PAWS Animal Adoption Center

EIN: 237423028 501(c)(3) Animal-Related

Rockport, ME

Total Revenue
$954,861
Total Expenses
$1,224,725
Total Assets
$2,394,198
Net Assets
$2,198,920
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Organization Details

Formation Year
1974
Legal Domicile
ME
Principal Officer
Jill Parker
Phone
2072368702
Tax Period
2024-01-01 to 2024-12-31

PAWS Animal Adoption Center, founded in 1974, is a small nonprofit in the Animal-Related sector that reported $955K in total revenue in fiscal year 2024. Revenue fell 24% from the prior year — a significant decline worth monitoring. Expenses of $1.2M exceeded revenue, resulting in a 28% operating deficit.

Mission

Our mission is to provide care for homeless dogs and cats until they can be placed in permanent, responsible homes while promoting humane values in our community through outreach and educational programs.

Program Service Accomplishments

Program 1
Expenses: $872,554 Revenue: $301,614

PAWS provides services for homeless cats and dogs, those at-risk of becoming homeless, and pet owners in the twelve communities we serve and in the outlying communities. Additionally, PAWS provides...

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PAWS provides services for homeless cats and dogs, those at-risk of becoming homeless, and pet owners in the twelve communities we serve and in the outlying communities. Additionally, PAWS provides outreach, education and support to pet owners, provides affordable spay/neuter, wellness clinics, and preventatives to pets of low-income residents, rescue cats and dogs from high kill shelters in Georgia and Puerto Rico and advocates both locally and at the state level for animal welfare in our community and statewide.Two of our most important programs are the care of our communities homeless, abused, and abandoned cats and dogs and our PAWS Cares community veterinary clinic for low-income pet owners, including spay and neuter, wellness exams, preventatives, and life-saving vaccines. In 2024 we placed 469 stray & unwanted cats and dogs at the shelter placed 95% of them into forever homes. Additionally, we provided 325 pet owners with free pet food and supplies through the Pet Food Pantry, and performed 914 spay/neuter surgeries for community-owned pets. Provided low-cost veterinary care for 3,690 owned pets in need. Reunited 63 lost pets with their family, saved 82 cats and dogs from being euthanized in high-kill shelters in the south, and assisted 197 pets from low-income households, pets of survivors of domestic violence, pets in need of housing while their owners battle temporary homelessness, and extended stays in the hospital. PAWS provides numerous benefits to our community. We work to humanely address the issues of animal control by partnering with our town and their animal control officers to care for the lost, abandoned, and unwanted cats and dogs.We work with the community at large to match pets with loving homesthrough adoption services and we help provide quality veterinary care to every animal who enters our facility. PAWS maintains a firm commitment to educate the local community on the matters of pet care, animal safety, and the importance of spaying and neutering, animal immunizations, and disease control. Additionally, through various programs and services we help to strengthen the human-animal bond of hundreds of pet owners each year.Today PAWS offers the following programs and services:1.Services for lost and found and stray/at-large dogs and cats2.Owner surrenders to our community members who cannot keep their pets3.Adoption. The care and placement of homeless cats and dogs. It is why we started the organization and why we continue to today. It is paramount to our mission.4.PAWS Cares Clinics AND community wellness programs - this incudes rabies vaccinations and microchipping, preventatives, veterinary exams and Spay/Neuter Program.5.Pet Safe Program - a program to help victims of domestic violence, those experiencing temporary homelessness, and/or have been admitted to the hospital, so they can safely board their pets.6.Foster Program & Fospice Program (hospice for elderly pets)7.A Home for ME - animal transport program with partner rescues in the South (Puerto Rico & GA)8.Home to Home - an alternative to surrendering your pet to the shelter9.Pet Loss Support Group - Online

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Liquidity (40%) • Solvency (30%) • Sustainability (20%) • Efficiency (10%)

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Financial Overview (2024)

Revenue Breakdown

Contributions & Grants $497,225
Program Service Revenue $301,614
Investment Income $40,339
Other Revenue $115,683
TOTAL REVENUE $954,861

Expense Breakdown

Grants Paid $0
Salaries & Benefits $858,332
Fundraising Expenses $53,189
Program Expenses $872,554
Other Expenses $366,393
TOTAL EXPENSES $1,224,725

Year-over-Year Comparison

2024 2023 Change
Revenue $954,861 $1,252,244 -0.2%
Expenses $1,224,725 $1,050,274 +0.2%
Net Income $-269,864 $201,970 -2.3%
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Governance

Voting Members
9
Independent Members
9
Employees
38
Volunteers
65

Governance Policies

Conflict of Interest Policy
Whistleblower Policy
Document Retention Policy

Special Practices & Reported Activities

Operated a School
Operated a Hospital
Provided First Class Travel
Reported Conflict of Interest
Reported Asset Diversion
Excess Benefit Transaction
Made Political Expenditures
Engaged in Lobbying
Operated Donor Advised Fund
Maintained Art Collections
Filed Form 720

Compensation of Officers, Directors & Key Employees

Total Officers
4
$0
Total Directors
9
$0
Key Employees
0
$0
Highest Compensated
0
reported
Name Title Hours/Week Role Reportable Comp Other Comp Total
Shelly Butler Previous Executive Director 40.00
$60,533 $0 $60,533
Casey Baugher Executive Director 40.00
$35,000 $0 $35,000
Jill Parker Vice President 1.00
Officer Director
$0 $0 $0
Rieko McCarthy Treasurer 1.00
Officer Director
$0 $0 $0
Andrew Weeks Secretary 1.00
Officer Director
$0 $0 $0
Cheryl Ayer Director 1.00
Director
$0 $0 $0
Tom Griffith Director 1.00
Director
$0 $0 $0
Debra Hall Director 1.00
Director
$0 $0 $0
Jean White Director 1.00
Director
$0 $0 $0
Valery Riemer Director 1.00
Director
$0 $0 $0
Michelle Davis President 1.00
Officer Director
$0 $0 $0
Note: Compensation data is self-reported by the organization on their Form 990. "Reportable Comp" includes salary, bonuses, and other reportable compensation from the organization and related organizations. "Other Comp" includes benefits, deferred compensation, and non-taxable benefits.

Historical Data

Year Revenue Expenses Assets Net Income
2024 $954,861 $1,224,725 $2,394,198 $-269,864
2023 $1,252,244 $1,050,274 $2,516,812 $201,970
2022 $890,035 $913,619 $2,552,091 $-23,584
2021 $689,107 $891,861 $2,773,666 $-202,754
2020 $1,851,029 $735,166 $2,890,368 $1,115,863
2019 $742,233 $647,377 $1,750,515 $94,856
2018 $459,605 $598,248 $1,616,163 $-138,643
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