Therapy Paws

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
874036707
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2021
Location
Jefferson City, MO, USA
Phone
5736800131
Rating
89
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Other Services - Specialty Animals

Reported finances

Revenue
$68,476
Expenses
$86,752
Assets
$20,626
Liabilities
$525

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

People named in this filing

  • LISA GROVES-BAX (EXECUTIVE DIR)
  • EDWARD D ROBERTSON JR (CHAIRMAN)
  • JENNIFER BERHORST (SECRETARY)

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

Provide and coordinate with canine handlers to use trained therapy dogs to aid children in trauma and at-risk youth who are experiencing extreme stress and anxiety.

What it reported doing in 2024

Provide and coordinate with canine handlers to utilize trained therapy dogs to aid children in trauma and at-risk youth experiencing extreme stress and anxiety.

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
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: 100
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 18
  • Growth: 100

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: -26.7%; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.24; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.03; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 41.5%; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 39.6% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 10.5% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 42.2% per year; rating input score 100; 94th 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 · $87K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2021 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 20/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 18/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 4/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 25/100.