2013-08-02T12:33:23-07:00 2012-12-31 DAVID J ARDOIN CPA PC 18449 CROWNSGATE CIR GERMANTOWN MD 208744425 990 2012-01-01 452981579 WARRIOR CANINE CONNECTION INC WARR 3012601111 23222 GEORGIA AVENUE BROOKEVILLE MD 20833 RICK YOUNT 2013-08-02 true David J Ardoin P01019140 3015190012 2012 2016-02-24 21:20:13Z 507771 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. 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 3 100 0 202264 453776 0 -433 -229 2000 201831 455547 0 0 26355 124525 0 37683 16146 119913 42501 244438 159330 211109 169368 388029 10037 16991 159331 371038 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. 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 118512 Warrior Canine Connection (WCC) provided its service dogs training therapy program for Post Traumatic Stress (PTS) and Thraumatic 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. Weekday field trips and weekend visits were also arranged for NICOE patients and their family members to WCC's Healing Quarters (HQ) in Brookeville, MD. During 2012, WCC staff presented service dog training 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. Additionally, 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. WCC's Exectuive Director also participated on a subcommittee of Assistance Dogs International to develop standards for service dogs for psychological disabilities. WCC was featured in numerous media stories in 2012, as well as on military and veteran websites. 30994 WCC initiated a dog breeding program in 2011 to produce healthy golden and Labrador retrievers with suitable temperaments for service dog work. A litter of black Labrador puppies was born in December 2011. Wounded Warriors from NICOE and WRNMMC were involved in the early socialization of these future service dogs for disabled combat veterans in the medical facilities and at the WCC Brookeville HQ. WCC's second litter was born in June 2012 and included six golden retriever puppies. "Holly's Half Dozen" were featured on a puppy cam that was viewed by millions of people all over 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 litter of yellow Labrador retrievers (the "Weather Litter") was born in late December 2012. A WCC dog must be approximately two years old and meet industry training standards to be eligible to be placed with a disabled combat veteran. Since WCC was created in 2011, the first program dogs are expected to be partnered with disabled veterans in 2013. 23701 WCC provided its service dog training therapy program to patients at the WRNMMC Specialized Care Program (SCP) and recovering Warriors at the NeuroRestorative National Capitol facility in Germantown, MD. WCC dogs also worked with 187 soldiers in the Warrior Transition Units at WRNMMC and Fort Belvoir, VA. 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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. Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e: Other Expenses WEBSITE MANAGEMENT: Column (A) - Total = $164; Column (B) - Program Services = $66; Column (C) - Management & General = $49; Column (D) - Fundraising = $49 Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e: Other Expenses WCC CLOTHING: Column (A) - Total = $961; Column (B) - Program Services = $769; Column (C) - Management & General = $0; Column (D) - Fundraising = $192 Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e: Other Expenses VEHICLE FUEL, MAINTENANCE: Column (A) - Total = $667; Column (B) - Program Services = $667; Column (C) - Management & General = $0; Column (D) - Fundraising = $0 Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e: Other Expenses TELEPHONE AND INTERNET: Column (A) - Total = $7056; Column (B) - Program Services = $5645; Column (C) - Management & General = $0; Column (D) - Fundraising = $1411 Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e: Other Expenses STATIONERY, CARDS, PRINTING: Column (A) - Total = $312; Column (B) - Program Services = $250; Column (C) - Management & General = $31; Column (D) - Fundraising = $31 Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e: Other Expenses SPECIAL EVENTS: Column (A) - Total = $4847; Column (B) - Program Services = $2433; Column (C) - Management & General = $0; Column (D) - Fundraising = $2414 Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e: Other Expenses SCHOLARSHIPS: Column (A) - Total = $3500; Column (B) - Program Services = $3500; Column (C) - Management & General = $0; Column (D) - Fundraising = $0 Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e: Other Expenses REGISTRATION AND FILING FEES: Column (A) - Total = $2284; Column (B) - Program Services = $2284; Column (C) - Management & General = $0; Column (D) - Fundraising = $0 Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e: Other Expenses POSTAGE, FAX, OFFICE: Column (A) - Total = $4381; Column (B) - Program Services = $76; Column (C) - Management & General = $3414; Column (D) - Fundraising = $891 Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e: Other Expenses PAYROLL CHARGES: Column (A) - Total = $1401; Column (B) - Program Services = $1121; Column (C) - Management & General = $140; Column (D) - Fundraising = $140 Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e: Other Expenses MISCELLANEOUS: Column (A) - Total = $3536; Column (B) - Program Services = $3360; Column (C) - Management & General = $65; Column (D) - Fundraising = $111 Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e: Other Expenses COMMAND CHALLENGE COINS: Column (A) - Total = $1740; Column (B) - Program Services = $1740; Column (C) - Management & General = $0; Column (D) - Fundraising = $0 Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e: Other Expenses CLEANING CONTRACT: Column (A) - Total = $4837; Column (B) - Program Services = $4837; Column (C) - Management & General = $0; Column (D) - Fundraising = $0 Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e: Other Expenses BUILDING REPAIRS AND MAINT.: Column (A) - Total = $281; Column (B) - Program Services = $281; Column (C) - Management & General = $0; Column (D) - Fundraising = $0 Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e: Other Expenses BANK AND PAYPAL FEES: Column (A) - Total = $953; Column (B) - Program Services = $0; Column (C) - Management & General = $176; Column (D) - Fundraising = $777 Form 990, Part VI, Line 19 Form 990, Part VI, Line 19: Other Organization Documents Publicly Available The Organization makes its governing documents available and internal financial statements upon request. Form 990, Part VI, Line 12c 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 11b 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 8 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 2 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 III, Line 4d Form 990, Part III, Line 4d: Other Program Services Description OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 4: WCC staff members were involved in meetings with research officials at the National Intrepid Center of Excellence (NICOE), the Department of Defense (DOD), the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS), the National Institutes of Health (NIH), several universities, private corporations and other non-profits in an effort to encourage collaboration and advance research related to animal assisted therapies. WCC staff developed studies on the service dog training therapy program in conjunction with NICOE research officials and published an article in the Army Medical Journal (AMEDD).