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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by LEASHES OF VALOR.

Totals

Total revenue
$566,172
Total expenses
$545,668
Contributions and grants received
$498,392
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
-$3,376
Other revenue
$71,156
Total assets, end of year
$300,423
Total liabilities, end of year
$2,747
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$297,676
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$375,207
Management and general expenses
$88,496
Fundraising expenses
$81,965
Program service expenses (Part III)
$375,207

Program services were 68.8% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $498,392

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $53,639

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $2,729 · excluded $2,729

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $52,493

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $58,598

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$6,105

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$6,105 · excluded -$6,105

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $173,468

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $102,312

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $71,156 · excluded $71,156

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $19,000 · program services $3,800 · management and general $7,600 · fundraising $7,600

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $2,781 · program services $2,781

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $8,332 · program services $2,892 · management and general $2,823 · fundraising $2,617

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $7,130 · management and general $7,130

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $80,058 · program services $5,000 · management and general $66,058 · fundraising $9,000

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $905 · fundraising $905

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $56,952 · program services $21,182 · fundraising $35,770

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $5,280 · program services $2,850 · management and general $2,258 · fundraising $172

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $6,643 · program services $5,453 · fundraising $1,190

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $35,000 · program services $35,000

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $18,697 · program services $18,404 · management and general $43 · fundraising $250

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $17,902 · program services $17,902

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $5,702 · program services $5,702

  • 24a · Other expenses: SVC DOGS AND WARRIOR PR

    total $152,421 · program services $143,894 · fundraising $8,527

  • 24b · Other expenses: INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS

    total $39,350 · program services $32,600 · management and general $750 · fundraising $6,000

  • 24c · Other expenses: OUTDOORS PROGRAM

    total $22,321 · program services $22,321

  • 24d · Other expenses: FUNDRAISING EXPENSES

    total $9,305 · program services $2,200 · fundraising $7,105

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $57,889 · program services $53,226 · management and general $1,834 · fundraising $2,829

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $57,299 · end of year $88,695

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $3,870

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $12,046 · end of year $12,046

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $138,764

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $42,314

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $57,442 · end of year $96,450

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $131,554 · end of year $99,362

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $1,779 · end of year $2,429

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $1,481 · end of year $318

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $255,081 · end of year $297,676

Mission and programs · 2023

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.

  • 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 $350,377

  • PUBLIC EDUCATION AND ADVOCACY ON BEHALF OF SERVICE DOGS AND VETERANS.

    Expenses $22,154

  • 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 $2,676

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Jason Haag

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Abby Fenton

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ricarda Ganjam

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kathy Laffey

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Judy Santay

    CFO

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

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
2023
Filed
14 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202443199349304924

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