Canines with a Cause

“A draft of the form 990 is reviewed by the treasurer in detail before filing. A draft of the form 990 is provided to the full board before filing.”

“The organization has a written conflict of interest policy. At least annually, each member of the board and management is required to review the policy and complete a disclosure and attestation of potential conflicts of interest. The organization has assigned a specific board member who is responsible for reviewing potential conflicts and working with the board to determine the most appropriate way to mitigate any risks associated. Board members determined to have a conflict of interest on a specific issue will be recused from voting on that specific issue.”

“The board of directors considers the overall reasonability of the salary paid to the executive director based on salaries paid for similar positions at similar organizations an what the organization is currently able to afford. The board of directors establishes the executive director's salary independent from the exective director. The deliberation and determination of the executive director's compensation is contemporaneously documented in the board minutes.”

“The organizations governing documents and conflict of interest policy are available upon request by written request to the organization's offices. The organization's 990 is available through www.guidestar.org.”

“The mission of canines with a cause is to create sustainable programs and processes to effectively and holistically treat combat veterans with ptsd with well-trained, specialized service dogs that provide emotional therapy as companions. By rescuing dogs from kill shelters and using prison inmates as a means to train, we essentially save three lives: the veteran, the dog, and the inmate.”

“Canines with a cause trained and placed twelve (12) service teams in 2024. Prison-based dog training programs are no longer utilized; placing dogs in local foster homes allows trainers to supervise early training and introduce them to prospective veterans. Cwac has been involved with the walter reed military hospital soldier rehabilitation program and the uniformed services university of the health sciences' wounded warrior service dog program since 2018. Cwac is dedicated to serving this program, and we were honored to participate. The goal of the wwsdp is to facilitate the provision of service dogs to military beneficiaries and veterans. The objectives of the wwsdp is to work collaboratively with non-profit service dog training organizations to share best practices in the training of service dogs, the education and matching of service dogs with qualifying service members and veterans, safety practices to protect dogs and the public, and the use of date-driven decisions to help improvement of existing programs and service dog certification for post-traumatic stress, military sexual trauma and traumatic brain injury dogs for service members and veterans. Participation in this program helped create the tools to achieve our goals for veterans, service members, first responders, and the dogs that support them on their journey.”