Paws with Purpose

Analysis

Paws with Purpose is a registered charity in United States, based in Louisville, KY. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Paws with Purpose reported income of $415k and spending of $531k, spending 128% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $290k to $415k (+43%), an average of +9.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 65%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Paws with Purpose sits at the 61st percentile: it is larger than about 61% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 67th percentile, and in the 68th percentile within KY. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Ivas Place ($414k), Augusta Agricultural-Industrial Exposition Inc ($415k) and Palm Beach County Food Project Inc ($414k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 75% and program service revenue 25% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $202k. At year end it held assets of $360k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $360k. It reported 9 employees.