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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by 4 PAWS FOR ABILITY INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$5,451,129
Total expenses
$4,625,510
Contributions and grants received
$3,202,015
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$2,206,499
Investment income
$34,795
Other revenue
$7,820
Total assets, end of year
$8,656,973
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,580,774
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$7,076,199
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$4,011,262
Management and general expenses
$301,553
Fundraising expenses
$312,695
Program service expenses (Part III)
$4,011,262

Program services were 86.7% 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

    $50,236

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $159,793

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $2,991,986

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $81,696

  • 2a · Program service revenue: DOG ADOPTION FEES

    total $1,890,413 · related or exempt $1,890,413

  • 2b · Program service revenue: SALES AND FEES

    total $246,520 · related or exempt $246,520

  • 2c · Program service revenue: SALES OF PRODUCT INCOME

    total $69,566 · related or exempt $69,566

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $34,795 · excluded $34,795

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $22,251

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

    $50,236

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $17,089

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $5,162

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS INCOME

    total $2,658 · related or exempt $2,658

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $2,658

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $79,997 · management and general $79,997

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $2,349,788 · program services $2,162,705 · management and general $19,563 · fundraising $167,520

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $151,196 · program services $136,076 · management and general $7,560 · fundraising $7,560

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $230,194 · program services $124,936 · management and general $52,627 · fundraising $52,627

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $72 · management and general $72

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $112,745 · program services $37,159 · management and general $37,793 · fundraising $37,793

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $41,017 · program services $29,414 · fundraising $11,603

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $19,254 · program services $8,035 · management and general $7,057 · fundraising $4,162

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $43,050 · program services $20,223 · management and general $21,624 · fundraising $1,203

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $252,773 · program services $227,491 · management and general $12,641 · fundraising $12,641

  • 17 · Travel

    total $9,079 · program services $4,539 · fundraising $4,540

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $180,926 · program services $162,834 · management and general $9,048 · fundraising $9,048

  • 24a · Other expenses: DOG EXPENSES

    total $1,098,731 · program services $1,062,593 · management and general $36,125 · fundraising $13

  • 24b · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSE

    total $40,833 · program services $35,257 · management and general $1,591 · fundraising $3,985

  • 24c · Other expenses: BANK AND CC FEES

    total $15,855 · management and general $15,855

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $967,450 · end of year $1,126,874

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $885,049 · end of year $1,429,597

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $123,355 · end of year $71,431

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $5,771

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

    $6,468,338

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

    $1,574,527

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $5,043,516 · end of year $4,893,811

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $1,190,331 · end of year $1,135,260

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $335,471 · end of year $203,026

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $1,530,824 · end of year $1,377,748

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $6,349,177 · end of year $7,076,199

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

4 PAWS' PRIMARY ACTIVITY IS TO TRAIN SERVICE DOGS TO ASSIST INDIVIDUALS WITH PHYSICAL AND HIDDEN DISABILITIES, INCLUDING CHILDREN WITH AUTISM AND SEIZURES, WITH INDEPENDENT LIVING.

  • 4 PAWS FOR ABILITY'S MISSION IS TO ENRICH THE LIVES OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES BY PLACING LIFE-CHANGING SERVICE DOGS. WE ENVISION A WORLD WHERE PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES CAN REALIZE THEIR FULL POTENTIAL, ONE SERVICE DOG AT A TIME. WE MAKE A LIFETIME COMMITMENT TO ENSURE THE WELL-BEING OF EVERY 4 PAWS DOG WE BREED, TRAIN, AND PLACE. WE DEVELOP THE SKILLS OF OUR TEAM MEMBERS TO ATTRACT AND MAINTAIN THE BEST AVAILABLE TALENT. WE MAINTAIN A LARGE, DEDICATED, AND WELL-TRAINED VOLUNTEER BASE TO SUPPORT THE SUCCESS OF EVERY 4 PAWS DOG. WE OFFER A LIFETIME OF SUPPORT FOR OUR 4 PAWS FAMILIES, AND WE MAKE OUR SERVICE DOGS AVAILABLE TO THOSE WHO QUALIFY BY PLACING DOGS TAILORED TO THEIR UNIQUE, INDIVIDUAL NEEDS. WE MAINTAIN FINANCIAL INDEPENDENCE BY BEING GOOD STEWARDS OF OUR DONOR CONTRIBUTIONS, WHICH ENABLES THE ORGANIZATION TO MAKE DECISIONS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF OUR CLIENTS AND TEAM MEMBERS. WE ALSO EDUCATE OUR CLIENTS AND COMMUNITY ON THE APPROPRIATE USE OF SERVICE DOGS AND THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN SERVICE DOGS, THERAPY DOGS, EMOTIONAL SUPPORT ANIMALS, AND OTHER WORKING DOGS. IN 2022, 4 PAWS PLACED 136 SERVICE DOGS WITH CHILDREN OR VETERANS AND 299 FUTURE SERVICE PUPPIES WERE BORN. CUMULATIVELY OVER THE PAST 25 YEARS, APPROXIMATELY 1,800 SERVICE DOGS HAVE BEEN PLACED.

    Expenses $4,011,262 · Revenue $2,206,499

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Mark Thomas

    ED THRU 9-22

    Total calculated
    $56,306
    From this org
    $56,306
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    30
  • Jennifer Lutes

    EXEC. DIR. B

    Total calculated
    $23,691
    From this org
    $23,691
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Helena Brooks

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Chuck Bushnell

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Hannah Carver

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Beth Cesta

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Linda Davis

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tanya Gantzer

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Julie George

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Madeline Hutchinson

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • John Jolley

    FUNDRAISING

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Deb Kirshman

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Randy Lytes

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Kim McNeer

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

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
2022
Filed
31 October 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202313109349303311

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