California · Nonprofit
STRENGTH OF SHADOW DOG RESCUE INC
STRENGTH OF SHADOW DOG RESCUE INC (California) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $417,791 to it, the largest being THE CONFIDENCE FOUNDATION ($350,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $303k
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $418k
- Net assets
- $266k
What Strength of Shadow Dog Rescue Inc does
Mission
The purpose of the corporation shall include, but shall not be limited to, the following: -to rescue, rehabilitate, and re-home dogs from shelters within kern county -to provide necessary basic needs and veterinary care for those dogs -to educate the public on proper treatment of dogs -to educate the public on the importance of spay and neuter -to cooperate with other humane organizations in "making kern no-kill" -to erect and maintain facilities for said purpose
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Rescue and rehabilitate shelter dogs and place them in forever homes. Educate on the importance of spay and neuter. Assist in the efforts of making kern no-kill.
$233,291 spent95% of program spendingDepreciation
$11,219 spent5% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $244,510.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 2019 to 2020, from $68k to $257k (+277%).
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: 2025 17%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of STRENGTH OF SHADOW DOG RESCUE INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (86% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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
Robert Miller
CEO
Board chair
Fredrick Clark
Chairperson
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $10k → $107k.
4 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 7% 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 STRENGTH OF SHADOW DOG RESCUE 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.
How concentrated its funding is
STRENGTH OF SHADOW DOG RESCUE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 84% of grant income and the top three 96%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 80% · 2020 49% · 2021 60% · 2022 56% · 2023 93% — 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.
Where its funders are
100% of STRENGTH OF SHADOW DOG RESCUE INC's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $31k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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
STRENGTH OF SHADOW DOG RESCUE INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 3,693 animals nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,693 animals nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like STRENGTH OF SHADOW 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
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds STRENGTH OF SHADOW DOG RESCUE INC?
- STRENGTH OF SHADOW DOG RESCUE INC (California) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $417,791 to it, the largest being THE CONFIDENCE FOUNDATION ($350,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does STRENGTH OF SHADOW DOG RESCUE INC have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $417,791 in grants to STRENGTH OF SHADOW DOG RESCUE INC, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of STRENGTH OF SHADOW DOG RESCUE INC?
- THE CONFIDENCE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $350,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like STRENGTH OF SHADOW 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 FY2025 (financials across 2018–2025), and the filings of 7 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