Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by PROJECT K9 HERO.

This return was superseded by a later amendment. matched by us It is kept because history is preserved rather than replaced.

What the amendment changed

Compared with the latest return for 2022 , filed 4 May 2023. matched by us Only the return's totals, a 990-PF's accounting method and the names listed in Part VII (Part VIII on a 990-PF) are compared. We relate returns by organization, tax year and form, and order them by each return's own timestamp; the filer's own "amended return" checkbox is a separate fact.

Those are the same on the two returns, so the amendment changed something else.

Totals

Total revenue: $4,241,488
Total expenses: $3,371,997
Contributions and grants received: $4,062,751
Grants paid: $297,730
Program service revenue: $0
Investment income: $13,550
Other revenue: $165,187
Total assets, end of year: $2,357,482
Total liabilities, end of year: $440,957
Net assets or fund balances, end of year: $1,916,525
Program services expenses (Part IX): $3,000,825
Management and general expenses: $182,120
Fundraising expenses: $189,052
Program service expenses (Part III): $3,000,825

Program services were 89.0% 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.

1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

$4,062,751
1g · Noncash contributions included above

$259,918
3 · Investment income

total $9 · related or exempt $9
5 · Royalties

total $26,348 · excluded $26,348
7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

other assets $13,541
7c · Gain or loss

other assets $13,541
7d · Net gain or loss

total $13,541 · related or exempt $13,541
10a · Gross sales of inventory

$326,152
10b · Cost of goods sold

$187,313
10c · Net income from sales of inventory

total $138,839 · related or exempt $138,839

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

total $10,100 · program services $10,100
2 · Grants to domestic individuals

total $287,630 · program services $287,630
7 · Other salaries and wages

total $362,424 · program services $326,182 · management and general $36,242
9 · Other employee benefits

total $97,616 · program services $87,854 · management and general $9,762
10 · Payroll taxes

total $27,725 · program services $24,952 · management and general $2,773
11b · Fees: legal

total $1,635 · management and general $1,635
11c · Fees: accounting

total $11,262 · management and general $11,262
11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

total $25,824 · fundraising $25,824
11f · Fees: investment management

total $223 · management and general $223
11g · Fees: other

total $1,682,617 · program services $1,472,841 · management and general $53,821 · fundraising $155,955
12 · Advertising and promotion

total $267,441 · program services $267,441
13 · Office expenses

total $216,251 · program services $169,927 · management and general $39,051 · fundraising $7,273
16 · Occupancy

total $213,754 · program services $192,379 · management and general $21,375
17 · Travel

total $130,250 · program services $130,250
22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

total $31,269 · program services $31,269
23 · Insurance

total $5,976 · management and general $5,976

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

beginning of year $262,120 · end of year $608,713
4 · Accounts receivable

beginning of year $295,651 · end of year $370,238
8 · Inventories for sale or use

beginning of year $168,829 · end of year $285,799
9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

beginning of year $91,628 · end of year $106,608
10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

$900,117
10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

$57,279
10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

beginning of year $733,494 · end of year $842,838
11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

end of year $143,286
17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

beginning of year $233,246 · end of year $180,893
25 · Other liabilities

beginning of year $271,472 · end of year $260,064
27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

beginning of year $1,047,004 · end of year $1,916,525

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

PROJECT K-9 HERO (THE ORGANIZATION) IS A NON-PROFIT CORPORATION LOCATED IN WHITWELL, TN. THE ORGANIZATIONS PURPOSE IS TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ON THE COSTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF ADOPTING A RETIRED POLICE K-9S AND MILITARY WORKING DOGS. THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDES FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE WITH COVERING/OFFSETTING MEDICAL AND FOOD COSTS, AS WELL AS THE REHABILITATION AND REHOMING FOR RETIRED K-9 HEROES. THE ORGANIZATION IS PRIMARILY SUPPORTED BY DONATIONS, CORPORATE SPONSORS, IN-KIND CONTRIBUTIONS, PLUS THE SALE OF BRANDED APPAREL AND OTHER ITEMS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

IN 2022, PROJECT K-9 HERO TOOK ON 52 NEW RETIRED WORKING DOG HEROES TO GIVE THEM A LIFETIME OF MEDICAL CARE AFTER THEIR SERVICE TO OUR COUNTRY. THE 52 NEW HEROES WERE IN ADDITION TO THE ALREADY EXISTING 161 PROGRAM MEMBERS WE HAD COMMITTED TO SINCE 2016. THUS, ENDING THE 2022 YEAR WITH 213 MEMBERS FOR PROGRAM SERVICES THAT VARIES FROM THE PAYING OF VETERINARY BILLS, FOOD, END-OF-DUTY SERVICES, REHABILITATION, REHOMING, OR ADOPTION. 10 OF THE NEW 52 HEROES DID NOT HAVE A HOME TO GO TO IN RETIREMENT, AND MAY HAVE BEEN FACING EUTHANASIA IF IT WASN'T FOR OUR 177 ACRE FACILITY IN TENNESSEE WHERE THEY HAVE COME TO GET THEIR SECOND CHANCE IN LIFE AND FIND NEW FAMILIES.

TO ENSURE EACH K-9 HERO IS REWARDED WITH HEALTH AND THE WAY OF LIFE THAT THEY DESERVE FOR THEIR FAITHFUL AND LOYAL SERVICE. TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ON THE COSTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF ADOPTING A RETIRED K-9 HERO. TO HELP COVER OR OFFSET ALL MEDICAL, FOOD, AND END OF DUTY COSTS FOR RETIRED K-9 HEROES. WITH NEARLY ONE HUNDRED RETIRED K-9 HEROES NEEDING SUPPORT, THE TIME HAS COME FOR PROJECT K-9 HERO TO MOVE FORWARD WITH BUILDING A REHABILITATION AND REHOMING FACILITY, ALONG WITH OUR CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS. THIS FACILITY WILL SUPPORT AND FURTHER OUR MISSION, ALLOWING US TO PROVIDE AN ENRICHING, SAFE, AND HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT FOR RETIRED HEROES IN NEED OF AN IMMEDIATE HOME. WE ARE CURRENTLY IN THE INITIAL STAGES OF DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION.

Expenses $3,000,825 · Grants $297,730

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

Jason K JohnsonJASON K JOHNSON

PRESIDENT, D

Total calculated

$141,745

From this org

$124,615

From related orgs

$0

Other

$17,130

Hours/week

60
Ashley AltmanASHLEY ALTMAN

SECRETARY, D

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

5
Kenneth Lust DVMKENNETH LUST DVM

MEDICAL DIRE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

5
Gary GrayGARY GRAY

TREASURER, D

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: 2022
Filed: 4 May 2023
IRS schema version: 2022v5.0
Source object: 202331749349301008

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