Virginia · Nonprofit
WHO WILL LET THE DOGS OUT
WHO WILL LET THE DOGS OUT (Virginia) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $67,353 to it, the largest being THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS ($50,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $199k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $67k
- Net assets
- $106k
What Who Will Let the Dogs Out does
Mission
We raise awareness and resources for animal shelters nationwide, supporting homeless dogs and the heroes who fight for them with practical solutions that save lives.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
InstaSnip is a spay/neuter grant program that provides immediate financial assistance for spay and neuter surgeries to Who Will Let the Dogs Out partner shelters and rescues. This animal welfare funding program, which was generously funded by the ASPCA and a private donation
$0 spentof which $39,000 as grants0% of program spendingShelter Tours- The team takes two to four tours a year and visits animal shelters from Virginia to Florida and as far west as Arkansas. They distribute and generate donations for the shelters and raise awareness on social media
$8,065 spentof which $27,115 as grants100% of program spendingAn InstaGrant is an immediate in-kind donation to animal shelters we visit during our shelter tours, designed to address urgent needs that directly improve shelter conditions and animal care
$0 spentof which $12,082 as grants0% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $8,065.
Leadership and staff
Board chair
Cara Achterberg
Board President
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2022 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $96 → $10k.
3 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 26% 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 WHO WILL LET THE DOGS OUT’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
WHO WILL LET THE DOGS OUT leans on a few funders — its largest provides 74% 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
100% 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 WHO WILL LET THE DOGS OUT.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2022 100% · 2023 99% — broadly stable.
“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
WHO WILL LET THE DOGS OUT draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Virginia, across 1 state in all.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $17k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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
WHO WILL LET THE DOGS OUT runs a healthier operating margin 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 WHO WILL LET THE DOGS OUT
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 Virginia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
47%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds WHO WILL LET THE DOGS OUT?
- WHO WILL LET THE DOGS OUT (Virginia) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $67,353 to it, the largest being THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS ($50,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does WHO WILL LET THE DOGS OUT have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $67,353 in grants to WHO WILL LET THE DOGS OUT, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of WHO WILL LET THE DOGS OUT?
- THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS is the largest funder on record, with $50,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WHO WILL LET THE DOGS OUT find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Virginia. 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 2025–2025), and the filings of 4 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