- Revenue 2024
- $10,153,652
- Expenses 2024
- $10,153,652
Program services were 80.2% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
As filed
- Subsection
- 03
- NTEE code
- W30
- Classification
- 1200
- Street
- 371 E JERICHO TURNPIKE
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
TO ASSIST DISABLED VETERANS, ACTIVE MILITARY PERSONNEL, FIRST RESPONDERS WITH DISABILITIES, AND THOSE WHO HAVE SERVED OUR COUNTRY HONORABLY TO LIVE WITH DIGNITY AND INDEPENDENCE. AMERICA'S VETDOGS TRAINS AND PLACES GUIDE DOGS FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE BLIND OR HAVE LOW VISION; PTSD SERVICE DOGS TO HELP MITIGATE THE EFFECTS OF POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; HEARING DOGS FOR THOSE WHO HAVE PROFOUND HEARING LOSS; SERVICE DOGS FOR THOSE WITH OTHER PHYSICAL DISABILITIES AND FACILITY DOGS AS PART OF THE REHABILITATION PROCESS IN MILITARY AND VA HOSPITALS.
Activities or mission (Part I)
TO ASSIST DISABLED VETERANS, ACTIVE MILITARY PERSONNEL, FIRST RESPONDERS WITH DISABILITIES, AND THOSE WHO HAVE SERVED OUR COUNTRY HONORABLY TO LIVE WITH DIGNITY AND INDEPENDENCE. AMERICA'S VETDOGS TRAINS AND PLACES GUIDE DOGS FOR VETERANS AND FIRST RESPONDERS WHO ARE BLIND OR HAVE LOW VISION; PTSD SERVICE DOGS TO HELP MITIGATE THE EFFECTS OF POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; HEARING DOGS FOR THOSE WHO HAVE PROFOUND HEARING LOSS; SERVICE DOGS FOR THOSE WITH OTHER PHYSICAL DISABILITIES AND FACILITY DOGS AS PART OF THE REHABILITATION PROCESS IN MILITARY AND VA HOSPITALS.
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TRAINING PROGRAM - OUR INSTRUCTORS COMPLETE A THREE YEAR APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM BEFORE THEY BECOME CERTIFIED INSTRUCTORS. DURING FY 2025, 189 DOGS BEGAN FORMAL TRAINING FOR PLACEMENT WITH A CONSUMER OF EITHER AMERICA'S VETDOGS - THE VETERAN'S K-9 CORPS, INC. OR ITS RELATED ORGANIZATION THE GUIDE DOG FOUNDATION FOR THE BLIND, INC. AMERICA'S VETDOGS IS MANAGED BY THE GUIDE DOG FOUNDATION AND REIMBURSES FOR THE SERVICES IT RECEIVES FROM THE GUIDE DOG FOUNDATION. FORMAL TRAINING OF AN ASSISTANCE DOG TAKES APPROXIMATELY THREE TO FOUR MONTHS DURING WHICH TIME THE FOUNDATION CARES FOR ALL DOGS. DOGS ARE HOUSED ON CAMPUS IN STATE OF THE ART KENNELS IN THE DESIGNATED TRAINING CENTER. NOT EVERY DOG THAT ENTERS FORMAL TRAINING BECOMES A GUIDE OR SERVICE DOG. THE FOUNDATION CURRENTLY ESTIMATES A SUCCESS RATE OF APPROXIMATELY 50%. AFTER COMPLETION OF FORMAL TRAINING, THE DOG IS READY TO BE TEAMED WITH A CONSUMER. THE TRAINING OF THE DOG AND THE STUDENT ARE CUSTOMIZED TO THE INDIVIDUAL AND THEIR DISABILITIES. HARNESSES, BACK PACKS AND OTHER REQUIRED ACCESSORIES ARE ALSO CUSTOMIZED TO THE NEEDS OF THE PARTICULAR CONSUMER. THE CONSUMER OR STUDENT AND THEIR DOG ARE TRAINED TO WORK TOGETHER AS A TEAM EITHER ON OUR CAMPUS, IN THE CONSUMER'S HOME COMMUNITY OR A COMBINATION OF THE TWO. THE PROCESS AND THE ORGANIZATION'S COMMITMENT CONTINUES AFTER PLACEMENT WITH AFTERCARE, FOLLOW-UP, SUPPORT AND OUTREACH THROUGHOUT THE LIFE OF THE DOG. THE CYCLE IS PERPETUAL, WITH EACH STAGE FINANCED 100% BY ORGANIZATIONS.
Expenses $3,656,789
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BREEDING PROGRAM - DURING FY 2025 THE FOUNDATION SUPPORTED 108 DOGS IN THE BREEDING COLONY. THE BREEDING COLONY IS CAREFULLY SELECTED AFTER EXTENSIVE SCREENING AND TESTING. DURING FY 2025, 362 PUPPIES WERE ADDED TO THE PROGRAMS OF AMERICA'S VETDOGS AND THE GUIDE DOG FOUNDATION. PUPPIES SPEND SEVEN TO EIGHT WEEKS IN OUR PUPPY NURSERY. FROM THE NURSERY THEY SPEND APPROXIMATELY ONE YEAR IN THE HOME OF A VOLUNTEER PUPPY RAISER OR PRISON PUPPY PROGRAM BEFORE COMING BACK TO THE ORGANIZATION FOR FORMAL TRAINING. DURING FY 2025 A TOTAL OF 373 PUPPIES WERE PLACED. 266 PUPPIES WERE PLACED IN PUPPY RAISER HOMES AND 107 PUPPIES PARTICIPATED IN OUR PRISON PUPPY PROGRAM. THE ORGANIZATION CURRENTLY SUPPORTS PUPPY RAISERS IN NEARLY 20 STATES AND HAS AGREEMENTS WITH 14 PRISONS THROUGHOUT MASSACHUSETTS, MARYLAND, FLORIDA, MAINE, PENNSYLVANIA AND CONNECTICUT. THE PROFESSIONAL PUPPY STAFF SUPPORTS OUR PUPPY RAISING VOLUNTEERS AND OUR STAFF TYPICALLY VISITS EACH PRISON WEEKLY TO FOLLOW UP AND TRAIN THE INMATE HANDLERS WHO ARE CAREFULLY SCREENED TO ENSURE THEY ARE SUITABLE CANDIDATES TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS PROGRAM.
Expenses $1,630,145
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PUBLIC EDUCATION - PUBLIC EDUCATION AND OUTREACH ARE IMPORTANT PARTS OF THE MISSION OF AMERICA'S VETDOGS. THIS PAST FISCAL YEAR WE DISTRIBUTED THREE ISSUES OF THE SENTINEL WHICH WERE SENT TO APPROXIMATELY 56,500 RECIPIENTS. THE SENTINEL IS THE OFFICIAL NEWSLETTER TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT ASSISTANCE DOGS, ASSISTANCE DOG ETIQUETTE AND DISABILITY ISSUES. ORGANIZATION GRADUATES, PUPPY RAISERS AND CARETAKERS WENT ON OVER 98 SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS OFF CAMPUS AND EACH ONE TYPICALLY HAS AN AUDIENCE OF 30 OR MORE PEOPLE. VETDOGS HAS EMBRACED SOCIAL MEDIA AS A MEANS TO REACH OUR SUPPORTERS EFFICIENTLY AND EFFECTIVELY. WE HAVE NEARLY 83,900 FACEBOOK LIKES AND NEARLY 12,500 TWITTER FOLLOWERS. ADDITIONALLY WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY 93,000 FOLLOWERS THROUGH YOUTUBE, LINKEDIN, TIK TOK, THREADS AND INSTAGRAM. DURING FY 2025 AMERICA'S VETDOGS PARTNERED WITH MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER TEAM NASHVILLE SOCCER CLUB TO RAISE SERVICE DOG CASH, NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE TEAMS NEW YORK ISLANDERS TO RAISE SEVICED DOG JETHRO AND GUIDE DOG BUTCHIE, LAS VEGAS GOLDEN KNIGHTS TO RAISE SERVICE DOG MAVERICK AND UTAH MAMMOTH TO RAISE SERVICE DOG ARCHIE, PHILADELPHIA FLYERS ALUMNI ASSOC TO RAISE SERVICE DOG STANLEY, MAJOR LEAGUE BASESBALL TEAM THE NEW YORK METS TO RAISE SERVICE DOG BUDDY, NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM HOUSTON TEXANS TO RAISE SERVICE DOG BLITZ AND NATIONAL BASKETBALL TEAM CLEVELAND CAVALIERS TO RAISE SERVICE DOG REGGIE. CORPORATE PUPPY WITH A PURPOSE SPONSOR VOYA FINANCIAL TO SPONSOR PUPPY COOPER, AMERICAN INTEGRITY INSURANCE TO RAISE DOGS STORM AND LEO, 3M TO SPONSOR PUPPY SCOTTY, BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON TO SPONSOR PUPPY ASTRO, NBC UNIVERSAL TO RAISE SERVICED DOG ATLAS, WINDOW WORLD TO RAISE DOGS ACE AND LIBERTY OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT TASKS ASSISTANCE DOGS ARE TRAINED DO FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES. VETDOGS REPRESENTATIVES HAVE MADE PRESENTATIONS AT SEVERAL STATE CONVENTIONS FOR THE VETERANS ASSOCIATION, AMERICAN LEGION, VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS AND THE MARINE CORP LEAGUE.
Expenses $1,703,478
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STUDENT AND GRADUATE SERVICES DURING FY 2025, AMERICA'S VETDOGS - GRADUATED 6 GUIDE DOG TEAMS, 36 PTSD/SERVICE DOG TEAMS, 32 SERVICE DOG TEAMS, 1 SEIZURE DOG TEAM, 4 HEARING DOG TEAMS AND ALSO PLACED 6 FACILITY DOGS. FACILITY DOGS WERE PLACED AT KELLER ARMY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, THE PENTAGON, MAC DILL AIR FORCE BASE, ANDREWS AIR FORCE BASE, UCLA CLINICAL TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH CENTER, AND CARL R DARNALL ARMY MEDICAL CENTER. IN ADDITION, THE GUIDEDOG FOUNDATION GRADUATED 29 GUIDE DOG TEAMS. EACH CONSUMER'S NEEDS ARE EVALUATED, AND IF POSSIBLE A DOG IS TRAINED TO MEET THOSE NEEDS. SOME OF THE DISABILITIES SERVED INCLUDE: PHYSICALLY DISABLED, PROSTHETIC LIMB RECIPIENTS, TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURIES, PROFOUND HEARING LOSS AND THOSE WITH A PRIMARY DIAGNOSIS OF PTSD. IN ADDITION TO THE TASKS, THE DOGS ARE TRAINED TO MITIGATE A PERSON'S DISABILITY. SERVICE DOGS ALSO PROVIDE COMFORT AND PROVIDE RE-SOCIALIZATION ASSISTANCE FOR OUR VETERANS. STUDENTS TYPICALLY STAY ON CAMPUS APPROXIMATELY TWO WEEKS IN THE STUDENT RESIDENCE WHICH CAN ACCOMMODATE UP TO 17 STUDENTS AT A TIME. EACH STUDENT HAS A PRIVATE ROOM WITH PRIVATE BATH. THE RESIDENCE IS STAFFED 24 HOURS PER DAY. ALL MEALS ARE PROVIDED. STUDENTS CAN ALSO RECEIVE HOME TRAINING, WHERE THE FOUNDATION SENDS A CERTIFIED INSTRUCTOR TO THE STUDENT'S HOME COMMUNITY.
Expenses $1,152,920
As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
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.
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DONALD DEA
CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2 + 2 related
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TRAVIS J CAREY CPA
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2 + 2 related
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LESLIE H TAYNE ESQ
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2 + 2 related
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JOSEPH N CAMPOLO ESQ
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2 + 2 related
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PAMELA TATE
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2 + 2 related
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ALPHONCE J BROWN JR ACFRE
VICE CHAIR - DEVELOPMENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2 + 2 related
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LACHELLE SMITH
VICE CHAIR - PROGRAM
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2 + 2 related
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GLENN TECKER
VICE CHAIR - PLANNING
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2 + 2 related
-
MICHAEL F TROIANO ESQ
VICE CHAIR - CONSUMER EXP. & ENGAG.
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2 + 2 related
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ROBERT S MADDEN
VICE CHAIR - MIL. AND VET.
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2 + 2 related
-
GLENN SCHNEIDER
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1.5 + 1.5 related
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CELESE V LOPES ESQ
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1.5 + 1.5 related
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CHARLES BONOMO
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1.5 + 1.5 related
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THERESA FITZPATRICK
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1.5 + 1.5 related
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GARTH JORDAN
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1.5 + 1.5 related
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GARY BROWN
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1.5 + 1.5 related
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ROBERT MCINERNEY
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1.5 + 1.5 related
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MAX ROHN
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1.5 + 1.5 related
-
PAMELA KAUL
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1.5 + 1.5 related
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KRISTEN CHAMBERS
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1.5 + 1.5 related
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MING CHIANG
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1.5 + 1.5 related
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WENDY FRIGERIA
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1.5 + 1.5 related
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JOHN MILLER
PRESIDENT AND CEO
- Total calculated
- $644,136
- From this org
- $0
- From related orgs
- $560,021
- Other
- $84,115
- Hours/week
- 20 + 20 related
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $0 + $493,839 related
- Bonus
- $0 + $66,182 related
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $0 + $27,450 related
- Nontaxable benefits
- $0 + $56,665 related
- Filer's total
- $0 + $644,136 related
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LAURA ENGLISH
CHIEF OF STAFF
- Total calculated
- $267,880
- From this org
- $0
- From related orgs
- $246,697
- Other
- $21,183
- Hours/week
- 20 + 20 related
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $0 + $225,669 related
- Bonus
- $0 + $21,028 related
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $0 + $20,017 related
- Nontaxable benefits
- $0 + $1,166 related
- Filer's total
- $0 + $267,880 related
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BRADLEY HIBBARD
CHIEF STRATEGY OFFICER
- Total calculated
- $264,938
- From this org
- $0
- From related orgs
- $207,702
- Other
- $57,236
- Hours/week
- 20 + 20 related
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $0 + $188,299 related
- Bonus
- $0 + $19,403 related
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $0 + $19,481 related
- Nontaxable benefits
- $0 + $37,755 related
- Filer's total
- $0 + $264,938 related
The first 25 listed. 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
- $10,153,652
- Expenses
- $10,153,652
- Contributions
- $10,016,875
- Grants paid
- $0
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2023
- Revenue
- $10,489,811
- Expenses
- $10,489,811
- Contributions
- $10,272,329
- Grants paid
- $0
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2022
- Revenue
- $12,276,068
- Expenses
- $12,276,068
- Contributions
- $12,145,388
- 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
- $9,390,820
- Expenses
- $9,968,239
- Assets (EOY)
- $4,103,216
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2020 · 990
- Revenue
- $8,687,286
- Expenses
- $7,816,267
- Assets (EOY)
- $4,865,098
-
2019 · 990
- Revenue
- $8,606,857
- Expenses
- $6,777,883
- Assets (EOY)
- $5,592,659
-
2018 · 990
- Revenue
- $8,388,060
- Expenses
- $8,279,493
- Assets (EOY)
- $1,877,347
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2017 · 990
- Revenue
- $6,006,508
- Expenses
- $5,310,828
- Assets (EOY)
- $1,819,531
-
2016 · 990
- Revenue
- $5,340,739
- Expenses
- $4,159,214
- Assets (EOY)
- $1,088,047
-
2015 · 990
- Revenue
- $5,291,995
- Expenses
- $5,291,995
- Assets (EOY)
- $700,395
-
2014 · 990
- Revenue
- $3,274,888
- Expenses
- $3,244,481
- Assets (EOY)
- $735,852
-
2013 · 990
- Revenue
- $2,631,826
- Expenses
- $2,453,959
- Assets (EOY)
- $730,798
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
-
$225,000
2024 COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT PROJECT
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2023 GENERAL SUPPORT
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2024 GENERAL SUPPORT
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$118,700
2022 PUBLIC, SOCIETAL BENEFIT
-
2022 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
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$107,100
2025 FUNDING FOR SERVICE DOGS
-
DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING
$102,455
2023 PUBLIC, SOCIETAL BENEFIT
-
2024 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
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DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING
$95,188
2024 PUBLIC, SOCIETAL BENEFIT
-
2023 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.
Related organizations
From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.
Declared on its 2024 return
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GUIDE DOG FOUNDATION FOR THE BLIND INC
501(C)(3) · TO PROVIDE GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND OR VISUALLY IMPAIRED · NY
Declared as related by
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GUIDE DOG FOUNDATION FOR THE BLIND INC
On its 2024 return
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 13 October 2026 and read 29 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.