Warrior Canine Connection Inc.

“The federal form 990 is provided to the board of directors for review prior to filing with the internal revenue service.”

“The conflict of interest policy is renewed annually. The board of directors are required to immediately notify the board of any conflict of interest. Management of the organization monitors the following conflict situations for employees or the board of directors: (1) employment by a competitor or potential competitor, regardless of the nature of the employment, while employed by the organization; (2) acceptance of gifts, payment, or services from those seeking to do business with the organization; (3) placement of business with a firm owned or controlled by an employee or his or her family; (4) ownership of or substantial interest in, a company that is a competitor or a supplier of the organization; and, (5) acting as an independent contractor to the organization's customer or supplier.”

“The executive director's salary is evaluated each year and any increases are based on performance and is determined as part of the budget process. The board of directors has set up a finance committee and an executive committee and the executive director's compensation is discussed at those meetings. The compensation determination process was not contemporaenously documented, however, contemporaneous documentation will be implemented in the future.”

“The organization makes its governing documents available, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements available upon request.”

“Warrior canine connection (the organization) is a pioneering organization that utilizes its mission based trauma recovery (mbtr) model to support recovering combat veterans and their families. The organization provides warriors a regained sense of purpose through the opportunity to engage in a critical military support mission while simultaneously receiving treatment for their own symptoms of post-traumatic stress (pts) and traumatic brain injuries (tbi). Based on the time-honored tradition of warriors helping warriors, their mission is to train highly-skilled service dogs that provide years of mobility and social support to veterans with disabilities. The organization provides therapeutic service dog training at their healing quarters facility in boyds, md and within veterans treatment court programs and to wounded warriors currently in treatment at the national intrepid center of excellence (nicoe), at walter reed national military medical center (wrnmmc) in bethesda, md and at the menlo park division of the palo alto california va health care system (menlo park) the organization has taken a leadership role in scientific research into the biological, psychological and behavioral effects of service dog training as a therapeutic modality to mitigate the symptoms of pts and tbi in order to provide education and outreach and to advance the awareness of this therapy for wounded warriors with psychological injuries.”

“The board of directors has set up a finance committee to assume responsibility for oversight of the audit.”