Go Team Therapy Crisis and Airport Dogs Inc

We're a different breed of therapy dogs.

Colorado Springs, CO | www.goteamdogs.org

GuideStar Charity Check

EIN: 82-4541123

Contributions tax deductible
as of November 2023

IRS BMF 509(a)(2)
as of November 13, 2023

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Mission

The mission of Go Team is to train handler-dog teams to offer relief, caring, and assistance to those in need.

Ruling year info

2018

Executive Director

Nancy Trepagnier

Main address

4164 Austin Bluffs Parkway #212

Colorado Springs, CO 80918 USA

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EIN

82-4541123

Subject area info

Animal training

Population served info

Children

Preteens

Adolescents

Adults

NTEE code info

Animal Training, Behavior (D61)

IRS subsection

501(c)(3) Public Charity

IRS filing requirement

This organization is required to file an IRS Form 990 or 990-EZ.

Tax forms

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Communication

Blog

Programs and results

Reports and documents

What we aim to solve

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

We serve to those in our community whose health and well being can be improved by contact with a therapy dog. Studies show therapy dogs provide an effective human service to help reduce stress and anxiety in routine situations such as learning, test-taking, and physical/mental therapy; as well as the aftermath of crisis situations such as suicides, shootings, and natural disasters.

Our programs

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?

Therapy, Crisis, Airport Dogs

Place well-trained, certified therapy dog teams in programs that provide comfort and caring through a canine-human bond; Serve in a wide variety of settings including assisted living homes, libraries, schools, airports and hospitals; Provide help to victims in distress and work with our servicemen, first responders, and anywhere a therapy/comfort dog is needed; Teach etiquette to service dog and emotional support dog teams

Population(s) Served

Adults

Where we work

External reviews

Photos

Our results

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.

Total number of new organization members

Totals By Year

Population(s) Served

Adults, Adolescents, Children, Preteens

Related Program

Therapy, Crisis, Airport Dogs

Type of Metric

Output - describing our activities and reach

Direction of Success

Increasing

Context Notes

In 2022, we trained 125 new Team Members.

Processed Member Renewals

Totals By Year

Population(s) Served

Adults, Adolescents, Children, Preteens

Related Program

Therapy, Crisis, Airport Dogs

Type of Metric

Output - describing our activities and reach

Direction of Success

Increasing

Context Notes

We processed 488 member renewals in 2022.

Hours of volunteer service

Totals By Year

Population(s) Served

Adults, Adolescents, Children, Preteens

Related Program

Therapy, Crisis, Airport Dogs

Type of Metric

Output - describing our activities and reach

Direction of Success

Increasing

Context Notes

We had over 34,869 hours of volunteer service.

Traveled miles to train and volunteer

Totals By Year

Population(s) Served

Adults, Children, Adolescents, Preteens

Related Program

Therapy, Crisis, Airport Dogs

Type of Metric

Output - describing our activities and reach

Direction of Success

Increasing

Context Notes

We traveled over 288,000 miles to volunteer and train.

Goals & Strategy

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

Learn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.

Charting impact

Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.

What is the organization aiming to accomplish?

Our handler/dog teams are dedicated to placing well-trained, certified therapy dog teams in programs that provide comfort and caring through a canine-human bond. Our special volunteers serve in a wide variety of settings including assisted living homes, libraries, schools, airports and hospitals. Teams provide help to victims in distress and work with our servicemen, first responders, and anywhere a therapy/comfort dog is needed.

What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?

We strive to recruit and train more handler-dog teams and facilitate more therapy dog visits in our communities. Our strategy to achieve these goals is to continue delivering a high quality training/certification program for qualified candidates, re-certify active teams annually, and maintain a support network for active teams (e.g. admin, guidance, oversight, and visit assistance).

What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?

Leverage both paid staff, independent contractors, and volunteers to deliver training and support active handlers. Maintain a vast social media presence to share ideas for reaching out to communities.

What have they accomplished so far and what's next?

Our program has grown significantly from those 2 original dog/handler teams, from 2012. We are nationwide and have teams overseas. Our community impact is measured by hours served and in 2021, we volunteered 26,733 hours nationwide. We also measured our miles traveled to serve our communities and train our teams and traveled 161,257 miles nationwide.
GO TEAM received the American Red Cross Hometown Heroes award four times in the last five years for performing extraordinary community service in Colorado. Additionally, GO TEAM received a 2020 American Kennel Club (AKC) Paw of Courage for helping medical professionals on the front lines of the battle against COVID 19. Read more about GO TEAM’s impact here: https://goteamdogs.org/impact/

How we listen

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.

We shared information about our current feedback practices.

How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?

To identify and remedy poor client service experiences, To identify bright spots and enhance positive service experiences, To make fundamental changes to our programs and/or operations, To inform the development of new programs/projects, To strengthen relationships with the people we serve
Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?

We collect feedback from the people we serve at least annually, We aim to collect feedback from as many people we serve as possible, We engage the people who provide feedback in looking for ways we can improve in response, We act on the feedback we receive
What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?

We don't have any major challenges to collecting feedback

Financials

Go Team Therapy Crisis and Airport Dogs Inc

Fiscal year: Jan 01 - Dec 31

Revenue vs. expenses: breakdown

SOURCE: IRS Form 990

NET GAIN/LOSS: in

Note: When component data are not available, the graph displays the total Revenue and/or Expense values.

Financial data

SOURCE: IRS Form 990

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Go Team Therapy Crisis and Airport Dogs Inc

Revenue & expenses

Fiscal Year: Jan 01 - Dec 31

SOURCE: IRS Form 990 info

Fiscal year ending: Download Data

Revenue
Contributions	$30,147
Program Services	$0
Investments	$0
Special Events	$0
Sales	$1,360
Other	$62,253
Total Revenue	$93,760

Expenses
Grants	$0
Salaries & Employee Benefits	$0
Professional Fees	$23,915
Occupancy	$0
Printing, Publications, Postage, etc.	$561
Other Expenses	$25,447
Total Expenses	$49,923
Net Gain/Loss	$43,837

Revenue
Contributions	$10,886
Program Services	$0
Investments	$2
Special Events	$0
Sales	$4,304
Other	$84,793
Total Revenue	$99,985

Expenses
Grants	$0
Salaries & Employee Benefits	$0
Professional Fees	$42,188
Occupancy	$0
Printing, Publications, Postage, etc.	$1,678
Other Expenses	$41,944
Total Expenses	$85,810
Net Gain/Loss	$14,175

Revenue
Contributions	$30,983
Program Services	$0
Investments	$3
Special Events	$0
Sales	$578
Other	$50,502
Total Revenue	$82,066

Expenses
Grants	$0
Salaries & Employee Benefits	$33,887
Professional Fees	$11,986
Occupancy	$0
Printing, Publications, Postage, etc.	$682
Other Expenses	$20,263
Total Expenses	$66,818
Net Gain/Loss	$15,248

Revenue
Contributions	$54,804
Program Services	$0
Investments	$3
Special Events	$0
Sales	$1,734
Other	$66,730
Total Revenue	$123,271

Expenses
Grants	$0
Salaries & Employee Benefits	$47,659
Professional Fees	$10,278
Occupancy	$0
Printing, Publications, Postage, etc.	$1,202
Other Expenses	$35,565
Total Expenses	$94,704
Net Gain/Loss	$28,567

Revenue
Contributions	$23,110
Program Services	$0
Investments	$5
Special Events	$0
Sales	$2,954
Other	$73,698
Total Revenue	$99,767

Expenses
Grants	$0
Salaries & Employee Benefits	$55,594
Professional Fees	$7,110
Occupancy	$0
Printing, Publications, Postage, etc.	$1,593
Other Expenses	$47,472
Total Expenses	$111,769
Net Gain/Loss	($12,002)

Go Team Therapy Crisis and Airport Dogs Inc

Balance sheet

Fiscal Year: Jan 01 - Dec 31

SOURCE: IRS Form 990 info

The balance sheet gives a snapshot of the financial health of an organization at a particular point in time. An organization's total assets should generally exceed its total liabilities, or it cannot survive long, but the types of assets and liabilities must also be considered. For instance, an organization's current assets (cash, receivables, securities, etc.) should be sufficient to cover its current liabilities (payables, deferred revenue, current year loan, and note payments). Otherwise, the organization may face solvency problems. On the other hand, an organization whose cash and equivalents greatly exceed its current liabilities might not be putting its money to best use.

Fiscal year ending: Download Data

Assets	Jan 01, 2018	Dec 31, 2018	Change
Contributions	$30,147
Cash & Equivalents	$0	$43,846	$43,846
Fixed Assets (LBE - Depreciation)	$0	$0	$0
Other	$0	$0	$0
Total Assets	$0	$43,846	$43,846

Liabilities	Jan 01, 2018	Dec 31, 2018	Change
Total Liabilities	$0	$9	$9

Fund balance	Jan 01, 2018	Dec 31, 2018	Change
Net Assets	$0	$43,837	$43,837

Assets	Jan 01, 2019	Dec 31, 2019	Change
Contributions	$10,886
Cash & Equivalents	$43,846	$55,246	$11,400
Fixed Assets (LBE - Depreciation)	$0	$0	$0
Other	$0	$2,766	$2,766
Total Assets	$43,846	$58,012	$14,166

Liabilities	Jan 01, 2019	Dec 31, 2019	Change
Total Liabilities	$9	$0	($9)

Fund balance	Jan 01, 2019	Dec 31, 2019	Change
Net Assets	$43,837	$58,012	$14,175

Assets	Jan 01, 2020	Dec 31, 2020	Change
Contributions	$30,983
Cash & Equivalents	$55,246	$70,173	$14,927
Fixed Assets (LBE - Depreciation)	$0	$0	$0
Other	$2,766	$3,087	$321
Total Assets	$58,012	$73,260	$15,248

Liabilities	Jan 01, 2020	Dec 31, 2020	Change
Total Liabilities	$0	$0	$0

Fund balance	Jan 01, 2020	Dec 31, 2020	Change
Net Assets	$58,012	$73,260	$15,248

Assets	Jan 01, 2021	Dec 31, 2021	Change
Contributions	$54,804
Cash & Equivalents	$70,173	$99,504	$29,331
Fixed Assets (LBE - Depreciation)	$0	$0	$0
Other	$3,087	$2,323	($764)
Total Assets	$73,260	$101,827	$28,567

Liabilities	Jan 01, 2021	Dec 31, 2021	Change
Total Liabilities	$0	$0	$0

Fund balance	Jan 01, 2021	Dec 31, 2021	Change
Net Assets	$73,260	$101,827	$28,567

Assets	Jan 01, 2022	Dec 31, 2022	Change
Contributions	$23,110
Cash & Equivalents	$99,504	$87,791	($11,713)
Fixed Assets (LBE - Depreciation)	$0	$0	$0
Other	$2,323	$2,034	($289)
Total Assets	$101,827	$89,825	($12,002)

Liabilities	Jan 01, 2022	Dec 31, 2022	Change
Total Liabilities	$0	$0	$0

Fund balance	Jan 01, 2022	Dec 31, 2022	Change
Net Assets	$101,827	$89,825	($12,002)

Operations

The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.

Documents

Letter of Determination

Form 1023/1024 is not available for this organization

Executive Director

Nancy Trepagnier

Nancy founded the GO TEAM in memory of her son and to fulfill her passion to give back to the community. Nancy is a professional dog trainer, therapy dog and PTSD service dog trainer specialist, behavior specialist, presenter and educator. Nancy holds an Education degree from San Diego State University with an emphasis in special needs children. She has extensive experience in canine handling, training and behavior modification. Nancy is a CGC/CGCA evaluator for the American Kennel Club (AKC®). She formerly evaluated dogs for two large and well known therapy dog organizations. Over the course of 6 years, Nancy delivered over 3000 hours of private and group obedience classes. As a visible animal supporter, Nancy served as spokesperson for the Pet of the week segments on CBS, NBC, ABC and Fox and was an advocate on the Wild and Exotic Animal Show on CBS and PBS.

Go Team Therapy Crisis and Airport Dogs Inc

Officers, directors, trustees, and key employees

SOURCE: IRS Form 990

Compensation

Other

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There are no highest paid employees recorded for this organization.

Go Team Therapy Crisis and Airport Dogs Inc

Board of directors
as of 10/01/2023

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

Board of directors data

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Board chair

Cary Solberg

GO TEAM Therapy, Crisis and Airport Dogs, Inc.

Term: 2020 - 2024

Cary Solberg

Connie Tran

Steven Schlonski

Jerry Carney

Barbara Shufelt

Marti Rowland

Casey Wirick

Board leadership practices

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

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Board orientation and education
Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Yes
CEO oversight
Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? Yes
Ethics and transparency
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes
Board composition
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes
Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? Yes

Go Team Therapy Crisis and Airport Dogs Inc

We're a different breed of therapy dogs.

Mission

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Programs and results

Reports and documents

What we aim to solve

Our programs

Therapy, Crisis, Airport Dogs

Where we work

Our results

Evaluation documents

Total number of new organization members

Totals By Year

Population(s) Served

Related Program

Type of Metric

Direction of Success

Context Notes

Processed Member Renewals

Totals By Year

Population(s) Served

Related Program

Type of Metric

Direction of Success

Context Notes

Hours of volunteer service

Totals By Year

Population(s) Served

Related Program

Type of Metric

Direction of Success

Context Notes

Traveled miles to train and volunteer

Totals By Year

Population(s) Served

Related Program

Type of Metric

Direction of Success

Context Notes

Goals & Strategy

Charting impact

What is the organization aiming to accomplish?

What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?

What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?

What have they accomplished so far and what's next?

How we listen

Financials

Revenue vs. expenses: breakdown

Financial data

Digitizing IRS form 990 data

Go Team Therapy Crisis and Airport Dogs Inc

Go Team Therapy Crisis and Airport Dogs Inc

Operations

Documents

Executive Director

Nancy Trepagnier

Go Team Therapy Crisis and Airport Dogs Inc

Compensation data

Go Team Therapy Crisis and Airport Dogs Inc

Board of directors data

Cary Solberg

Board leadership practices

Board orientation and education

CEO oversight

Ethics and transparency

Board composition

Board performance