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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by LEADER DOGS FOR THE BLIND FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$12,227,576
Total expenses
$4,039,982
Contributions and grants received
$24,167
Grants paid
$3,717,000
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$12,203,409
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$73,252,443
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$73,252,443
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$3,717,000
Management and general expenses
$322,982
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$3,717,000

Program services were 92.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Listed in Part VII

  • MELISSA L WEISSE

    SECRETARY/TREASURER (AS OF 02/2024)

    Total calculated
    $312,102
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $290,000
    Other
    $22,102
    Hours/week
    2 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $273,300 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0 + $16,700 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $14,500 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $7,602 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $312,102 related

  • STEVE GUARINI

    PRESIDENT & CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • SCOTT BERRY

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BRIAN HOCK

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • RAJ KOTHARI

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DAVID KNILL

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • REBECCA HERR

    DIRECTOR (THRU 02/2025)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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

Answered yes

None.

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 3
MELISSA WEISSE HELD THE POSITION OF PRESIDENT/CEO OF LEADER DOGS FOR THE BLIND ("LEADER DOGS") AND IS COMPENSATED BY THAT ORGANIZATION, WHICH IS RELATED TO THE FILING ORGANIZATION. LEADER DOGS USES THE FOLLOWING METHODS TO ESTABLISH COMPENSATION: - COMPENSATION COMMITTEE - FORM 990 OF OTHER ORGANIZATIONS - APPROVAL BY THE BOARD OR COMPENSATION COMMITTEE

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

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
13 January 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202630139349303208

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