California · Nonprofit
NIKAPOWER
NIKAPOWER (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $510 to it, the largest being AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION ($474). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 93% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2022
- $44k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $510
- Net assets
- $18k
What Nikapower does
Mission
Save animals in danger of dying at shelters due to overcrowding behavioral problems or medical concerns.
As stated on its FY2022 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Animal Adoptions. We pull animals from shelters that have been deemed rescue only for behavior or medical reasons. We rehabilitate them and adopt them out to forever homes. To date we have placed over 1,000 animals in forever homes.
$7,599 spent15% of program spendingBoutique sales. We educate owners about ways to keep dogs healthy in their homes and out of the shelters. Many times owners get rid of pets because of simple issues like reactions to food or bored dog behavioral issues. These are some of the issues that can be helped with owner education about enrichment toys and quality food.
$39,559 spent81% of program spendingTraining. We provide training resources for dogs pulled from shelters as well as for owners struggling to keep their dogs in their home. We offer group trainings and free consultations. And each new adoption includes training.
$1,952 spent4% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2022 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $49,110.
Leadership and staff
Chief executive
Michelle Robertson-Clark
Executive Director Head Trainer
As listed on its FY2022 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income rose $91 → $139.
1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 93% 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 NIKAPOWER’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
NIKAPOWER leans on a few funders — its largest provides 93% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
93% 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 NIKAPOWER.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 60% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — growing more concentrated.
“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
93% of NIKAPOWER'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 $36 that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside California, across 1 state.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $474 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
NIKAPOWER runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 4,669 animals nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,669 animals nonprofits under $100k, FY2022
Organizations like NIKAPOWER
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.
Public support
72%
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 NIKAPOWER: 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 NIKAPOWER?
- NIKAPOWER (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $510 to it, the largest being AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION ($474). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 93% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does NIKAPOWER have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $510 in grants to NIKAPOWER, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NIKAPOWER?
- AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $474 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NIKAPOWER 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 FY2022 (financials across 2022–2022), and the filings of 2 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