Totals
- Total revenue
- $1,041,444
- Total expenses
- $622,733
- Contributions and grants received
- $987,823
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $1,991
- Other revenue
- $51,630
- Total assets, end of year
- $761,289
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $21,905
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $739,384
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $532,380
- Management and general expenses
- $25,804
- Fundraising expenses
- $64,549
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $532,380
Program services were 85.5% 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.
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$987,823
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1g · Noncash contributions included above
$48,172
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3 · Investment income
total $1,991 · unrelated business $1,991
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8a · Fundraising events: gross income
$100,042
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8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses
$48,412
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8c · Net income from fundraising events
total $51,630 · excluded $51,630
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $52,700 · program services $25,296 · management and general $14,229 · fundraising $13,175
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $4,700 · program services $4,700
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $21,998 · program services $16,740 · management and general $3,006 · fundraising $2,252
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11b · Fees: legal
total $200 · management and general $200
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $58,061 · program services $57,480 · management and general $581
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $82,094 · program services $44,475 · fundraising $37,619
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13 · Office expenses
total $4,798 · program services $2,076 · management and general $2,339 · fundraising $383
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14 · Information technology
total $23,692 · program services $18,034 · fundraising $5,658
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16 · Occupancy
total $38,500 · program services $38,500
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17 · Travel
total $20,440 · program services $20,440
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $4,389 · program services $4,358 · management and general $31
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $26,466 · program services $26,466
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23 · Insurance
total $6,800 · program services $6,800
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24a · Other expenses: SVC DOGS AND WARRIOR PR
total $215,811 · program services $215,796 · fundraising $15
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24b · Other expenses: PROPERTY- AXEL'S PLACE
total $15,822 · program services $15,822
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24c · Other expenses: PROPERTY-REPAIRS & MAIN
total $11,381 · program services $11,381
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24d · Other expenses: VEHICLE M/R
total $9,190 · program services $9,190
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24e · All other expenses
total $25,691 · program services $14,826 · management and general $5,418 · fundraising $5,447
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $88,695 · end of year $401,191
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4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $3,870 · end of year $48,000
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8 · Inventories for sale or use
beginning of year $12,046 · end of year $88,405
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$168,312
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$68,780
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $96,450 · end of year $99,532
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13 · Investments: program-related
beginning of year $99,362 · end of year $123,517
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15 · Other assets
end of year $644
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $2,429 · end of year $19,440
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25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $318 · end of year $2,465
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $297,676 · end of year $739,384
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
OUR ORGANIZATION'S MISSION IS TO RAISE AWARENESS FOR AND PROVIDE PHYSICAL AID AND SUPPORT TO DISABLED US MILITARY VETERANS. OUR PROGRAM COVERS A CRUCIAL GAP IN THE INDUSTRY-A VETERAN OPERATED ORGANIZATION, THAT CAN ASSIST VETERANS WITH THEIR RECOVERY THROUGH THE FIRST-HAND KNOWLEDGE OF THE INDUSTRY AS WELL AS THE UNIQUE CHALLENGES THAT VETERANS FACE DAILY(A VETERAN CENTRIC APPROACH). OUR VISION IS TO ENSURE OUR VETERANS RECEIVE A SERVICE DOG OF THE HIGHEST CALIBER THAT CAN MITIGATE THEIR SPECIFIC DISABILITIES WITHOUT ANY TEMPERMENTAL OR BEHAVIORAL ISSUES.
Activities or mission (Part I)
LEASHES OF VALOR IS A NATIONAL NONPROFIT THAT PROVIDES HIGHLY-TRAINED SERVICE DOGS TO POST-9/11 VETERANS TO HELP WITH SYMPTOMS OF POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER (PTSD), TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY (TBI) OR MILITARY SEXUAL TRAUMA (MST), AN UNDERLYING TRAUMA TO PTSD. WHENEVER POSSIBLE, WE SOURCE DOGS FROM ANIMAL SHELTERS AND RESCUE ORGANIZATIONS. OUR GOAL IS TO ENRICH AND IMPROVE THE LIVES OF BOTH VETERANS AND DOGS: ONE LEASH SAVES TWO LIVES. FOLLOW-UP COMMUNICATION WITH OUR VETERANS CONTINUES FOR LIFE, AND WE PROVIDE LIFETIME CARE FOR OUR SERVICE DOGS. THIS LEVEL OF DEDICATION IS HOW WE ARE SETTING A NEW STANDARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN THE WORLD OF SERVICE DOGS.
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OUR PROGRAM IS ENTITLED: LEASHES OF VALOR. THE SPECIFIC PURPOSE OF THIS ORGANIZATION IS TO RAISE AWARENESS FOR DISABLED US MILITARY VETERANS AND TO PROVIDE PHYSICAL AID AND SUPPORT FOR DISABLED VETERANS BY TRAINING AND PAIRING THEM WITH SERVICE DOGS TRAINED SPECIFICALLY TO ASSIST THEM IN MITIGATING THEIR SYMPTOMS OF PTSD(POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER) AND TBI(TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY). THESE SERVICE DOGS REDUCE THE SYMPTOMS ASSOCIATED WITH PTSD AND TBI IN OUR VETERANS, SYMPTOMS THAT CAN OFTEN LEAD TO SUICIDE. THESE DOGS ARE HIGHLY TRAINED BY EXPERIENCED PROFESSIONALS TO KEY IN ON THE VETERANS' DISABILITIES BY PROVIDING "ALERTS" TO THEIR SPECIFIC SYMPTOMS THE TRAINERS ENSURE THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF OBEDIENCE AND QUALITY OF TRAINING IS ACHIEVED BEFORE THE DOG EVER LEAVES THE PROGRAM. ONCE THE DOG'S TRAINING IS COMPLETE, THE DOG IS PAIRED WITH A VETERAN, WHERE THE TWO WILL BE TRAINED TOGETHER.
Expenses $531,444
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PUBLIC EDUCATION AND ADVOCACY ON BEHALF OF SERVICE DOGS AND VETERANS.
Expenses $106
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ASSISTANCE FOR EMERGENCY VETERINARY CARE FOR RETIRED WORKING DOGS AND SERVICES DOGS TO ENSURE THAT THEY RECEIVE THE NECESSARY CARE THEY DESERVE FOR SERVING OUR NATION AND OUR NATIONS WARRIORS.
Expenses $830
As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part VII
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JASON HAAG
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
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ABBY FENTON
PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 10
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RICARDA GANJAM
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 10
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
- 2024
- Filed
- 10 July 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.2
- Source object
- 202531919349300848
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