Colorado · Nonprofit
FAITHFULLY K9 SERVICE DOG AND DOG TRAINING
FAITHFULLY K9 SERVICE DOG AND DOG TRAINING (Colorado) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $52,438 to it, the largest being COLORADO GIVES FOUNDATION ($31,627). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 81% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $113k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $52k
- Net assets
- $98k
What Faithfully K9 Service Dog and Dog Training does
Mission
Empower disabled individuals to train a dog as their service dog, increasing their independence.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Worked with 70 veterans or first-responders who were working towards a goal of training their dog to become their service animal or skilled companion dog. A majority of these veterans are suffering from PTSD, as well as mobility issues and other mental health disabilities. Veterans and first-responders are not charged for this service.
$71,997 spent58% of program spendingWorked with 35 civilians who were working towards a goal of training their dog to become their service animal or skilled companion dog. These civilians are suffering from PTSD, human trafficking and other mental health disabilities. Civilians are charged about 1/3 of the cost for this service.
$35,999 spent29% of program spendingWorked with 15 therapy dog teams, who are working at hospitals, police departments and schools to provide comfort to patients and people experiencing trauma. Therapy dog owners are charged about 1/2 of the cost of this service.
$16,137 spent13% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $124,133.
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 2022 to 2023, from $89k to $110k (+24%).
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.
65% of FAITHFULLY K9 SERVICE DOG AND DOG TRAINING’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (86% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.
Leadership and staff
Chief executive
Cathy Kowalski
Executive Director/Trainer
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $392 → $11k.
3 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 81% 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 FAITHFULLY K9 SERVICE DOG AND DOG TRAINING’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
FAITHFULLY K9 SERVICE DOG AND DOG TRAINING leans on a few funders — its largest provides 60% of grant income and the top three 96%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% 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 FAITHFULLY K9 SERVICE DOG AND DOG TRAINING.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 92% · 2023 95% — 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
81% of FAITHFULLY K9 SERVICE DOG AND DOG TRAINING'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 $10k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Colorado, across 2 states.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $42k 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
FAITHFULLY K9 SERVICE DOG AND DOG TRAINING has grown faster 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 FAITHFULLY K9 SERVICE DOG AND DOG TRAINING
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 Colorado
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
63%
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
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for FAITHFULLY K9 SERVICE DOG AND DOG TRAINING: 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 FAITHFULLY K9 SERVICE DOG AND DOG TRAINING?
- FAITHFULLY K9 SERVICE DOG AND DOG TRAINING (Colorado) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $52,438 to it, the largest being COLORADO GIVES FOUNDATION ($31,627). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 81% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does FAITHFULLY K9 SERVICE DOG AND DOG TRAINING have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $52,438 in grants to FAITHFULLY K9 SERVICE DOG AND DOG TRAINING, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FAITHFULLY K9 SERVICE DOG AND DOG TRAINING?
- COLORADO GIVES FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $31,627 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FAITHFULLY K9 SERVICE DOG AND DOG TRAINING find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Colorado. 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 5 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