Form 990 for tax year 2024

Totals

Total revenue

$3,723,516

Total expenses

$3,396,317

Contributions and grants received

$3,448,269

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$233,946

Investment income

$34,860

Other revenue

$6,441

Total assets, end of year

$2,344,901

Total liabilities, end of year

$97,437

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$2,247,464

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$3,396,317

Management and general expenses

$0

Fundraising expenses

$0

Program service expenses (Part III)

$3,396,317

Program services were 100.0% 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.

Mission and programs · 2024

• THE PFLK9 SHELTER PROGRAM READIES LAAS DOGS FOR SUCCESSFUL HOME PLACEMENTS THROUGH ONE-ON-ONE TRAINING - FACILITATED BY OUR PROFESSIONAL DOG TRAINERS, INCARCERATED DOG TRAINERS AT CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AND REHABILITATION (CDCR) FACILITIES, AND REENTRY PROGRAM DOG TRAINERS ON-SITE AT OUR PEOPLE AND PET INNOVATION CENTER. OUR TRAINERS WORK WITH DOGS TO ADDRESS BEHAVIORAL ISSUES BEFORE ADOPTION, AND AFTER ADOPTION TO ENSURE THE BEST POSSIBLE OUTCOMES FOR THE CANINES. THROUGH THE PROGRAM, DOGS ALSO RECEIVE ESSENTIAL VETERINARY CARE AND MICROCHIPPING, PARTICIPATE IN PLAYGROUPS FOR SOCIALIZATION, AND MUCH MORE. SHELTER IS ON AVERAGE A 6 TO 8-WEEK PROGRAM THAT TAKES PLACE WITHIN THE CORRECTIONAL SETTING, AT THE PEOPLE AND PET INNOVATION CENTER (PPIC), AND IN THE COMMUNITY FOR ROUGHLY TWO TO FOUR HOURS EACH DAY, FIVE DAYS A WEEK. BECAUSE OF THE HANDS-ON TRAINING AND SOCIALIZATION THE DOGS RECEIVE, SUCCESSFUL LONG-TERM HOME PLACEMENTS AND FEWER OWNER SURRENDERS DUE TO TEMPERMENT AND CORRECTABLE BEHAVIOR ISSUES ARE MORE LIKELY. BEST OF ALL, THE PROGRAM IS OFFERED AT NO COST - THIS INCLUDES ANY NECESSARY CONTINUED TRAINING POST-ADOPTION. WE CURRENTLY SERVE BETWEEN 700-800 LAAS DOGS EACH YEAR AND HAVE A GOAL TO SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE THOSE NUMBERS EACH YEAR.

  Expenses $543,411

• THE PFL SERVICE DOG PROGRAM IS A COLLABORATION BETWEEN PAWS FOR LIFE K9 RESCUE AND THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AND REHABILITATION (CDCR) THAT REHABILITATES RESCUE DOGS INTO HIGHLY TRAINED SERVICE DOGS FOR MILITARY VETERANS WITH PTSD. INCARCERATED PARTICIPANTS IN CDCR FACILITIES SPEND HUNDREDS OF HOURS TRAINING THE DOGS TO PERFORM A VARIETY OF TASKS THAT ALLEVIATE MAY OF THE DAILY CHALLENGES OF PTSD. IN THE PROCESS THEY FIND HEALING, ACCOUNTABILITY, A SENSE OF PURPOSE, AND FOR MANY, A CHANCE TO EXPERIENCE UNCONDITIONAL LOVE AND EMPATHY FOR THE FIRST TIME. PARTICIPANTS ALSO BUILD JOB SKILLS THAT CAN LEAD TO SECURE EMPLOYMENT UPON RELEASE, LOWERING REENTRY RISK SIGNIFICANTLY. THIS PROGRAM IS A 40-WEEK TRAINING PROCESS THAT PREPARES THE DOG TO HANDLE THE RIGORS OF PERFORMING IN VARIOUS ENVIRONMENTS AND PTSD DISABILITY-SPECIFIC TASKS. AT THE END OF THE CORE SIX MONTHS OF THE PROGRAM, OUR TRAINERS PLACE DOGS WITH CLIENTS (VETERANS) DURING A SEVEN-DAY EDUCATION AND TRAINING BOOT CAMP. THE BOOT CAMP TEACHES VETERANS HOW TO UTILIZE HIS/HER NEW SERVICE DOG APPROPRIATELY. THE TRAINING TAKES PLACE IN VARIOUS PUBLIC SETTINGS/SITUATIONS, AS WELL AS, WITHIN THE CORRECTIONAL FACILITY WITH THE PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS WHO TRAINED THE SERVICE DOGS. PFL'S STAFF AND TRAINERS SUPPORT THE VETERAN ADOPTERS AT EVERY STEP OF THE PROGRAM, AND BEYOND. THE PLF PTSD SERVICE DOG PROGRAM RUNS TWO 52-WEEK CYCLES ANNUALLY, SERVING 25 INCARCERATED PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS, 7 DOGS, AND 7 MILITARY VETERANS EACH CYCLE. VETERANS AND THEIR DOGS CONTINUE TO WORK TOGETHER, AND ADDITIONAL TRAINING IS OFFERED TO ENSURE THE BEST POSSIBLE FIT FOR HUMANS AND CANINES.

  Expenses $135,853

• Withheld by Nonprofiteer: this text may name a private individual.

  Expenses $1,867,974

• THE PAWS FOR LIFE FIRST RESPONDER - FIREHOUSE PROGRAM WAS LAUNCHED IN 2021 IN RESPONSE TO THE EMOTIONAL, MENTAL (AND PHYSICAL) TOLL THAT THE UNPRECEDENTED CATASTROPHIC WILDFIRES THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA HAD ON THE PEOPLE ON THE FRONTLINES. MUCH OF THE PROGRAM TAKES PLACE WITHIN THE CORRECTIONAL SETTING, OVERSEEN BY PFL'S PROGRAM LEADERSHIP AND FACILITATED BY INCARCERATED DOG TRAINERS WHO WORK CLOSELY WITH FORMERLY HOMELESS DOGS TO LEARN THE NECESSARY SKILLS AND COMMANDS TO MEET THE CRITERIA TO SERVE AS EFFECTIVE THERAPY DOGS. AROUND 10 WEEKS INTO TRAINING, A THERAPY DOG WILL BE PAIRED WITH A FIRST RESPONDER TO BEGIN WORKING TOGETHER IN THE FIELD. OUR PROFESSIONAL DOG TRAINERS PROVIDE AROUND-THE-CLOCK TRAINING SERVICES, ADVICE, AND VIDEOS TO ENSURE THE PROCESS IS SUCCESSFUL AND THE FIRST RESPONDERS FEEL ADEQUATELY SUPPORTED. THE FIRST RESPONDER PROGRAM RUNS 3 CYCLES ANNUALLY, SERVING 25 INCARCERATED PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS, 2-3 DOGS, AND AS MANY AS 100 FIRST RESPONDERS PER CYCLE (DEPENDING ON THE SIZE AND LOCATION OF A FIRE STATION OR PLACEMENT OF A DOG WITH A FIRE CAMP). TO DATE, WE HAVE PLACED OUR SPECIALLY TRAINED THERAPY DOGS AT FIRE STATIONS THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA: SACRAMENTO COUNTY, SONOMA VALLEY FIRE, SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, AND LOS ANGELES COUNTY. IT IS GENUINELY REWARDING TO WITNESS THE DOGS AND FIRST RESPONDERS SUPPORTING EACH OTHER.

  Expenses $849,079

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here. A text marked withheld matched a screen for wording that may name a private individual, such as an honorific or "in memory of". Most of what it withholds names no one; it is withheld so that what does is never shown.

Listed in Part VII

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2024

Filed

17 November 2025

IRS schema version

2024v5.2

Source object

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