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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by AMERICAN VETERANS SERVICE DOG ACADEMY.

Totals

Total revenue
$268,322
Total expenses
$254,625
Contributions and grants received
$268,322
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$148,695
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,286
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$147,409
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$13,141
Management and general expenses
$241,484
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$13,141

Program services were 5.2% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $49,220

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $219,102

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $54,000 · management and general $54,000

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $4,277 · management and general $4,277

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $1,684 · management and general $1,684

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $167,586 · management and general $167,586

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $134 · management and general $134

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $3,650 · program services $67 · management and general $3,583

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $10,143 · management and general $10,143

  • 17 · Travel

    total $77 · management and general $77

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $7,102 · program services $7,102

  • 24a · Other expenses: OTHER PROGRAM EXPENSES

    total $3,268 · program services $3,268

  • 24b · Other expenses: SERVICE DOG EQUIPMENT

    total $2,398 · program services $2,398

  • 24c · Other expenses: CLASSROOM FOOD

    total $199 · program services $199

  • 24d · Other expenses: OTHER DOG EXPENSES

    total $107 · program services $107

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $134,999 · end of year $148,695

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $1,287 · end of year $1,286

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $133,712 · end of year $147,409

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

EFFECTIVE DECEMBER 8TH, 2021: AVSDA WAS FOUNDED FOR, AND HAS AS ITS CORE MISSION, THE REDUCTION OF SUICIDE NUMBERS AMONGST VETERANS DIAGNOSED WITH POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS (PTS). WE STRIVE TO ACCOMPLISH THIS GOAL THROUGH OUR SERVICE DOG TRAINING PROGRAM WHICH PAIRS AND TRAINS VETERANS WITH THEIR DOGS TO BECOME WORKING TEAMS. OUR PROGRAM IS ADMINISTERED BY PROFESSIONAL, KNOWLEDGEABLE, AND DEDICATED STAFF WHO ASSIST OUR VETERANS IN REACHING THEIR GOAL OF A BETTER, HAPPIER, MORE PRODUCTIVE LIFE WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF THEIR SERVICE DOG.

  • PROVIDED TRAINING TO 16 VETERAN SERVICE DOG TEAMS AND FOUR GRADUATED. NEW APPLICANTS ARE BEING WELCOMED ON A ROLLING BASIS. CONDUCTED SERVICE DOG AWARENESS OUTREACH AND INTERACTIONS WITH THE PUBLIC AND LOCAL BUSINESSES.

    Expenses $13,141

  • AVSDA HAS CONTINUED PATNERSHIP WITH KANKAKEE COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND HAVE TAKEN OUR SERVICE DOG PROGRAM INTO THE COLLEGE. THE 2 YEAR ASSOCIATE DEGREE PROGRAM IN HUMAN-ANIMAL RELATIONSHIPS IS CURRENTLY ON HOLD.

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Benjamin Sanders

    PRESIDENT -

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4 + 4 related

  • Eric Carlson

    TREASURER -

    Total calculated
    $54,000
    From this org
    $54,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40 + 40 related

  • Lynn Sebek

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related

  • Robert Perez

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related

  • Aaron Rupp

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related

  • Keith Stevenson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
19 February 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.0
Source object
202630969349300913

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