I have been volunteer for 5 years and watched this organization flounder for the last two years. In that time they have hired 4 different law firms, had 300% turnover among dog training staff, paid over $100,000 in legal and court fees, been late filing their 990's, filed a lawsuit against thier puppy raising volunteers and not placed a single guide dog since August 2007. The National Federation for the Blind featured EDF in thier December 2008 edition. Link below: http://www.nfb.org/images/nfb/Publications/bm/bm08/bm0811/bm0811tc.htm
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- EIN 95-1991018
- (800) 393-3641
- 415 W Foothill Blvd Ste 126 Claremont CA 91711-2782 USA
- eyedogfoundation.org
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Nonprofit Overview
Mission: The mission of eye dog foundation for the blind is to acquire and breed puppies that are suitable to be trained and developed as guide dogs. Once the dogs are trained, they are placed with a blind individual who is in need of a trained guide dog. Once placed, the individual is trained alongside the guide dog to ensure success and compatibility.
Programs: The organization provides an ongoing guide dog training program for a range of one (1) to ten (10) dogs. The organization provides individualized training of the dog alongside the blind individual who is going to receive the guide dog. At the end of the training period, each guide dog is evaluated to see if they can graduate to full-time placement with the blind individual or if behavior or physical limitations prevent the dog from being placed into service. The dogs that do not achieve the qualifications to be placed into service are placed on an adoption list.