Power Paws Assistance Dogs INC

Tax-deductible

Phoenix, AZ501(c)(3)Human ServicesEIN 86-1035607

Provide highly skilled assistance dogs to children & adults with disabilities, to provide education and continuing support for working assistance dog teams, and to be a resource in the community. Annually we support 1,000+ families.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
69¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 30 volunteers and 6 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2025 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
Download 990
IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
2 of 7
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $11K a year · 5% of revenue · last 7 filings
Concern: a surplus in 2 of the last 7 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 7 filings
Spent on programs
69%
of spending
Fine: 69% of spending went to programs; 65% to 75%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$69K
to officers and key staff · 34% of spending
Top officer’s pay higher than 60% of similar orgs
Concern: pay to officers and key staff is 34% of spending; over 30%.
Pt VII · Sec A
Named funders
1
named funder · $5K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$170K
163% of total assets
Concern: liabilities are 163% of assets; over 80%.
Pt X · Ln 26
Looks goodFineWorth a lookConcernNo data yetTap a box for the reason.
Revenue
$192K
-8% vs prior year
Spent
$204K
To programs
69%
Net assets
−$66K
By yearFY2019–FY2025
Revenue
$192K
FY2025▼ -8%
Revenue by fiscal year
FY2019$274K
FY2020$172K
FY2021$208K
FY2022$265K
FY2023$184K
FY2024$209K
FY2025$192K
Expenses
$204K
FY2025▲ +12%
Expenses by fiscal year
FY2019$311K
FY2020$207K
FY2021$217K
FY2022$227K
FY2023$236K
FY2024$182K
FY2025$204K
Net assets
−$66K
FY2025▼ -24%
Net assets by fiscal year
FY2019−$23K
FY2020−$57K
FY2021−$65K
FY2022−$28K
FY2023−$80K
FY2024−$53K
FY2025−$66K

From the FY2025 Form 990 · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Dec 2001.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

69 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 69% · $142K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25. Every line is in By the numbers.

Who runs it and what they're paid

5 people listed on the 990; $69K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Director
$69,231Pt VII · Sec A
President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Elaine Starks’s $69K as Executive Director is at the 60th percentile of top reported officer pay among 2168 $100K–1M human services nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 2 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Elaine Starks—$68,267$71,654$63,000$63,000$63,000
Elaine Starks$69,231—————

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Programs and updates

Trains and supports assistance dogs for people with disabilities, helping over 1,000 families annually.

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1 program service account for $96K of program spending, described in the organization's own filed words · FY2024.
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Released dogs

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Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$5K

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$192K
Ln 12
Other incomeLn 4–11$192K
Money outPt IX
$204K
Ln 25
Programscol B$142K
Owns and owesPt X
−$66K
net assets · Ln 32
Total assetsLn 16$104K
LiabilitiesLn 26$170K
PeoplePt VI, VII
5
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Other incomeLn 4–11$192K
Total revenueLn 12$192K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
Total assetsLn 16$104K
LiabilitiesLn 26$170K
Net assetsLn 32−$66K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 56
VolunteersI 630
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $192K$204K−$13K−$66K 990 PDF
FY2024 $209K$182K$26K−$53K 990 PDF
FY2023 $184K$236K−$51K−$80K 990 PDF
FY2022 $265K$227K$37K−$28K 990 PDF
FY2021 $208K$217K−$8K−$65K 990 PDF
FY2020 $172K$207K−$34K−$57K 990 PDF
FY2019 $274K$311K−$37K−$23K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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