Dogs for Law Enforcement

Analysis

Dogs for Law Enforcement is a registered charity in United States, based in Houston, TX. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover crime and legal-related, which this site groups under human rights and equality. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending September 2023, Dogs for Law Enforcement reported income of $193k and spending of $191k, spending 99% of its income. Across the 4 years on record, from September 2019 to September 2023, income fell from $419k to $193k (-54%), an average of -23% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2020, when income dropped by 48%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 9,611 United States charities whose main cause is human rights and equality and that reported income, Dogs for Law Enforcement sits at the 44th percentile: it is larger than about 44% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 53rd percentile, and in the 57th percentile within TX. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include You Can Play ($193k), Oregon Firearms Educational Foundation ($193k) and Stafford House ($193k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending September 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 77% and program service revenue 15% of the total. At year end it held assets of $11k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $11k.