Pause4paws Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
825248444
IRS 990 coverage
2024–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2023, Form 990-N 2018
Location
Tulsa, OK, USA
Phone
9188299811
Rating
57
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Alliance/Advocacy Organizations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$216,513
Expenses
$199,748
Assets
$111,921
Liabilities
$6,282

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Evan Taylor (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • Katy Day Inhofe (President)
  • Mary Burchett (Vice President)

Highest reported compensation

  • Evan Taylor (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $54,458 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Pause4Paws promotes access to healthcare for pet owners in the Tulsa, Oklahoma, metro area impacted by homelessness, mental illness, or addiction who need inpatient treatment but have no one to care for their pets.

What it reported doing in 2024

Pause4Paws, Inc. is a Tulsa, Oklahoma nonprofit that arranges short term foster care for pets while their owners, who are experiencing homelessness, mental illness or addiction, receive urgent inpatient medical, mental health, or substance abuse treatment. Pet ownership has often been a barrier for individuals to accept available inpatient care because these individuals do not want to abandon their pets. Our foster services are limited to pet owners who have been referred by a social services or health care provider dedicated to helping individuals experiencing homelessness, mental illness or addiction. Through our services, individuals who might not otherwise receive treatment, are given a chance at a healthier, safer, and more productive life. In 2024, we had 149 intakes and provided pet foster care for 129 unique individuals. These individuals were referred to us from over 30 different social service and healthcare organizations. Pause4Paws is a crucial link in the continuum of care for pet owners with mental illness, addiction and homelessness. Every pet who passes through our program is vaccinated and spayed/neutered, as needed, through one of our many partner veterinarians. In providing this service, we ensure that pets are returned to their owners in compliance with both city ordinances and best practices for pet healthcare. Providing this basic vet care is crucial to our work. We also provide collars, leashes, quality pet food, and other needed supplies when they are returned to their owner.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 77% 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.

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 54
  • Transparency & Controls: 61
  • Accountability: 63
  • Sustainability: 39
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 59.2%; rating input score 59
  • Program expense ratio: 64.2%; rating input score 64
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 92.9%; rating input score 93; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Missing
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 1 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 12
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Fail
    • Audit committee oversight: Fail
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 7.7%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.56; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.06; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 27.3%; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 26.5% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 32.6% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 59.2% of revenue deployed · 64.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 12 of 12 board members independent · 1 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $128K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $54K · 12 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 23 of 24 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 4 filed money-flow records
  • 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.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 59/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 7 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 27/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 56/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 13/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 31/100.