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GERMAN SHEPHERD DOG RESCUE AND ADOPTION SERVICES

GERMAN SHEPHERD DOG RESCUE AND ADOPTION SERVICES (North Carolina) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $29,379 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($21,983). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 98% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2025
$177k
Funders on record
5
Grants received
$29k
Net assets
$1.5M
3/5 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 11%
01What it does

What German Shepherd Dog Rescue and Adoption Services does

Mission

We are a non-profit organization of dedicated volunteers committed to offering essential care and adoption services to neglected, stray, or surrendered german shepherd dogs. Based in raleigh, north carolina and supporting the carolinas and virginia, we strive to protect and promote this magnificent breed.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Program

  1. In 2025, 60 german shepherds were rescued, 53 dogs were adopted out, 47 pets neutered, and 19 heartworm treatments were provided. The organization continues to provide support to the community through a community fund. Over 9,000 was granted to help families keep their pets when they have financial need.

    $94,776 spentof which $10,220 as grants$25,237 earned by the program
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $94,776.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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.

100 = 20202020 Revenue 100 ($437k) Expenses 100 ($99k) Net assets 100 ($490k)2021 Revenue 224 ($979k) Expenses 105 ($105k) Net assets 279 ($1.4M)2022 Revenue 31 ($135k) Expenses 122 ($122k) Net assets 239 ($1.2M)2023 Revenue 14 ($61k) Expenses 110 ($109k) Net assets 264 ($1.3M)2024 Revenue 39 ($170k) Expenses 108 ($107k) Net assets 285 ($1.4M)2025 Revenue 41 ($177k) Expenses 103 ($103k) Net assets 314 ($1.5M)
202020212022202320242025
Revenue (41)Expenses (103)Net assets (314)Peer revenue range

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 $490k to $1.4M (+179%).

$490k
$1.4M
$1.2M
$1.3M
$1.4M
$1.5M
202020212022202320242025
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

45% of GERMAN SHEPHERD DOG RESCUE AND ADOPTION SERVICES’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (86% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 7,042 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.

$338k
’20
$874k
’21
$14k
’22
−$48k
’23
$63k
’24
$75k
’25
7.9
months of
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.

202020212022202320242025
Listed9813121111
Joined·+0+5+1+0+0
No longer listed·10210
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $25 → $7k.

2 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 98% 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 GERMAN SHEPHERD DOG RESCUE AND ADOPTION SERVICES’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

GERMAN SHEPHERD DOG RESCUE AND ADOPTION SERVICES leans on a few funders — its largest provides 75% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

98% 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 GERMAN SHEPHERD DOG RESCUE AND ADOPTION SERVICES.

75%
largest funder
100%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 80% · 2021 94% · 2022 100% · 2023 77% — 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

98% of GERMAN SHEPHERD DOG RESCUE AND ADOPTION SERVICES'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 $545 that is directly attributable, 86% of it comes from North Carolina funders.

NY
MA
NC

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’19
’20
’21
’22
North Carolina out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $29k 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

GERMAN SHEPHERD DOG RESCUE AND ADOPTION SERVICES runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 3,693 animals nonprofits its size.

Operating margin42% · top quartile
Months of reserve7.9mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)−17% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,693 animals nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

92% of spending goes to programs.

Program 92%Management 7%Fundraising 1%

Governance

11
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

64%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

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Questions and answers

Who funds GERMAN SHEPHERD DOG RESCUE AND ADOPTION SERVICES?
GERMAN SHEPHERD DOG RESCUE AND ADOPTION SERVICES (North Carolina) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $29,379 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($21,983). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 98% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does GERMAN SHEPHERD DOG RESCUE AND ADOPTION SERVICES have?
IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $29,379 in grants to GERMAN SHEPHERD DOG RESCUE AND ADOPTION SERVICES, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of GERMAN SHEPHERD DOG RESCUE AND ADOPTION SERVICES?
AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $21,983 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like GERMAN SHEPHERD DOG RESCUE AND ADOPTION SERVICES 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.

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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 2020–2025), 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