California · Nonprofit
MARLEY'S MUTTS DOG RESCUE INC
MARLEY'S MUTTS DOG RESCUE INC (California) receives grants from 77 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,578,660 to it, the largest being NETWORK FOR GOOD ($395,582). 39 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 69% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.6M
- Funders on record
- 77
- Grants received
- $2.6M
- Net assets
- $487k
What Marley's Mutts Dog Rescue Inc does
Mission
Making a pawsitive and lasting impact on communities by rehabilitating souls and creating second chances using the power of the human/canine bond.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Miracle mutts therapy dog program is a community outreach and education program. Utilizing all breeds, therapy dogs are trained to provide affection, comfort and support to people in hospitals, libraries, universities, retirement homes, homeless shelters, underserved elementary schools, hospice or hight-stress areas, serving nearly 500 people. This program is powered by human volunteers and their certified therapy dogs, many of which were marley's mutts rescues.
$1,056,800 spent$13,438 earned by the program78% of program spendingPawsitive change prison program served 2 california state prisons. 35 dogs were paired with 59 incarcerated individuals (student trainers) using dog psychology and basic dog obedience training. The canine/human bondgraduated with a pawsitive change certificate of completion that prepared dogs for adoption while preparing the incarcerated to be equipped to enter the workforce upon release. No reports of recidivism.
$225,578 spent17% of program spendingMutt movers: dedicated to make an impact on the overcrowding crisis in kern county animal shelters, marley's mutts is on a mission to rescue, rehabilitate, and rehome dogs in need. A program critical to saving dogs and taking the burden off our shelter partners is our mutt movers program. This rescue by relocation program allows us to transport up to 500 dogs per year to areas where the demand for adoptable dogs is high.
$64,233 spent5% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,346,611.
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 2021 to 2022, from $1.9M to $1.4M (−29%).
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: 2017 11% · 2018 6%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of MARLEY'S MUTTS DOG RESCUE INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (74% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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.
Chief executive
Melissa Brunson
Executive director
Board chair
Kathy Johnson
Chairman of the board
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2022 and FY2023 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 8 funders to 29 funders, grant income rose $206k → $503k.
17 of 77 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 69% 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 MARLEY'S MUTTS DOG RESCUE INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 77 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
MARLEY'S MUTTS DOG RESCUE INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 15% of grant income, and it takes 5 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 5 funders to its left
74% 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 MARLEY'S MUTTS DOG RESCUE INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 72% · 2018 72% · 2019 23% · 2020 24% · 2021 46% · 2022 12% · 2023 20% — 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
29% of MARLEY'S MUTTS DOG RESCUE INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 51% 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
69% of MARLEY'S MUTTS DOG RESCUE 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 $801k that is directly attributable, 54% of it comes from funders outside California, across 20 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.8M arriving through sponsors registered in 12 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
MARLEY'S MUTTS DOG RESCUE INC's revenue grew 41% between 2017 and 2024.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,559 animals nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like MARLEY'S MUTTS DOG RESCUE 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
75% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
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
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for MARLEY'S MUTTS DOG RESCUE 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 MARLEY'S MUTTS DOG RESCUE INC?
- MARLEY'S MUTTS DOG RESCUE INC (California) receives grants from 77 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,578,660 to it, the largest being NETWORK FOR GOOD ($395,582). 39 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 69% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does MARLEY'S MUTTS DOG RESCUE INC have?
- IRS filings report 77 organizations giving $2,578,660 in grants to MARLEY'S MUTTS DOG RESCUE INC, 39 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MARLEY'S MUTTS DOG RESCUE INC?
- NETWORK FOR GOOD is the largest funder on record, with $395,582 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MARLEY'S MUTTS DOG RESCUE 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 77 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing