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← LEADER DOGS FOR THE BLIND

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by LEADER DOGS FOR THE BLIND.

Totals

Total revenue
$26,998,428
Total expenses
$21,512,667
Contributions and grants received
$26,738,844
Grants paid
$16,443
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$122,195
Other revenue
$137,389
Total assets, end of year
$24,131,129
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,816,957
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$22,314,172
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$15,713,670
Management and general expenses
$2,090,426
Fundraising expenses
$3,708,571
Program service expenses (Part III)
$15,713,670

Program services were 73.0% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $158,938

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $12,312,982

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $14,266,924

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $268,421

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $124,938 · excluded $124,938

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $163,539 · other assets $1,906,350

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

    securities $172,632 · other assets $1,900,000

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$9,093 · other assets $6,350

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$2,743 · excluded -$2,743

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $144,862

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $158,938

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $161,504

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$16,642 · excluded -$16,642

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $93,169

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $46,099

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $47,070 · unrelated business $47,070

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $106,961 · related or exempt $106,961

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $106,961

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $16,443 · program services $16,443

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $1,058,660 · program services $226,197 · management and general $663,920 · fundraising $168,543

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $10,348,235 · program services $8,482,752 · management and general $335,702 · fundraising $1,529,781

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $591,820 · program services $455,431 · management and general $53,966 · fundraising $82,423

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $1,360,086 · program services $1,093,883 · management and general $75,161 · fundraising $191,042

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $833,951 · program services $641,762 · management and general $76,045 · fundraising $116,144

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $87,447 · program services $38,687 · management and general $41,319 · fundraising $7,441

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $52,756 · program services $56 · management and general $52,700

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $56,658 · fundraising $56,658

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $17,341 · management and general $17,341

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $914,431 · program services $637,328 · management and general $121,596 · fundraising $155,507

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $33,109 · program services $24,189 · management and general $788 · fundraising $8,132

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $320,541 · program services $231,428 · management and general $13,360 · fundraising $75,753

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $973,563 · program services $673,412 · management and general $232,536 · fundraising $67,615

  • 17 · Travel

    total $482,384 · program services $404,835 · management and general $11,025 · fundraising $66,524

  • 20 · Interest

    total $185,497 · management and general $185,497

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $1,210,513 · program services $1,107,565 · management and general $78,362 · fundraising $24,586

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $285,011 · program services $234,619 · management and general $40,152 · fundraising $10,240

  • 24a · Other expenses: UNRELATED BUS INCOME TA

    total $16 · management and general $16

  • 24b · Other expenses: CLIENT AND CANINE EXPEN

    total $1,049,731 · program services $1,043,921 · management and general $2,372 · fundraising $3,438

  • 24c · Other expenses: DIRECT MAIL

    total $844,248 · program services $9,989 · management and general $0 · fundraising $834,259

  • 24d · Other expenses: SERVICE FEES

    total $666,226 · program services $337,253 · management and general $72,409 · fundraising $256,564

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $124,000 · program services $53,920 · management and general $16,159 · fundraising $53,921

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,188,712 · end of year $2,362,606

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $182,992 · end of year $487,282

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $147,995 · end of year $259,293

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $2,737,487 · end of year $148,018

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $50,894 · end of year $43,983

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $782,427 · end of year $655,551

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

    $35,795,827

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

    $19,803,572

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $16,899,608 · end of year $15,992,255

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $2,614,800 · end of year $2,945,187

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $3,081,102 · end of year $1,236,954

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $1,668,135 · end of year $1,663,714

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $9,380,469 · end of year $153,243

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $12,372,651 · end of year $17,758,545

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $4,264,762 · end of year $4,555,627

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

EMPOWERING PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR VISUALLY IMPAIRED WITH LIFELONG SKILLS FOR SAFE AND INDEPENDENT DAILY TRAVEL.

  • GUIDE DOG: SINCE 1939, LEADER DOG HAS BEEN HIGHLY RESPECTED FOR OUR INNOVATIVE GUIDE DOG PROGRAM. OUR FREE 21-DAY RESIDENTIAL PROGRAM SERVES CLIENTS WHO ARE LEGALLY BLIND, 16 YEARS OLD AND UP, AND ABLE TO CARE FOR A DOG. TRAINING IS PERSONALIZED AND EACH CLIENT IS MATCHED WITH A DOG THAT FITS THEIR LIFESTYLE, PACE, PHYSICAL SIZE AND MORE. CLIENTS TRAIN WITH THEIR GUIDE DOG IN A VARIETY OF ENVIRONMENTS TO FIT BOTH CURRENT AND FUTURE NEEDS, INCLUDING URBAN, SUBURBAN AND RURAL LOCATIONS; COLLEGE CAMPUSES; STORES AND OTHER SETTINGS. THROUGH THE ADAPTIVE SERVICES DEPARTMENT, GUIDE DOGS ARE PROVIDED TO PEOPLE WITH HEARING LIMITATIONS, COGNITIVE ISSUES, OR OTHER PHYSICAL LIMITATIONS SUCH AS LOSS OF A LIMB.

    Expenses $12,708,600

  • VOLUNTEER/COMMUNITY OUTREACH: VOLUNTEERS ARE INTEGRAL TO THE DAILY OPERATIONS OF LEADER DOG AND ALLOW US TO SERVE MORE CLIENTS EACH YEAR. VOLUNTEERS CONTRIBUTE THEIR TIME AND SKILLS IN MANY AREAS INCLUDING ON-CAMPUS, AND THROUGH PUPPY RAISING AND HOSTING BREEDING STOCK DOGS. COMMUNITY OUTREACH IS CONDUCTED NATIONALLY WITH VOLUNTEERS ATTENDING CONFERENCES AND/OR GIVING PRESENTATIONS BEFORE VARIOUS GROUPS IN SCHOOL, CORPORATE OR COMMUNITY SETTINGS. THEY SHARE INFORMATION ABOUT GUIDE DOGS, ORIENTATION & MOBILITY, AND LEADER DOG OPERATIONS.

    Expenses $1,121,486 · Revenue $106,961

  • ORIENTATION & MOBILITY (O&M): THIS FREE FIVE-DAY RESIDENTIAL PROGRAM PROVIDES PEOPLE WITH THE SKILLS NEEDED TO TRAVEL SAFELY USING A WHITE CANE IN A MUCH SHORTER TIMEFRAME THAN TRADITIONAL O&M TRAINING. HAVING GOOD O&M SKILLS, INCLUDING KNOWING HOW TO MAINTAIN ORIENTATION WHILE TRAVELING, IS THE NECESSARY FIRST STEP TO BECOMING A SAFE AND INDEPENDENT TRAVELER. TRAINING IS PROVIDED ON A 1:1 CLIENT-TO-INSTRUCTOR RATIO AND IS PERSONALIZED TO EACH CLIENT'S NEEDS AND CAPABILITIES. TRAINING IS OPEN TO PEOPLE WHO ARE LEGALLY BLIND AND AT LEAST 16 YEARS OF AGE, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THEY PLAN TO EVENTUALLY TRAIN WITH A GUIDE DOG.

    Expenses $1,867,141

  • SUPPORT THE MISSION OF LEADER DOGS FOR THE BLIND FOUNDATION

    Expenses $16,443 · Grants $16,443

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

Listed in Part VII

  • KATHRYN DAVIS

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KIM GORMAN

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MARK GUTHRIE

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MICHELE HONOMICHL

    TRUSTEE; TREASURER AS OF 11/14/23

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ANNE ARVIA

    TREASURER THRU 11/14/23; TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ANTHONY COSTANZO

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ARUN ANAND

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • AVRIL RINN

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BRIAN HOCK

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DANIEL SPRIET

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DIANE HENDERSON

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DOUGLAS WRIGHT

    TRUSTEE THRU 11/14/23

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DR PAUL EDWARDS

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • FRANKLIN CARMONA

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JACKIE BUCHANAN

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JILL GARVEY

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JILL GAUS

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JOHN REED

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KURT TERRIEN

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MARC WISNIEWSKI

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MARGARET DIMOND

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MARIA KRISTIC

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MARILYN KELLY

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MARY SMITH

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MEGAN MCCANDLISH

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • STEPHANIE DAWKINS DAVIS

    TRUSTEE THRU 11/16/23

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • STEVE GUARINI

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • TOM O'MASTA

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SUSAN M DANIELS

    PRESIDENT & CEO THRU 1/31/24

    Total calculated
    $348,856
    From this org
    $319,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $29,856
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $319,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $15,950
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,906
    Filer's total
    $348,856

  • MELISSA L WEISSE

    CPO THRU 1/31/24,CEO AS OF 2/1/24

    Total calculated
    $247,570
    From this org
    $230,078
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,492
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $230,078
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $11,462
    Nontaxable benefits
    $6,030
    Filer's total
    $247,570

  • DANIELLE LANDOLT

    CMO THRU 2/4/24,VP/CIO AS OF 2/5/24

    Total calculated
    $228,278
    From this org
    $202,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $26,278
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $202,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $10,100
    Nontaxable benefits
    $16,178
    Filer's total
    $228,278

  • LORENE SUIDAN

    COO THRU 2/4/24, CFO AS OF 2/5/24

    Total calculated
    $223,046
    From this org
    $196,950
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $26,096
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $196,950
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,848
    Nontaxable benefits
    $16,248
    Filer's total
    $223,046

  • DAVID SMITH DVM

    DIRECTOR OF CANINE HEALTH

    Total calculated
    $200,607
    From this org
    $189,525
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,082
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $189,525
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,476
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,606
    Filer's total
    $200,607

  • GERETTE KERBY

    DIRECTOR OF CANINE OPERATI

    Total calculated
    $178,279
    From this org
    $157,498
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $20,781
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $157,498
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,875
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,906
    Filer's total
    $178,279

  • KELLY WILSON DVM

    ASST DIRECTOR OF CANINE HEALTH

    Total calculated
    $176,939
    From this org
    $153,106
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,833
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $153,106
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,655
    Nontaxable benefits
    $16,178
    Filer's total
    $176,939

  • TERRI SWAFFIELD

    DIRECTOR OF IT

    Total calculated
    $158,852
    From this org
    $151,974
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,878
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $151,974
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,984
    Nontaxable benefits
    $894
    Filer's total
    $158,852

  • CHRIS BEARUP

    DIRECTOR OF FACILITIES

    Total calculated
    $150,661
    From this org
    $131,195
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,466
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $131,195
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,560
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,906
    Filer's total
    $150,661

  • ALEX MORGAN

    CHIEF PEOPLE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $212,319
    From this org
    $186,850
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $25,469
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $186,850
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,342
    Nontaxable benefits
    $16,127
    Filer's total
    $212,319

  • JEFFREY LEV

    FORMER VP/CFO/ASST SECRETARY/ASST TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $202,152
    From this org
    $180,385
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,767
    Hours/week
    0

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $180,385
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $3,654
    Nontaxable benefits
    $18,113
    Filer's total
    $202,152

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

  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 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 4B
SUSAN M. DANIELS PARTICIPATED IN A 457(B) PLAN AND RECEIVED DISTRIBUTIONS OF $52,838.80 FOR THE YEAR ENDED 6/30/2024. MELISSA WEISSE AND DAVID SMITH ALSO PARTICIPATED IN A 457(B) PLAN AND DID NOT RECEIVE ANY DISTRIBUTIONS FOR YEAR ENDED 6/30/2024.

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
2023
Filed
26 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202423399349301217

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