Hope 4 La Pawz
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 871890430
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2022–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2021
- Location
- Anacortes, WA, USA
- Phone
- 3604992860
- Rating
- 77
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Animal Protection and Welfare
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $89,327
- Expenses
- $40,357
- Assets
- $108,914
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
3 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- CHARLENE ANGELO (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- CHARLENE ANGELO (PRESIDENT)
- IRENE PHILLIPS (SECRETARY)
- MICHELLE MCCORMICK (TREASURER)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Rescue companion animals from the la paz area of the baja peninsula; rehabilitate them; and find loving, permanent homes for them in mexico, the us, and canada. Provide education to the public concerning the proper care of companion animals and assist in reducing the overpopulation through spay/neuter clinics. The goal is to work with people in the local community who rescue dogs and foster them in their own homes. We provide food, veterinary care, supplies, and support while we find permanent homes for these animals. This is not a shelter in the traditional sense. Rather we empower local rescuers who make the best advocates in their neighborhoods for more humane treatment of animals. By their example they educate friends, family, and neighbors about proper animal care including spay/neutering to reduce the numbers of unwanted animals.
What it reported doing in 2025
Cross-border rescue, rehabilitation, and adoption support hope 4 la pawz, a u.s.-based nonprofit, works in close partnership with voluntarios por los perros de la paz, a.c. (also known as amigos de 4 patas), a registered mexican nonprofit in la paz, baja California sur. Together, the organizations rescue, rehabilitate, and rehome abandoned dogs, with support from a dedicated network of community rescuers known locally as rescatistas. Throughout 2025, hope 4 la pawz directly funded veterinary careincluding consultations, surgeries, medications, and spay/neuter servicesfor dogs rescued and fostered by amigos de 4 patas. The u.s. Charity also managed adoption outreach and transportation for dogs placed in homes throughout the united states and canada, while actively supporting the increasing number of adoptions taking place within mexico. In 2025, 96 dogs found permanent homesthe same number as the previous year. However, for the first time, a majority (74 dogs) were adopted within mexico, and 22 were adopted in the united states and canada. This represents a dramatic shift from 2024, when 38 dogs were adopted in mexico and 58 were adopted abroad. This shift is the result of sustained local outreach and education efforts, including social media campaigns, public events, and a strategic partnership with petco mexico, where amigos de 4 patas now holds weekly adoption events at their la paz location. These efforts have expanded visibility, built trust within the community, and increased willingness among local families to adopt rehabilitated street dogs. Hope 4 la pawz also continues to provide mentorship to amigos de 4 patas as it cultivates local leadership. In 2025, these leaders advanced animal welfare through collaboration with city officials on policy improvements, media engagement, and hosting events that promote responsible pet ownership and human-animal connection.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 85% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 75% for direct work, and 25% for grants.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of total spending goes to programs. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and program spending has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 61
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 71
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 41.7%; rating input score 42
- Program expense ratio: 92.1%; rating input score 92
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 54.8%; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.7; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -11.8% per year; rating input score 0; 26th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 0.5% per year; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 22.8% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 41.7% of revenue deployed · 92.1% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $37K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 4 filing years from 2022 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 42/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.