Nonprofit · EIN 23-7423028
P A W S ANIMAL ADOPTION CENTER
Tax-exempt · ROCKPORT, ME 04856
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2024 | 990 | $954,861 | $1,224,725 | -$269,864 | $2,394,198 | $195,278 | $2,198,920 |
| December 31, 2023 | 990 | $1,252,244 | $1,050,274 | $201,970 | $2,516,812 | $135,249 | $2,381,563 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $497,225
- Program service revenue
- $301,614
- Investment income
- $40,339
- Net income from fundraising events
- $107,228
- Net income from sales of inventory
- $8,455
- Other revenue
- $115,683
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $0
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $95,533
- Other salaries and wages
- $672,117
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $858,332
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Legal fees
- $9,188
- Accounting fees
- $1,810
- Occupancy
- $58,447
- Depreciation
- $48,411
- Program services (functional)
- $872,554
- Management and general (functional)
- $298,982
- Fundraising (functional)
- $53,189
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $2,516,812
- Total assets, end of year
- $2,394,198
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $195,278
- Net assets, end of year
- $2,198,920
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $1,166,694
- Publicly traded securities
- $1,086,362
- Gross receipts
- $995,600
- Employees
- 38
- Volunteers
- 65
- Year formed
- 1974
- State of legal domicile
- ME
From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.
Officers, directors and key employees
As listed on the 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shelly Butler | Previous Executive Director | 40 | $60,533 |
| Casey Baugher | Executive Director | 40 | $35,000 |
| Jill Parker | Vice President Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| Rieko McCarthy | Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| Andrew Weeks | Secretary Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| Cheryl Ayer | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Tom Griffith | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Debra Hall | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Jean White | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Valery Riemer | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Michelle Davis | President Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 11 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shelly Butler | Executive Director | 40 | $80,325 |
| Michelle Davis | President Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| Jill Parker | Vice President Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Rieko McCarthy | Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| Andrew Weeks | Secretary Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Cheryl Ayer | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Debra Hall | Director Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
| Jean White | Director Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
| Valery Riemer | Director Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
| Casey Baugher | Executive Dir. Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
| Tom Griffith | Director Officer | 40 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- PO BOX 707, ROCKPORT, ME 04856-0707
- Principal officer (990 for 2024)
- Jill Parker, PO Box 707, Rockport, ME 04856
- Signed the 990
- Jill Parker, Vice President
- Phone
- (207) 236-8702
- Website
- www.pawsadoption.org
- Return prepared by
- MTA Accounting PA
Mission
Our mission is to provide care for homeless dogs and cats until they can be placed in permanent, responsible homes while promoting humane values in our community through outreach and educational programs.
Program accomplishments
- PAWS provides services for homeless cats and dogs, those at-risk of becoming homeless, and pet owners in the twelve communities we serve and in the outlying communities. Additionally, PAWS provides outreach, education and support to pet owners, provides affordable spay/neuter, wellness clinics, and preventatives to pets of low-income residents, rescue cats and dogs from high kill shelters in Georgia and Puerto Rico and advocates both locally and at the state level for animal welfare in our community and statewide.Two of our most important programs are the care of our communities homeless, abused, and abandoned cats and dogs and our PAWS Cares community veterinary clinic for low-income pet owners, including spay and neuter, wellness exams, preventatives, and life-saving vaccines. In 2024 we placed 469 stray & unwanted cats and dogs at the shelter placed 95% of them into forever homes. Additionally, we provided 325 pet owners with free pet food and supplies through the Pet Food Pantry, and performed 914 spay/neuter surgeries for community-owned pets. Provided low-cost veterinary care for 3,690 owned pets in need. Reunited 63 lost pets with their family, saved 82 cats and dogs from being euthanized in high-kill shelters in the south, and assisted 197 pets from low-income households, pets of survivors of domestic violence, pets in need of housing while their owners battle temporary homelessness, and extended stays in the hospital. PAWS provides numerous benefits to our community. We work to humanely address the issues of animal control by partnering with our town and their animal control officers to care for the lost, abandoned, and unwanted cats and dogs.We work with the community at large to match pets with loving homesthrough adoption services and we help provide quality veterinary care to every animal who enters our facility. PAWS maintains a firm commitment to educate the local community on the matters of pet care, animal safety, and the importance of spaying and neutering, animal immunizations, and disease control. Additionally, through various programs and services we help to strengthen the human-animal bond of hundreds of pet owners each year.Today PAWS offers the following programs and services:1.Services for lost and found and stray/at-large dogs and cats2.Owner surrenders to our community members who cannot keep their pets3.Adoption. The care and placement of homeless cats and dogs. It is why we started the organization and why we continue to today. It is paramount to our mission.4.PAWS Cares Clinics AND community wellness programs - this incudes rabies vaccinations and microchipping, preventatives, veterinary exams and Spay/Neuter Program.5.Pet Safe Program - a program to help victims of domestic violence, those experiencing temporary homelessness, and/or have been admitted to the hospital, so they can safely board their pets.6.Foster Program & Fospice Program (hospice for elderly pets)7.A Home for ME - animal transport program with partner rescues in the South (Puerto Rico & GA)8.Home to Home - an alternative to surrendering your pet to the shelter9.Pet Loss Support Group - OnlineExpenses $872,554 · revenue $301,614
What it must file and when
IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in December, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | December 31, 2025 | May 15, 2026 | Not on file |
| 2024 | December 31, 2024 | May 15, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | December 31, 2023 | May 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 23-7423028
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 1975
- Accounting year ends
- December
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Animal-related (D200)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $2,394,198
- Income (IRS master file)
- $995,600
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | December 2024 | $954,861 | $1,224,725 | $2,394,198 | XML |
| 990 | December 2023 | $1,252,244 | $1,050,274 | $2,516,812 | XML |
| 990 | December 2022 | $890,035 | $913,619 | $2,552,091 | IRS |
| 990 | December 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2018 | – | – | – | IRS |
990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 23-7423028).
Questions about P A W S ANIMAL ADOPTION CENTER
- What is the EIN of P A W S ANIMAL ADOPTION CENTER?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of P A W S ANIMAL ADOPTION CENTER is 23-7423028.
- Is P A W S ANIMAL ADOPTION CENTER tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1975.
- Are donations to P A W S ANIMAL ADOPTION CENTER tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does P A W S ANIMAL ADOPTION CENTER file?
- Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
- When is the next return of P A W S ANIMAL ADOPTION CENTER due?
- The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending December 31, 2025) is due May 15, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did P A W S ANIMAL ADOPTION CENTER last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2024.
- Who is the principal officer of P A W S ANIMAL ADOPTION CENTER?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 names Jill Parker.
- Who are the officers and directors of P A W S ANIMAL ADOPTION CENTER?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 lists 11 people; 2 received compensation from the organization, the highest $60,533 (Shelly Butler, Previous Executive Director).
- How much revenue does P A W S ANIMAL ADOPTION CENTER have?
- On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 it reported revenue of $954,861, expenses of $1,224,725 and total assets of $2,394,198 at year end.
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