Dog Gone Seattle is a Washington-based nonprofit organization dedicated to saving homeless dogs in high-kill shelters in Washington and beyond through rescue, foster, and adoption. We are a foster-based organization, and our rescue is 100% funded through adoption fees and donations. We believe every dog deserves a chance at a forever home, and we aim to make a difference in the lives of these deserving animals, one dog at a time.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
96¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$144K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2021 · 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
FY2024
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
5 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $157K a year · 25% of revenue · last 5 filings
Looks good: a surplus in 5 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
96%
of spending
Looks good: 96% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$144K
to officers and key staff · 35% of spending
Concern: pay to officers and key staff is 35% of spending; over 30%.
Pt VII · Sec A
14 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 13.7 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $5K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$19K
3% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 3% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
1
of 5 voting members
Worth a look: 1 of 5 voting members are independent, under half.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$515K
-21% vs prior year
Spent
$416K
To programs
96%
Net assets
$539K
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$515K
FY2021▼ -21%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$655K
FY2021$515K
FY2022$603K
FY2023$639K
FY2024$740K
Expenses
$416K
FY2021▼ -22%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$532K
FY2021$416K
FY2022$432K
FY2023$496K
FY2024$493K
Net assets
$539K
FY2021▲ +22%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$440K
FY2021$539K
FY2022$710K
FY2023$853K
FY2024$1.1M

From the FY2021 Form 990 · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Aug 2017.

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Where the money goes

96 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 96% · $399K Management & general 4% · $17K Fundraising 0% · $312

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; $144K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Director
$52,411Pt VII · Sec A
Asst Director
$50,000Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$22,695Pt VII · Sec A
$18,750Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Ashlyn Kauh’s $55K as Asst Director is at the 63rd 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 · 5 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Ashlyn Kauh$55,000$55,000$50,000$50,000
Jenny Nordin$55,000$54,583$50,000$52,411
Toni Crane$55,000$55,000$47,827$22,695
Justyna Kieko—$22,500$7,500$18,750
Mariah Murray$4,125———

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

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

Programs and updates

Rescues, fosters, and finds homes for homeless dogs from shelters.

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1 program · $399K · in their own filed words · FY2021
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Dog Gone Seattle rescued hundres of unwanted dogs, with many adoptions in that same period. We are a foster volunteer based rescue organization which allows us to give each dog the special care and training needed to find the right fit in a loving forever home.

$399Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

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

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$5K

By the numbers

The FY2021 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$515K
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$386K
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$118K
Other incomeLn 4–11$10K
Money outPt IX
$416K
Ln 25
Programscol B$399K
Managementcol C$17K
Fundraisingcol D$312
Owns and owesPt X
$539K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$476K
Total assetsLn 16$558K
LiabilitiesLn 26$19K
PeoplePt VI, VII
5
listed · VII A
PaidVII A4
Voting boardVI 1a5
IndependentVI 1b1
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$118K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$386K
Other incomeLn 4–11$10K
Gains on assetsLn 7$0
Total revenueLn 12$515K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$476K
SavingsLn 2$0
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$476K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$82K
Other assetsLn 15$0
Total assetsLn 16$558K
LiabilitiesLn 26$19K
Net assetsLn 32$539K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 54
VolunteersI 6400
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 FY21End FY21
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$435K$476K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$38K$82K
Total assetsLn 16$480K$558K
LiabilitiesLn 26$40K$19K
Net assetsLn 32$440K$539K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0
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$144K$144K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$0
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$0
Payroll taxesLn 10$10K$10K
Management feesLn 11a$0
Legal feesLn 11b$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$850$850
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$0
Advertising and promotionLn 12$6K$6K
Office expensesLn 13$0
Information technologyLn 14$5K$5K
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$0
InsuranceLn 23$744$494$250
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$224K$222K$2K
All other expensesLn 24e$26K$23K$3K$312
Total functional expensesLn 25$416K$399K$17K$312

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest $740K$493K$247K$1.1M 990 PDF
FY2023 $639K$496K$143K$853K 990 PDF
FY2022 $603K$432K$171K$710K 990 PDF
FY2021 Viewing $515K$416K$99K$539K 990 PDF
FY2020 $655K$532K$123K$440K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support O · Explanations
See the full FY2021 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $515,071 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $121,280$118,181
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $533,503$386,474
I-10 Investment income$0
I-11 Other revenue$10,416
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $654,783$515,071
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $143,897$153,673
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $387,644$262,522
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $531,541$416,195
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $123,242$98,876
Part VI · Governance 1 of 5 board members independent, 5 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body5
VI-1b Independent voting members1
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 payNo
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $515,071 across 10 lines filed
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$118,181
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$118,181
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $386,474$386,474
VIII-3 Investment income$0
VIII-5 Royalties$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or loss$0
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assets$0
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events$0
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $10,416$10,416
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $396,890$515,071
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $416,195 across 31 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizations$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individuals$0
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 $143,856$143,856
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wages$0
IX-8 Pension plan contributions$0
IX-9 Other employee benefits$0
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $9,817$9,817
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal fees$0
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $850$850
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11f Investment management fees$0
IX-12 Advertising and promotionManagement $5,728$5,728
IX-13 Office expenses$0
IX-14 Information technologyManagement $5,103$5,103
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 amortization$0
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $494 · Management $250$744
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $221,794 · Management $1,841$223,635
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $22,676 · Management $3,474 · Fundraising $312$26,462
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $398,637 · Management $17,246 · Fundraising $312$416,195
Part X · Balance sheet $558,018 assets, 19 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $435,219$476,273
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $53$0
X-3 Pledges and grants receivable$0
X-4 Accounts receivable$0
X-8 Inventories for sale or use$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred charges$0
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $38,380$81,745
X-11 Publicly traded securities$0
X-12 Other securities$0
X-13 Program-related investments$0
X-14 Intangible assets$0
X-15 Other assets$0
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $479,652$558,018
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $26,783$17,214
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $2,766$2,241
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $39,965$19,455
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $439,687$538,563
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $439,687$538,563
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $479,652$558,018
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $538,563 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$515,071
XI-2 Total expenses$416,195
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$98,876
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$439,687
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$538,563

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