KNGF Geleidehonden

KNGF Geleidehonden

Stichting Koninklijk Nederlands Geleidehondenfonds

Amstelveen, Netherlands

DisabilityMental healthChildren & YouthTax-deductible donations
CharityFounded 1935National reach
Profile last updated: August 24, 2026

About

Founded in 1935, KNGF Geleidehonden is a charity based in Amstelveen, Netherlands working on disability, mental health, children & youth.

KNGF Geleidehonden is a Dutch foundation that trains professionally educated assistance dogs for people with disabilities. Its best-known dogs are guide dogs for people with visual impairments, and it also trains ADL assistance dogs for people with motor disabilities, PTSS assistance dogs for people with post-traumatic stress disorder, and assistance dogs for children with autism. Its work includes breeding, training, placement and aftercare, as well as information and awareness activities and research into the impact of assistance dogs. Founded in 1935, it operates from its training centre in Amstelveen and serves clients across the Netherlands. It is funded mainly by donations and legacies, and holds ANBI status.

Location

Amstelveen, Netherlands

Founded

1935

Organisation type

Charity

Legal form

Stichting

Legal name

Stichting Koninklijk Nederlands Geleidehondenfonds

Charity number

0029.59.197

Registration

41200230

VAT number

NL002959197B01

Focus areas

assistance dogsguide dogsdisabilityautismPTSSlegacy givingNetherlands

Languages

NL

Causes & programmes

Causes

DisabilityMental healthChildren & Youth

Works for

People with disabilitiesChildren

How they work

Direct servicesAwareness & educationResearchVolunteer programmes

Programmes

PAWS workshop

Children & Youth · Netherlands

Training and support programme for parents and carers of children with autism and their dog, teaching them to use the dog as everyday support.

PTSS-assistentiehond workshops

Mental health · Netherlands

Workshops that teach people with PTSS, including uniformed personnel, to train their own household dog to support them during anxiety attacks, tension and nightmares.

Puppy-pleeggezin programme

Disability · Netherlands

Volunteer puppy foster families raise KNGF puppies for about a year to socialise them before formal training as assistance dogs.

Sponsor een Pup

Disability · Netherlands

Sponsorship scheme in which supporters follow a puppy from the start of its training to placement with a client.

Countries of operation

Netherlands

Funding & support

Funded by

Individual donationsLegacies

Ways to support

DonateMonthly givingVolunteerLegacy givingSponsorshipFundraise

Trust

Tax-deductible donationsCBF-Keur

Credentials & affiliations

Awards

Gouden Loeki (Buddyhond commercial)

Gouden Loeki2014

Industry memberships

Goede Doelen Nederland

Partnerships

Toegift.nl

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