PAWS of Bremerton
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 911660527
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2025
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2025
- Location
- Bremerton, WA, USA
- Phone
- 360-373-7043
- Rating
- 81
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Animal Protection and Welfare
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $131,012
- Expenses
- $118,453
- Assets
- $809,506
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
6 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- ROXANNE CHAVEZ (VICE-PRESIDENT)
- GLEN EPPERLY (PRESIDENT)
Highest reported compensation
- ROXANNE CHAVEZ (VICE-PRESIDENT): $11,880 total reported compensation
- JENNAH HUBENAK (ACCOUNTS MANAGER): $1,800 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
PAWS of Bremerton is a volunteer-led nonprofit animal welfare organization providing a wide range of services that support and give back to our local communities. We are a 501C3 charity that deals with companion animal health and welfare here in Kitsap County, Washington.
What it reported doing in 2025
Emergency medical aid is provided for homeless pets and pets of low income owners. Low cost spay and neuter services are provided for pets of low income owners.
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. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and program spending has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 80
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Accountability: 63
- Sustainability: 63
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 99.2%; rating input score 99
- Program expense ratio: 75.7%; rating input score 76
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Limited
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 1 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 11
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: Fail
- Other executive compensation review process: Fail
- Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 9.6%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 6.83; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 11.5%; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -2.8% per year; rating input score 0; 20th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 1% per year; rating input score 100; 25th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 2.7% per year; rating input score 100; 34th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 5 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 2 operating locations identified
- Where the money goes: 99.2% of revenue deployed · 75.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 6 of 6 board members independent · 1 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $90K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $12K · 6 people listed
- Consistency: 20 of 20 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 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.
- High — Accountability: Governance controls: 7 of 8 not reported.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 56/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 26/100.