Form 990 for tax year 2025

Totals

Total revenue

$8,271,921

Total expenses

$4,215,160

Contributions and grants received

$7,698,325

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$138,838

Other revenue

$434,758

Total assets, end of year

$10,514,344

Total liabilities, end of year

$303,993

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$10,210,351

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$3,485,474

Management and general expenses

$197,883

Fundraising expenses

$531,803

Program service expenses (Part III)

$3,485,474

Program services were 82.7% 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.

Mission and programs · 2025

• 1. ASSISTANCE DOG TRAINING SERVICESA. DURING 2025 WE RECEIVED 355 APPLICATION REQUESTS FOR ASSISTANCE DOGS FROM PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES. THESE INDIVIDUALS ARE ATTEMPTING TO LIVE THEIR LIVES INDEPENDENTLY. DUE TO THE LACK OF FUNDING FOR TRAINING ASSISTANCE DOGS, SOME OF THESE INDIVIDUALS APPLY TO MORE THAN ONE PROGRAM, OR SOME STRUGGLE TO PAY SIGNIFICANT FEES TO OTHER ORGANIZATIONS IN ORDER TO GET AN ASSISTANCE DOG SOONER.B. EACH APPLICATION WE RECEIVE FOR AN ASSISTANCE DOG IS REVIEWED FOR COMPLETE CONTENT, AND THEN ALL POTENTIAL CLIENTS ARE INTERVIEWED. DURING THIS INTERVIEW, THE POTENTIAL CLIENT LEARNS ALL THAT IS INVOLVED WITH OBTAINING AND WORKING WITH THEIR NEW PARTNER AND HOW MUCH THEIR LIFE MAY CHANGE, BOTH IN THE WORKPLACE AND IN THEIR HOME ENVIRONMENT. THIS INTERVIEW PROVIDES CAN DO CANINES WITH INFORMATION ON THEIR ENVIRONMENT, STRENGTHS, WEAKNESSES, RANGE OF MOTION, LIFESTYLE, AND EXPECTATIONS OF THE POTENTIAL CLIENT.C. ONCE AN APPLICANT IS ACCEPTED, TRAINERS LOOK FOR A DOG THAT MATCHES THE CLIENT'S LIFESTYLE AND PERSONALITY IN ADDITION TO MEETING THE NEEDS OF THEIR NEW PARTNER. EACH DOG IS TRAINED TO ACCOMPLISH THE TASKS NEEDED FOR THEIR PARTICULAR CLIENT. CLIENT SERVICES COORDINATORS OR CONTRACTED FIELD REPRESENTATIVES WORK WITH CLIENTS AND THEIR DOGS FOR ANOTHER SIX MONTHS IN THEIR HOME, WORK, AND/OR SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT. CLIENTS LEARN TO PROVIDE FOR THE DOG'S CARE AND WELL-BEING, AS WELL AS TECHNIQUES, SKILLS, AND COMMANDS TO USE WITH THEIR DOG. THE CLIENT WILL ALSO LEARN TECHNIQUES TO EXPAND THE RANGE OF TASKS IF THEIR DISABILITY CHANGES. A CERTIFICATION EVALUATION WILL BE COMPLETED WHEN THEIR TRAINING IS COMPLETED. A VIDEO RECORDING IS MADE OF THE CLIENT/DOG TEAM WORKING IN THEIR NORMAL DAILY LIFE. THIS MATERIAL IS REVIEWED FOR APPROVAL. UPON APPROVAL, THE TEAM RECEIVES THEIR IDENTIFICATION CARD AND PROCEEDS TO THE GRADUATION EVENT.D. DURING 2025 WE HAD 58 DOGS COME IN FOR TRAINING. WE COMPLETED 151 NEW INTERVIEWS WITH POTENTIAL CLIENTS. WE PROVIDED NEW PLACEMENTS, ONGOING TRAINING SUPPORT EDUCATION, RECERTIFICATIONS AND SUPPLEMENTAL TRAINING SERVICES TO OVER 376 ACTIVE CLIENTS DURING 2025.E. WE OBTAINED 54 DOGS FROM OUR OWN BREEDING PROGRAM, 6 DOGS FROM PRIVATE BREEDERS AND OTHER SOURCES, AND 5 DOGS FROM IBC BREEDING COOPERATIVE. F. SOME OF OUR CANINE TRAINEES ARE NOT SUCCESSFUL IN THEIR ASSISTANCE DOG TRAINING BUT CAN GO ON TO SERVE IN OTHER WAYS. WHENEVER POSSIBLE, WE CREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEM TO SERVE AS WORKING DOGS WITH OTHER AGENCIES. OTHERS BECOME PERSONAL PETS. DURING 2025, 46 DOGS THAT ENTERED OUR PROGRAM WERE "CAREER-CHANGED."G. CAN DO CANINES MAINTAINED MEMOS OF UNDERSTANDING (MOU) OR CONTRACTS WITH EIGHT (8) PRISON FACILITIES IN MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN THAT AGREED TO SUPPORT THE GOALS OF CAN DO CANINES TO PREPARE DOGS TO ENTER ASSISTANCE DOG TRAINING. CAN DO CANINES AGREED TO PROVIDE REGULAR PROFESSIONAL INSTRUCTION IN DOG TRAINING, AS WELL AS VETERINARY SUPPORT AND FOOD FOR THE DOGS. THE PROGRAM INVOLVED 253 INMATES WHO PROVIDED TRAINING FOR 105 DOGS (54 OF WHICH WERE WEANED IN PRISON). THESE PROGRAMS ARE A PERMANENT PART OF THE CAN DO CANINES TRAINING PROCESS. THIS PROGRAM HAS PRODUCED TANGIBLE POSITIVE RESULTS FOR ALL PARTICIPANTS: PRISON INMATES, PRISON EMPLOYEES AND ADMINISTRATION, THE CAN DO CANINES TRAINING PROGRAM, AND CAN DO CANINES CLIENTS. ADDITIONALLY, THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE MAY BENEFIT, AS NATIONAL RESEARCH INDICATES THAT THE RECIDIVISM RATE FOR INMATES PARTICIPATING IN SIMILAR PROGRAMS HAS BEEN 50% LOWER THAN FOR THOSE WHO HAVE NOT HAD THIS OPPORTUNITY.THIS PROGRAM HAS PRODUCED TANGIBLE POSITIVE RESULTS FOR ALL PARTICIPANTS; PRISON INMATES, PRISON EMPLOYEES AND ADMINISTRATION, CAN DO CANINES TRAINING PROGRAM, AND CAN DO CANINES CLIENTS. ADDITIONALLY, THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE MAY BENEFIT AS NATIONAL RESEARCH INDICATES THAT THE RECIDIVISM RATE FOR INMATES PARTICIPATING IN SIMILAR PROGRAMS HAS BEEN 50% LESS THAN THOSE WHO HAVE NOT HAD THIS OPPORTUNITY.ANNUAL FOLLOW-UP SURVEYS ARE SENT TO ALL ACTIVE TEAMS TO ASCERTAIN IF THE TEAM IS STILL ACTIVE, IF THE DOG IS HEALTHY, AND IF THE CLIENT NEEDS ANY ASSISTANCE WITH ADDITIONAL TRAINING OR EQUIPMENT PROVIDED BY THE ORGANIZATION. IF ADDITIONAL TRAINING IS NECESSARY, A MEMBER OF THE TRAINING STAFF CONTACTS THE CLIENT TO ADDRESS THEIR NEEDS. TRAINING STAFF ALSO INITIATES CONTACT WITH CLIENTS IF THERE IS A CONCERN ABOUT THE DOG'S BEHAVIOR, HEALTH OR WEIGHT.THE ANNUAL SURVEYS ALSO ENSURE THAT THE ORGANIZATION IS PROVIDING ADEQUATE CUSTOMER SERVICE TO THE CLIENT. IN THE YEAR 2024, 99% OF SURVEY PARTICIPANTS RATED THEIR SERVICE DOG'S LEVEL OF TRAINING AS EXCELLENT OR GOOD, 94% FELT THEIR DOG WAS PERFORMING ASSISTANCE DOG TASKS AS EXCELLENT OR WELL. 2. FOLLOW-UPANNUAL FOLLOW-UP SURVEYS ARE SENT TO ALL ACTIVE TEAMS TO ASCERTAIN IF THE TEAM IS STILL ACTIVE, IF THE DOG IS HEALTHY, AND IF THE CLIENT NEEDS ANY ASSISTANCE WITH ADDITIONAL TRAINING OR EQUIPMENT PROVIDED BY THE ORGANIZATION. IF ADDITIONAL TRAINING IS NECESSARY, A MEMBER OF THE TRAINING STAFF CONTACTS THE CLIENT TO ADDRESS THEIR NEEDS. TRAINING STAFF ALSO INITIATES CONTACT WITH CLIENTS IF THERE IS A CONCERN ABOUT THE DOG'S BEHAVIOR, HEALTH, OR WEIGHT.THE ANNUAL SURVEYS ALSO ENSURE THAT THE ORGANIZATION IS PROVIDING ADEQUATE CUSTOMER SERVICE TO THE CLIENT. IN THE YEAR 2025, 100% OF SURVEY PARTICIPANTS RATED THEIR SERVICE DOG'S LEVEL OF TRAINING AS EXCELLENT OR GOOD, AND 98% FELT THEIR DOG WAS PERFORMING ASSISTANCE DOG TASKS AS EXCELLENT OR WELL.

  Expenses $3,485,474

• PUPPY RAISING AND DOG ACQUISITIONA. THE PUPPY PROGRAM INCLUDED 251 DOGS THIS YEAR. THESE PUPS CAME FROM OTHER ASSISTANCE DOG ORGANIZATIONS, WERE DONATED, OR BRED BY CAN DO CANINES AND RAISED BY INMATES OR VOLUNTEERS. A TOTAL OF 58 DOGS CAME INTO THE KENNELS FOR FINAL TRAINING.B. WE HAD 593 VOLUNTEER HOST PUPPY RAISER HOMES THIS YEAR, WITH 150 BEING NEW IN 2025. THESE VOLUNTEERS ARE A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF OUR SERVICES. PUPPIES ARE PLACED WITH VOLUNTEER FAMILIES AT TEN WEEKS OF AGE FOR EARLY SOCIALIZATION. THIS PROCESS IS CRUCIAL FOR THE PUPPY TO REACH ITS FULL POTENTIAL AS AN ADULT. PUPPY RAISERS WORK WITH OUR PUPPY PROGRAM STAFF AND INSTRUCTORS. THEY ATTEND MONTHLY TRAINING CLASSES AND PUBLIC ACCESS OUTINGS DURING THE TIME THEY ARE RAISING THEIR PUPPY. THIS PROGRAM WILL CONTINUE TO PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN OUR FUTURE SUCCESS.305 INDIVIDUALS COMPLETED AN APPLICATION TO PARTICIPATE IN THE HOST PROGRAM. C. OUR PUPPY PROGRAM VOLUNTEERS PROVIDED AN ESTIMATED 453,488 HOURS OF HOUSING, NURTURING, LOVING, SOCIALIZING, AND WORKING WITH THEIR PUPPIES THIS YEAR. THESE VOLUNTEERS SAVE CAN DO CANINES IMMEASURABLE DOLLARS EACH YEAR. FOR EXAMPLE, IF OUR PROGRAM WERE TO PAY JUST $4.00 PER HOUR FOR THE TIME SPENT RAISING THESE PUPPIES, IT WOULD COST THE AGENCY $1,813,952 ANNUALLY. MANY OF OUR PUPPY PROGRAM VOLUNTEERS ARE ALSO VOLUNTEERING TO PROVIDE THE GENERAL PUBLIC WITH EDUCATIONAL PRESENTATIONS ABOUT THEIR LIFE EXPERIENCES TRAINING A PUPPY TO BECOME AN ASSISTANCE DOG, WHICH SAVES CAN DO CANINES ADDITIONAL MONEY ANNUALLY.D. IN 2025, 11 LITTERS PRODUCED 64 PUPPIES FOR THE PUPPY PROGRAM. AS PART OF OUR AGREEMENT WITH THE IBC BREEDING COOPERATIVE AND WORK WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS, 8 OF THESE PUPPIES WERE SENT TO OTHER MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS. THESE PUPPIES WILL ENTER ASSISTANCE DOG TRAINING AT APPROXIMATELY 24 MONTHS OF AGE.E. GENEROUS BREEDERS DONATED 8 DOGS AND PUPPIES TO THE PUPPY PROGRAM THIS YEAR. OTHER ASSISTANCE DOG ORGANIZATIONS DONATED 6 DOGS TO THE PUPPY PROGRAM DURING 2025. THE TOTAL VALUE OF THESE DONATIONS RANGES FROM $10,500 TO $21,000, AS EACH PUPPY COULD HAVE BEEN SOLD FOR $1,500 TO $3,000. THESE BREEDERS AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS CHOSE TO MAKE AN IN-KIND CONTRIBUTION RATHER THAN PROFIT FROM THE SALE OF THESE DOGS. WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL!

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

Listed in Part VII

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2025

Filed

24 June 2026

IRS schema version

2025v4.2

Source object

202631809349300348

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