Project Pooch FY2024 filing

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Lake Oswego, OR501(c)(3)Since 1999Crime & LegalEIN 93-1252054Revenue $295K in FY2024

On file with the IRSPo Box 305, 97034-0035 · Lake Oswego, ORTax-exempt since Apr 1999Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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Project Pooch operates a dog shelter kennel at maclaren youth correctional facility to teach vocational and life skills to youth as they prepare the dogs to be adopted.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
77¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$89K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2024 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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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
3 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $10K a year · 3% of revenue · last 6 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 3 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
77%
of spending
Looks good: 77% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$89K
to officers and key staff · 23% of spending
Worth a look: pay to officers and key staff is 23% of spending; over 20%.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
16 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 15.9 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
13
named funders · $122K
Looks good: 13 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$11K
2% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 2% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
6
of 6 voting members
Looks good: 6 of 6 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$295K
-4% vs prior year
Spent
$391K
To programs
77%
Net assets
$549K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$295K
FY2024▼ -4%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$286K
FY2021$285K
FY2022$443K
FY2023$309K
FY2024$295K
FY2025$319K
Expenses
$391K
FY2024▲ +20%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$237K
FY2021$280K
FY2022$265K
FY2023$326K
FY2024$391K
FY2025$380K
Net assets
$549K
FY2024▼ -15%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$462K
FY2021$467K
FY2022$662K
FY2023$645K
FY2024$549K
FY2025$488K

From the FY2024 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 Apr 1999.

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

Where the money goes

77 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 77% · $302K Management & general 13% · $51K Fundraising 10% · $39K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

7 people listed on the 990; $89K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Director
$88,693Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Chairperson
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Sarah Bradham’s $96K as Executive Director is at the 75th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1404 $100K–1M crime & legal 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 · 3 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Sarah Bradham$96,000$88,693$81,120$74,808$4,410—
Kaleen Deatherage————$59,000$9,560
Rena Mahajan—————$47,450

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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Questions the 990 asks

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  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2Yes
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aNo

Programs and updates

Trains incarcerated youth in job skills by having them work with shelter dogs.

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1 program · $302K · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Youth Program

Within this program Project POOCH has youth working with shelter dogs within a youth correctional facility. The youth work directly with the dogs to learn responsibility patience and compassion for all life. The youth are guided by staff who teach them dog health and positive reinforcement training methods.

$302Kprogram expense

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 · FY2024
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By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$295K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$274K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$19K
Other incomeLn 4–11$2K
Money outPt IX
$391K
Ln 25
Programscol B$302K
Managementcol C$51K
Fundraisingcol D$39K
Owns and owesPt X
$549K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$517K
Total assetsLn 16$559K
LiabilitiesLn 26$11K
PeoplePt VI, VII
7
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a6
IndependentVI 1b6
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$274K
Government grantsLn 1e$0
Noncash giftsLn 1g$40K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$0
Fees for servicesLn 2g$19K
Investment incomeLn 3$502
Other incomeLn 4–11$2K
Gains on assetsLn 7$0
Total revenueLn 12$295K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$500K
SavingsLn 2$17K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$517K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$4K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$37K
Other assetsLn 15$1K
Total assetsLn 16$559K
LiabilitiesLn 26$11K
Net assetsLn 32$549K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 55
VolunteersI 625
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY24End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$598K$517K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$4K$4K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$49K$37K
Total assetsLn 16$652K$559K
LiabilitiesLn 26$7K$11K
Net assetsLn 32$645K$549K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0$0
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$89K$40K$31K$18K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0$0$0$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$86K$86K$0$0
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0$0$0$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$8K$4K$3K$1K
Payroll taxesLn 10$18K$12K$3K$2K
Management feesLn 11a$201$0$201$0
Legal feesLn 11b$260$0$260$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$3K$0$3K$0
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0$0$0$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0$0$0$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$0$0$0$0
Advertising and promotionLn 12$3K−$229$184$3K
Office expensesLn 13$15K$7K$2K$6K
Information technologyLn 14$1K$384$387$300
RoyaltiesLn 15$0$0$0$0
OccupancyLn 16$55K$47K$5K$3K
TravelLn 17$1K$1K$0$321
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0$0$0$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$500$0$50$450
InterestLn 20$0$0$0$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0$0$0$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$12K$12K$0$0
InsuranceLn 23$9K$6K$2K$284
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$91K$86K$864$4K
All other expensesLn 24e$0$0$0$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$391K$302K$51K$39K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $319K$380K−$61K$488K 990 PDF
FY2024 Viewing $295K$391K−$96K$549K 990 PDF
FY2023 $309K$326K−$17K$645K 990 PDF
FY2022 $443K$265K$178K$662K 990 PDF
FY2021 $285K$280K$5K$467K 990 PDF
FY2020 $286K$237K$49K$462K 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
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Part I · Summary $295,316 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $290,719$273,858
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $10,690$19,145
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $499$502
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $6,854$1,811
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $308,762$295,316
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$0
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $144,883$200,736
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $180,777$190,512
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $325,660$391,248
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$16,898−$95,932
Part VI · Governance 6 of 6 board members independent, 3 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body6
VI-1b Independent voting members6
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $295,316 across 16 lines filed
VIII-1a Federated campaigns$0
VIII-1b Membership dues$0
VIII-1c Fundraising events$0
VIII-1d Related organizations$0
VIII-1e Government grants$0
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$269,923
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$39,700
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$273,858
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $19,145 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$19,145
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$502
VIII-5 RoyaltiesRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsUnrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$1,811
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $19,145 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$295,316
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $391,248 across 31 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $0$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $0$0
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $0$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for membersPrograms $0$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $39,651 · Management $31,043 · Fundraising $18,000$88,694
IX-6 Pay of disqualified personsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $86,479 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$86,479
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $3,728 · Management $2,832 · Fundraising $1,043$7,604
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $12,494 · Management $3,188 · Fundraising $2,277$17,959
IX-11a Management feesPrograms $0 · Management $201 · Fundraising $0$201
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $0 · Management $260 · Fundraising $0$260
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $0 · Management $2,880 · Fundraising $0$2,880
IX-11d Lobbying feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11e Professional fundraising feesFundraising $0$0
IX-11f Investment management feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms −$229 · Management $184 · Fundraising $2,792$2,748
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $6,928 · Management $1,796 · Fundraising $6,203$14,927
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $384 · Management $387 · Fundraising $300$1,071
IX-15 RoyaltiesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $46,760 · Management $5,065 · Fundraising $3,223$55,048
IX-17 TravelPrograms $1,143 · Management $0 · Fundraising $321$1,464
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officialsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $0 · Management $50 · Fundraising $450$500
IX-20 InterestPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliatesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $11,551 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$11,551
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $6,179 · Management $2,235 · Fundraising $284$8,698
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $86,474 · Management $864 · Fundraising $3,826$91,164
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $301,542 · Management $50,985 · Fundraising $38,719$391,248
Part X · Balance sheet $559,381 assets, 24 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $581,059$500,174
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $16,737$16,918
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $0$0
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $0$0
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $0$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $220$0
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $48,708$37,157
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $4,199$3,915
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $0$0
X-13 Program-related investmentsStart of year $0$0
X-14 Intangible assetsStart of year $0$0
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $1,217$1,217
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $652,140$559,381
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $7,447$10,668
X-18 Grants payableStart of year $0$0
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $0$0
X-20 Tax-exempt bond liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $0$0
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $7,447$10,668
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $603,803$514,459
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $40,890$34,254
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $644,693$548,713
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $652,140$559,381
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $548,713 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$295,316
XI-2 Total expenses$391,248
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$95,932
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$644,693
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments−$284
XI-6 Donated services and use of facilities$0
XI-7 Investment expenses$0
XI-8 Prior period adjustments$236
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$548,713

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