America'S Vetdogs

“A questionnaire/review checklist accompanies the draft form 990. The checklist highlights key areas to be reviewed and indicates proper corresponding part references on the 990. After review by senior staff of america's vetdogs, a final draft version of the form 990 will be e-mailed to all board members as well as verbally described to visually impaired board members, as requested. The form 990 will be finalized after all questions and concerns are addressed.”

“Disclosure statements are collected and reviewed annually. Any potential conflicts are disclosed to the full board and addressed as required.”

“The compensation of the president & ceo, the chief of staff, and any employee that meets the key employee criteria, as defined by the irs, is reviewed by the compensation committee, and recommendations provided to the executive committee of the board for approval as per the bylaws. Persons with conflict of interest with respect to the compensation arrangement at issue are not involved in this review and approval. The compensation of the president & ceo, the chief of staff, and any employee that meets the key employee criteria, as defined by the irs, is reviewed and approved using independent research studies, chosen by the compensation committee. Research studies are based upon current comparable positions at similarly situated organizations. There is contemporaneous documentation and record keeping as to the deliberations and decisions regarding the compensation arrangement. Compensation is incentive/goal based. Goals are prepared in the prior fiscal year, and approved by the compensation committee. The recommendations provided to the executive committee from the compensation committee compares actual performance against the established goals, and is applied to compensation ranges derived from the independent research studies.”

“The organization's governing documents and conflict of interest policy are available to the public upon written request. Financial statements and form 990 are available upon written request and also at www.vetdogs.org and guidestar.org.”

“America's vetdogs is a related organization of the guide dog foundation. The two organizations have overlapping missions and operations, whereby the costs of running the entities are shared costs, inclusive of salary costs are allocated to america's vetdogs based upon the number of america's vetdogs teams placed during the year. America's vetdogs has no direct employees.”

“Consulting fees: program service expenses 991,904. Management and general expenses 26,188. Fundraising expenses 204,079. Total expenses 1,222,171.”

“The process has not changed from the prior year.”