2026-01-29T14:34:14-06:00 2025-06-30 881478669 CBIZ ADVISORS LLC 1899 L STREET NW 850 WASHINGTON DC 20036 990 2024-07-01 452981579 WARRIOR CANINE CONNECTION INC WARR 3012601111 14934 SCHAEFFER ROAD BOYDS MD 20841 RICK YOUNT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 3012601111 2026-01-29 1 0 FRANK SMITH P00639053 2022274000 2026-01-29 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z RICK YOUNT 14934 SCHAEFFER ROAD BOYDS MD 20841 9436958 0 X WWW.WARRIORCANINECONNECTION.ORG X 2011 MD SUPPORT RECOVERING COMBAT VETERANS & THEIR FAMILIES UTILIZING SERVICE DOG TRAINING/PLACEMENT. 10 9 68 941 3044 0 4970036 5850223 127150 336384 266489 -580297 8881 3760 5372556 5610070 0 0 0 0 2896784 3272595 0 0 246744 1044851 1533538 3941635 4806133 1430921 803937 18513866 18472213 1225196 235538 17288670 18236675 X SUPPORT RECOVERING COMBAT VETERANS & THEIR FAMILIES UTILIZING SERVICE DOG TRAINING/PLACEMENT. 0 0 2873308 DOG TRAINING AND PLACEMENT: THE WARRIOR CANINE CONNECTION THERAPEUTIC SERVICE DOG TRAINING PROGRAM WORKS WITH GOLDEN AND LABRADOR RETRIEVER PUPPIES, PURPOSE BRED FOR HEALTH AND TEMPERAMENT FOR SERVICE DOG WORK. RECOVERING WARRIORS FROM NICOE AND WRNMMC, FT. BELVOIR AND CIVILIAN VOLUNTEERS WERE INVOLVED IN THE EARLY SOCIALIZATION OF THESE FUTURE SERVICE DOGS FOR DISABLED WARRIORS IN THE MEDICAL FACILITIES AND AT THE WARRIOR CANINE CONNECTION BOYDS, MD HQ. WARRIOR CANINE CONNECTION PUPPIES WERE FEATURED ON A PUPPY CAM THAT WAS VIEWED BY MILLIONS OF PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD, PROVIDING THE WARRIOR CANINE CONNECTION 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 TRAINING STANDARDS TO BE ELIGIBLE TO BE PLACED WITH A WARRIOR. THE SEPTEMBER 20, 2025 GRADUATION CELEBRATED THE PLACEMENT OF 11 SERVICE DOGS, 6 MILITARY FAMILY SUPPORT DOGS, 5 FACILITY DOGS IN SUPPORT OF VETERANS WITH DISABILITIES AND THEIR FAMILIES. 965412 MISSION BASED TRAUMA RECOVERY: DURING FYE 06/30/2025 & 06/30/2024, WARRIOR CANINE CONNECTION PROVIDED ITS THERAPEUTIC SERVICE DOG TRAINING PROGRAM FOR POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS (PTS) AND TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURIES (TBI) TO WOUNDED WARRIORS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS: MARYLAND - WCC'S HEALING QUARTERS IN BOYDS; THE BALTIMORE VETERANS TREATMENT COURT IN BALTIMORE; THE PLATOON VETERAN SERVICES CENTER AT GOODWILL IN FREDERICK; THE SILVER SPRING VET CENTER IN SILVER SPRING, THE JESSUP CORRECTIONAL CENTER IN JESSUP. CALIFORNIA - THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS HEALTH CARE SYSTEM PALO ALTO (PAWS ACT SITE), MENLO PARK AND SAN FRANCISCO; SAN MATEO VETERANS TREATMENT COURT; AND SAN FRANCISCO VETERANS JUSTICE COURT. NORTH CAROLINA -CHARLES GEORGE VA MENTAL HEALTH CARE CENTER (PAWS ACT SITE); AT THE BUNCOMBE COUNTY VETERANS TREATMENT COURT. PENNSYLVANIA - PHILADELPHIA VA MEDICAL CENTER, PHILADELPHIA; UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA; SOUTHWEST VET CENTER, PITTSBURGH; AND DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY, PITTSBURGH; VIRGINIA - FORT BELVOIR AND THE PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY VETERANS TREATMENT COURT. ADDITIONALLY, WARRIOR CANINE CONNECTION DOGS WORKED WITH SOLDIERS IN THE WARRIOR TRANSITION UNITS AT WRNMMC, FORT BELVOIR, VA, AND MENLO PARK, CA. WARRIOR CANINE CONNECTION 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. THESE STUDY RESULTS WERE PUBLISHED IN A PEER REVIEWED JOURNAL, MILIARY PSYCHOLOGY, IN NOVEMBER 2021. A LARGER RESEARCH STUDY TO EVALUATE THE EFFICACY OF SERVICE DOG TRAINING AS AN ADJUNCTIVE TREATMENT FOR PTSD AND TBI AND TO MAXIMIZE THE THERAPEUTIC BENEFITS TO RECOVERING WARRIORS WHO PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAM WAS INITIATED WITH THESE COLLABORATIVE PARTNERS IN 2015. 336384 336384 WARRIOR CANINE CONNECTION PROVIDES MBTR SERVICES AS A SUB-CONTRACTOR, CONVERTING TO THE PRIME CONTRACTOR MID-YEAR. PER THE TERMS OF THE CONTRACT, SERVICES AND DOGS ARE PROVIDED AT THE NATIONAL INTREPID CENTER OF EXCELLENCE (NICOE), AT WALTER REED NATIONAL MILITARY MEDICAL CENTER (WRNMMC) IN BETHESDA. THE REVENUE AND EXPENDITURES WERE INCLUDED IN THE MISSION BASED TRAUMA RECOVERY PROGRAM IN PRIOR YEARS. AS THIS PROGRAM CONTINUES TO GROW AND EXPAND, THE ACTIVITY IS SEPARATED TO BE RECOGNIZED AS AN INDEPENDENT PROGRAM. 4175104 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 0 1 68 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 10 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 AK AL CA CO CT FL GA HI IL KS KY MA MD ME MI MN MS NC ND NH NJ NM NY OH OK OR PA RI SC TN UT VA WA WI WV DC X X RICK YOUNT 3012601111 14934 SCHAEFFER ROAD BOYDS MD 20841 RICK YOUNT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 40.00 X X 141161 0 8461 JULIE WALTERS PRESIDENT 1.00 X X 0 0 0 EARL O STRIMPLE DVM VICE PRESIDENT 1.00 X X 0 0 0 TERRIE ANN BATES SECRETARY 1.00 X X 0 0 0 BEN STONE TREASURER 1.00 X X 0 0 0 ROSEMARIE T KRAUS DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 LAWRENCE V MCBEAN DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 SPENCER MILO DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 KYLE D RICHARDS PHD DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 CHRISTOPHER MOTTERSHEAD DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 JENNIFER WILDER DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT 40.00 X 126355 0 2877 MOLLY MORELLI DEPUTY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 40.00 X 92916 0 29220 DONNA VAUGHAN DIRECTOR, FINANCE & ADMIN 40.00 X 101264 0 7222 461696 0 47780 3 0 0 0 0 549440 5300783 270185 5850223 CONTRACT REVENUE 900099 336384 336384 336384 206361 206361 3011990 2967765 830883 44225 -830883 -786658 -786658 31284 28240 3044 3044 OTHER 900099 716 716 716 5610070 336384 3044 -579581 425962 284063 43457 98442 2464616 2235336 171953 57327 58965 53603 4056 1306 99523 86798 6292 6433 223529 194992 16550 11987 12000 12000 37916 37916 18126 18126 81264 64765 8863 7636 10912 5610 5302 19441 9615 9826 44448 38773 3291 2384 227682 200518 14239 12925 106909 103237 3672 260789 227669 19298 13822 60725 54615 3560 2550 DOG PROG. & SUPPLIES 385173 384951 222 MISCELLANEOUS 95628 79774 11849 4005 EDUCATION & OUTREACH 91431 83418 462 7551 DUES & SUBSCRIPTIONS 54557 41574 2325 10658 26537 25793 744 4806133 4175104 384285 246744 1476807 1183724 2650470 1944446 2434514 1644920 22641 20643 25134 35641 10573524 804356 8257368 9769168 3526152 3848135 120780 25536 18513866 18472213 1219861 218349 5335 17189 1225196 235538 X 7136620 15229798 10152050 3006877 17288670 18236675 18513866 18472213 803937 144068 0 X 0 1 X 1 0 X 5079930 7220610 5252957 4970036 5850223 28373756 5079930 7220610 5252957 4970036 5850223 28373756 6245194 22128562 1118 86504 266489 206361 560472 7046 5578 0 12624 97270 3239 4249 2786 716 108260 29055112 1003993 0.76160 0.78190 X SCHEDULE A, PART II, LINE 10, EXPLANATION OF OTHER INCOME: MISCELLANEOUS - 2020 AMOUNT: $ 97,270. 2021 AMOUNT: $ 3,239. 2022 AMOUNT: $ 4,249. 2023 AMOUNT: $ 2,786. 2024 AMOUNT: $ 716. 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THE ORGANIZATION'S TAX RETURNS ARE SUBJECT TO POSSIBLE EXAMINATION BY THE TAXING AUTHORITIES. FOR FEDERAL PURPOSES, THE TAX RETURNS ESSENTIALLY REMAIN OPEN FOR POSSIBLE EXAMINATION FOR A PERIOD OF THREE YEARS AFTER THE RESPECTIVE FILING DEADLINES OF THOSE RETURNS. THERE ARE CURRENTLY NO EXAMINATIONS PENDING OR IN PROGRESS REGARDING THE ORGANIZATION'S TAX RETURNS. IT IS THE ORGANIZATION'S POLICY TO RECOGNIZE INTEREST AND/OR PENALTIES RELATED TO UNCERTAINTY IN INCOME TAXES, IF ANY, IN INCOME TAX OR INTEREST EXPENSE. X CONSTRUCTION SUPPLIES 5 88352 FMV X DOG SUPPLEMENTS 1 56665 FMV X PLACEMENT SUPPLIES 3 43352 FMV X DOG SUPPLIES 8 40439 FMV X DOG TREATS, TOYS, AND SUPPLIERS 1 25058 FMV X GRADUATION SUPPLIES 2 16319 FMV 0 1 0 FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 2 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR RICK YOUNT AND DEPUTY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR MOLLY MORELLI HAVE A FAMILY RELATIONSHIP. 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