Paws of Wakulla Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
593738417
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Crawfordville, FL, USA
Phone
8505971157
Rating
67
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Animal Protection and Welfare

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$23,958
Expenses
$9,180
Assets
$218,510
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • PETRA SHUFF (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • DESIREE MOSLEY (DIRECTOR)
  • DANA REZABEK (DIRECTOR)
  • DONNA SAVARY (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. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Improve through education and charity the health, safety, and well-being of domesticated animals in our community. It is also committed to preventing cruelty to all animals through education and charity. Goals include, promote and share responsibility for proper care and placement of surrendered, lost and abandoned animals; promoting the spaying and neutering of animals; and education of pet owner responsibility.

What it reported doing in 2025

Seniors' pets meals on wheels project - the senior citizens center delivers food to our home bound seniors each week, and they noticed that meals were being shared wit their pets as they either cannot leave their home to purchase pet food or simply cannot afford it. These animals may be the only companionship these seniors have and desperately need, so paws decided to support a seniors' pets meals on wheels program. We also supply extra pet food through the center for seniors in need. Continued education program - over the past 25 years, paws supplied "the kind news" to all 3rd and 5th grade students in wakulla. This educational program was switched to wakulla county public library. The magazine is filled with colorful articles, short features, and fund activities that children and instructors love. Its emphasis on treating animals with kindness and respect, the importance of proper pet care, and wildlife articles grab students' interest and make abstract values like compassion, citizenship, and responsiblity come alive. Teaching these children early on will help instill compassion and respect for them, teach the importance of proper pet care, the need of spay/neuter to decrease pet overpopulation, and prevent chaining/tethering of dogs. Trap/neuter/return - like everywhere, waklla county's feral cat population is growing. Paws, with the generous support of our local veterinarians, technicians and volunteers, holds two to three tnr events each year. This reduces the number of unwanted kittens born, reduces nuisance calls and intake at the animal shelter, and protects other small wildlife in wakulla county. We also work to place some of the young kittens trapped during these events into adoptive homes or as working cats once altered to remove them from possible harm. In 2024, we spayed/neutered 140 community cats and were able to rehome several as working cats or pets. Support of wakulla shelter animals - paws holds fundraisers and donates part of the proeceeds to help the homeless pets at wakulla animal sheslter. We team up with other non-profit rescue groups to get more animals out of our shelter and into loving homes. In 2024 paws has provided over 1,600.00 worth of vaccines and assistance to the local shelter through our fundraisers. Partnering with local non-profit rescues - we partner with local rescues and share their information on availabe animals and accept donations of any kind on their behalf.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 69% 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

SUPPORTED - 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 some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 57
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 64
  • Sustainability: 82
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 47.9%; rating input score 48
  • Program expense ratio: 91.6%; rating input score 92
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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 7 controls in place; rating input score 14
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 61.7%; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 23.8; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -23.5% per year; rating input score 0; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -15% per year; rating input score 0; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -2.6% per year; rating input score 0; 26th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 47.9% of revenue deployed · 91.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 1 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $8K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 17 of 17 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 48/100.
  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 58/100.