Canine Wounded Heroes
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 455591906
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2023–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2022, Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2013
- Location
- Canton, GA, USA
- Phone
- 4043072901
- Rating
- 79
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Animal Protection and Welfare
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $25,415
- Expenses
- $32,423
- Assets
- $53,599
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
4 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- KAREN TALBOT (PRESIDENT)
- MIKE SAUER (VICE-PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- KAREN TALBOT (PRESIDENT)
- MIKE SAUER (VICE-PRESIDENT)
- DANTE LASASSO (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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To support and aid k-9 police dogs.
What it reported doing in 2024
Equip k-9 police dogs with bullet-proof, knife-proof, blast resistant protective vests to help keep them safe in the line of duty and provide medical services.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 62% for direct work, and 38% for grants.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 93
- Transparency & Controls: 75
- Sustainability: 41
- Growth: 0
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 80.9%; rating input score 81
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 91.7%; rating input score 92; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -27.6%; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.65; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -4.1% per year; rating input score 0; 37th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -9.9% per year; rating input score 0; 24th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -0.2% per year; rating input score 0; 37th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 80.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $26K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 2 filing years from 2023 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- 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.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 19/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.