ANNUAL REPORT 2019 The Seeing Eye Our 90th Anniversary ON THE COVER TEAM WORK! This photo was taken on the day of our The Seeing Eye in Morristown, New Jersey, to learn 90th anniversary – January 29, 2019 – in the how to work with and care for our extraordinary Multi-Purpose Room of the Main House on the dogs. These graduates – students, retirees, Washington Valley Campus of The Seeing Eye. attorneys, authors, homemakers, factory workers This is the amazing team that created more than – are now pursuing their goals with independence, 250 new Seeing Eye partnerships in Fiscal Year 2019. dignity, and self-confidence. We hope you enjoy some of their stories contained throughout this People who are blind or visually impaired come report. Photo by Victoria Alfonzo. from across the United States and Canada to Contents LETTER FROM 03 THE PRESIDENT AND CEO LETTER FROM 04 THE OFFICERS BOARD OF 05 TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS COMMITTED 06 MEMBERS FINANCIAL 44 STATEMENTS VETERINARY 47 RECOGNITION AWARDS Our 90th Anniversary 02 THE SEEING EYE ANNUAL REPORT 2019 LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT AND CEO OF THE SEEING EYE Thanks to your generous support, in Fiscal Year OTHER HIGHLIGHTS THIS YEAR INCLUDE: • Family Day, an annual gathering of puppy 2019 The Seeing Eye raisers and their families on The Seeing • In 2019, The Seeing Eye received 395 brought 255 individuals Eye campus, was attended by 1,259 people. applications and accepted 281 candidates who are blind or visually There were instructor demonstrations of dog into our program. (Some candidates impaired from across training, graduate speeches, and photo Thank you, accepted in 2019 will attend in 2020.) At the United States and exhibits of puppies and career change dogs. the close of the fiscal year, there were Canada to our campus There also were presentations from Seeing 1,664 active Seeing Eye teams throughout in Morristown, New Eye graduates about the difference the dogs donors! the United States and Canada. Jersey, to learn how to work with and care have made in their lives. In addition, 50 for our world-renowned Seeing Eye® dogs. In puppy raisers who were graduating from • At our Chester breeding facility, 465 addition, we also visited 640 graduates and high school were awarded college puppies were whelped from 66 litters, new applicants in the United States, including scholarships. with an average litter size of 7.0 puppies. Puerto Rico, and Canada. The success rate for the dogs that began • More than 2,100 people came to The the training program after returning to This year proved to be an auspicious time for Seeing Eye campus as part of our visit campus from their puppy raising families me to begin my tenure as President and CEO program. The Seeing Eye invites the public and went on to graduate from the program of The Seeing Eye. We celebrated our 90th to attend a brief tour and learn more about or entered the breeding program was anniversary throughout 2019, with events our organization on most Thursday GLENN HOAGLAND approximately 70 percent, allowing us to such as ringing the closing bell at NASDAQ mornings and one Saturday per month. For train only the very best dogs, and to find in New York City, welcoming more than 200 more information, go to SeeingEye.org/visit. the very best match for each of our graduates and their guests back to our campus students. with an alumni reunion, and displaying posters Every Seeing Eye team working in the United at railroad stations throughout New Jersey States and Canada today is the culmination • We had 567 active families participating proclaiming Seeing Eye dogs® as “New Jersey’s of a long process involving many hands, from in puppy development in New Jersey, cutest export.” our geneticist to our veterinarians to our Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, and puppy raisers to our instructors. And every New York by providing foster homes for In addition, we opened the Dr. Robert H. step of the way you, our donors, are there our puppies. These puppy raising families Harris Canine Pavilion, providing housing for with us. You make all of this possible. From all returned 404 dogs to The Seeing Eye up to 80 dogs in training to become Seeing of us here at The Seeing Eye, thank you! to begin their four months of formal Eye dogs. It offers each dog direct access to training to be guide dogs. There were 37 covered outdoor exercise areas. The pavilion puppy raising families on the waiting list. was named for the founder of the Golden Sincerely, Dome Foundation, the facility’s principal donor, • In April, Morris Township Mayor Jeff Grayzel Glenn Hoagland who was the husband of the organization’s and the Morris Township Committee President & CEO president, Mary Ellen Harris. And on the final presented us with a proclamation honoring The Seeing Eye, Inc. day of Fiscal Year 2019, which ran from our 90th anniversary, and honored us by Oct. 1, 2018, through Sept. 30, 2019, officially changing our street address to I replaced Dr. James A. Kutsch, Jr., who retired 1 Seeing Eye Way. after serving 13 years as President and CEO. THE SEEING EYE ANNUAL REPORT 2019 03 LETTER FROM THE OFFICERS OF THE SEEING EYE Dear Friends: One of the most colorful achievements of 2019 was the addition to our Washington Valley campus of a mural, telling the story of Seeing Eye dogs… from puppies to partners! The mural covers the walls, and even the doors, of the visitor’s entrance to the Main House, which houses our student dormitory and dining hall, as well as administrative offices. Each year, more than 2,000 people use this entrance to learn about our mission and to meet our amazing dogs. In addition, The Seeing Eye is a polling place for area residents, and they too use this entrance. It’s a wonderful way to tell our story to our many visitors. The mural was designed by artist Caren Frost Olmsted with the help of Seeing Eye archivist R. Bruce Johnson, and then painted by staff, trustees, volunteers, and graduates, as well as students from a local middle school. Each portion of the section was marked off with tape, so people who are blind could also participate in painting by feeling the outlines of each image. We also created a video, so those who can’t see the mural – or can’t make it to campus – can still experience it. More about the mural and the video can be found at www.SeeingEye.org/mural. A highlight of the mural is an image of a young graduate kneeling to hug her yellow Labrador/golden retriever cross. It really captures the bond between graduate and dog. Thanks to your generous support, we created more than 250 new teams in 2019, and every one of them is a unique partnership. Our graduates leave here not only with enhanced confidence and independence, but a lovable companion. “My dog has given me so much,” one graduate recently said, “and all he asks in return is a belly rub.” Thank you for making it possible! Board members, top to bottom: Thomas J. Duffy Ari Benacerraf Margaret E. Howard Glenn Hoagland Thomas J. Duffy Ari Benacerraf Margaret E. Howard, D.Litt. Glenn Hoagland Chairman Vice Chair Vice Chair President & CEO 04 THE SEEING EYE ANNUAL REPORT 2019 EXECUTIVE OFFICE AND LEADERSHIP TEAM BOARD OF TRUSTEES Glenn Cianci Thomas J. Duffy Vikram Agarwal, Esq.* The Hon. Thomas H. Kean Director, Facilities Management Chairman Shareholder Chairman, THK Consulting, LLC Global Chief Operating Officer, Audit Bean Kinney & Korman PC Former Governor, The State of New Jersey Peggy Gibbon KPMG LLP Former President, Drew University Director, Canine Development Michael J. Amoruso, Esq.* Ari Benacerraf Partner Karen A. Keninger* Glenn D. Hoagland Vice Chair Amoruso & Amoruso, LLP Director, National Library Service for the President & CEO Blind and Print Disabled, Partner Karon C. Bales, T.E.P., C.S. Dolores Holle, V.M.D. Five Arrows Capital Partners Partner Library of Congress Director, Canine Medicine & Surgery Margaret E. L. “Peggi” Howard, D.Litt. Bales Beall LLP Catherine A. Kiernan, Esq. Randall Ivens Vice Chair Former Vice President & General Counsel (retired) Richard V. Boulger Director, Human Resources V.P. of Administration & Adjunct Lecturer Seton Hall University David Johnson University Relations (retired) University of Arizona Michael B. McKitish Director, Instruction & Training Drew University Assistant Head for Finance and Operations Anthony J. De Carlo, V.M.D. Jennifer Lieberman OhSang Kwon President, Rayne Clinical Nutrition Peddie School Treasurer Executive Assistant to the President Veterinary Management Consultant Vicki N. Meyers-Wallen, V.M.D., Deborah Morrone-Colella Private Investor Co-Founder and former CEO Ph.D., Dipl. ACT Director, Donor & Public Relations Cynthia Bryant, L.L.M.* RBVH Veterinary Healthcare Network Associate Professor, Secretary Genetics & Reproduction (retired) Robert Pudlak Stuart H. Fine, D.H.A. J.A. Baker Institute for Animal Health Director, Administration & Finance / CFO Special Counsel Associate Professor U.S. Government College of Public Health Cornell University Temple University Michael H. Mittelman, O.D., M.P.H., M.B.A. President Ira H. Fuchs Former President, BITNET, LLC Salus University The Philadelphia Contributionship Susan Pomerantz, Ph.D.* Ithaka Harbors, Inc. Licensed psychologist Private practice Susan G. Gnall Senior Vice President Wealth Management Morgan Stanley HONORARY TRUSTEES John W. Gogarty President Hugh A. D’Andrade, Esq. Coyne Public Relations Vice Chairman & David Hertz Chief Administrative Officer (retired) President & CEO Schering-Plough Corporation Sealy Mattress Company of New Jersey Michael W. Ranger Partner Diamond Castle Holdings, LLC *Graduate of The Seeing Eye THE SEEING EYE ANNUAL REPORT 2019 05 COMMITTED MEMBERS Membership listings include gifts received between Oct.