Texas · Nonprofit
FREEDOM CANINES INTERNATIONAL INC
FREEDOM CANINES INTERNATIONAL INC (Texas) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $30,196 to it, the largest being STEPHEN & MARY BIRCH FOUNDATION INC ($10,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $175k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $30k
- Net assets
- $91k
What Freedom Canines International Inc does
Mission
Freedom Canines International empowers people through the training and placement of assistance dogs at no cost to Texans with disabilities. The organization raises and trains dogs to perform tasks such as mobility support, medical alert, and hearing assistance. In addition, the program engages students and community members in hands on training experiences that support both the development of the dogs and the growth of participants. Through these efforts, the organization improves independence, confidence, and quality of life for the individuals and communities it serves.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Freedom Canines International places and supports facility dogs in schools and community settings to promote mental health and emotional well-being. These dogs provide therapeutic support to students, educators, and first responders. The organization also conducts community outreach, demonstrations, and educational events to increase awareness of service dogs and their role in improving quality of life.
$17,857 spent20% of program spendingThe organization operates a hands on student training program in partnership with local schools, engaging approximately 20 to 30 students each year. Students participate in structured dog training sessions, maintain training logs, and assist in preparing service dogs for placement. The program supports student development in responsibility, leadership, and social emotional learning while contributing to the dogs training.
$35,715 spent40% of program spendingFreedom Canines International provides trained assistance dogs to Texans with disabilities at no cost. Dogs are trained for mobility support, medical alert, and hearing assistance. During the year, the organization maintained approximately 10 to 12 dogs in training and advanced multiple dogs toward placement. Training uses positive reinforcement methods and includes public access work and real world task development.
$35,715 spent40% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $89,287.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2023, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2023, 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 2023 to 2024, from $6k to $0 (−100%).
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.
83% of FREEDOM CANINES INTERNATIONAL INC’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. 2 of the last 3 reported years ran a deficit.
Leadership and staff
Chief executive
Becky Kier
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
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) — 34% 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 FREEDOM CANINES INTERNATIONAL INC’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
FREEDOM CANINES INTERNATIONAL INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 33% of grant income and the top three 99%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
34% 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 FREEDOM CANINES INTERNATIONAL INC.
“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
FREEDOM CANINES INTERNATIONAL INC draws 50% of its grant income from funders outside Texas, across 2 states in all.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $10k 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
FREEDOM CANINES INTERNATIONAL INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 3,954 animals nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,954 animals nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
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In Texas
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
100%
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 FREEDOM CANINES INTERNATIONAL INC?
- FREEDOM CANINES INTERNATIONAL INC (Texas) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $30,196 to it, the largest being STEPHEN & MARY BIRCH FOUNDATION INC ($10,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FREEDOM CANINES INTERNATIONAL INC have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $30,196 in grants to FREEDOM CANINES INTERNATIONAL INC.
- Who is the largest funder of FREEDOM CANINES INTERNATIONAL INC?
- STEPHEN & MARY BIRCH FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $10,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FREEDOM CANINES INTERNATIONAL INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Texas. 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 2023–2025), 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing