Fidelco Guide Dog Foundation Inc
Donations deductibleRevenue
$6.4m
year to 30 June 2025
Expenses
$6.1m
year to 30 June 2025
Total assets
$12.7m
$1.5m liabilities
Net assets
$11.2m
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
9
6.5 years on average
Staff
54
employees, year to 30 June 2025
Chair observed
≥6 yrs
G Kenneth Bernhard Esq
Left since last filing
2
22% of the board
Fidelco Guide Dog Foundation Inc's network
9 peoplei9 people on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (9). Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK.The board
9 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations.Time served and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed time served is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 9 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.| Name | Role as filed | Since | On the board |
|---|---|---|---|
| G Kenneth Bernhard ESQ Chair | Chairman | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| John H Gotta | Company secretary | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Karen C Tripp | Chief Executive Officer | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Karen Shaw Petrou | Director | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Kathryn Kaman Filippetti | Director | 2025 | 1 yr |
| Lilian F Johnson | Director | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Mark T Bertolini | Director | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Peter L Tedone | Vice Chairman and Treasurer | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Robert Heidenberg | Director | 2021 | 5 yrs |
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more
Officers and senior leadership
8 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.| Name | Title as filed | On the filings |
|---|---|---|
| Eliot D Russman | President & CEO Thru 4/30/2019 | 2019 |
| Janice Schaefer | Philanthropic Relationship Director | since 2021 |
| Mark McGrath | Philanthropic Relationship Director | since 2021 |
| McGrath Mark | Major Gifts Officer | since 2024 |
| Meredith Buono Dagrossa | Major Gifts Officer | 2020 |
| Richard N Pummell | VP, Director of Development and HR | since 2020 |
| Risa Nicolosi | Director, Grants Development and Communications | since 2023 |
| Tamer Mourad | VP, Guide Dog Operations | since 2020 |
Pay and hours
year to 30 June 2025iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.| Name | Title as filed | Hours a week | Pay from the organisation | Related organisations | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Karen C Tripp | Chief Executive Officer | 50 | $300k | $22k | |
| Richard N Pummell | VP, Development, HR & Fina | 50 | $221k | $40k | |
| Tamer Mourad | VP, Guide Dog Operations | 50 | $205k | $1k | |
| Risa Nicolosi | Director, Grants & Communications | 50 | $150k | $40k | |
| McGrath Mark | Major Gifts Officer | 50 | $122k | $17k | |
| G Kenneth Bernhard Esq | Chairman | 1 | $0 | ||
| Mark T Bertolini | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| John H Gotta | Secretary | 1 | $0 | ||
| Lilian F Johnson | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Karen Shaw Petrou | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Peter L Tedone | Vice Chairman and Treasurer | 1 | $0 | ||
| Robert Heidenberg | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Kathryn Kaman Filippetti | Director | 1 | $0 |
About
- Legal name
- Fidelco Guide Dog Foundation Inc
- EIN
- 066060478
- Address
- 103 Vision Way, Bloomfield, CT, 06002-5322
- State
- Connecticut
- Mission
- Promoting increased independence to men and women who are blind by providing them with highest quality guide dogs. (as filed on the Form 990)
- Activity (NTEE)
- P860 Human services
- IRS classification
- 501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
- Classified purpose
- Human Services
- Size band
- 8 (IRS master file code)
- Formed
- 1962
- Principal officer
- Karen C Tripp (as named on the Form 990)
- IRS ruling date
- 1 August 1990
- Status
- Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
- Form 990 filings on record
- 7, latest 2025
- IRS Publication 78
- PC (contributions deductible)
Most connected
Longest observed on the filings
≥7years on the filingsG Kenneth Bernhard ESQ
≥7years on the filingsJohn H Gotta
≥7years on the filingsKaren C Tripp
≥7years on the filingsKaren Shaw Petrou
Latest return
year to 30 June 2025iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 30 June 2025. US dollars, as filed.- Total assets
- $12.7m
- Total liabilities
- $1.5m
- Net assets or fund balances
- $11.2m
- Contributions and grants received
- $5.4m
- Program service revenue
- $74k
- Employees
- 54
Filed finances
1 yeariTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.| Tax year | Total revenue | Total expenses | Surplus or deficit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | $3.6m | $6m | Deficit $2.4m |
As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.
State registration
1 entityiBusiness-entity registers published by US states. These records are matched to this organisation by name and state, not by EIN, and are labelled as likely matches. Street addresses are not shown.Fidelco Guide Dog Foundation, Inc. likely matchiMatched by exact name and state (and ZIP where shown). State registers do not publish EINs, so this is not a confirmed match. Source: Connecticut Secretary of the State, business registry and officers (data.ct.gov n7gp-d28j and ka36-64k6). Licence not stated. Data last fetched 18 October 2026.
- State
- Connecticut
- Entity type
- Non-Stock
- Status
- Active - Annual report due
- Formed
- 6 December 1962
- Registered agent
- Richard Nicholas Pummell (city and state not held)
Officers (4)
- G Kenneth Bernhard Esq. Officer
- John Gotta Officer
- Karen Tripp Officer
- Richard Nicholas Pummell Officer
City and state of officers are not held in this extract.