134,420 spent44% of program spendingFACILITY DOG PROGRAM Deafinitely Dogs has seen a growing demand for Facility Dogs in the mental health field. In response, we have focused our program on placing Facility Dogs with mental health counselors and therapists who incorporate animal-assisted therapy and services into their practices. With Iowa being ranked as the lowest for mental health, Deafinitely Dogs is helping therapist offer innovative and impactful ways to engage and support their clients, including Veterans. 2025 Professional Facility Dogs were places and six teams successfully recertified.
$76,375 spent25% of program spendingSuper Puppy Raiser Program - Deafinitely Dogs Puppy Raiser program includes individual families and college campus programs. Puppy raisers work closely with Deafinitely Dogs trainers, attending classes and preparing the dogs for entry into our Service or Facility Dog Programs for advanced training and eventual placement. We do not us kennels or facilitied to house our dogs instead puppy raisers play an essentail role in our organization, fostering the growth and success of our dogs.
$85,540 spent28% of program spendingProgram Service Expenses 9,166, Grants and allocations 0, Revenue 0 See Schedule O Other Expenses
$9,166 spent3% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $305,501.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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 2020 to 2021, from $5k to $96k (+1757%).
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.
99% of DEAFINITELY DOGS’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (91% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 7 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 2 funders to 7 funders, grant income rose $15k → $63k.
6 of 12 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 86% 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 DEAFINITELY DOGS’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
DEAFINITELY DOGS leans on a few funders — its largest provides 50% of grant income and the top three 87%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
88% 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 DEAFINITELY DOGS.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 98% · 2018 83% · 2019 74% · 2020 85% · 2021 96% · 2022 73% · 2023 52% — 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
33% of DEAFINITELY DOGS's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 50% 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
86% of DEAFINITELY DOGS'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 $31k that is directly attributable, 82% of it comes from Iowa funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $188k 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
DEAFINITELY DOGS runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 13,062 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 13,062 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Government funding DEAFINITELY DOGS receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $113k on record.
- Department of Defense$113k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like DEAFINITELY DOGS
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 Iowa
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.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for DEAFINITELY DOGS: 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 DEAFINITELY DOGS?
- DEAFINITELY DOGS (Iowa) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $219,167 to it, the largest being GREATER CEDAR RAPIDS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($108,800). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 86% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does DEAFINITELY DOGS have?
- IRS filings report 12 organizations giving $219,167 in grants to DEAFINITELY DOGS, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of DEAFINITELY DOGS?
- GREATER CEDAR RAPIDS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $108,800 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like DEAFINITELY DOGS find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Iowa. 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 2019–2025), and the filings of 12 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