California · Nonprofit
HOMEWARD BOUND GOLDEN RETRIEVER RESCUE & SANCTUARY INC
HOMEWARD BOUND GOLDEN RETRIEVER RESCUE & SANCTUARY INC (California) receives grants from 22 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,063,373 to it, the largest being JOHN MOHME FOUNDATION ($375,000). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 54% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.6M
- Funders on record
- 22
- Grants received
- $1.1M
- Net assets
- $5.0M
What Homeward Bound Golden Retriever Rescue & Sanctuary Inc does
Mission
Homeward bound golden retriever rescue & sanctuary is a volunteer organization which rescues and heals displaced, abandoned, and homeless golden retrievers and golden mixes throughout northern california, no matter their age or health.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Rescue. Rehabilitation. Rehome. Homeward bound conducts a comprehensive adoption program wherein each dog receives a health and behavioral assessment, is provided with medical care, attention and support needed to prepare for adoption in a loving home. Potential adopters undergo a home inspection and approval process to make the best matches possible. If for any reason, a dog can no longer stay with its matched family, it will return to homeward bound. Our commitment to the dog is lifelong.
$993,237 spent$177,860 earned by the program100% of program spendingGolden touch program. The "golden touch: a senior-to-senior connection" program matches senior goldens with retired persons and couples who are at least 60 years of age, not working, and on a limited income. The adoption fee is waived. The adopters ensure the dogs are fed, cared for and loved.
Foster program. Our short-term foster program frees space for more dogs and provides valuable information about how the dog behaves in a home. Long-term, permanent foster is available for very senior dogs and dogs with special needs. Homeward bound provides lifelong medical care reducing the burden on families so dogs that are otherwise not likely to be adopted can be home.
Compassionate care program: this program provides support for extraordinary medical, hospice, and end-of-life care so beloved and well-cared for dogs can remain in their homes.education: homeward bound educates the public regarding the importance of spay/neuter; how to choose a responsible breeder to end puppy mills; and the importance of training to reduce the number of unwanted and abandoned animals.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $993,237.
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 $1.8M to $2.9M (+59%).
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.
66% of HOMEWARD BOUND GOLDEN RETRIEVER RESCUE & SANCTUARY INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (74% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 8 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.
Board chair
Audrey Farrington
Board chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 11 funders, grant income rose $20k → $163k.
12 of 22 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 54% 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 HOMEWARD BOUND GOLDEN RETRIEVER RESCUE & SANCTUARY 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
HOMEWARD BOUND GOLDEN RETRIEVER RESCUE & SANCTUARY INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 35% of grant income and the top three 65%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
61% 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 HOMEWARD BOUND GOLDEN RETRIEVER RESCUE & SANCTUARY INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 51% · 2018 44% · 2019 36% · 2020 31% · 2021 39% · 2022 42% · 2023 40% — 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
55% of HOMEWARD BOUND GOLDEN RETRIEVER RESCUE & SANCTUARY INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 55% 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
54% of HOMEWARD BOUND GOLDEN RETRIEVER RESCUE & SANCTUARY INC'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 $487k that is directly attributable, 95% of it comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $577k arriving through sponsors registered in 9 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
HOMEWARD BOUND GOLDEN RETRIEVER RESCUE & SANCTUARY INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 1,559 animals nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,559 animals nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like HOMEWARD BOUND GOLDEN RETRIEVER RESCUE & SANCTUARY 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
92% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
95%
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 HOMEWARD BOUND GOLDEN RETRIEVER RESCUE & SANCTUARY INC?
- HOMEWARD BOUND GOLDEN RETRIEVER RESCUE & SANCTUARY INC (California) receives grants from 22 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,063,373 to it, the largest being JOHN MOHME FOUNDATION ($375,000). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 54% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does HOMEWARD BOUND GOLDEN RETRIEVER RESCUE & SANCTUARY INC have?
- IRS filings report 22 organizations giving $1,063,373 in grants to HOMEWARD BOUND GOLDEN RETRIEVER RESCUE & SANCTUARY INC, 12 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of HOMEWARD BOUND GOLDEN RETRIEVER RESCUE & SANCTUARY INC?
- JOHN MOHME FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $375,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like HOMEWARD BOUND GOLDEN RETRIEVER RESCUE & SANCTUARY 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 22 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