Paws for Heroes

Analysis

Paws for Heroes is a registered charity in United States, based in Houston, TX. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover animal-related, which this site groups under animals. 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 2022, Paws for Heroes reported income of $144k and spending of $66k, leaving 54% of income unspent that year. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2020 to December 2022, income fell from $178k to $144k (-19%), an average of -10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 16%. Over the whole period it spent 34% of the income it received.

Among 14,470 United States charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Paws for Heroes sits at the 53rd percentile: it is larger than about 53% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 46th percentile, and in the 50th percentile within TX. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Left Behind K-9 Rescue ($144k), Project Hope Animal Rescue Foundation Inc ($144k) and Ark Incorporated ($143k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2022, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $720k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $720k.