America's Vetdogs the Veterans K-9 Corps Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 208814368
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2013–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Smithtown, NY, USA
- Phone
- 6319309000
- Rating
- 85
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Military, Veterans' Organizations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $10,153,652
- Expenses
- $10,153,652
- Assets
- $4,409,704
- Liabilities
- $617,133
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
30 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- JOHN MILLER (PRESIDENT AND CEO)
Highest reported compensation
- JOHN MILLER (PRESIDENT AND CEO): $644,136 total reported compensation
- MICHAEL ROSEN (CHIEF MARKETING OFFICER): $272,062 total reported compensation
- LAURA ENGLISH (CHIEF OF STAFF): $267,880 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
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.
What it reported doing in 2024
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.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 93% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 75
- Transparency & Controls: 94
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 34
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 80.5%; rating input score 80
- Program expense ratio: 80.2%; rating input score 80
- Fundraising efficiency: $7.96 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 6 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Compensation committee: Pass
- Independent consultant: Pass
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
- Written employment contract: Pass
- Compensation survey or study: Pass
- Board or committee approval: Pass
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 0%; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.43; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.14; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 3.6%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 11.8% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 10.4% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 15.6% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 80.5% of revenue deployed · 80.2% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 22 of 22 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $8.1M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $644K · 30 people listed · 6 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Highest-paid contractors: 3 contractors listed · $872K reported
- Consistency: 29 of 29 current checks pass
- Schedules: 9 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
- Filing history: 12 filing years from 2013 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 32/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 31/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 13/100.