California · Nonprofit
MERCED COUNTY SHERIFFS K9 UNIT INC
MERCED COUNTY SHERIFFS K9 UNIT INC (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $16,910 to it, the largest being Merced Lodge No 1240 BPO Elks ($16,910). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
Against its field
MERCED COUNTY SHERIFFS K9 UNIT INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 987 crime & legal nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 987 crime & legal nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Three funders worth looking at
Grantmakers with no record of funding this organization, ranked by how strongly the co-funder graph and the mission embeddings agree. The evidence is in section 03.
- United Way of Merced Countyshared funderslocalportfolio match
- Community Foundation of Merced Countylocalportfolio match
- Benevolent & Protective Order of the Elks Petaluma Lodge No 901shared funders
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2023, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2023, 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.
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.
100% of MERCED COUNTY SHERIFFS K9 UNIT INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (99% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 3 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of MERCED COUNTY SHERIFFS K9 UNIT 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.
Where its funders are
100% of MERCED COUNTY SHERIFFS K9 UNIT INC's grant income comes from California funders.
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.
Funders to approach
Grantmakers that don’t fund you yet, surfaced two ways: they back organizations that share your funders, or their grantees resemble your mission. The ones both signals agree on come first.
- United Way of Merced Countyshared funderslocalportfolio matchCA · backs 3 organizations that share your funders · funds 34 organizations near you · its grantees resemble your mission
- Community Foundation of Merced Countylocalportfolio matchCA · funds 20 organizations near you · its grantees resemble your mission
- Benevolent & Protective Order of the Elks Petaluma Lodge No 901shared fundersCA · backs 2 organizations that share your funders
- American Kennel Club Companion Animal Recovery Corporationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Nancy Allison Perkins Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Latham Foundation for the Promotion of Humane Educationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- American Warrior Initiative Incportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Positive Step Foundation Incportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Margaret Thiele Petti Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Kurgo Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- American Humane Associationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Heart of Gold Legacy Foundation Formerly Solid Gold Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
From the co-funder graph (funders backing at least two comparable organizations, shrunk for grantee count, donor-advised and mega-funds excluded) and the universe embeddings. A research starting point; overlap is association, not a guarantee of fit.
Organizations like MERCED COUNTY SHERIFFS K9 UNIT INC
Nonprofits whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over the universe of 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.
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
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for MERCED COUNTY SHERIFFS K9 UNIT 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.
Screens are triage, not determinations; a source that cannot be read reports not screened, never clear. How the screen works · on the API as GET /api/screening/{ein}?format=pdf
Questions and answers
- Who funds MERCED COUNTY SHERIFFS K9 UNIT INC?
- MERCED COUNTY SHERIFFS K9 UNIT INC (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $16,910 to it, the largest being Merced Lodge No 1240 BPO Elks ($16,910). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MERCED COUNTY SHERIFFS K9 UNIT INC have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $16,910 in grants to MERCED COUNTY SHERIFFS K9 UNIT INC.
- Who is the largest funder of MERCED COUNTY SHERIFFS K9 UNIT INC?
- Merced Lodge No 1240 BPO Elks is the largest funder on record, with $16,910 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MERCED COUNTY SHERIFFS K9 UNIT 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.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2023–2025), and the filings of 1funders 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 August 27, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing