Paws for Freedom Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 203025455
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2010–2016
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2016, Form 990-N 2008
- Location
- Tonganoxie, KS, USA
- Rating
- 89
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Centers to Support the Independence of Specific Populations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $120,612
- Expenses
- $117,709
- Assets
- $45,180
- Liabilities
- $18,535
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2016. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
16 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Dee Dee Lowland (PRESIDENT)
- Lea Ann Shearer (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
People named in this filing
- Dee Dee Lowland (PRESIDENT)
- Lea Ann Shearer (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
- Daniel Leiserowitz (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 2016. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Assistance dog training and placement
What it reported doing in 2016
3 dogs placed as svc dogs 2 as therapycompanion animals Three onsite animal therapy programs served appx 50 people with PTSDdevelopmental disabilities
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- 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
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: 84
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 33
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 83%; rating input score 83
- Program expense ratio: 85.1%; rating input score 85
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: 2.4%; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.38; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.41; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 30.6%; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 15.3% per year; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 18.3% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 46.4% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 83% of revenue deployed · 85.1% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $100K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 16 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules
- Filing history: 5 filing years from 2010 to 2016
- 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.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 42/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 33/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 12/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 16/100.