Our mission is to train and provide service dogs for veterans and wounded warriors and to raise public awareness.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
73¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$102K 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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FY2019 · 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 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $286K a year · 8% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 5 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
$102K
to officers and key staff · 3% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 3% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
3 mo
of spending, in cash
Fine: 2.8 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
3
named funders · $5K
Looks good: 3 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$390K
48% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 48% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
5
of 7 voting members
Looks good: 5 of 7 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$3.6M
Spent
$3.5M
To programs
73%
Net assets
$418K
By yearFY2019–FY2024
Revenue
$3.6M
FY2019
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2019$3.6M
FY2020$3.5M
FY2021$4.1M
FY2022$4.2M
FY2023$3.8M
FY2024$3.6M
Expenses
$3.5M
FY2019
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2019$3.5M
FY2020$3.0M
FY2021$3.9M
FY2022$3.7M
FY2023$3.3M
FY2024$3.6M
Net assets
$418K
FY2019
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2019$418K
FY2020$915K
FY2021$1.1M
FY2022$1.6M
FY2023$2.0M
FY2024$2.0M

From the FY2019 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 Mar 2009.

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Where the money goes

73 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 73% · $2.6M Management & general 5% · $180K Fundraising 22% · $767K

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

8 people listed on the 990; $102K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Dir.
$50,000Pt VII · Sec A
Amdin Director
$40,000Pt VII · Sec A
Ambassador
$12,000Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Brooke Corson’s $102K as Executive Director is at the 46th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1137 $1–10M 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

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020FY2019
Brooke Corson$102,000$100,000$80,000$64,443$80,000$50,000
Rebecca Kalina——$4,231$46,983$55,000$40,000
Lauren Oliver———$15,017$13,500—
Johnny Ayo———$11,638$13,500—
John Ayo—————$12,000

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 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Trains and provides service dogs for veterans and raises public awareness.

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2 programs · $2.6M · in their own filed words · FY2019
01

Bring public awareness to the plight of veterans, wounded warriors, law enforcement officers, first responders and federal agents, and the benefits of providing a trained service dog to a veteran, wounded warrior, law enforcement officer, first responder or federal agent.

$2.4Mprogram expense
02

Teams trained VETERAN/DOG owner & service dog teams. During 2019, it graduated 12 teams from its service dog training program, joined the assistance dogs international breeding co-op, and supported 31 teams.

$111Kprogram 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
Pet HeavenFY2025$250
Total grants receivedfrom 3 funders$5K
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By the numbers

The FY2019 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$3.6M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$3.6M
Investment incomeLn 3$6K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$750
Money outPt IX
$3.5M
Ln 25
Programscol B$2.6M
Managementcol C$180K
Fundraisingcol D$767K
Owns and owesPt X
$418K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$805K
Total assetsLn 16$808K
LiabilitiesLn 26$390K
PeoplePt VI, VII
8
listed · VII A
PaidVII A3
Voting boardVI 1a7
IndependentVI 1b5
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$3.6M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$750
Investment incomeLn 3$6K
Gains on assetsLn 7$0
Total revenueLn 12$3.6M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$314K
SavingsLn 2$490K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$805K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$4K
Other assetsLn 15$0
Total assetsLn 16$808K
LiabilitiesLn 26$390K
Net assetsLn 32$418K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 53
VolunteersI 650
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY19End FY19
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$523K$805K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$4K$4K
Total assetsLn 16$527K$808K
LiabilitiesLn 26$196K$390K
Net assetsLn 32$331K$418K
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$102K$86K$16K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$42K$35K$7K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$0
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$0
Payroll taxesLn 10$11K$9K$2K
Management feesLn 11a$0
Legal feesLn 11b$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$12K$12K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$162K$162K
Investment management feesLn 11f$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$5K$5K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$6K$6K
Office expensesLn 13$3K$3K
Information technologyLn 14$1K$1K
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$35K$30K$6K
TravelLn 17$20K$20K
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$452$452
InsuranceLn 23$2K$2K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$2.9M$2.2M$123K$562K
All other expensesLn 24e$246K$203K$43K
Total functional expensesLn 25$3.5M$2.6M$180K$767K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest $3.6M$3.6M−$3K$2.0M 990 PDF
FY2023 $3.8M$3.3M$468K$2.0M 990 PDF
FY2022 $4.2M$3.7M$451K$1.6M 990 PDF
FY2021 $4.1M$3.9M$217K$1.1M 990 PDF
FY2020 $3.5M$3.0M$497K$915K 990 PDF
FY2019 Viewing $3.6M$3.5M$87K$418K 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
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Part I · Summary $3,587,171 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $3,295,647$3,580,455
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $150$750
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $28$5,966
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $2,636$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $3,298,461$3,587,171
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $84,231$154,245
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $174,108$162,446
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $2,751,266$3,183,291
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $3,009,605$3,499,982
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $288,856$87,189
Part VI · Governance 5 of 7 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body7
VI-1b Independent voting members5
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $3,587,171 across 9 lines filed
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$3,560,856
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$3,580,455
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $750$750
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $5,966$5,966
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-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $750 · Excluded from tax $5,966$3,587,171
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $3,499,982 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 $85,895 · Management $16,105$102,000
IX-6 Pay of disqualified personsPrograms $35,079 · Management $6,577$41,656
IX-7 Other salaries and wages$0
IX-8 Pension plan contributions$0
IX-9 Other employee benefits$0
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $8,917 · Management $1,672$10,589
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal fees$0
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $11,889$11,889
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11e Professional fundraising feesFundraising $162,446$162,446
IX-11f Investment management fees$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesManagement $4,714$4,714
IX-12 Advertising and promotionManagement $5,842$5,842
IX-13 Office expensesManagement $3,438$3,438
IX-14 Information technologyManagement $1,022$1,022
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $29,777 · Management $5,582$35,359
IX-17 TravelPrograms $19,800$19,800
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 $452$452
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $2,143$2,143
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $2,167,954 · Management $123,174 · Fundraising $561,786$2,852,914
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $202,730 · Fundraising $42,988$245,718
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $2,552,295 · Management $180,467 · Fundraising $767,220$3,499,982
Part X · Balance sheet $808,359 assets, 18 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $373,096$314,471
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $150,000$490,269
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 $4,071$3,619
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 $527,167$808,359
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $196,031$390,034
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $196,031$390,034
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $331,136$418,325
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $331,136$418,325
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $527,167$808,359
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $418,325 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$3,587,171
XI-2 Total expenses$3,499,982
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$87,189
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$331,136
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$418,325

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