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BLUEPATH SERVICE DOGS INC

EIN 81-3606565 CARMEL, NY

Revenue 2024
$1,701,559
Expenses 2024
$1,285,144

Program services were 75.2% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
D60
Classification
1000
Street
461 RICHARDSVILLE 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 · 2024

Mission

THE MISSION OF BLUEPATH SERVICE DOGS, INC. IS TO PROVIDE AUTISM SERVICE DOGS, OFFERING SAFETY, COMPANIONSHIP AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR INDEPENDENCE. BLUEPATH'S EXPERTLY TRAINED AUTISM SERVICE DOGS WORK ALONGSIDE PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS TO PREVENT WANDERING. THE DOGS SIGNIFICANTLY LESSEN PARENTS' SAFETY CONCERNS AND HELP CHILDREN TO LEAD FULLER LIVES. REDUCED STRESS, IMPROVED SLEEPING ROUTINES AND MORE MEANINGFUL SOCIAL INTERACTIONS CAN ALLOW FAMILIES TO FEEL A RENEWED SENSE OF HOPE AND EMPOWERMENT.

  • BLUEPATH SERVICE DOGS, INC. RAISES, TRAINS AND PLACES SERVICE DOGS IN FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN WITH AUTISM. ANNUALLY, BLUEPATH PARTICIPATES IN A NUMBER OF COMMUNITY EVENTS, PROVIDING EXTENSIVE EDUCATION AROUND AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS AND SERVICE DOGS, AND GARNERING CONTINUED SUPPORT FOR ITS MISSION. BLUEPATH'S AUTISM SERVICE DOG PROGRAM INCLUDES PUPPY RAISING, FORMAL TRAINING AND PLACEMENT COMPONENTS. VOLUNTEER PUPPY RAISERS DEVOTE THEIR TIME AND EXPERTISE TO PREPARING LABRADOR AND GOLDEN RETRIEVER PUPPIES TO BECOME WELL-ADJUSTED SERVICE DOGS. BEGINNING AT EIGHT WEEKS OF AGE, PUPPIES ARE TAUGHT BASIC OBEDIENCE SKILLS AND APPROPRIATE HOME BEHAVIOR. RAISERS EXPOSE THE EAGER PUPS TO ALL THE WORLD HAS TO OFFER, ENABLING THEM TO DEVELOP A REFERENCE LIBRARY OF SIGHTS, SOUNDS, AND EXPERIENCES NEEDED TO BECOME WELL-TRAINED SERVICE DOGS. AT APPROXIMATELY 18 MONTHS OF AGE, BLUEPATH DOGS BEGIN FORMAL TRAINING DURING WHICH TIME A PROFESSIONAL INSTRUCTOR BUILDS ON THE FOUNDATION THE PUPPY RAISER HAS INSTILLED, TEACHING THE DOG INCREASINGLY ADVANCED BEHAVIORS. DOGS ACQUIRE SKILLS LIKE "ANCHORING" (LEARNING HOW TO STOP A CHILD FROM WANDERING OR BOLTING) AND "VISIT" (PROVIDING GROUNDING SUPPORT BY THE DOG RESTING ITS HEAD ON THE CHILD). PRIOR TO PLACEMENT IN THEIR FOREVER HOMES, BLUEPATH DOGS ENGAGE WITH THE COMMUNITY VIA THE PAWS TO LEARN PROGRAM, IN WHICH THEY PROVIDE THERAPEUTIC SUPPORT IN SCHOOLS, CAMPS, RESIDENTIAL HOMES, AND DAY-HABILITATION SETTINGS. PAWS TO LEARN PARTNERS REPORT THAT BLUEPATH DOGS PROVIDE EMOTIONAL SUPPORT, ASSISTANCE WITH MOOD REGULATION, OPPORTUNITIES FOR SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT AND CONNECTEDNESS, AND INCREASED PHYSICAL ACTIVITY. MORE THAN 2,500 INDIVIDUALS ARE IMPACTED BY THIS PROGRAM EACH YEAR. AT APPROXIMATELY TWO YEARS OF AGE, BLUEPATH SERVICE DOGS ARE READY TO BE PLACED IN THE HOMES OF FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN WITH AUTISM. BLUEPATH CURRENTLY SERVES FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN WITH AUTISM BETWEEN THE AGES OF 5 AND 11 YEARS OLD WHO LIVE WITHIN TWO HOURS OF WAPPINGERS FALLS, NY. LIFETIME FOLLOW-UP SUPPORT IS PROVIDED. BOTH THE DOGS AND LIFETIME SUPPORT ARE FREE OF CHARGE.

    Expenses $966,772 · Revenue $85,452

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.

  • MICHELLE BRIER

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $157,055
    From this org
    $137,597
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,458
    Hours/week
    55

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $137,597
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $3,678
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,780
    Filer's total
    $157,055

  • CAROLINE MCCABE-SANDLER

    VP - CANINE

    Total calculated
    $150,249
    From this org
    $107,597
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $42,652
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $107,597
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $3,228
    Nontaxable benefits
    $39,424
    Filer's total
    $150,249

  • TRICIA ZARRO

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JULIA LANCIAN

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • NEVA GOLDSTEIN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • LINDA HOGAN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • KAREN KIRBY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JEFFREY MOORE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JONATHAN NETTELFIELD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • MAURA SMITH

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • STEPHEN SPRAGUE

    DIRECTOR

    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
    $1,701,559
    Expenses
    $1,285,144
    Contributions
    $1,503,887
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $1,322,797
    Expenses
    $1,228,394
    Contributions
    $1,235,099
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $1,769,345
    Expenses
    $1,030,782
    Contributions
    $1,670,198
    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
    $466,023
    Expenses
    $354,503
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,157,518

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,021,175
    Expenses
    $620,641
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,061,664

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $735,542
    Expenses
    $617,193
    Assets (EOY)
    $647,485

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $570,018
    Expenses
    $357,460
    Assets (EOY)
    $616,692

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $408,380
    Expenses
    $97,878
    Assets (EOY)
    $382,572

  • 2016 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $55,730
    Expenses
    $7,897
    Assets (EOY)
    $47,833

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 13 October 2026 and read 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.