BLUE STAR SERVICE DOGS INC

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

P80

Classification

1000

Street

PO BOX 830

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

• In 2025, 49 students were approved and enrolled in the Blue Star Service Dogs program. During the onboarding phase, 13 students determined they were unable to commit to the time and training requirements of the program and chose not to move forward before training began.Of the 36 students who progressed into the program, three participants began training and later determined that a service dog was not the appropriate tool for their needs. These decisions were made collaboratively and early in the process to ensure ethical placement and the best long-term outcomes for both the individuals and the dogs.In 2025, Blue Star Service Dogs proudly graduated 14 students, including 11 veterans and 3 first responders, each completing our individualized service dog training program. Graduation timelines reflect individualized pacing, particularly for participants living with PTSD or traumatic brain injury (TBI), to support long-term success. Graduated teams continued to receive follow-up support, training guidance, and access to Blue Star Service Dogs resources to support long-term success.

  Expenses $215,325

• During the year, Blue Star Service Dogs brought 29 dogs into training, including 24 dogs rescued from shelters across Michigan and 5 dogs entering the program through responsible breeder donations. Five dogs were career-changed and returned to their original shelters after careful evaluation to ensure the best possible outcome for each dog, and all five were adopted into permanent homes within one week of their return.Overall, approximately 83% of dogs brought into training in 2025 successfully remained in the program. This retention rate reflects a thoughtful intake and selection process that prioritizes ethical decision-making and long-term success for both dogs and handlers.Our prison-based training program remained a cornerstone of our work, with 29 dogs actively training inside Michigan correctional facilities. In 2025, 78 incarcerated teammate handlers participated in the program, providing daily care, structure, and foundational obedience and early task training under the guidance and supervision of Blue Star Service Dogs trainers, who visited the facilities weekly to support progress and maintain training standards.In addition to our service dog program, Blue Star Service Dogs continued its long-standing Bay County Animal Control partnership, through which 25 shelter dogs received basic obedience, manners, and confidence-building training to increase adoptability. All of these dogs were successfully adopted into permanent homes.

  Expenses $52,165

• Throughout 2025, Blue Star Service Dogs expanded its education and outreach efforts, delivering 94 educational presentations and community engagement events, including both in-person and virtual (Zoom) sessions. These presentations addressed service dogs and public etiquette, disability awareness, shelter rescue partnerships, the prison dog training program, and the organization's work supporting veterans and first responders. Programs and outreach activities served communities across Michigan.

  Expenses $13,193

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.

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

• 2025

  Revenue

  $367,296

  Expenses

  $420,243

  Contributions

  $365,046

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2024

  Revenue

  $585,022

  Expenses

  $544,895

  Contributions

  $579,426

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2023

  Revenue

  $1,089,967

  Expenses

  $940,214

  Contributions

  $1,082,296

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2022

  Revenue

  $675,862

  Expenses

  $619,820

  Contributions

  $669,258

  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

  $537,318

  Expenses

  $496,732

  Assets (EOY)

  $549,985

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $395,611

  Expenses

  $430,652

  Assets (EOY)

  $473,863

• 2016 · 990-EZ

  Revenue

  $183,849

  Expenses

  $150,278

  Assets (EOY)

  $152,706

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $129,989

  Expenses

  $129,999

  Assets (EOY)

  $119,135

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $102,939

  Expenses

  $119,523

  Assets (EOY)

  $119,317

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $159,205

  Expenses

  $80,155

  Assets (EOY)

  $135,729

• 2012 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $33,159

  Assets (EOY)

  $57,448

• 2011 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $55,401

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,724

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

• COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN

  $100,000

  2023 · HUMAN SERVICES

• DOTERRA HEALING HANDS FOUNDATION

  $30,000

  2023 · Self-Reliance

• PAYPAL CHARITABLE GIVING FUND

  $16,023

  2023

• AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC

  $10,110

  2023 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• DETROIT RED WINGS ALUMNI ASSOCIATION INC

  $10,000

  2022

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $5,110

  2022 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• CHARITY CARS INC

  $0

  2022 · TRANSPORTATION

• AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC

  $0

  2025 · GENERAL SUPPORT

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