Arizona · Nonprofit
THE FOUNDATION FOR SERVICE DOG SUPPORT INC
THE FOUNDATION FOR SERVICE DOG SUPPORT INC (Arizona) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $116,975 to it, the largest being THE FRANCES AND JOHN WAHL FOUNDATION ($75,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $28k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $117k
- Net assets
- $0
What The Foundation for Service Dog Support Inc does
Mission
The foundation for service dog support, inc (fsds) is an arizona based 501(c)(3) non-profit thatprovides support, services, resources and education for individuals with disabilities for whom a service dog can improve their quality of life. We provide training for service dogs, training for service dog teams, support and encouragement to those who need service dogs, and education to the general public to increase awareness about the role of service dogs in public spaces. The fsds also provides grants for service dogs to injured and/or disabled first responders, public safety officers, disabled veterans, public school teachers, clergy and others who have provided outstanding service to our community that are injured and/or have a disability and are in need of a service dog to increase their activities for daily living.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Service and facility dog training - we provide dogs to meet the needs of wounded military and first responders requiring assistance with daily activities due to post traumatic stress disorder, as well as economically disadvantaged individuals who are unable to afford the cost of a service dog posted by other programs. Training of these teams on graduation leads to service dog certification by the fsds. Work with police and fire departments annually for a trained certified service dog for their use at no cost to them. Additional training and education is provided to the general public and community regarding service dog issues and the law. Fsds is the only facility dog certification program in arizona.
$0 spentObediance training - we provide training to individuals seeking to acquire service dog training skills to increase the number of local qualified trainers in response to the growing need for legitimately trained trainers and service dogs. We also provide general dog training to the public and canine first aid and cpr training for handlers, police officers, and fireman.
$0 spentOngoing professional development - the academy is a two-year comprehensive program that not only teaches service dog training but also provides insight into how to set-up and run a training business with 12 didactic courses completed on-line and 300 hours of mandated hands-on training.
$0 spent
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $0.
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.
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 $55k to $172k (+213%).
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.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
Leadership and staff
Chief executive
Karen Sendelback Cfre
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $8k → $10k.
1 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 1% 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 THE FOUNDATION FOR SERVICE DOG SUPPORT 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
THE FOUNDATION FOR SERVICE DOG SUPPORT INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 64% 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: 2017 100% · 2018 83% · 2020 99% · 2021 84% · 2022 99% · 2023 98% — 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
86% of THE FOUNDATION FOR SERVICE DOG SUPPORT INC's grant income comes from Arizona funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $725 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.
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In Arizona
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
63%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE FOUNDATION FOR SERVICE DOG SUPPORT INC?
- THE FOUNDATION FOR SERVICE DOG SUPPORT INC (Arizona) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $116,975 to it, the largest being THE FRANCES AND JOHN WAHL FOUNDATION ($75,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE FOUNDATION FOR SERVICE DOG SUPPORT INC have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $116,975 in grants to THE FOUNDATION FOR SERVICE DOG SUPPORT INC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE FOUNDATION FOR SERVICE DOG SUPPORT INC?
- THE FRANCES AND JOHN WAHL FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $75,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE FOUNDATION FOR SERVICE DOG SUPPORT INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Arizona. 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 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