Virginia · Nonprofit
MK9S SERVICE DOGS
MK9S SERVICE DOGS (Virginia) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $37,534 to it, the largest being BEACON LIGHT FOUNDATION INC ($15,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $87k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $38k
- Net assets
- $635k
What Mk9s Service Dogs does
Mission
MK9s Service Dogs' mission is to provide highly trained service dogs to maximize the independence and quality of life of veterans with physical and/or mental health disabilities at no cost to the veteran.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Completed training and placed one service dog with her veteran. Lilly now resides with her veteran and attended and participated in weekly training sessions to further solidify the veteran/service dog bond. Facility Dog Dez continues weekly visits to the Naples Italy Naval Hospital and USO air terminal. Dez is also part of the American Red Cross PAWS program. Continued training of two service dogs in training with their respective veterans. Acquired and began training with a new service dog in training in March. MK9s Service Dogs continues to work primarily with veterans in Virginia, however, we expanded our geographic area to work with veterans in Rhode Island, West Virginia and Tennessee. We also are giving support to our veterans stationed overseas in the UK and Italy with their service and facility dogs. We continue to have a strong partnership with Mercy Medical flights, and they have supported transportation of our West Virginia and Tennessee veterans to their trainings this year with their service dog and service dog in training and transported our newest service dog in training from North Carolina to Virginia in March.
$32,900 spentof which $4,950 as grants87% of program spendingOutreach is a critical component to MK9s Service Dogs' continued success. Lead trainer is co-chair of Northern Virginia Collaborative which works with military members, veterans and organizations that support these communities. Several MK9s Service Dogs' volunteers participated in outreach events this year. The Veterans Curation Program Open House and Resource Fair in Arlington, Virginia had over 100 participants and attendees in which two of our Service Dogs in Training attended. The volunteers presented information and answered questions about utilizing a service dog. Our retired Service Dog and his handler participated in a Veteran Outreach program in MD this year. Mrs. Raley (handler) gave a presentation about service dogs and their impact on veterans' mental health. Over 75 people attended her presentation. MK9s continued participating in a monthly program at a local restaurant to educate individuals. During this program approximately 100 individuals were engaged. Several MK9s Service Dog volunteers and Service Dogs in Training participated in the Walter Reed Hospital Stress Down event in the summer which led to monthly visits to Walter Reed Hospital to provide health breaks…
$0 spent0% of program spendingActive engagement with airport staff in VA to prepare security, airport, and airline personnel for interactions with service dogs as well as preparing service dogs in training for air travel. Estimated to impact greater than 75 individuals in 2025.
$0 spent0% of program spendingAs a partner organization with Project2Heal, MK9s Service Dogs donated five thousand dollars to support their mission of providing service dogs in training to nonprofits who work with veterans and children with autism. MK9s Service Dogs has been the recipient of eight service dogs in training from Project2Heal.
$5,000 spentof which $5,000 as grants13% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $37,900.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 2022 to 2023, from $94k to $566k (+500%).
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.
72% of MK9S SERVICE DOGS’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (100% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 5 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
2019 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $5k → $102.
2 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 19% 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 MK9S SERVICE DOGS’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
MK9S SERVICE DOGS leans on a few funders — its largest provides 40% of grant income and the top three 98%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 98% · 2021 89% · 2022 98% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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.
Where its funders are
MK9S SERVICE DOGS draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Virginia, across 3 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $7k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
MK9S SERVICE DOGS runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 3,315 animals nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,315 animals nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like MK9S SERVICE DOGS
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 Virginia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
94% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
54%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 6 states
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for MK9S SERVICE DOGS: 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 MK9S SERVICE DOGS?
- MK9S SERVICE DOGS (Virginia) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $37,534 to it, the largest being BEACON LIGHT FOUNDATION INC ($15,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MK9S SERVICE DOGS have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $37,534 in grants to MK9S SERVICE DOGS, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MK9S SERVICE DOGS?
- BEACON LIGHT FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $15,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MK9S SERVICE DOGS find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Virginia. 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 2021–2025), and the filings of 5 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