American Working Dogs Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
472930051
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2019–2022
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2022
Location
Denver, IN, USA
Phone
7659852274
Rating
86
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Animal Training, Behavior

Reported finances

Revenue
$103,590
Expenses
$105,366
Assets
$101,533

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2022. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • KENNETH LICKLIDER (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • KENNETH LICKLIDER (PRESIDENT)
  • DANIEL PARKER (SECRETARY)
  • ROBERT WALKER (TREASURER)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2022. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To provide training and certify law enforcement and military canine teams. To foster best practices and esprit de corps of public service canine teams throughout the world.

What it reported doing in 2022

K9 olympics - annual event held for k9 teams from across the united states and world to participate in a week long competition of various events meant to test the skills of k9 teams that come from law enforcement and the military. The events are designed to test handlers and their dogs in various skills and endurance, which include explosive and drug detection, obedience, control, and agility. Expert judges from the united states and around the world provide grading and assessments of the k9 teams. The annual event concludes with an awards banquet to recognize top performers and certification recipients, and is followed by a public concert to celebrate the accomplishments of the event participants and raise public awareness of the organization's mission.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 70% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
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.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 94
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 31
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 95%; rating input score 95
  • Program expense ratio: 93.4%; rating input score 93

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -1.7%; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.96; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 151.9%; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 27.1% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 2.7% per year; rating input score 100; 41st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 20.2% per year; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 95% of revenue deployed · 93.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $98K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2019 to 2022
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 30/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 56/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 0/100.