Patriots and Paws

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
383852940
IRS 990 coverage
2014–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-N 2011
Location
Huntington Beach, CA, USA
Phone
7143237229
Rating
88
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Human Service Organizations

Reported finances

Revenue
$3,446,928
Expenses
$4,622,487
Assets
$576,849
Liabilities
$148,475

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JOHN OSPITAL (PRESIDENT)
  • JOE SANDOVAL (VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • PENNY LAMBRIGHT (CHAIRMANCEO)
  • JOHN OSPITAL (PRESIDENT)
  • JEANETTE PARR (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. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Patriots and Paws help veterans and their families with furniture and small necessities needed, and provides them with a small animal for companion.

What it reported doing in 2025

Provisions for Patriots provides basic home furnishings in a warehouse environment. This is the organizations largest program to date. Serving over 19,536 Veteran, Active Duty, Reservists throughout Southern California since our inception. Paws Partners is a program that has changed a bit due to a new law, SB245 (CA) allowing Veterans in California go to county shelters and adopt an animal at no cost local shelters benefits, by having more animals adopted. Because of us in 2025 NV voted in SB 325 Pets for Heros Act, which went into effect October 1, 2025. We are currently working on creating a kennel that will allow Veterans to kennel their animals with us, while they care of their personal/medical needs. Some of those helped by the organization need a purpose and having an animal gives them that purpose. Patriots and Paws volunteers contributed over 158,990 volunteer hours since we have started. All donations go to offset operating expenses. The organizations largest expense is monthly rent, and the next largest is transpiration. The remainder of funds pays for payroll of 2 full time and 6 part time employees, insurance, utilities, and fuel and office supply costs. Donor generosity keeps our doors open and allows the organization to continue to serve those who served our country and give us the freedom we have today.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 96% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 88
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Accountability: 86
  • Sustainability: 16
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 97.3%; rating input score 97
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 85.7%; rating input score 86; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 6 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 86
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Fail
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -34.1%; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.12; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.26; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 90; 90th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 16.2% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 12.2% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 12.5% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 97.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 6 of 7 board members independent · 6 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $4.5M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 28 of 28 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 12 filing years from 2014 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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.

  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 2/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 4/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Audit committee oversight not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 30/100.