California · Nonprofit
International Guiding Eyes Inc DBA Guide Dogs of America
International Guiding Eyes Inc DBA Guide Dogs of America (California) receives grants from 151 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,519,274 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($592,442). 91 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $13M
- Funders on record
- 151
- Grants received
- $6.5M
- Net assets
- $87M
What International Guiding Eyes Inc DBA Guide Dogs of America does
Mission
The organizations mission is to transform lives through partnerships with service dogs.the organization provides professionally trained, expertly matched service dogs and personalized instruction in their care and use to people who are blind/visually impaired, veterans with ptsd or mobility limitations, and children with autism. The organization also places facility dogs with professionals who work with other populations who benefit from animal intervention in settings such as hospitals, schools, courtrooms, and police departments. All dogs and services are provided at no cost and are available to eligible applicants from throughout the united states and canada.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Guide dog program placed 21 guide dog teams. Of those, 7 were first-time handlers continued 1-on-1 support to our more than 160 working guide dog teams, including in-home visits service dog program placed 37 working service dog teams, 21 autism placements, 10 veteran, and 6 facility dog placements continued 1-on-1 support and follow-up to all active 149 working service dog teams puppy program & canine development150 puppies born into our program130 puppies placed into volunteer puppy raiser homes
$7,378,015 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $7,378,015.
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 2020 to 2021, from $48M to $68M (+42%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2021 5% · 2022 7% · 2023 4% · 2024 2% · 2025 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
77% of International Guiding Eyes Inc DBA Guide Dogs of America’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. 0 of the last 7 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 30 funders to 65 funders, grant income rose $296k → $983k.
19 of 151 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 32% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $1.1M from 8 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Grand Lodge International Association of Machinists & Aerospace Workers). These are real filings, and they are not money International Guiding Eyes Inc DBA Guide Dogs of America raised.
From the IRS filings of International Guiding Eyes Inc DBA Guide Dogs of America’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 151 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
International Guiding Eyes Inc DBA Guide Dogs of America has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 9% of grant income, and it takes 11 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 11 funders to its left
46% 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 International Guiding Eyes Inc DBA Guide Dogs of America.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 25% · 2018 13% · 2019 18% · 2020 11% · 2021 13% · 2022 10% · 2023 8% — 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 International Guiding Eyes Inc DBA Guide Dogs of America'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
60% of International Guiding Eyes Inc DBA Guide Dogs of America's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.1M arriving through sponsors registered in 13 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
International Guiding Eyes Inc DBA Guide Dogs of America 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 International Guiding Eyes Inc DBA Guide Dogs of America
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
83% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
85%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 20 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for International Guiding Eyes Inc DBA Guide Dogs of America: 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 International Guiding Eyes Inc DBA Guide Dogs of America?
- International Guiding Eyes Inc DBA Guide Dogs of America (California) receives grants from 151 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,519,274 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($592,442). 91 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does International Guiding Eyes Inc DBA Guide Dogs of America have?
- IRS filings report 151 organizations giving $6,519,274 in grants to International Guiding Eyes Inc DBA Guide Dogs of America, 91 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of International Guiding Eyes Inc DBA Guide Dogs of America?
- AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $592,442 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like International Guiding Eyes Inc DBA Guide Dogs of America 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 2019–2025), and the filings of 151 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