Arizona · Nonprofit
DESERT DOG PROJECT
DESERT DOG PROJECT (Arizona) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $151,180 to it, the largest being PAYPAL CHARITABLE GIVING FUND ($123,305). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 91% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $203k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $151k
- Net assets
- $56k
What Desert Dog Project does
Mission
To make shelter dogs with medical needs more adoptable by providing the necessary medical funds.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
The organization donated over $15,000 to assist 15 dogs with urgent medical needs who were in the care of other rescue organizations. This financial support ensured these dogs received critical veterinary treatment and had a greater chance of successful adoption. Through our medical foster program in partnership with the maricopa county animal care and control shelter, we helped 95 dogs who were ineligible for foster placement due to untreated medical conditions. Many of these dogs were at risk of euthanasia. We coordinated and funded necessary offsite medical care, enabling them to recover in foster homes and eventually be adopted. We also rescued 40 dogs directly from local shelter euthanasia lists. These dogs were placed into foster homes and received comprehensive veterinary care, preparing them for successful adoption and long-term placement.
$134,642 spentof which $19,712 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $134,642.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
2 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 91% 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 DESERT DOG PROJECT’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
DESERT DOG PROJECT leans on a few funders — its largest provides 82% of grant income and the top three 97%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
97% 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 DESERT DOG PROJECT.
“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
91% of DESERT DOG PROJECT'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 $14k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from Arizona funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $137k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
DESERT DOG PROJECT runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 6,435 animals nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 6,435 animals nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like DESERT DOG PROJECT
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 Arizona
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
91% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for DESERT DOG PROJECT: 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 DESERT DOG PROJECT?
- DESERT DOG PROJECT (Arizona) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $151,180 to it, the largest being PAYPAL CHARITABLE GIVING FUND ($123,305). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 91% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does DESERT DOG PROJECT have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $151,180 in grants to DESERT DOG PROJECT, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of DESERT DOG PROJECT?
- PAYPAL CHARITABLE GIVING FUND is the largest funder on record, with $123,305 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like DESERT DOG PROJECT find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Arizona. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2024–2024), and the filings of 4 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