Dogs on Deployment

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Scotts Valley, CA501(c)(3)Since 2011AnimalsEIN 45-3109600Revenue $284K in FY2025

On file with the IRSdogsondeployment.org216 Mount Hermon Rd Pmb E335, 95066-4030 · Scotts Valley, CATax-exempt since Mar 2012Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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To give military members peace of mind concerning their pets during their service commitments by providing them with the ability to find people and resources able to help them.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
73¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 5 volunteers and 4 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2025 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
3 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $12K a year · 4% of revenue · last 6 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 3 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
73%
of spending
Fine: 73% of spending went to programs; 65% to 75%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$157K
to officers and key staff · 53% of spending
Top officer’s pay higher than 67% of similar orgs
Concern: pay to officers and key staff is 53% of spending; over 30%.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
8 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 7.9 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
13
named funders · $67K
Looks good: 13 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$9K
3% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 3% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
2
of 4 voting members
Fine: 2 of 4 voting members are independent, half.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
Looks goodFineWorth a lookConcernNo data yetTap a box for the reason.
Revenue
$284K
-21% vs prior year
Spent
$296K
To programs
73%
Net assets
$298K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$284K
FY2025▼ -21%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$400K
FY2021$398K
FY2022$314K
FY2023$326K
FY2024$360K
FY2025$284K
Expenses
$296K
FY2025▼ -12%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$343K
FY2021$325K
FY2022$350K
FY2023$506K
FY2024$335K
FY2025$296K
Net assets
$298K
FY2025▼ -4%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$430K
FY2021$503K
FY2022$468K
FY2023$286K
FY2024$311K
FY2025$298K

From the FY2025 Form 990 · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Mar 2012.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

73 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 73% · $215K Management & general 19% · $57K Fundraising 8% · $24K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

5 people listed on the 990; $157K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
President, CEO
$59,304Pt VII · Sec A
Vice President
$59,304Pt VII · Sec A
Executive Director
$38,544Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member - Industry Advisor
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member - Art Advocacy Advisor
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Alisa Johnson’s $59K as President, CEO is at the 67th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1220 $100K–1M animals nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 3 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Alisa Johnson$59,304$59,236$57,358$53,248$76,923$98,461
Shawn Johnson$59,304$59,236$57,364$53,248$24,423—
Courtney Hilborn$38,544$39,482$28,153———

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2Yes
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Connects military members with pet care and resources during service.

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1 program · $215K · in their own filed words · FY2025
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Dogs On Deployment is a 501c3 national non-profit which provides an online network for service members to search for volunteers who are willing to board their pets during their owners service commitments.

$215Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2024
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Grants paid · 11 grants · $318K · 2020–2025
Unitemized GrantFY2025$7,339
Unitemized GrantFY2025$2,915
Unitemized GrantFY2025$250
Unitemized GrantFY2024$16,585
Unitemized GrantFY2024$8,466
Unitemized GrantFY2024$7,018
Unitemized GrantFY2023$26,577
Unitemized GrantFY2022$63,678
Unitemized GrantFY2022$63,179
Unitemized GrantFY2021$61,135
Unitemized GrantFY2020$60,420

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$284K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$283K
Other incomeLn 4–11$367
Investment incomeLn 3$17
Money outPt IX
$296K
Ln 25
Programscol B$215K
Managementcol C$57K
Fundraisingcol D$24K
Owns and owesPt X
$298K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$196K
Total assetsLn 16$307K
LiabilitiesLn 26$9K
PeoplePt VI, VII
5
listed · VII A
PaidVII A3
Voting boardVI 1a4
IndependentVI 1b2
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$283K
Investment incomeLn 3$17
Other incomeLn 4–11$367
Total revenueLn 12$284K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$196K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$196K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$1K
Total assetsLn 16$307K
LiabilitiesLn 26$9K
Net assetsLn 32$298K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 54
VolunteersI 65
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aNo
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$247K$196K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$2K$1K
Total assetsLn 16$322K$307K
LiabilitiesLn 26$11K$9K
Net assetsLn 32$311K$298K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$11K$11K
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$157K$129K$21K$7K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$35K$35K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$530$367$163
Payroll taxesLn 10$10K$7K$2K
Management feesLn 11a$0
Legal feesLn 11b$10$3$6$1
Accounting feesLn 11c$22K$5K$15K$2K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$7K$7K
Investment management feesLn 11f$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$0
Advertising and promotionLn 12$221$64$42$115
Office expensesLn 13$22K$9K$10K$4K
Information technologyLn 14$25K$25K
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$0
TravelLn 17$0
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$0
InterestLn 20$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$727$727
InsuranceLn 23$902$452$308$142
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$5K$1K$2K$1K
All other expensesLn 24e$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$296K$215K$57K$24K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $284K$296K−$13K$298K 990 PDF
FY2024 $360K$335K$24K$311K 990 PDF
FY2023 $326K$506K−$180K$286K 990 PDF
FY2022 $314K$350K−$36K$468K 990 PDF
FY2021 $398K$325K$74K$503K 990 PDF
FY2020 $400K$343K$57K$430K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
See the full FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $283,519 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $353,660$283,135
I-9 Program service revenue$0
I-10 Investment income$17
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $6,251$367
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $359,911$283,519
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $32,069$10,504
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $204,303$202,347
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$7,105
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $99,046$76,397
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $335,418$296,353
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $24,493−$12,834
Part VI · Governance 2 of 4 board members independent, 4 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body4
VI-1b Independent voting members2
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsYes
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyNo
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $283,519 across 5 lines filed
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$283,135
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$283,135
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $17$17
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $367$367
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $367 · Excluded from tax $17$283,519
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $296,353 across 31 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizations$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $10,504$10,504
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipients$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for members$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $128,912 · Management $20,993 · Fundraising $7,247$157,152
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $35,117$35,117
IX-8 Pension plan contributions$0
IX-9 Other employee benefitsManagement $367 · Fundraising $163$530
IX-10 Payroll taxesManagement $7,225 · Fundraising $2,323$9,548
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $3 · Management $6 · Fundraising $1$10
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $5,170 · Management $14,969 · Fundraising $2,182$22,321
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11e Professional fundraising feesFundraising $7,105$7,105
IX-11f Investment management fees$0
IX-11g Other fees for services$0
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $64 · Management $42 · Fundraising $115$221
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $8,571 · Management $10,113 · Fundraising $3,650$22,334
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $24,752$24,752
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 Occupancy$0
IX-17 Travel$0
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetings$0
IX-20 Interest$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationManagement $727$727
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $452 · Management $308 · Fundraising $142$902
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $1,425 · Management $2,480 · Fundraising $1,225$5,130
IX-24e All other expenses$0
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $214,970 · Management $57,230 · Fundraising $24,153$296,353
Part X · Balance sheet $306,959 assets, 9 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $246,552$196,175
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $73,745$109,761
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $1,750$1,023
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $322,047$306,959
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $11,458$9,158
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $11,458$9,158
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $258,332$297,801
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $310,589$297,801
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $322,047$306,959
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $297,801 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$283,519
XI-2 Total expenses$296,353
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$12,834
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$310,589
XI-8 Prior period adjustments$46
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$297,801

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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