North Carolina · Nonprofit
Dogs Deserve Better Piedmont
Dogs Deserve Better Piedmont (North Carolina) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $45,500 to it, the largest being THE GREY MUZZLE ORGANIZATION ($16,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $142k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $46k
- Net assets
- $27k
What Dogs Deserve Better Piedmont does
Mission
Mission The mission of Dogs Deserve Better Piedmont is to improve the lives of tethered or neglected dogs We strive to accomplish this through installing large covered kennels or fences to unchain the dogs We encourage indoor time educate communities on animal welfare and care promote and facilitate spay and neuter provide urgent veterinary care and provide needed care and supplies in underserved communities We work to ensure the lives of the outdoor dogs are just a bit better any way we can What We Do When we meet dogs we assess their needs and do whatever we can to help We untether dogs encourage families to bring them inside and spend quality time with them We emphasize the importance of spaying and neutering and strongly recommend it If pets are sick or injured we step in to prevent their suffering even arranging vet appointments and assisting with costs when we can
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Untethered Dogs - 79 Dogs with 10 ft x 20 ft kennels
$34,355 spent28% of program spendingSpay Neuter - 172 Dogs Cats
$35,560 spentof which $35,560 as grants29% of program spendingVet Care - Assisted or paid complete for 308 Dogs Cats
$41,218 spentof which $41,218 as grants34% of program spendingOutreach - Site visits basic pet needs flea tick control dewormer raised beds dog houses etc 251 Families Helped 323 Dogs Helped 67 Cats Helped
$7,722 spent6% of program spendingPet Food - assist with pet food costs for low income families
$3,987 spent3% of program spending
The 5 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $122,842.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of Dogs Deserve Better Piedmont’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
Dogs Deserve Better Piedmont leans on a few funders — its largest provides 35% of grant income and the top three 84%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
35% 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 Dogs Deserve Better Piedmont.
“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
52% of Dogs Deserve Better Piedmont's grant income comes from North Carolina funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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
Dogs Deserve Better Piedmont runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 3,693 animals nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,693 animals nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like Dogs Deserve Better Piedmont
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 North Carolina
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
0%
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 Dogs Deserve Better Piedmont?
- Dogs Deserve Better Piedmont (North Carolina) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $45,500 to it, the largest being THE GREY MUZZLE ORGANIZATION ($16,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Dogs Deserve Better Piedmont have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $45,500 in grants to Dogs Deserve Better Piedmont, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Dogs Deserve Better Piedmont?
- THE GREY MUZZLE ORGANIZATION is the largest funder on record, with $16,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Dogs Deserve Better Piedmont find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in North Carolina. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2025–2025), 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