Liabilities / Assets
60th percentile
Tied with the lowest-debt nonprofits in its peer group.
EIN 45-0592275 • 501(c)3 • Walpole, MA
Precomputed percentiles relative to similar nonprofits. These scores are descriptive rather than judgmental.
Liabilities / Assets
60th percentile
Tied with the lowest-debt nonprofits in its peer group.
Liabilities / Revenue
62nd percentile
Tied with the lowest-debt nonprofits in its peer group.
Net Margin
36th percentile
Higher net margin than 36% of similar nonprofits.
Top Officer Pay
81st percentile
Higher top officer pay than 81% of similar nonprofits.
Top officer pay equals 0.0% of source-year revenue.
Asset Growth
50th percentile
Faster asset growth than 50% of similar nonprofits.
Revenue Growth
29th percentile
Faster revenue growth than 29% of similar nonprofits.
Assets
Down$350,441
Down $5,480 (-1.5%) from 2023
Liabilities
Flat$0
Flat from 2023
Net Assets
Down$350,441
Down $5,480 (-1.5%) from 2023
Revenue
Down$104,492
Down $38,552 (-27%) from 2023
Expenses
Down$109,972
Down $148,261 (-57%) from 2023
Net Income
Up-$5,480
Up $109,709 (+95%) from 2023
Most recent year
2024 • Form 990EZXML pending. An XML filing is linked for this year, but detailed extraction is still pending.
The latest 2024 filing currently has linked XML that has not been fully parsed yet. Showing the latest detailed filing from 2016 below.
Our mission is to support massachusetts police dogs by helping provide bullet resistant vests (our primary goal), essential equipment, funding for training, and purchase of dogs for police / law enforcement k-9 programs throughout massachusetts.
See Schedule O
| Description | Grants | Expenses |
|---|---|---|
| Providing protective vests to police dogs in law enforcement providing essential equipment training and purchases of dogs in law enforcement K9 programs | - | $198,383 |
| Name | Title | Full / Part Time | Base | Other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel Flaherty | Treasurer | PT | $0 | - | - |
| Kathy Hinds | President | PT | $0 | - | - |
| Diane Whittaker | Vice President | PT | $0 | - | - |
| Shirlee Sears | Director | - | $0 | - | - |
| Anna Oberlander | Clerk | - | $0 | - | - |
| Michael Phinney | Director | - | $0 | - | - |
| Joshua Medeiros | Vice President | PT | $0 | - | - |
| David Shilale | Director | PT | $0 | - | - |
| Michele Perrine | Director | PT | $0 | - | - |
“Part III: Organizations Primary Exempt PurposeTo provide protective vests to police dogs throughout the municipalities of Massachusetts in order to provide protection to police dogs serving in law enforcement.To provide support for the following related activities: (1) essential equipment for law enforcement K-9 programs; (2) training distinct from customary and usual training for law enforcement K-9 programs; and (3) purchase of dogs for law enforcement K-9 programs.”
“Activity Protective Vests for Dogs Amount 159,258”
“Description AmountAdvertising 1,593Bank Charges & Fees 1,610Event & Equipment Fees 4,725Registration Fees 85Supplies 3,336Insurance 1,340Raffles & Promotional 3,821Merchandise 19,542Website 139Travel & Meetings 2,377”
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| IRS990ScheduleO/SupplementalInformationDetail/ExplanationTxt | 0 | Part III: Organizations Primary Exempt PurposeTo provide protective vests to police dogs throughout the municipalities of Massachusetts in order to provide protection to police dogs serving in law enforcement.To provide support for the following related activities: (1) essential equipment for law enforcement K-9 programs; (2) training distinct from customary and usual training for law enforcement K-9 programs; and (3) purchase of dogs for law enforcement K-9 programs. |
| IRS990ScheduleO/SupplementalInformationDetail/ExplanationTxt | 1 | Activity Protective Vests for Dogs Amount 159,258 |
| IRS990ScheduleO/SupplementalInformationDetail/ExplanationTxt | 2 | Description AmountAdvertising 1,593Bank Charges & Fees 1,610Event & Equipment Fees 4,725Registration Fees 85Supplies 3,336Insurance 1,340Raffles & Promotional 3,821Merchandise 19,542Website 139Travel & Meetings 2,377 |
| IRS990ScheduleO/SupplementalInformationDetail/FormAndLineReferenceDesc | 0 | General explanation attachment |
| IRS990ScheduleO/SupplementalInformationDetail/FormAndLineReferenceDesc | 1 | List of grants and similar amounts paid Part I line 10 |
| IRS990ScheduleO/SupplementalInformationDetail/FormAndLineReferenceDesc | 2 | Description of other expenses Part I line 16 |
| ReturnHeader/BuildTS | 0 | 2016-12-15 16:53:06Z |
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| ReturnHeader/BusinessOfficerGrp/SignatureDt | 0 | 2016-08-15 |
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| ReturnHeader/TaxPeriodBeginDt | 0 | 2015-05-01 |
| ReturnHeader/TaxPeriodEndDt | 0 | 2016-04-30 |
| ReturnHeader/TaxYr | 0 | 2015 |
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