Mark-9

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
471120743
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Lisle, IL, USA
Phone
6303012320
Rating
75
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Veterinary Services

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$108,255
Expenses
$47,892
Assets
$137,512
Liabilities
$204

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Alexis Newman (President)
  • Ryley Martin (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Alexis Newman (President)
  • Jim King (Treasurer)
  • Ryley Martin (Vice President)

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

MARK-9 is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing financial assistance for the veterinary medical care of retired working K-9s, supporting the handlers who care for them after their service ends.

What it reported doing in 2025

In the past year, MARK-9's medical reimbursement program supported 92 retired working K-9s across the country. Forty-three of those dogs received the full $500 allotment available to them. Ten dogs received reimbursement above the standard allotment, reflecting MARK-9's policy of approving exceptions for circumstances such as end-of-life care. The remaining 39 dogs received a partial reimbursement based on their specific needs. Reimbursements covered routine and extraordinary veterinary care, checkups, and medication for conditions common to working dogs in retirement. Total program expenditures for the year were $40,678.

Operating model

Revenue model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 56
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 83
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 37.6%; rating input score 38
  • Program expense ratio: 84.9%; rating input score 85

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 55.8%; rating input score 94; 94th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.87; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -20.8% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 1.8% per year; rating input score 100; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 16% per year; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 37.6% of revenue deployed · 84.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $41K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2021 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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 38/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 45/100.