Causes: Animal Protection & Welfare, Animals

Mission: Military Working Dog Team Support Association, Inc. (MWDTSA) is an all-volunteer nonprofit organization dedicated to supported military working dog teams serving with the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and Coast Guard.

Results: During the past 15 years, with no paid staff or fundraising companies, MWDTSA has provided 8,000 care packages to deployed MWD teams, comprising $1,200,000 in purchased and donated goods and costing over $126,000 in postage. We have also visited 106 home station kennels to distribute $76,000 in comfort and morale boosting goods, and have conducted over 100 recognition/public education events. We carried out these missions while averaging an Administrative/Fundraising Ratio of less than 3% of revenue. Historically, more than 97% of all donated funds have gone directly to our core missions of "supporting both ends of the leash. "

Target demographics: Military working dog teams deployed around the globe.

Direct beneficiaries per year: We aim to support over 1,000 military working dog teams by providing comfort items and necessities throughout their deployment, or by providing items to boost morale at stateside kennels.

Geographic areas served: Stateside military kennels and global combat zones.

Programs: Providing quarterly care packages to military working dog teams deployed in global combat zones, visiting stateside kennels to boost morale and educating the public about the various roles of military working dog teams.