FRIENDS OF SOLO FOUNDATION INC
EIN 84-2499322 · Law Enforcement (I60)
What they do
FRIENDS of SOLO is DEDICATED to THE PROTECTION of OUR K9 OFFICERS BY PROVIDING THEM WITH SAFETY EQUIPMENT SUCH AS, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, BALLISTIC BODY ARMOR, FIELD TRAUMA KITS, OXYGEN KITS, POLICE CRUISER ALARM SYSTEMS and COOLING VESTS. THESE ITEMS ARE ESSENTIAL for THE HEALTH and SAFETY of THE K9S WHO ARE ASKED to BE OUR FRONT LINE of PROTECTION EVERY DAY. K9S ARE USED IN POLICE WORK to LOCATE DANGEROUS NARCOTICS or to FIND EXPLOSIVES and FIREARMS or TRACKING and APPREHENDING CRIMINALS or EVEN HELPING to FIND A LOST CHILD or ELDERLY PERSON. IN ANY ONE of THESE CIRCUMSTANCES THE DOGS SAFETY or LIFE COULD BE IN JEOPARDY. and IT is OUR MISSION to MAKE SURE THEY WILL BE PROTECTED WITH THE BEST EQUIPMENT POSSIBLE. THE IDEA of HELPING K9S STARTED WELL OVER 25 YEARS AGO WHEN I READ THE STORY of A POLICE K9 NAMED SOLO WHO WAS AT THE SCENE of A GUN BATTLE IN BRADLEY BEACH, NJ. SOLO WAS A GERMAN SHEPHERD K9 for THE MONMOUTH COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE WHO WAS TRAINED IN SEARCH and RESCUE and to
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JAMES WIATERPRESIDENT
About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 2020
- Location
- 36 BACK BONE HILL RD, CLARKSBURG, NJ 08510-1801
- County
- Monmouth
- In care of
- JAMES WIATER
- Primary officer
- JAMES WIATER, PRESIDENT
How to reach them
Filing and classification
- Latest tax year
- 2025
- Tax period began
- January 1, 2025
- Return type
- 990EZ
- Tax preparer
- ARTHUR VANNI CPA LLC
- NTEE classification
- Law Enforcement (I60)
- IRS tax category
- Law Enforcement