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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by PAWS ATLANTA INCORPORATED.

This return was superseded by a later amendment. matched by us It is kept because history is preserved rather than replaced.

What the amendment changed

Compared with the latest return for 2024 , filed 17 December 2025. matched by us Only the Part I totals and the names listed in Part VII are compared. We relate returns by organization, tax year and form, and order them by each return's own timestamp; the filer's own "amended return" checkbox is a separate fact.

Listed only on the earlier return

  • Jennifer MacMillan Eicher

Listed only on the later return

  • Jennifer Eicher

Listed under a different title

  • Anita Kumar: SECRETARY then BOARD MEMBER
  • Jonathan Green: BAORD MEMBER then SECRETARY
  • Katie Beacham: CHAIR then VICE CHAIR
  • Patty Lavely: EMERITUS BOA then BOARD CHAIR

Totals

Total revenue
$2,059,530
Total expenses
$2,190,670
Contributions and grants received
$1,743,616
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$231,586
Investment income
$129,761
Other revenue
-$45,433
Total assets, end of year
$3,198,580
Total liabilities, end of year
$77,292
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$3,121,288
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,714,217
Management and general expenses
$328,901
Fundraising expenses
$147,552
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,714,217

Program services were 78.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $195,775

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,547,841

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $21,977

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PUBLIC CLINIC & RESCUE

    total $118,951 · related or exempt $118,951

  • 2b · Program service revenue: ADOPTION REVENUE

    total $112,635 · related or exempt $112,635

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $84,380 · excluded $84,380

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $759,146 · other assets $1,639

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $715,404

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $43,742 · other assets $1,639

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $45,381 · related or exempt $43,742 · excluded $1,639

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $19,605

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $195,775

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $62,668

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$43,063

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $4,503

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $6,873

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total -$2,370 · related or exempt -$2,370

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,229,788 · program services $1,008,426 · management and general $122,979 · fundraising $98,383

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $229,624 · program services $188,292 · management and general $22,962 · fundraising $18,370

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $97,370 · program services $79,843 · management and general $9,737 · fundraising $7,790

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $19,200 · management and general $19,200

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $16,625 · management and general $16,625

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $24,791 · management and general $11,594 · fundraising $13,197

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $4,691 · program services $4,691

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $84,870 · program services $8,340 · management and general $76,530

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $6,972 · program services $5,229 · management and general $1,743

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $85,368 · program services $60,956 · management and general $24,412

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $40,782 · program services $40,782

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $53,371 · program services $40,028 · management and general $13,343

  • 24a · Other expenses: ADOPTION EXPENSES

    total $216,765 · program services $216,765

  • 24b · Other expenses: PUBLIC CLINIC EXPENSE

    total $60,865 · program services $60,865

  • 24c · Other expenses: FUNDRAISING EXPENSE - OTH

    total $9,812 · fundraising $9,812

  • 24d · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $9,776 · management and general $9,776

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $234,005 · end of year $450,534

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $785,585 · end of year $227,864

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $2,000 · end of year $22,000

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $12,261 · end of year $9,284

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $10,000 · end of year $16,540

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $1,915,492

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $1,114,401

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $745,087 · end of year $801,091

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $1,596,689 · end of year $1,671,267

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $93,345 · end of year $77,292

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,680,332 · end of year $2,375,783

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $611,950 · end of year $745,505

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

PAWS ATLANTA, INC. (THE ORGANIZATION) IS A NOT-FOR-PROFIT, 501(C)(3) ANIMAL WELFARE ORGANIZATION FOUNDED IN 1967, ORIGINALLY AS THE DEKALB HUMANE SOCIETY. IT WAS ORGANIZED UNDER THE LAWS OF GEORGIA AND REGISTERED A NAME CHANGE WITH THE GEORGIA SECRETARY OF STATE IN EARLY 2003. PAWS ATLANTA, INC. IS A NO-KILL ANIMAL SHELTER THAT PROVIDES LOVE, NUTRITION, MEDICAL CARE, AND BEHAVIORAL TRAINING TO ENRICH THE LIVES OF HOMELESS ANIMALS UNTIL PERMANENT, SAFE HOMES CAN BE FOUND. THE MISSION OF PAWS ATLANTA, INC. IS TO BUILD A COMMUNITY OF CARING BY PEOPLE HELPING PETS AND PETS HELPING PEOPLE. THE ORGANIZATION DELIVERS ON THIS MISSION BY OFFERING PET ADOPTION SERVICES, SPAY AND NEUTER CLINICS, PET VACCINE CLINICS, BEHAVIORAL TRAINING, PET DENTAL CLINICS, HEALTH PREVENTATIVES, A PET FOOD BANK, EDUCATION THROUGH SUMMER CAMPS FOR YOUTH AND EDUCATION THROUGH COMMUNITY OUTREACH. THE MAJORITY OF THE ORGANIZATIONS REVENUES COME FROM PROGRAM FEES, DONATIONS, AND FUNDRAISING ACTIVITIES. THE ORGANIZATION

Activities or mission (Part I)

OUR MISSION IS TO BUILD A COMMUNITY OF CARING, BY PEOPLE HELPING PETS AND PETS HELPING PEOPLE.

  • PAWS ATLANTA IS THE OLDEST AND ONE OF THE VERY FEW NO-KILL NONPROFIT ANIMAL SHELTERS IN GEORGIA. IT IS OUR MISSION TO BUILD A COMMUNITY OF CARING BY PEOPLE HELPING PETS AND PETS HELPING PEOPLE. WE ACCOMPLISH THIS BY OFFERING: PET ADOPTION SERVICES, PET VACCINATION CLINICS, SPAY AND NEUTERING,HEALTH PREVENTATIVES, A PET FOOD BANK AND EDUCATION THROUGH COMMUNITY OUTREACH TO THE METRO ATLANTA AREA. PAWS ATLANTA HAS PLACED MORE THAN 60,000 HOMELESS ANIMALS INTO PERMANENT, LOVING HOMES SINCE THEIR INCEPTION IN 1967.

    Expenses $1,612,570 · Revenue $112,635

  • PAWS ATLANTA PROVIDES AFFORDABLE PET WELLNESS CLINICS TO THE PUBLIC. ALL OF THE SERVICES OFFERED BY PAWS ATLANTA ARE FOCUSED ON PROVIDING FOR THE HUMANE TREATMENT OF ANIMALS AND EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ON RESPONSIBLE PET OWNERSHIP.

    Expenses $60,865 · Revenue $118,951

  • DEPRECIATION

    Expenses $40,782

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Crystal Bowman

    EXEC DIRECTO

    Total calculated
    $81,344
    From this org
    $81,344
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Katie Beacham

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Jennifer MacMillan Eicher

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Henry Yoo

    TREASUER

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Uren Patel

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Donna Beezhold

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Heidi Gleason

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Anita Kumar

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Jonathan Green

    BAORD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Ryan Harvill

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Atul Kanvinde

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Patty Lavely

    EMERITUS BOA

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Tamara Lopata

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Steve Clancey

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Karyn Swoopes

    BAORD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Rohan Verma

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
18 September 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202533219349317228

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