2014-07-11T12:25:26-07:00 2013-12-31 DAVID J ARDOIN CPA PC 18449 CROWNSGATE CIR GERMANTOWN MD 208744425 990 2013-01-01 452981579 WARRIOR CANINE CONNECTION INC WARR 3012601111 23222 GEORGIA AVENUE BROOKEVILLE MD 20833 RICK YOUNT Executive Dir. 2014-07-11 true David J Ardoin P01019140 3015377215 2013 2015-11-30 17:44:51Z RICK YOUNT 23222 GEORGIA AVENUE BROOKEVILLE MD 20833 660851 false false X WWW.WARRIORCANINECONNECTION.ORG X 2011 MD Warrior Canine Connection, Inc. provides Service Members and Veterans with Post Traumatic Stress (PTS) and Traumatic Brain Injuries (TBI) with a continuing mission to support their fellow Warriors through the training of mobility service dogs. WCC's training method offers a safe, effective, and inexpensive therapeutic intervention that remediates the core symptoms of PTS and TBI and produces well trained service dogs that will be partnered at no cost with disabled combat Veterans with disabilities. WCC will take 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. WCC will also provide scientific and clinical education outreach to therapists and service dog industry leaders to advance awareness of this therapy for wounded Warriors with psychological injuries. 10 10 7 150 0 453776 568411 0 -229 -62 2000 18222 455547 586571 0 0 124525 229644 0 55999 119913 137231 244438 366875 211109 219696 388029 605992 16991 15258 371038 590734 X Warrior Canine Connection, Inc. provides Service Members and Veterans with Post Traumatic Stress (PTS) and Traumatic Brain Injuries (TBI) with a continuing mission to support their fellow Warriors through the training of mobility service dogs. WCC's training method offers a safe, effective, and inexpensive therapeutic intervention that remediates the core symptoms of PTS and TBI and produces well trained service dogs that will be partnered at no cost with disabled combat Veterans with disabilities. WCC will take 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. WCC will also provide scientific and clinical education outreach to therapists and service dog industry leaders to advance awareness of this therapy for wounded Warriors with psychological injuries. false false 185215 The WCC therapeutic service dog training program relies on the availability of Golden and Labrador Retriever puppies, purpose bred for health and temperament for service dog work. Two litters of Labrador Retrievers (the "Weather Litter" and the "Honor Litter") were bred by the WCC Dog Program Director and raised at the WCC Puppy Enrichment Center until they were ready to be placed in the homes of volunteer Puppy Foster Parents. Several puppies were also donated by breeders known to produce dogs suitable for the WCC program. Recovering Warriors from NICoE and WRNMMC and civilian volunteers were involved in the early socialization of these future service dogs for combat Veterans with disabilities in the medical facilities and at the WCC Brookeville HQ. WCC puppies were featured on a puppy cam that was viewed by millions of people around the world, providing WCC with an outstanding educational opportunity to share information about the breeding, care, therapeutic training, and benefits of service dogs to wounded Warriors. A WCC dog must be approximately two years old and meet industry standards to be eligible to be placed with a combat Veteran with disabilities. The first graduation of WCC dogs took place in November 2013. Five dogs were placed in support of combat Veterans with disabilities and their families. 55029 In April 2013, WCC launched a program at the VA Palo Alto Health Care System in Menlo Park, CA that served 250 Veterans in treatment there in the first eight months of operation. WCC also continued to provide services to recovering Warriors at the NeuroRestorative National Capitol facility in Germantown, MD. 46092 In 2013, Warrior Canine Connection (WCC) provided its service dog training therapy program for Post Traumatic Stress (PTS) and Traumatic Brain Injuries (TBI) to wounded Warriors in treatment at the National Intrepid Center of Excellence (NICOE) at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (WRNMMC) in Bethesda, MD. WCC also served patients in the Behavioral Health and Brain Injury Treatment Programs at WRNMMC. WCC staff provided patients and staff members with information on the use of service dogs for physical and psychological disabilities and the care and training of service dogs. Additionally, WCC dogs worked with 200 Soldiers in the Warrior Transition Units at WRNMMC and Fort Belvoir, VA. Field trips were also arranged for NICOE and WRNMMC patients to WCC's Healing Quarters in Brookeville, MD. During 2013, WCC staff presented service dogs as a therapeutic intervention for PTS and TBI to several hundred military and civilian leaders in meetings and in conjunction with tours of the NICOE and WRNMMC. 1762 288098 true true false true false false false false false false true false false false false true true false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false false true 4 0 true 7 true false false false false false false false false 0 false false false false false false false false false false X 10 10 true false false false false false false true false false false true true true true true false false false false X CORPORATE OFFICERS 3012601111 23222 GEORGIA AVENUE BROOKEVILLE MD 20833 X DEBRA COLEMAN HYDE President 1.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 EARL O STRIMPLE DVM Vice President 1.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 JULIE WALTERS Sec./Treas. 1.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 CHARLES COLEMAN PHD Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 WILLIAM M GALL Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 TORA FISHER Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 KATHERINE HUTT Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 ROBERT ROSENBAUM MD Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 ELENOR SMITH Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 RICK YOUNT Executive Dir. 40.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 0 false false false 0 573 247438 320400 53163 568411 0 50 50 0 0 0 53451 53563 -112 -112 -112 36700 247438 20717 15983 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS 2239 2239 2239 586571 2127 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 201234 165544 7951 27739 0 11555 11155 200 200 16855 13502 337 3016 0 11298 10169 1129 8519 6206 1542 771 0 0 0 7405 2962 1481 2962 0 0 2126 1063 425 638 0 0 11475 8126 1317 2032 0 0 0 0 2853 2853 3864 2628 618 618 VET CARE 22486 22486 DOG FOOD AND SUPPLIES 15528 15528 TELEPHONE AND INTERNET 8240 6592 1648 DOG CARE, BREEDING, ACQUISI. 7904 7904 35533 14233 4925 16375 366875 288098 22778 55999 351939 561571 10037 10087 0 3535 0 0 0 0 3229 6867 22911 5269 17034 17642 0 0 0 0 5790 6290 388029 605992 16991 15258 16991 15258 X 358412 578108 12626 12626 371038 590734 388029 605992 219696 X false true X false false X 187189 453510 568411 1209110 0 0 187189 453510 568411 1209110 432477 776633 37 50 87 0 2000 16374 18374 1227571 X 0.00000 RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED false false true false false false false false true true false false false Part II-B, Line 1i - Other Activities Description Warrior Canine Connection operates at the National Intrepid Center of Excellence (NICoE) in Bethesda, MD. The facility frequently provides tours for Executive Branch and Military officials, as well as Members of Congress and their staff members. In 2013, WCC staff participated in these tours by providing an overview of the WCC Service Dog Training Program. WCC staff members also responded to questions from Congressional offices regarding the program and associated research. WCC's Executive Director was invited to participate in a briefing organized by the Office of Rep. James P. Govern entitled: The Impact of Service Dogs on Veterans' Care. WCC staff briefed staff members of the Maryland Congressional delegation on plans for a WCC facility on property administered by the Maryland Department of Natural Resources. 5820 534 5286 11278 3258 8020 5813 1477 4336 17642 X 826521 221467 221467 605054 -18483 -18483 586571 605474 220116 18483 238599 366875 366875 Part X : FIN48 Footnote Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes The Organization accounts for the effect of any uncertain tax positions based on a more likely than not threshold to the recognition of the tax positions being sustained based on the technical merits of the position under scrutiny by the applicable taxing authority. It is managements belief that the Organization does not hold any uncertain tax positions. The Organization is not currently under examination by any taxing jurisdiction. The Organizations Federal tax returns are generally open for examination for three years following the date filed. Part XII, Line 2d: Other expenses and losses per audited F/S SPECIAL EVENT EXPENSES $18483 X false VETERANS CHALLENGE 129247 129247 NEWMANS OWN CHALLENGE 99691 99691 3 53709 18500 35209 20717 282647 247438 35209 20717 20717 14492 X 2 53163 AVERAGE FMV false false false Form 990, Part III, Line 4d: Other Program Services Description OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 4: WCC is collaborating with WRNMMC, the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS) and civilian academic experts on research associated with the neurobiology of the human-animal bond and the treatment of PTSD under a grant awarded by the Department of Defense in 2013. The research study will begin in 2014. Form 990, Part VI, Line 2: Description of Business or Family Relationship of Officers, Directors, Et Debra Coleman Hyde and Charles Coleman are related as sister and brother. Form 990, Part VI, Line 8: Explanation of No Contemporaneously Documentation of Meetings The Organization has no committees at this time. Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b: Form 990 Review Process Form 990 is provided to the Board of Directors for review prior to filing the return. Form 990, Part VI, Line 12c: Explanation of Monitoring and Enforcement of Conflicts Conflict of Interest Policy is renewed annually however Board Members are required to immediately notify the Board of any conflict of interest. Form 990, Part VI, Line 19: Other Organization Documents Publicly Available The Organization makes its governing documents available and internal financial statements upon request. PART 1, LINE 1 - DESCRIPTION OF ORGANIZATION MISSION offers a safe, effective, and inexpensive therapeutic intervention that remediates the core symptoms of PTS and TBI and produces well trained service dogs that will be partnered at no cost with disabled combat Veterans. WCC will take 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. WCC will also provide scientific and clinical education outreach to therapists and service dog industry leaders to advance awareness of this therapy for wounded Warriors with psychological injuries.