OCCUPAWS GUIDE DOG ASSOCIATION

AKA OccuPaws Guide Dog Association

Madison, WI

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Also Known As:: OccuPaws Guide Dog Association
Physical Address:: Madison, WI 53744
EIN:: 20-5172386
Web URL:: www.occupaws.org
Blog URL:: occupaws.blogspot.com/
Leadership:: Barbara Schultze

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Fiscal Year Starting: Jan 1, 2012
Fiscal Year Ending: Dec 31, 2012

Revenue
Total Revenue	$139,822

Expenses
Total Expenses	$112,413

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OCCUPAWS GUIDE DOG ASSOCIATION

Also Known As:: OccuPaws Guide Dog Association
Physical Address:: Madison, WI 53744
EIN:: 20-5172386
Web URL:: www.occupaws.org
Blog URL:: occupaws.blogspot.com/
NTEE Category:: P Human Services; P86 Blind/Visually Impaired Centers, Services; P Human Services; P20 Human Service Organizations; D Animal related; D20 Animal Protection and Welfare (includes Humane Societies and SPCAs)
Year Founded:: 2006
Ruling Year:: 2006
How This Organization Is Funded:: Fund Raisers - $35,000; Individual donations - $25,000; Grants - $50,000

Mission Statement

Our mission is to provide the highest quality guide dogs to Wisconsin's visually impaired adults and children at no charge.

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Impact Summary from the Nonprofit

<div>While our impact is one guide dog or children's visual companion dog at a time, we also have numerous educational programs speaking and educating large numbers of service organizations, community groups, visually impaired groups and organizations as well as educating the general public.</div>

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Leadership

Barbara Schultze

Term:

Since Oct 2010

Profile:

<div>Worked at VA Hospital counseling veteran's regarding surgury, heart-lung technician, later was a planner-buyer for major optical company.</div>

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Program: Guide Dog Placement

Budget:: $80,000
Category:: Human Services
Population Served:: Adults

Program Description:

We provide guide dogs to Wisconsin's Visually Impaired at no cost to the client.

Program Long-Term Success:

We have placed 9 guide dog teams to date with 2 additional placements in progress

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Program: Children's Visual Mobility Dog

Budget:: $20,000
Category:: Youth Development
Population Served:: Children Only (5 - 14 years)

Program Description:

We provide children's mobility assistance dogs to Wisconsin's visually impaired children.  While not guide dogs (parent must control the dog) it provides a unique, innovative and fulfilling means of travel to blind and low vision children.

Program Long-Term Success:

We have placed 8 parent-dog-child teams since inception.

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Program: Puppy Breeding & Raising Program

Budget:: $20,000
Category:: Animal-Related
Population Served:: Blind and Vision Impaired

Program Description:

<div>OccuPaws has several breeding females which produce the highest quality puppies for our 30 puppy raising families to raise, socialize, train, & love.</div>

Program Long-Term Success:

<div>We now have 37 puppies in various stages in training and now have 3 breeding females in the program vs. 8 puppies and 1 breeding female 2 years ago.</div>

Program Short-Term Success:

<div>We have improved the ratio of puppies started to dogs placed from 1 in 5 to 1 in 3.5 over the last two years due to our in house breeding program an quality of candidates.</div>

Program Success Monitored by:

<div>Quality of puppies raised</div>

Program Success Examples:

<div>Dogs become guide dogs</div>

Program: PawsForward

Budget:: $15,000
Category:: Human Services
Population Served:: Blind and Vision Impaired

Program Description:

Program to train inmates at Oshkosh Correctional (medium security prison) to raise and train guide and service dogs (similar to what outside puppy raisers do). We provide 100% of the funding costs, materials, supplies, training classes, food, equipment and the inmates provide the training, care and love for the puppies.

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