Saint Paul, MN

CANINE INSPIRED CHANGE

EIN 46-0972575

Environment & Animal Welfare Service & Therapy Animals Children & youth

Mission

Canine Inspired Change connects and supports community members through trauma-informed, relationship-focused dog training and therapy dog sessions that promote social and emotional wellness.

IRS-recognized 501(c)(3) public charity Contributions are tax-deductible

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About CANINE INSPIRED CHANGE

This profile was prepared after verifying EIN 46-0972575 against public nonprofit records and the organization’s own website; Canine Inspired Change (CIC) is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit based in Saint Paul, Minnesota. CIC operates a trauma-informed program model that combines relationship-focused dog training with therapy-dog-supported group sessions to advance social-emotional learning, connection, and resilience among students and other community participants. The organization trains volunteer human–dog teams through multi-week courses and deploys those teams in customizable school, county, and community programs across the Twin Cities. In the last 2–3 years CIC has expanded its community education offerings, maintained an on-site education center for classes and trainings, and reported growing program activity and revenues consistent with a scaling local nonprofit serving youth and community partners.

Notable achievements

Community Education Center

Maintains a dedicated community education center (4,205 sq ft) used to run multi-week training courses, classes, and community events that support therapy-dog team development and public programming.

Therapy Dog Teams Trained

Developed and graduated a large volunteer base of therapy-dog teams through an in-house curriculum (foundations course followed by therapy-dog training); the program has trained well over one hundred therapy-dog teams since inception.

Demonstrated Program Reach

Delivered several hundred small-group therapy-dog sessions in recent years, reaching multiple hundreds of participants across schools, county services, and community programs in the Twin Cities.

At a glance

Total assets: $448K
Annual revenue: $478K
Tax status: 501(c)(3)Public charity
EIN: 46-0972575
Location: Saint Paul, MN
Website: canineinspiredchange.org
On Mahalo since: May 2026

Financial figures from the IRS Business Master File, the IRS’s registry of tax-exempt organizations.

Recognition

Registered 501(c)(3) public charity (EIN 46-0972575) with annual Form 990 filings and public financial disclosures.

Documented partnerships and service delivery with local community organizations and schools across the Twin Cities, including collaborations to bring therapy-dog sessions to shelter, veteran, and school programs.

Positive local community recognition for its training and therapy programs and steady organizational growth in recent fiscal years (increased program activity and revenue tracked in public nonprofit records).

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