Texas · Nonprofit
VETERANS ASSISTANCE DOGS OF TEXAS INC
VETERANS ASSISTANCE DOGS OF TEXAS INC (Texas) receives grants from 22 organizations whose IRS filings report $646,859 to it, the largest being ED RACHAL FOUNDATION ($128,000). 13 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $295k
- Funders on record
- 22
- Grants received
- $647k
- Net assets
- $656k
What Veterans Assistance Dogs of Texas Inc does
Mission
To train service dogs in order to assist the physical and emotional well being of texas veterans suffering from physical disabilities, traumatic brain injuries, ptsd, mst or a combination of these disabilities.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
The organization trained and placed 10 dogs w/ disabled veterans throughout the state of texas, giving us a total of 66 dogs placed during our 10 years of service. In particular, we placed 1 service dog with a disabled veteran residing in the city of amarillo which fulfilled our obligation of a $26,000 grant received from the brumley foundation; another service dog was placed in bexar county with a disabled veteran residing in san antonio fulfilling our obligation for a grant of $20,000 received from the greehey family foundation; a third service dog was placed in fort bend county with a disabled veteran residing in sugarland fulfilling our obligation for a grant of $24,000 we received from the henderson-wessendorf foundation. 1 dog washed out of the program but was used as a comfort dog for a disabled veteran. No dogs were returned to a shelter. 9 dogs remained in the training program as of 6/30/2024. Lauren cheney was hired as our digital social media administrator and will help with marketing and management of our website. Service dog suzie was the first dog we placed in december 2013 with veteran john bencken. Suzie was diagnosed with lymphoma cancer and passed in april 2024.…
$196,645 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2023 Form 990. Program spending in total: $196,645.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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 $703k to $1.3M (+84%).
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: 2022 15%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
97% of VETERANS ASSISTANCE DOGS OF TEXAS INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (84% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 7 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
Larry Pottridge
Member/executive director
Board chair
Jerry Ashby
Chairman of the board
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 10 funders, grant income rose $50k → $138k.
2 of 22 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.
Left out of every figure on this page: $223k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Kerrville Elks Charities Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money VETERANS ASSISTANCE DOGS OF TEXAS INC raised.
From the IRS filings of VETERANS ASSISTANCE DOGS OF TEXAS 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
VETERANS ASSISTANCE DOGS OF TEXAS INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 20% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 40% · 2018 38% · 2019 96% · 2020 96% · 2021 70% · 2022 89% · 2023 17% — 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
20% of VETERANS ASSISTANCE DOGS OF TEXAS INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 59% 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
98% of VETERANS ASSISTANCE DOGS OF TEXAS INC's grant income comes from Texas funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $9k 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
VETERANS ASSISTANCE DOGS OF TEXAS INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 1,934 public benefit nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,934 public benefit nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like VETERANS ASSISTANCE DOGS OF TEXAS 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 Texas
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
73% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
95%
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 VETERANS ASSISTANCE DOGS OF TEXAS INC?
- VETERANS ASSISTANCE DOGS OF TEXAS INC (Texas) receives grants from 22 organizations whose IRS filings report $646,859 to it, the largest being ED RACHAL FOUNDATION ($128,000). 13 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does VETERANS ASSISTANCE DOGS OF TEXAS INC have?
- IRS filings report 22 organizations giving $646,859 in grants to VETERANS ASSISTANCE DOGS OF TEXAS INC, 13 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of VETERANS ASSISTANCE DOGS OF TEXAS INC?
- ED RACHAL FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $128,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like VETERANS ASSISTANCE DOGS OF TEXAS INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Texas. 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 2019–2025), and the filings of 22 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