California · Nonprofit
GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND INC
GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND INC (California) receives grants from 578 organizations whose IRS filings report $47,384,802 to it, the largest being HIND FOUNDATION ($6,000,000). 349 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $92M
- Funders on record
- 578
- Grants received
- $47M
- Net assets
- $534M
What Guide Dogs for the Blind Inc does
Mission
Guide dogs for the blind empowers lives by creating exceptional partnerships between people, dogs, and communities.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Guide dog programsgdb is recognized as a world leader in the breeding, socialization, and training of guide dogs along with unparalleled support of its guide dog teams. During the year ended june 30, 2024, gdb served almost 2,000 guide dog teams across the u.s. And canada. Guide dog teams train and graduate from gdb's campuses in california and oregon, and in-home client training services are also available. As part of gdb's commitment to client service and support, clients have ongoing access to on-campus veterinary services, veterinary financial assistance, dedicated field service representatives, 24/7 call-in support, an alumni association and much more. (continued on sch o)orientation & mobility immersion programapproximately five years ago, gdb expanded its service offerings to include a free orientation & mobility immersion ("omi") program. This program is designed for people interested in learning orientation and mobility skills for safe, independent travel, including those skills that are most relevant to guide dog handling. Gdb provides services to new clients as well as to current guide dogs handlers who may need to enhance their mobility skills. Omi training is…
$50,413,759 spent$216,947 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2023 Form 990. Program spending in total: $50,413,759.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 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 2020 to 2021, from $435M to $528M (+21%).
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.
64% of GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (21% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
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.
Chief executive
Christine Benninger
CEO/president
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 122 funders to 226 funders, grant income rose $6.8M → $7.2M.
57 of 578 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 48% 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 GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 578 funders by total. 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
GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 13% of grant income, and it takes 7 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 7 funders to its left
51% 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 GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 67% · 2018 35% · 2019 20% · 2020 18% · 2021 20% · 2022 12% · 2023 21% — 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.
How long its funders stay
41% of GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 60% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
51% of GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND INC's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $23M arriving through sponsors registered in 24 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
GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 2,297 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,297 human services nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND INC
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 California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
78% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
80%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 35 states
Part of a family of 9 related entities
- Gdb International · exempt
- Charitable Remainder Trust (6) · corp_trust
- Pooled Income Fund (53) · corp_trust
- Charitable Gift Annuities (58) · corp_trust
- Charitable Gift Annuities (6) · corp_trust
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND INC: 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 GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND INC?
- GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND INC (California) receives grants from 578 organizations whose IRS filings report $47,384,802 to it, the largest being HIND FOUNDATION ($6,000,000). 349 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND INC have?
- IRS filings report 578 organizations giving $47,384,802 in grants to GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND INC, 349 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND INC?
- HIND FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $6,000,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 578 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