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HERO DOGS INC

EIN 27-0887317 BROOKEVILLE, MD

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Revenue 2024
$1,517,588
Expenses 2024
$1,081,478

Program services were 78.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
P80
Classification
1000
Street
PO BOX 64

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

Hero Dogs improves the quality of life of our nations heroes and enhances the services of community organizations by placing assistance dogs with customized training & lifetime support.

  • During this fiscal year, we placed seven new service dog teams, seven facility dog teams, and one skilled home companion. We currently have eight dogs in advanced training and 20 dogs in the puppy program. Our 33 active facility dog teams reach over 100,000 people every year, serving as reliable partners at police stations, fire departments, schools, hospitals, and advocacy organizations. Our therapy dog program currently has 24 active teams conducting visits throughout the region, providing moments of calm, joy, and connection to over 15,000 people annually.

    Expenses $849,124 · Revenue $4,346

As filed on the 2024 return.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Nikki Charles Ex-officio

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $202,962
    From this org
    $189,841
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,121
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $189,841
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $4,532
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,589
    Filer's total
    $202,962

  • Jim Crimmins

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Isaac Toyos

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Tara Doyle

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Naomi Wolak

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DAnn Melnick

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Marian Block

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mikayla Bouchard Hensler

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Victoria Van de Vate

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Brandon Kelley

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Wilder Leavitt

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Irene Kim

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Randi Kaplan

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Alex Maguire

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Cassandra Sumner

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $1,517,588
    Expenses
    $1,081,478
    Contributions
    $1,421,548
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $986,401
    Expenses
    $945,249
    Contributions
    $892,984
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $1,423,902
    Expenses
    $957,091
    Contributions
    $1,370,073
    Grants paid
    $0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,157,487
    Expenses
    $915,534
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,314,009

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,217,863
    Expenses
    $963,696
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,324,881

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,217,863
    Expenses
    $963,696
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,324,881

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,217,863
    Expenses
    $963,696
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,324,881

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,093,297
    Expenses
    $940,017
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,957,277

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,027,048
    Expenses
    $776,020
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,771,145

  • 2011 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $113,288
    Assets (EOY)
    $319,860

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.