Handi - Dogs INC FY2024 filing

Ability Dogs of Arizona is dedicated to providing specialized training to people and their dogs to enhance independence and quality of life.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
68¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$81K 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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FY2024 · 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
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
5 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $76K a year · 18% 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
68%
of spending
Fine: 68% of spending went to programs; 65% to 75%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$81K
to officers and key staff · 20% of spending
Fine: pay to officers and key staff is 20% of spending; 15% to 20%.
Pt VII · Sec A
15 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 14.7 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
7
named funders · $143K
Looks good: 7 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$24K
2% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 2% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
12
of 12 voting members
Looks good: 12 of 12 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$469K
+15% vs prior year
Spent
$399K
To programs
68%
Net assets
$1.2M
By yearFY2021–FY2025
Revenue
$469K
FY2024▲ +15%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2021$351K
FY2022$345K
FY2023$407K
FY2024$469K
FY2025$567K
Expenses
$399K
FY2024▲ +25%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2021$289K
FY2022$257K
FY2023$320K
FY2024$399K
FY2025$497K
Net assets
$1.2M
FY2024▲ +6%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2021$983K
FY2022$1.1M
FY2023$1.2M
FY2024$1.2M
FY2025$1.3M

From the FY2024 Form 990 (year ending June 2024) · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Jul 1978.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

68 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 68% · $272K Management & general 26% · $104K Fundraising 6% · $23K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

Who runs it and what they're paid

13 people listed on the 990; $81K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2023); the FY2024 filing did not itemize Part VII
President & CEO
$80,850Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Scott Mobley’s $77K as Executive Di is at the 68th percentile of top reported officer pay among 2168 $100K–1M human services 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 · 4 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Joshua Anderson—$80,850$76,112$3,924—
Scott Mobley$76,754————
Scott Gimple———$25,644$65,942
Melanie Emerson———$19,618—

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

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

  • 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 people and their dogs to improve independence and quality of life.

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1 program · $272K · in their own filed words · FY2023
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Ability Dogs of Arizona provides training for both service dogs and pet dogs. The Service Dog program is a 12-18 month professionally guided owner-trained program for individuals with a variety of support needs: diabetes alert, hearing alert, mobility assistance, PTSD/psychiatric assistance, and seizure response.Pet dog programs include…

$272Kprogram 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 · FY2024
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By the numbers

Org confirmed 0 of 11 linesconfirmednot yet

The FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$469K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$336K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$115K
Other incomeLn 4–11$12K
Money outPt IX
$399K
Ln 25
Programscol B$272K
Managementcol C$104K
Fundraisingcol D$23K
Owns and owesPt X
$1.2M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$489K
Total assetsLn 16$1.2M
LiabilitiesLn 26$24K
PeoplePt VI, VII
13
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a12
IndependentVI 1b12
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$336K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$2K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$7K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$115K
Investment incomeLn 3$6K
Other incomeLn 4–11$12K
Gains on assetsLn 7$0
Total revenueLn 12$469K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$3K
SavingsLn 2$486K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$489K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$386K
Other assetsLn 15$356K
Total assetsLn 16$1.2M
LiabilitiesLn 26$24K
Net assetsLn 32$1.2M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 59
VolunteersI 635
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
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 FY24End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$411K$489K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$401K$386K
Total assetsLn 16$1.2M$1.2M
LiabilitiesLn 26$27K$24K
Net assetsLn 32$1.2M$1.2M
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$87K$60K$21K$6K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$165K$138K$21K$5K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$1K$1K$310
Other employee benefitsLn 9−$7K−$4K−$3K
Payroll taxesLn 10$19K$13K$5K$479
Management feesLn 11a$0
Legal feesLn 11b$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$17K$17K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$10K$6K$3K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$6K$2K$3K$1K
Office expensesLn 13$32K$18K$11K$3K
Information technologyLn 14$10K$3K$4K$4K
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$29K$14K$16K
TravelLn 17$2K$575$282$1K
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$2K$550$974
InterestLn 20$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$18K$17K$1K
InsuranceLn 23$7K$4K$4K
All other expensesLn 24e$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$399K$272K$104K$23K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $567K$497K$70K$1.3M 990 PDF
FY2024 Viewing $469K$399K$70K$1.2M 990 PDF
FY2023 $407K$320K$88K$1.2M 990 PDF
FY2022 $345K$257K$89K$1.1M 990 PDF
FY2021 $351K$289K$62K$983K 990 PDF

Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support O · Explanations
See the full FY2024 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $469,429 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $272,811$336,168
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $109,071$115,068
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $776$5,891
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $24,530$12,302
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $407,188$469,429
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $226,369$265,199
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $93,220$133,864
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $319,589$399,063
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $87,599$70,366
Part VI · Governance 12 of 12 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body12
VI-1b Independent voting members12
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 $469,429 across 14 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $1,647 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1a Federated campaigns$6,786
VIII-1c Fundraising events$7,075
VIII-1d Related organizations$6,000
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$316,307
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$1,844
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$336,168
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $115,068$115,068
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $5,891$5,891
VIII-5 Royalties$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossExcluded from tax $10,095$10,095
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assets$0
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsUnrelated business −$266 · Excluded from tax $276$276
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $284$284
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $122,111 · Unrelated business $513 · Excluded from tax $10,760$469,429
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $399,063 across 30 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 $59,800 · Management $20,980 · Fundraising $6,359$87,139
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $138,092 · Management $21,087 · Fundraising $5,413$164,592
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $1,063 · Management $310$1,373
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms −$3,701 · Management −$2,980−$6,681
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $12,866 · Management $5,431 · Fundraising $479$18,776
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal fees$0
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $17,386$17,386
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11f Investment management fees$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $6,183 · Management $3,428$9,611
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $2,439 · Management $2,774 · Fundraising $1,278$6,491
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $17,756 · Management $11,262 · Fundraising $3,319$32,337
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $2,619 · Management $3,504 · Fundraising $3,969$10,092
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $13,503 · Management $15,647$29,150
IX-17 TravelPrograms $575 · Management $282 · Fundraising $1,349$2,206
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $550 · Fundraising $974$1,524
IX-20 Interest$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $16,535 · Management $1,088$17,623
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $3,822 · Management $3,622$7,444
IX-24e All other expenses$0
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $272,102 · Management $103,821 · Fundraising $23,140$399,063
Part X · Balance sheet $1,242,385 assets, 21 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $410$3,111
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $410,528$485,972
X-3 Pledges and grants receivable$0
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $295$100
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $2,747$3,572
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $2,656$8,341
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $401,365$385,587
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 assetsStart of year $361,580$355,702
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $1,179,581$1,242,385
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $16,626$13,891
X-19 Deferred revenue$2,000
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $10,401$8,113
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $27,027$24,004
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $916,212$862,679
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $236,342$355,702
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $1,152,554$1,218,381
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $1,179,581$1,242,385
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $1,218,381 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$469,429
XI-2 Total expenses$399,063
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$70,366
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$1,152,554
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments−$5,810
XI-6 Donated services and use of facilities−$5,528
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$6,799
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$1,218,381

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