Power Paws Assistance Dogs Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
861035607
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2011–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Phoenix, AZ, USA
Phone
4809701322
Rating
73
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Blind/Visually Impaired Centers

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$191,654
Expenses
$204,377
Assets
$104,403
Liabilities
$170,439

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Elaine Starks (Executive Director)
  • Vic Noble (President)

People named in this filing

  • Elaine Starks (Executive Director)
  • Vic Noble (President)
  • Jared Young (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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Provide highly skilled assistance dogs to adults and children with disabilities, provide education and support for working assistance dogs teams, and be a resource in the community.

What it reported doing in 2025

Powers Paws trains and matches assistance dogs for public facility purposes and disabled children/adults with Type 1 diabetes, mobility challenges, and post-traumatic stress disorder. Our pledge is to teach each recipient to master specialized training concepts so that the support of power paws-trained dogs can enhance their quality of life. Through increased engagement, each canine helps clients increase their engagement in social activities. A Power Paws dog provides emotional support as clients build their independent abilities to support their health challenges. Through special partnerships with corporations and community volunteers, dogs are fostered through assistance dog placement programs. Power Paws received certification of its volunteer program in 2020 by the Arizona Governor's Commission on Service and Volunteerism. Certification by the Governor's Office gives Power Paws visibility at a national level.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 99% 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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Revenue has declined or grown slowly and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 72
  • Transparency & Controls: 86
  • Sustainability: 21
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 74.1%; rating input score 74
  • Program expense ratio: 69.4%; rating input score 69

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 83.3%; rating input score 83; 0th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -6.6%; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.51; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 1.63; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 33.9%; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 2% per year; rating input score 100; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -2.9% per year; rating input score 0; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -4.2% per year; rating input score 0; 17th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 74.1% of revenue deployed · 69.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $142K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2011 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 — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 18/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 38/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 2/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 11/100.