California · Nonprofit
THE MUTT SCOUTS INC
THE MUTT SCOUTS INC (California) receives grants from 20 organizations whose IRS filings report $373,370 to it, the largest being Free Family Foundation ($128,664). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $619k
- Funders on record
- 20
- Grants received
- $373k
- Net assets
- $106k
What The Mutt Scouts Inc does
Mission
Southern California dog rescue. Any breed, any need, dedicated to helping homeless, abused and abandoned dogs from Mexico and high kill shelters throughout California.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Organized groups to resuce animals throughout california locating rescues that have been neglected and abandoned. Educating public of the plight of homeless animals via facebook and other social medias encouraging adoption. Success in locating and placing animals in forever homes
$521,784 spent$158,870 earned by the program100% of program spendingIn August 2024, we got a heartbreaking call from a rescuer in Mexico about a backyard breeding operation that had spiraled completely out of control. A man was breeding and selling dogs purely for profit, with no concern for their well-being. What rescuers found was devastating: exhausted mama dogs who had been bred over and over, some barely out of puppyhood themselves and more than 30 dogs in total who were desperate for help. They were living in filthy, overcrowded kennels. Many were malnourished, some suffering from untreated genetic conditions, and all were terrified. We knew we couldnt turn our backs. So, we said yes. Yes to all 30+ dogs, and immediately began the long road to healing. aking in that many dogs at once was overwhelming both emotionally and financially. We spent over $20,000 on vet care, treatments, and the slow, patient work of helping each dog learn to trust again. Every single one had their own story of survival and one by one, they started to bloom. Today, every one of those dogs has found a forever home across Southern California. Seeing their photos... running free, curled up on soft beds, loved beyond measure... brings tears to our eyes every time.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $521,784.
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 2018 to 2019, from $3k to $3k (+1%).
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.
74% of THE MUTT SCOUTS INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (86% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 3 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
Nicole Audet
Chief executive officer
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 9 funders, grant income rose $6k → $103k.
4 of 20 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 42% 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 MUTT SCOUTS 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 MUTT SCOUTS INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 34% of grant income and the top three 69%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
42% 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 THE MUTT SCOUTS INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 55% · 2019 62% · 2020 48% · 2021 53% · 2022 46% · 2023 59% — 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.
How long its funders stay
25% of THE MUTT SCOUTS INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 55% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
THE MUTT SCOUTS INC draws 76% of its grant income from funders outside California, across 8 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $157k 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
THE MUTT SCOUTS INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 6,435 animals nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 6,435 animals nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like THE MUTT SCOUTS 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
92% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
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 MUTT SCOUTS INC?
- THE MUTT SCOUTS INC (California) receives grants from 20 organizations whose IRS filings report $373,370 to it, the largest being Free Family Foundation ($128,664). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE MUTT SCOUTS INC have?
- IRS filings report 20 organizations giving $373,370 in grants to THE MUTT SCOUTS INC, 11 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE MUTT SCOUTS INC?
- Free Family Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $128,664 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE MUTT SCOUTS 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 FY2024 (financials across 2018–2024), and the filings of 20 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