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PROJECT K9 HERO

EIN 81-1770909 WHITWELL, TN

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Revenue 2025
$6,308,156
Expenses 2025
$5,253,381

Program services were 89.6% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
D12
Classification
1200
Street
309 BEAR PEN RD

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 · 2025

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 PRESCRIPTION FOOD COSTS, AS WELL AS THE REHABILITATION AND REHOMING FOR RETIRED K-9 HEROES. THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDES END OF DUTY SERVICES FOR ALL PROGRAM MEMBERS. THIS CAN INCLUDE BURIAL, CREMATION, URN, AND A CUSTOM PORTRAIT FOR EACH OWNER OR HANDLER AFTER THEIR HERO PASSES. 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 2025, PROJECT K-9 HERO TOOK ON 52 NEW RETIRED WORKING-DOG HEROES, PROVIDING THEM WITH A LIFETIME OF MEDICAL CARE AFTER THEIR SERVICE TO OUR COUNTRY. THE 52 NEW HEROES WERE IN ADDITION TO THE EXISTING 317 PROGRAM MEMBERS WE HAVE COMMITTED TO SINCE 2016. THUS, ENDING THE YEAR 2025 WITH 154 LIVING MEMBERS FOR PROGRAM SERVICES THAT INCLUDE PAYING VETERINARY BILLS, PROVIDING PRESCRIPTION FOOD, END-OF-DUTY SERVICE, REHABILITATION, REHOMING, OR ADOPTION. SEVEN 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, PRESCRIPTION FOOD, AND END OF DUTY COSTS FOR RETIRED K-9 HEROES. WITH DOZENS OF 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 $4,704,431 · Grants $766,309

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2025

As listed in Part VII of the 2025 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Jason K Johnson

    PRESIDENT, D

    Total calculated
    $166,095
    From this org
    $154,173
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,922
    Hours/week
    60

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $154,173
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,922
    Filer's total
    $166,095

  • Ashley Altman

    SECRETARY, D

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Kenneth Lust DVM

    MEDICAL DIRE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • David Dycus

    MEDICAL DIRE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Patrick Leser

    TREASURER, D

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Erica O'Donnell

    MEDICAL DIRE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Melissa Parsons-Doherty

    MEDICAL DIRE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Surangi Widyaratne

    CAPITAL CAMP

    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. 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

  • 2025
    Revenue
    $6,308,156
    Expenses
    $5,253,381
    Contributions
    $6,265,269
    Grants paid
    $766,309
  • 2024
    Revenue
    $5,866,966
    Expenses
    $4,912,890
    Contributions
    $5,803,687
    Grants paid
    $636,502
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $4,035,169
    Expenses
    $3,972,163
    Contributions
    $3,797,947
    Grants paid
    $504,808
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $4,241,488
    Expenses
    $3,371,997
    Contributions
    $4,062,751
    Grants paid
    $297,730
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $4,241,488
    Expenses
    $3,371,997
    Contributions
    $4,062,751
    Grants paid
    $297,730

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
    $3,709,319
    Expenses
    $3,524,704
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,551,722

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,369,357
    Expenses
    $2,108,211
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,266,766

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,023,231
    Expenses
    $1,743,765
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,034,957

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,496,579
    Expenses
    $1,267,280
    Assets (EOY)
    $433,686

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $534,820
    Expenses
    $452,055
    Assets (EOY)
    $155,731

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.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2016

Tax period
1 January 2016 to 31 December 2016
Principal officer
Jason Johnson
Mailing address
535 Griswold Street Suite 111-105Detroit MI 48226
Website
www.projectk9hero.org

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 2 November 2026. The IRS publishes only each organization's most recent postcard, so earlier years are not shown. A 990-N carries no financial detail. The postcard also gives the principal officer's address, which is not shown here.

Grants made

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Grants received

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

Taxable family

From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.

Disregarded entities on its 2025 return

  • PROJECT K9 HERO EDUCATION & MEDIA

    OUTREACH · MI · assets $79,252

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 2025, the newest we have parsed for this organization.