LA County Fire Search Dogs Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 810735378
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2025–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2024
- Location
- Redondo Beach, CA, USA
- Phone
- 3232407526
- Rating
- 75
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Search and Rescue Squads
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $86,501
- Expenses
- $35,369
- Assets
- $51,489
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
4 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Edward Ruiz (President)
- John Hilsabeck (Executive Director)
- Jacob Armendariz (Vice President)
People named in this filing
- Edward Ruiz (President)
- John Hilsabeck (Executive Director)
- Nicholas Bartel (Secretary)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Our organization was founded to provide Los Angeles County Fire Departments K9 Search Team vital support, including financial assistance for training, procurement of essential equipment, and addressing other needs that were not adequately met by the Fire Department's budget.
What it reported doing in 2025
Received a $45,000 restricted grant from MARS Inc. to enhance the capabilities of the Los Angeles County Fire Department's Canine Search and Rescue teams. In 2025, $1,462 was expended for the procurement of specialized training equipment. Following the cash method of accounting, the remaining funds are reserved for advanced disaster search training and additional equipment scheduled for the 2026 fiscal year.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 68% for direct work, and 32% for grants.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of total spending goes to programs. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 63
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 67
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 40.9%; rating input score 41
- Program expense ratio: 99.9%; rating input score 100
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 59.1%; rating input score 93; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.46; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 40.9% of revenue deployed · 99.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 9 filed program accomplishments · $35K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 41/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 57/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.