Paw In Hand Project Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
874829030
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2023–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2024
Location
Cincinnati, OH, USA
Phone
5134550059
Rating
79
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Centers to Support the Independence of Specific Populations

Reported finances

Revenue
$101,472
Expenses
$67,317
Assets
$68,369

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

Leadership & pay

1 person listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Mollie Ridings (Executive Director)

People named in this filing

  • Mollie Ridings (Executive Director)

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

Charitable - Support for victims of domestic violence and related human services.

What it reported doing in 2025

Staff delivered trauma-informed case management, safety planning&resource referrals for pet owners in crisis, responding to 257referrals, offering screening & navigation help, when housing was not needed or available.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 77% for direct work, and 23% for member benefits.

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 total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 63
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 59
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 52.5%; rating input score 53
  • Program expense ratio: 79.2%; rating input score 79

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 33.7%; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.02; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 9.3%; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 98.3% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 73.2% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 62.9% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 52.5% of revenue deployed · 79.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $53K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 1 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2023 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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 53/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 59/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 22/100.