Annual Report 2013
Board of Directors
July 1, 2012 through June 30, 2013
James C. Bingham
Chair of the Board*
Alphonce J. Brown, Jr., ACFRE
Vice Chair – Development*
Glenn Tecker
Vice Chair – Planning*
Deborah Firestone
Vice Chair – Program*
Don Dea
Treasurer*
Jack J. Sage
Secretary*
Wells B. Jones, FASAE, CAE, CFRE
Chief Executive Officer*†
Lynn Bissonnette
Laura Casale, AIA
Curtis Jensen
Barbara J. Kelly, Esq.*
Elizabeth Kirkland
Celeste V. Lopes, Esq.
Arnold Lesser, VMD*
Robert S. Madden
Lucas Matthiessen, LCSW, CASAC*
Warren Palzer
Bernard Sarisohn, Esq.
Dona Sauerburger, COMS
Robert T. Stratford, Jr.
Heidi Vandewinckel, LCSW*
Susan E. Werner
Colonel E. David Woycik, Jr. (Ret.), Esq.
*Executive Committee Member
†Non-voting
Administrative Staff
(as of June 30, 2013)
Wells B. Jones, FASAE, CAE, CFRE
Chief Executive Officer
Laura English
Chief Financial Officer
Grete Eide
Chief Canine Care Officer
Katherine Fritz
Director of Development
Anne Mercer
Director of Training
Sheila O’Brien
Director of External Relations, Program
Development and Quality Assurance
Loretta Quis
Director of Administrative Services
Andrew Rubenstein
Director of Marketing
John Biegel
Director of Training Emeritus
Photos: Christopher Appoldt, William Krol, James Mathys,
Kent Phyfe, Renaissance Photography, Andrew Rubenstein
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Valor is stability, not of legs and arms,
but of courage and the soul.
― Michel de Montaigne
Dear Friends,
Every time we place guide or service dogs with disabled veterans, I am amazed at their courage.
No matter how they became disabled – combat injuries, illness, or age-related infirmities – these
men and women face their challenges head-on, determined to reclaim life on their terms.
To ensure that they are being served in the ways that best meet their needs, we constantly
strive to improve our programs and make enhancements as necessary. In fiscal 2013, we hired a
new manager for our service dog program and with the addition of another instructor, we began
restructuring and enhancing our service dog program.
To boost our media presence and brand recognition, we added a director of marketing,
and increased our development team to strengthen our relationships with foundations and other
corporate partners, build new connections with new supporters, and further develop our
community fundraising efforts.
We undertook a major expansion of our prison puppy programs in Georgia, Massachusetts, and
Maryland. The one thing inmates have in abundance is time, and when the first of our prison dogs
returned to us for advanced training, they already had hours of basic task training. We standardized
our set of commands, so it is now easier for our staff service dog instructors to refine the dogs’
training and teach any additional specialized tasks needed for an individual veteran. Our prison
programs have proved to be a success, due in large part to the enthusiastic support from prison
officials and the inmates themselves.
In October 2012, we trained a service dog for former Arizona congresswoman Gabrielle
Giffords. While the vast majority of those we serve are veterans, we also serve active duty service
members, first-responders, and others who have served our country. We have always considered
“service to our country” to be all-encompassing.
We’re pleased to report that during fiscal 2013, we established relationships with several new
donors. Our two major fundraising events – the VetDogs golf classic and the Annapolis 5K run and
dog walk – were even more successful this year. Both events are on the calendar for fiscal 2014, and
we’re expecting that they will once again prove to be extremely popular events.
Our corporate partners, including the History Channel, retail giant TJX, and PETCO and
Natural Balance, remain committed to our cause, as do veterans service organizations such as
the American Legion, DAV, and the VFW. Many state chapters of these VSOs “adopt” VetDogs as
their fundraising project.
We signed two new licensees last fiscal year to produce dog toys and beds and rawhide and
other dog chews. These products are available now in stores.
Fiscal 2014 is shaping up to be a very exciting year for America’s VetDogs. For the first time,
our guide and service dog programs will be assessed by the International Guide Dog Federation
and Assistance Dogs International. We expect to pass our accreditations, making us one of the few
assistance dog schools in the world to be accredited by both international organizations.
All this is possible because of your support and belief in our mission to restore the lives of
those who have served. Thank you.
Sincerely,
James C. Bingham
Chair of the Board
Wells B. Jones, FASAE, CAE, CFRE
Chief Executive Officer
Annual Report 2013
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Program
Accomplishments
Dog Training & Puppy Program
t the end of FY 2013, we hired Ken Kirsch
as our new manager of our service dog
program to increase our capacity to provide
more assistance dogs to veterans. Ken has extensive experience in the assistance dog field.
In the U.S. Army, he was in a military police
unit and became a dog handler. Among other
assignments, he worked canine details for two
presidents. Since leaving the Army in 1990, he
has worked for two other service dog schools,
serving as training manager. In his new role,
Ken will lead our efforts to provide more service, hearing, and therapy dogs to disabled veterans and those who have served our country.
We also hired Peggy Kirsch as a service
dog instructor, thereby rounding out our serv-
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ice dog training team. Both Ken and Peggy are
certified by Assistance Dogs International.
Several of our service dog instructors attended the Assistance Dogs International
trainers’ conference in Indianapolis. During
this conference, trainers expanded their
knowledge of positive reinforcement training
techniques (for both dogs and people), how to
develop templates for solving problem behaviors, and how scent detection can be used for
diabetes alert. Many of these techniques are
applicable for both guide and service dogs.
To further enhance our service dog training, the Group Room in the training center has
been outfitted with the necessary equipment
to facilitate advanced service dog training. This
allows the service dog instructors to store all
their training tools such as wheelchairs, canes,
and crutches in one place for easy access.
When there is a class on campus, this room
will also be utilized by students as they work
on task training.
Melinda Brooks / U.S. Air Force
Service Dog: Stephanie
elinda Brooks grew up surrounded by
members of the military. Both her
parents served in the Army, her nextdoor neighbor was an Air Force recruiter, and a
Marine lived across the street. When she
graduated high school, she decided to join the
Air Force. Another sister followed her into the
same branch, while a third served in the Navy for
10 years before joining the Army. Her brotherin-law is in the Army, and her niece is a Marine.
Serving her country is in Brooks’s blood.
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We began discussions last fiscal year with
the commissioner of the Department of Public
Safety and Correctional Services (DPSCS) in
Maryland to expand our prison puppy program
into the state. In FY 2013, three Maryland
correctional institutions joined the program.
Located in Hagerstown, Cumberland, and
Westover, these three facilities will ultimately
maintain 42 of our puppies. Inmates must
meet strict eligibility criteria before they are
chosen to participate in the prison puppy
program and must continue to meet these
standards to remain in the program.
Under the instruction of our field team,
incarcerated veterans will raise and train these
puppies using a service dog curriculum, in the
hopes that they will go on to assist disabled
veterans. Many of the inmate handlers who
will be caring for the pups are veterans themselves. As one inmate said, “This allows me to
give back to my disabled brothers.”
To facilitate the pups’ immersion into our
advanced training program once they return to
campus, we adopted a new training command
list that provides consistency from puppyhood
to adulthood. When the first prison pups earmarked for our service dog program returned
to our kennels, they had already received
hours of basic training by inmate handlers and
knew many service dog tasks.
In September, we hosted a three-day
“Prison Puppy Seminar” for representatives
from the correctional institutions that house
our puppies. They learned about puppy health
evaluations, puppy enrichment, disability
Brooks enlisted in September 1973 and
trained to become a jet mechanic for fighter jets.
“I thought it would be neat to travel,” she says,
“and I wanted to make a career in the Air Force.”
Unfortunately, a knee injury ended her Air
Force career. Over the next 30 years, she endured
knee operation after knee operation – 11 in all,
including three knee replacements. After surgery
to remove a spinal tumor, Brooks was paralyzed
from the waist down; today, she uses a wheelchair.
In September 2011, Brooks trained with
service dog Stephanie, who was trained to open
and shut doors, and pick up items that Brooks
may have dropped. The dog has also been
“laser-trained” – when Brooks uses a laser pointer
awareness, and prison puppy standards as set
by Assistance Dogs International.
Our prison puppies also receive excellent
medical care. Thanks to our Valued Veterinary
Partnership program, Tufts Veterinary School
in Massachusetts has agreed to provide care at
a discount, and several animal hospitals in
Maryland are providing free care.
At the end of the fiscal year, our prison
puppy program had 11 prisons – three in
Maryland and five in Massachusetts, which
focus on service dog training, and three in
Georgia, which focus on guide dog work.
In October 2012, we placed a service dog
with Gabrielle Giffords. Giffords had been
wounded by a gunman while serving as a
member of the U.S. House of Representatives.
Her husband, astronaut and retired Navy captain Mark Kelly, learned about the work of
America’s VetDogs and approached us to see if
a service dog might make a positive impact on
her continuing rehabilitation. During her home
training, Giffords’ speech and physical therapists were excited by benefits the dog provided to her during her rehabilitation.
We are excited about our new partnership with True Science, an animal health and
wellness company. True Science donates two
important products to both the Guide Dog
Foundation and America’s VetDogs: a flea, tick,
and mosquito parasiticide and a heartworm
preventative. Both the Foundation and VetDogs are featured on True Science’s Web page
as part of their commitment to “giving back”
to the pet community.
to point at an object, the dog will go and bring
her the item. Stephanie will also wait in the front
of Brooks’s wheelchair while she transfers from
her bed to the chair. “She makes sure I don’t fall,”
Brooks says.
Before she was trained with Stephanie,
Brooks had become reluctant to go out. “I stayed
in the house by myself, or went to doctor visits
alone.” But now that she and Stephanie are a
team, the two have become “very independent,”
going on walks in the morning before it gets too
hot, or meeting friends for lunch.
“I don’t like sitting around doing nothing,”
Brooks declares. “Now we do things together.
She’s awesome.”
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Student & Graduate Services
ur revamped alumni council has become a
valued resource for outreach to our
applicants, students, and graduates; our new
class mentor program is a good example.
For blind veterans, the decision to get a
guide dog can be momentous, especially for
first-time users, and the process can be
daunting. The mentor program, created by the
council, assigns an experienced handler to work
with an incoming student. The two have the opportunity to talk before, during, and even after
class, to work through any fears and anxieties
the student may be feeling. At least one student per class has been partnered with a mentor since the program’s inception. The plan is to
develop a similar program for service dog students in fiscal 2014.
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For veterans with guide or service dogs,
our Veterans Concerns team works with them
to obtain “dog of record” status with the Department of Veterans Affairs. “Dog of record”
means that an individual’s guide or service dog
is recognized and can be eligible for veterinary
care and other benefits from the VA as part of a
veteran’s treatment. The process is quite involved and requires diligence that the Veterans
Concerns team can bring to each case.
The alumni council also created a
quarterly email publication for service dog
handlers. The Recon Bulletin goes out to all of
our service dog graduates and contains news
about VA programs, including “dog of record,”
and information specific to being a disabled
veteran and working with a service dog. There
is a similar publication for guide dog users, The
Free Run, which provides information about
staff, assistive technology, and tips for living
with blindness and working with a guide dog.
For the third year in a row, Nutramax
Laboratories has sponsored a program that
provides Dasuquin, a joint health supplement
to any dog in our programs. Our graduates
with active working dogs over the age of 7 also
receive this free benefit.
We continued to offer our students training in media and public speaking. As the use
of guide and service dogs becomes more
prevalent, our VetDogs graduates are important
ambassadors for our programs no matter
where they live or whom they see. We provide
information and answer questions on our social
media outreach, news media outreach, and our
volunteer speakers program. If a student
requests it, we will even prepare a press release
to send to their hometown, especially if they
indicate they will have the first service dog in
their community.
Robert Evans / U.S. Army
Service Dog: Steve
ergeant Robert Evans always wanted to be a
soldier. “I had been waiting since I was 4 or 5
years old to join the Army,” he declares.
In 2002, when he was 17 and still a junior in
high school, Evans enlisted when the opportunity
presented itself. “I actually belonged to the Army
for a year before I left for basic training. That’s
how bad I wanted to join.” Being a soldier was a
“life dream,” he adds. “I lived it and don’t regret it
for a second.”
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Fundraising/Development
uilding relationships with donors often
begins with a face-to-face meeting. As an
example, our chief executive officer visited
a new foundation to discuss funding opportunities for VetDogs. After the meeting, we were
invited to submit a grant application, and
ultimately received a $100,000 first-time gift to
America’s VetDogs. The “personal touch” is
important to further develop donor relationships. Our director of development and one of
our most active VetDogs graduates made
numerous calls on individual and corporate
donors in Massachusetts to thank them for
their support of America’s VetDogs. A visit by
a graduate of our programs gives donors the
opportunity to learn firsthand how someone’s
life changes thanks to an assistance dog.
We have been working with our licensing
agent to expand our licensing efforts. We now
have three licensees who offer products under
the “America’s VetDogs” label: Bil-Jac, which
manufactures dog treats; Ethical Products,
which produces dog toys and beds; and
Petking, which makes a line of rawhide bones,
chews, dental sticks, and jerky.
Special events continue to be an important source of revenue for America’s VetDogs.
The 3rd Annual VetDogs Golf Classic took place
in August 2012. Although participation was
down, and despite the impact of inclement
weather on the on-site fundraising events,
the outing was more successful than the
previous year’s.
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The 20-year-old shipped out to Iraq in 2005
and served 15 months as an infantryman before
returning for a second deployment in 2007.
He was a Bradley tank commander with the
2nd Platoon, Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 15th
Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 3rd Infantry
Division when he was injured in an IED
(improvised explosive device) attack, three
months after he was in-country. In addition to
compressing his spine, the explosion took his
hand, Evans says. “I suffered a traumatic
amputation at the wrist.”
He spent the next six months undergoing
rehabilitation therapy at Walter Reed Army
The 3rd Annual Annapolis 5K & Dog Walk
was held in April 2013 was also considerably
more successful than the year prior. An effort to
grow the committee and expand its responsibilities is underway for FY 2014.
We are grateful for the continuing support
of our corporate partners. The History Channel
ran a campaign for Memorial Day and Veterans
on the social media platform Twitter and invited
their followers post a thank-you to veterans. For
every tweet that used the hashtag #thankavet,
History donated $1 to America’s VetDogs. The
two campaigns ultimately brought in $45,000.
Our relationship with TJX, the parent company of T.J. Maxx, Marshalls, and HomeGoods
remains solid. They carry VetDogs-branded
products in their stores, and TJX, which is
headquartered in Framingham, Mass., is also a
strong supporter of our Massachusetts prison
puppy program.
PETCO and Natural Balance continued
their support of our work to provide guide dogs
for blind veterans. They also were event sponsors for the Annapolis 5K Run and Dog Walk.
Veterans service organizations (VSOs)
provide services to veterans in many different
capacities. America’s VetDogs is considered a
VSO, but we’re also supported by other VSOs
such as the American Legion or the VFW.
In FY 2013, the VFW Women’s Auxiliary
and the American Legion Women’s Auxiliary
from the state of Georgia made America’s
VetDogs their project for the coming year, as
did the national Ladies Auxiliary of the Fleet
Reserve Association. These organizations held
fundraisers and encouraged their members to
support the work of VetDogs in training guide
and service dogs for disabled veterans.
Medical Center in Washington, D.C., and learned of
America’s VetDogs from his occupational therapist.
Evans trained with his service dog at VetDogs
headquarters in Smithtown, N.Y. The dog retrieves
items that Evans can’t and provides
stability support when his back injury is acting up.
“If there’s one thing I’ve learned from my
injury,” he says, “it’s that life’s too short to be
worried about small things, things out of your
control. To me, my hand is a small thing; I don’t
let it bring me down. Life goes on whether you
accept it or not. It’s how we approach it, tame it,
and conquer it that makes life, Life.”
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Public Education
ur VetDogs “ambassadors” were busy during FY 2013. As we have for the past several
years, VetDogs participated in the History
Channel’s “Take a Vet to School” program. One
of our first graduates was specifically requested
to speak at a school in Scarsdale, N.Y., because
he had been such a hit the previous year; he is
a popular speaker with both kids and adults.
Another of our graduates attended “Novartis
Day,” an employee health fair at Novartis
Pharmaceuticals in New Jersey, to provide
information about America’s VetDogs.
We participate in many VSO conventions
to spread the message about America’s VetDogs and assistance dogs for disabled veterans.
In fiscal 2013, we attended the annual national
conventions for the Veterans of Foreign Wars
(VFW), Disabled American Veterans (DAV),
Blinded Veterans Association (BVA), and the
American Legion.
VetDogs graduates also spoke at several
VFW Ladies Auxiliaries in South Carolina,
Georgia, and New York. As noted previously,
local state chapters “adopt” VetDogs as their
special fundraising projects for the year once
their members have a chance to meet one of
our graduates and hear their story.
Graduates Dan Lasko and Kent Phyfe were
invited to the first New York Giants game held
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after Superstorm Sandy. Dan and Kent
participated in the pre-game activites and flag
ceremony before kick-off.
NCMS, the Society of Industrial Security
Professionals, invited us to speak at their annual conference in Chicago in April. Our CEO
and two of our VetDogs graduates addressed
the attendees at their morning meetings.
Thanks to Curtis Jensen, one of our board
members, who introduced America’s VetDogs
to the society’s board of directors, the organization and its chapters selected VetDogs as their
official charity for the year.
While not strictly part of our formal public
education programs, media stories and “brand
recognition” are other ways we inform the public of our work. We hired a director of marketing
to increase our visibility in these forums.
America’s VetDogs received extensive
media coverage this year, in part thanks to our
prison puppy program. Numerous stories
appeared in Massachusetts and Maryland,
some of which made the rounds of national
coverage. In the New York area, a local station
did a story on one of our graduates and his
diabetes alert dog.
In conjunction with our licensee Bil-Jac,
we did a number of radio “tours” to promote
America’s VetDogs and the VetDogs treats.
Several of our graduates appeared on radio
programs to talk about our dog programs that
help disabled veterans and how our licensing
partners support our programs and our
mission.
Sy Lederman / U.S. Army
Guide Dog: Merlot
y Lederman enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1944,
when he was 17 years old. During his training,
Lederman spent several months engaged in
war games and maneuvers throughout the U.S. at
different Army bases before deploying to Europe.
In those days, soldiers made the journey by
sea. The trip took two weeks, but they had to be
constantly on alert for submarine attacks. At one
point, his ship picked up survivors of another ship
that had been attacked.
In September 1944, Lederman and his unit –
the 9th Armored Division – landed in Normandy.
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Annual Report 2013
Major Donors FY 2013
The following individuals, foundations and corporations have made gifts of $10,000 and over to
America’s VetDogs during the fiscal year 2013. We are grateful for their support of our mission to
serve people with disabilities.
A&E Television Networks
Atlantic Philanthropies
Bil-Jac
Butler Schein Animal Health
Charitable Gift Fund
Cinco Hermanos Fund - Barkley Account
Copernicus Lodge 545, Free and Accepted
Masons, Ninth Manhattan District
Dalessandro Foundation
Dean Johnson Trust
Ethical Products, Inc.
Foglia Family Foundation
Freed Foundation
Robert Gartland
Grand Marias American Legion Post 413
George L. Ohrstrom, Jr. Foundation
Green Foundation
Hampton Bays Lions Club
William Heffron
Jacksonville Marine Corps 1/2 Marathon
& Freedom 5K
Estate of Marie J. Marchetta
Marchon
Martin Foundation, Inc.
Rusty and Peggy McCormack
Estate of Mary B. McCoy
New York Order Sons of Italy
in America "Gift of Sight"
Oyster Bay Lions Club
Timothy & Elaine Peterson
Quinn Family Foundation
Rachael's Rescue
Rumsfeld Foundation
Schwab Fund for Charitable Giving
William Seldon
TJX Companies, Inc.
Tower of Hope, Inc.
VFW Woman's Auxilary State of Georgia
Valleycrest Productions, Ltd., “Who Wants
To Be A Millionaire Season 11”
Van Sloun Foundation
America’s VetDogs has made every effort to ensure the accuracy of the names on this list.
Very quickly, they saw action; ultimately, the
division was responsible for the capture of the
Ludendorff Bridge (also called the Bridge to
Remagen). For 10 days, the 9th Armored kept the
bridge open, allowing Allied troops to move into
the heart of Germany.
After the war in Europe ended, Lederman
remained in Germany as part of the Occupation.
He was discharged in 1948 and returned home
to civilian life.
In 1960, Lederman was diagnosed with
keratoconus, where the cornea gradually
takes the shape of a cone. He later had six
corneal transplants.
Lederman got his first guide dog from the
Guide Dog Foundation in 1963. Unfortunately,
that dog developed issues with subway travel,
and a year later, Lederman returned to the
Foundation, where he met Millie, who was
training with her own guide dog. At the time,
they were both married to other people; the two
couples became great friends over the years.
In 1984, after their spouses passed away, Sy
and Millie married. For years, they have shared
one guide dog, which has been specially trained
to work with the both of them. Between the two
of them, they estimate they’ve had 30+ dogs
over 45 years.
Today, Lederman says, “I couldn’t see
myself without a guide dog. These dogs are like
having my eyesight back. They’re extensions of
my left arm.”
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Prison Puppy Program
America’s VetDogs would like to thank the following
individuals and families for opening their homes and
their hearts to help raise the assistance dog puppies
that were born during the fiscal year.
Massachusetts Department of Correction
Puppies
Alex
Almond
Aura
Biscuit
Brittney
Budd
Buzz
Cannon
Chopper
Clyde
Weekend Puppy Raisers
Christine & Rob Anthony
Caren Arsenault
Natasha Ashe
Christina Bernier
Warren Bliss
Keireny Brady
Caitlin & Dan Caulfield
Rebekah & Jeffrey Caylor
Jean & Gregory D’Agostino
Daisy
Filbert
Flint
Hana
Hansen
Hoss
Jon
Kipper
Krugster
Luke
Dwayne Daschke
Linda Dias
MaryEllen Frawley
Deidre Fountain
Tina Marie Gomes
Tom Leahy
Amanda McKenzie
Lynn & Stephen Meltzer
Jennifer Mendicino
Montana
Nora
Othello
Peanut
Pilot
Portia
Smokey
Trudy
Winston
Carolyn Murray
Robin Murray
Carol & Stephen Phalen
Michele Resca
Ames Ryba
Jennifer & Patrick Scafani
Peter Slammin
Zafa Smith
Joe & Jeannine Wood
Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services
Puppies
Ace
Alisa
Annie
Banjo
Bismark
Bravo
Casey
Casino
Delta
Dill
Dumplin
Freedom
Grover
Jordyn
Lee
Milo
Olympia
Royale
Ryan
Sam
Sarith
Sunny
Texas
Trooper
Vero
Yardly
Weekend Puppy Raisers
Virginia Bacon
Sam & Laurie Baker
Patricia Blair
Sue Brant
Bill Campion
Gary & Lori Canedy
Shannon Cannon
Kimberley Carroll
Ellen Collins
Bobby Doyle
Larry Hartz
Dana Fredrick
Dave & Paula Kretzer
Rodney Likin
Lori Maddox
Kathy Maloney
Kelly Malec McConnell
Belle Muia
Kurt & Jo-Anne Ochalla
Olivia Ryan
Tom Sheasley
PJ Stephenson
America’s VetDogs has made every effort to ensure the accuracy of the names on this list.
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Annual Report 2012
Financial Statements
AMERICA’S VETDOGS - THE VETERAN’S K-9 CORPS, INC.
Financial Statements for the year ended June 30, 2013
Statement of Activities and Changes in Net Assets
Unrestricted
Net Assets
Public Support and Revenues
Contributions
Bequests & Legacies
Special Events (Net of Expenses)
Interest & Other
Satisfaction of Restrictions
$2,065,040
58,897
200,746
14,363
161,500
Total Public Support & Revenue
Temporarily &
Permanently
Restricted Net Assets
Total Net Assets
Year Ended
June 30, 2012
(161,500)
$2,214,485
58,897
200,746
14,363
0
$3,768,102
0
148,976
15,923
0
2,500,546
(12,055)
2,488,491
3,933,001
Expenses
Program Services
Dog Training & Puppy Program
Student & Graduate Services
Public Education
1,080,567
207,819
238,500
-
1,080,567
207,819
238,500
2,402,792
443,995
321,507
Total Program Services
1,526,886
0
1,526,886
3,168,294
113,822
483,929
-
113,822
483,929
252,512
511,779
597,751
0
597,751
764,291
Supporting Services
Management & General
Fundraising
Total Supporting Services
Total Expenses
$149,445
Total Net Assets
Year Ended
June 30, 2013
2,124,637
0
2,124,637
3,932,585
Increase (decrease) in net assets
before other additions
375,909
(12,055)
363,854
416
Other additions (deductions)
Realized Gains (Losses) on Investments
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets
705
376,614
(12,055)
750
364,559
(416)
0
Net Assets (Deficit), Beginning of Year (1,286,108)
397,500
(888,608)
(888,608))
$385,445
($524,049)
($888,608)
Net Assets (Deficit), End of Year
($909,494)
Consolidated Statement of Financial Position
Assets
Cash
Contributions Receivable
Total Assets
Liabilities
Accounts Payable & Accrued Expenses
Due to Affiliate
Total Liabilities
Net Assets
Unrestricted (Deficit)
Temporarily Restricted
June 30, 2013
June 30, 2012
$100,018
706,666
$1,146,628
524,118
$806,684
$1,670,746
109,533
1,221,200
137,739
2,421,615
$1,330,733
$2,559,354
(909,494)
385,445
(1,286,108)
397,500
Total Net Assets (Deficit)
(524,049)
(888,608)
Total Liabilities and Net Assets
$806,684
$1,670,746
Support Services Expenses as % of Public Support & Revenue,
Realized Gains and Bequests and Legacies: 24.01%
The above data has been condensed from the Financial Statements audited by Cerini & Associates, LLP Certified
Public Accountants of Bohemia, New York. The statement includes the accounts of America's VetDogs for the year
ended June 30, 2013. Copies of the audited statements including the accountant's unqualified opinion dated
October 14, 2013, are available from America's VetDogs upon request.
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