# Guide Dogs of the Desert

Guide Dogs of the Desert provides mobility, companionship and independence for the blind with custom trained Guide Dogs. Blindness is a disability that can strike anyone - at any moment, with devastating results.

## Organization facts

- **Organization:** Guide Dogs of the Desert
- **Legal name:** GUIDE DOGS OF THE DESERT
- **Organization type:** 501(c)(3) nonprofit
- **EIN:** 23-7296531
- **IRS 501(c)(3) ruling:** 1973
- **Headquarters:** Whitewater, California
- **Primary cause:** Education
- **Cause confirmed by:** organization's own category selection on its CV Giving Day profile ('Education')
- **CV Giving Day status:** 2026 participant
- **Official website:** https://guidedogsofthedesert.org
- **Giving page:** https://www.mightycause.com/organization/GDD

## About Guide Dogs of the Desert

Guide Dogs of the Desert provides mobility, companionship and independence for the blind with custom trained Guide Dogs.

Blindness is a disability that can strike anyone - at any moment, with devastating results. Blindness can happen at birth, from an accident, complications associated with aging, coronary disease, diabetes, glaucoma, and macular degeneration. Since 1972, Guide Dogs of the Desert has been making a difference in blind and visually impaired individuals' lives by graduating more than 800 student /Guide Dog teams. Students that graduate from Guide Dogs of the Desert leave with the gift of newfound confidence, independence, mobility, and infinite smiles.

Our students get matched with the highest-quality Guide Dog during our admissions process. Once accepted, they attend a 28-day in-residence training program with fellow students that includes every nuance of living and working together. Our trainers ensure that our Guide Dog teams fit all of our students' personal needs and home environments through small, individualized classes. Because of our founding philosophy, all training is provided at no cost to the student.
Testimonials
At our September 2021 graduation, our Board Chair summed it up: "We are excited for you to go into the world," he said, "Guide Dog Harness in hand, with power and purpose."

## Record

- **Verified:** Identity confirmed against IRS records. Participation confirmed against CV Giving Day registration. Public information compiled from the organization's own sources. Organizations that have indicated a preference against search indexing on their CV Giving Day registration are excluded from search indexing and from this site's sitemap. A cause may come from the organization's own category selection, from its IRS classification, or from CV Giving Day review; the source is always stated on the page and in this record.
- **Participation years on record:** 2025, 2026
- **Years covered by our records:** 2025, 2026 (absence of a year does not mean the organization did not participate)
- **Last reviewed:** August 19, 2026
- **Canonical page:** https://www.cvgiving.org/nonprofits/guide-dogs-of-the-desert/
- **Provided by:** Desert Community Foundation (501(c)(3), EIN 95-4725924)