Paws for Love Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
260279049
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2011–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Santa Rosa, CA, USA
Rating
87
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Animal Protection and Welfare

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$41,001
Expenses
$50,493
Assets
$27,872
Liabilities
$1,261

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

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ELLYN BOONE (PRESIDENT)
  • SUSAN FOPPIANO-VALERA (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • ELLYN BOONE (PRESIDENT)
  • JOANNE MALERBI (Secretary)
  • LINDA WILLIAMS (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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The mission of the paws for love foundation is to provide resources and funding for shelters, rescue groups and individuals dedicated to improving the health, welfare and adoption of unwanted and abused animals.

What it reported doing in 2024

The paws for love foundation provides resources and funding to shelters, rescue groups and individuals dedicated to improving the health, welfare and adoptability of unwanted and abused animals. Funds raised are also used to rehabilitate adoptable animals by providing necessary medical treatment, food and training for animals in foster care programs.

Operating model

Revenue model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filed totals do not add up and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 100
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 22
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -23.2%; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.55; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.05; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 43.6%; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 5.5% per year; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -0.5% per year; rating input score 0; 49th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 3% per year; rating input score 100; 50th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $71K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 8 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 12 filing years from 2011 to 2024
  • 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 — Transparency & Controls: Part III program expenses within total did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 21/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 32/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 4/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 22/100.