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KINDRED SPIRITS CANINE EDUCATIONCENTER

KINDRED SPIRITS CANINE EDUCATIONCENTER (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $750 to it, the largest being MELVIN SPITCAUFSKY MEMORIAL FOUNDATION ($750). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$36k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$750
Net assets
$462k
0/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 0%
01What it does

What Kindred Spirits Canine Educationcenter does

Mission

to provide assistance and education to dog owners of the benefits and responsibilities of dog ownership including companion therapy emotional support and service dogs

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. dog training classes and seminars - 178 dogs and owners attended classes and or seminars in obedience therapy dog Canine Good Citizen 67 dogs attended rattlesnake avoidance clinic

    $128,272 spent$35,941 earned by the program
    100% of program spending
  2. No charge evaluation testing for therapy and service dogs

    $0 spent
    0% of program spending
  3. Held classes and seminars for representatives of dog rescue organizations

    $0 spent
    0% of program spending
  4. Other program services, not described on the e-filed return.

    $0 spent
    0% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $128,272.

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 ($318k) Expenses 100 ($75) Net assets 100 ($335k)2021 Revenue 58 ($184k) Expenses 8680 ($7k) Net assets 153 ($512k)2022 Revenue 68 ($215k) Expenses 139081 ($104k) Net assets 186 ($623k)2023 Revenue 23 ($74k) Expenses 160253 ($120k) Net assets 176 ($590k)2024 Revenue 11 ($36k) Expenses 217591 ($163k) Net assets 138 ($462k)
20202021202220232024
Revenue (11)Expenses (217591)Net assets (138)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 $335k to $512k (+53%).

$335k
$512k
$623k
$590k
$462k
20202021202220232024
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
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

0% of KINDRED SPIRITS CANINE EDUCATIONCENTER’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (65% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 26,798 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.

$318k
’20
$177k
’21
$111k
’22
−$47k
’23
−$127k
’24
34
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.

Chief executive

Anna Kate Abbott

Executive Director

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

20202021202220232024
Listed77444
Joined·+3+3+0+0
No longer listed·3600
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

Funder
'22
total
funders
1

From the IRS filings of KINDRED SPIRITS CANINE EDUCATIONCENTER’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.

Where its funders are

KINDRED SPIRITS CANINE EDUCATIONCENTER draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside California, across 1 state in all.

KS

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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

KINDRED SPIRITS CANINE EDUCATIONCENTER is better cushioned than half of the 21,859 education nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−354% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve33.9mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)−42% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 21,859 education nonprofits under $100k, FY2024

Organizations like KINDRED SPIRITS CANINE EDUCATIONCENTER

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

05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

79% of spending goes to programs.

Program 79%Management 21%Fundraising 0%

Governance

3
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

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

CA

Screen this organization

A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for KINDRED SPIRITS CANINE EDUCATIONCENTER: 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 KINDRED SPIRITS CANINE EDUCATIONCENTER?
KINDRED SPIRITS CANINE EDUCATIONCENTER (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $750 to it, the largest being MELVIN SPITCAUFSKY MEMORIAL FOUNDATION ($750). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does KINDRED SPIRITS CANINE EDUCATIONCENTER have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $750 in grants to KINDRED SPIRITS CANINE EDUCATIONCENTER.
Who is the largest funder of KINDRED SPIRITS CANINE EDUCATIONCENTER?
MELVIN SPITCAUFSKY MEMORIAL FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $750 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like KINDRED SPIRITS CANINE EDUCATIONCENTER 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 2020–2024), and the filings of 1 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