Nonprofit · EIN 36-4219778
PAWS CHICAGO
Tax-exempt · CHICAGO, IL 60614
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2024 | 990 | $46,965,874 | $21,346,016 | $25,619,858 | $150,104,831 | $1,484,428 | $148,620,403 |
| December 31, 2023 | 990 | $32,377,980 | $19,765,186 | $12,612,794 | $124,506,436 | $1,407,347 | $123,099,089 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $30,523,028
- Program service revenue
- $2,846,775
- Investment income
- $13,834,186
- Net gain from sales of assets
- $10,442,585
- Net income from fundraising events
- -$290,211
- Net income from gaming
- $23,675
- Net income from sales of inventory
- $1,421
- Other revenue
- -$238,115
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $0
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $658,484
- Other salaries and wages
- $10,116,328
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $12,398,456
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Legal fees
- $153,944
- Accounting fees
- $181,628
- Occupancy
- $413,452
- Travel
- $121,083
- Depreciation
- $943,044
- Program services (functional)
- $18,825,595
- Management and general (functional)
- $1,089,409
- Fundraising (functional)
- $1,431,012
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $124,506,436
- Total assets, end of year
- $150,104,831
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $1,484,428
- Net assets, end of year
- $148,620,403
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $17,921,207
- Publicly traded securities
- $117,080,949
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $96,373,309
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $52,247,094
- Gross unrelated business income
- $27,000
- Gross receipts
- $96,074,846
- Employees
- 254
- Volunteers
- 3,283
- Year formed
- 1998
- State of legal domicile
- IL
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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 | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DR ALYCIA EISENSTEIN DVM | CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER Highest-paid employee | 40 | $284,534 | $8,033 |
| SUSANNA WICKHAM | CEO, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT Key employee | 40 | $260,600 | $7,986 |
| ALEXIS FASSEAS | TREASURER/EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR/CO-FOUNDER Trustee or director, Officer | 30 | $196,960 | $11,206 |
| APARNA GOPALAN BRUSH | HEAD OF PROGRAM MANAGEMENT Highest-paid employee | 40 | $174,781 | $11,892 |
| GABRIEL ENRIQUE NIEVES | HEAD OF PEOPLE & CULTURE Highest-paid employee | 40 | $180,675 | $5,546 |
| KRISTINA MARIA ROSINIA | CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER Key employee | 40 | $176,317 | $5,416 |
| DR ANAIS ALAMO-ABRAHAM DVM | VETERINARY SURGEON Highest-paid employee | 40 | $170,201 | $18 |
| DR EMILY ANDERSON YACKER DVM | MEDICAL DIRECTOR Highest-paid employee | 40 | $167,010 | $113 |
| PAULA FASSEAS | EXECUTIVE CHAIR/FOUNDER Trustee or director, Officer | 30 | $0 | $0 |
| PAM CAREY | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| GEORGE KARCAZES | SECRETARY - PAST Trustee or director | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| JANICE BECK | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| BARBARA BRADFORD | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| MELISSA CANNING | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| MICHAEL CANNING | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
22 more people on this return
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| ED CAREY | SECRETARY AND FINANCE CHAIR - NEW / BOARD MEMBER - Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 |
| WILLIAM CORGAN | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| BRUCE CROWN | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| LISA DENT | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| RAJ FERNANDO | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JEFF HALL | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| STEPHANIE FIELD HARRIS | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| DIMITRI KARCAZES | BOARD MEMBER - NEW Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JONATHAN HARRIS | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ANTHONY KREMER | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| SUZANNE LE MIGNOT | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| CHLOE MENDEL CORGAN | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MURRAY PERETZ | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MAYARI PRITZKER | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| PHIL RASKIN | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| LAURA SACHS | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| NANCY SANTI | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| KURT SEIDENSTICKER | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| CHARLES DAY | ADVISORY BOARD Trustee or director | 0.3 | $0 |
| MARK DUGGAN | ADVISORY BOARD Trustee or director | 0.3 | $0 |
| DR BARBARA ROYAL | ADVISORY BOARD - PAST Trustee or director | 0.3 | $0 |
| MARIA SMITHBURG | ADVISORY BOARD Trustee or director | 0.3 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 40 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SUSANNA HOMAN | CEO/CHIEF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT Key employee | 40 | $268,067 | $8,109 |
| MARLOW A BERNARD | CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER Highest-paid employee | 40 | $204,000 | $0 |
| KRISTINA ROSINIA | CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER Key employee | 40 | $189,150 | $5,252 |
| JENNIFER NEVIS | VETERINARY SURGEON Highest-paid employee | 40 | $170,625 | $0 |
| GABRIEL NIEVES | HEAD OF PEOPLE & CULTURE Highest-paid employee | 40 | $152,398 | $4,242 |
| EMILY YACKER | MEDICAL DIRECTOR Highest-paid employee | 40 | $153,577 | $0 |
| JAMES ENGEL | VICE PRESIDENT, COMMUNICATION Highest-paid employee | 40 | $145,881 | $5,084 |
| ALEXIS FASSEAS | TREASURER/EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Trustee or director, Officer | 30 | $73,263 | $308 |
| PAULA FASSEAS | CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 30 | $0 | $0 |
| PAM CAREY | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 10 | $0 | $0 |
| GEORGE KARCAZES | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| JANICE BECK | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| BARBARA BRADFORD | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| MELISSA CANNING | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| MICHAEL CANNING | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| ED CAREY | BOARD MEMBER - NEW Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| BILLY CORGAN | BOARD MEMBER - NEW Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| BRUCE CROWN | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| LISA DENT | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| GLENN FELNER | BOARD MEMBER - PAST Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| RAJ FERNANDO | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| JEFF HALL | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| STEPHANIE FIELD HARRIS | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| JONATHAN HARRIS | BOARD MEMBER - NEW Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| ANTHONY KREMER | BOARD MEMBER - NEW Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| SUZANNE LE MIGNOT | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| TINSLEY MORTIMER | BOARD MEMBER - PAST Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| CHLOE MENDEL CORGAN | BOARD MEMBER - NEW Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| MURRAY PERETZ | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| MAYARI PRITZKER | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| PHIL RASKIN | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| LAURA SACHS | BOARD MEMBER - NEW Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| NANCY SANTI | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| KURT SEIDENSTICKER | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| ROBERT SHERMAN | BOARD MEMBER - PAST Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| KRISTINE WEXLER | BOARD MEMBER - PAST Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| CHARLES DAY | ADVISORY BOARD Trustee or director | 0.3 | $0 | $0 |
| MARK DUGGAN | ADVISORY BOARD Trustee or director | 0.3 | $0 | $0 |
| DR BARBARA ROYAL | ADVISORY BOARD Trustee or director | 0.3 | $0 | $0 |
| MARIA SMITHBURG | ADVISORY BOARD Trustee or director | 0.3 | $0 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 1997 N CLYBOURN AVE, CHICAGO, IL 60614-4922
- In care of
- % PAULA FASSEAS
- Principal officer (990 for 2024)
- PAULA FASSEAS, 1997 N CLYBOURN AVENUE, CHICAGO, IL 60614
- Signed the 990
- PAULA FASSEAS, EXECUTIVE CHAIR
- Phone
- (773) 475-3302
- Website
- WWW.PAWSCHICAGO.ORG
- Return prepared by
- LEGACY PROFESSIONAL LLP
Mission
PAWS CHICAGO IS A NATIONAL LEADER IN THE NO KILL ANIMAL WELFARE MOVEMENT, HELPING MORE THAN 23,842 HOMELESS AND AT-RISK PETS EACH YEAR THROUGH COMPREHENSIVE SPAY/NEUTER, MEDICAL, AND ADOPTION PROGRAMS.
Program accomplishments
- ANIMAL HEALTH & BEHAVIOR:ENSURING THAT EVERY SINGLE RESCUED PET RECEIVES THE MEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESOURCES NEEDED TO NOT JUST SURVIVE BUT THRIVE IS THE CORE PURPOSE OF THE ANIMAL HEALTH & BEHAVIOR PILLAR OF PAWS CHICAGO'S NO KILL MODEL. THE EXPANDED AND RECENTLY RENOVATED 30,000 SQUARE FOOT PAWS CHICAGO NAN & WAYNE KOCOUREK MEDICAL CENTER IS THE MOST STATE-OF-THE-ART HOSPITAL FOR HOMELESS ANIMALS IN THE NATION, AND IT'S THE FIRST STOP FOR EVERY ONE OF PAWS CHICAGO'S 4,382 ADOPTED PETS. WITH SPECIAL QUARANTINE AND ISOLATION WARDS TO PREVENT DISEASE TRANSMISSION, A TEAM OF EXPERT MEDICAL AND BEHAVIOR PROFESSIONALS ENSURES EVERY PET RECEIVES THE INDIVIDUAL CARE THEY NEED, RESULTING IN AN INDUSTRY-LEADING 97.93% SAVE RATE. FROM UPPER RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS TO DEADLY DISEASES LIKE CANINE PARVOVIRUS AND FELINE PANLEUKOPENIA, FROM INJURIES TO SKIN INFECTIONS, THE PAWS CHICAGO MEDICAL TEAM SEES AND HEALS IT ALL. VETERINARY SURGEONS NOT ONLY SPAY AND NEUTER EVERY PET BUT ALSO PERFORMED 609 ADVANCED SURGERIES ADDRESSING ORTHOPEDIC CONDITIONS SUCH AS TORN LIGAMENTS, EYE INJURIES, HERNIA REPAIRS, MASS REMOVALS, EXTENSIVE DENTAL DISEASE REQUIRING EXTRACTIONS, AND MANY OTHER MEDICAL NEEDS. THE MEDICAL CENTER AND ITS WORLD-CLASS VETERINARY TEAM TREAT THE MOST SERIOUS CASES ON SITE. A ROBUST FOSTER NETWORK CARES FOR PETS WHEN THEY ARE STABLE AND READY TO RECOVER IN A HOME ENVIRONMENT, WITH 2,254 CATS AND DOGS SPENDING TIME IN FOSTER CARE IN 2024.AS PART OF THE FOSTER PROGRAM, HELP ME HEAL (HMH) IS A FOSTER-TO-ADOPT PROGRAM THAT ENABLES ANIMALS WITH LONG-TERM MEDICAL RECOVERIES TO GO INTO FOSTER CARE WITH THEIR ADOPTIVE FAMILIES INSTEAD OF STAYING IN THE SHELTER FOR MONTHS. FOR EXAMPLE, A DOG UNDERGOING THREE MONTHS OF TREATMENT FOR HEARTWORM WILL BE CARED FOR IN ITS FUTURE ADOPTIVE HOME WHILE RECEIVING MEDICAL TREATMENT ADMINISTERED BY PAWS IN AN OUTPATIENT CAPACITY; ONCE THAT PET IS SUCCESSFULLY TREATED, THE ADOPTION WILL BE FINALIZED. IN 2024, THERE WERE 165 PETS CARED FOR IN HMH HOMES BEFORE ADOPTION.RECOGNIZING THAT BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, SOCIALIZATION AND ENRICHMENT ARE JUST AS IMPORTANT TO A QUALITY LIFE AS PHYSICAL HEALTH, PAWS CHICAGO ALSO HAS THREE FULL-TIME AND THREE PART-TIME TRAINERS WHO LEAD AN INNOVATIVE DOG AND CAT TRAINING AND ENRICHMENT PROGRAM FOR PAWS CHICAGO'S HOMELESS ANIMALS. THIS TEAM OF BEHAVIOR PROFESSIONALS AND TRAINED VOLUNTEERS PROVIDE NEGLECTED, UNDER-SOCIALIZED, AND PREVIOUSLY ABUSED HOMELESS DOGS AND CATS WITH ONE-ON-ONE AND GROUP TRAINING AS WELL AS BEHAVIOR ENRICHMENT AND BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION TO HELP THEM BUILD CONFIDENCE AND COMMUNICATION, WHICH LEADS TO SUCCESSFUL LONG-TERM ADOPTIONS. ADDITIONALLY, THE TRAINING AND ENRICHMENT PROGRAM PROVIDES CRITICAL PLAY GROUPS AND FIELD TRIPS FOR DOGS. THIS TEAM ALSO PROVIDES ADOPTERS WITH SUPPORT IN TRANSITIONING ANIMALS INTO A PERMANENT HOME ENVIRONMENT WITH COUNSELING AND POST-ADOPTION CONSULTATION.PAWS CHICAGO'S TRAINING CENTER ALSO HAS A TEAM THAT PROVIDES VIRTUAL AND IN-PERSON COURSES TO PAWS ADOPTERS AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. FOR THE PUBLIC, PAWS TRAINERS ALSO LED 150 IN-PERSON CLASSES WITH 1,069 DOGS IN 2024. THEY ALSO CONDUCTED 22 GROUP ZOOM TRAINING CLASSES WITH 113 DOGS.Expenses $8,177,739 · revenue $169,661
- PREVENTION & SPAY/NEUTER: PAWS CHICAGO PERFORMED 17,168 SPAY/NEUTER SURGERIES IN 2024, MAKING IT THE LARGEST LOCAL PROVIDER OF FREE AND LOW-COST, HIGH-VOLUME SPAY/NEUTER SURGERIES, AND THE ONLY CLINIC LOCATED IN AND SERVING UNDER-RESOURCED COMMUNITIES WHERE THE MAJORITY OF STRAY, FERAL AND UNWANTED PETS ORIGINATE. THROUGH THE PAWS CHICAGO LURIE CLINIC IN LITTLE VILLAGE, LOCATED LESS THAN TWO MILES FROM CHICAGO'S ANIMAL CARE & CONTROL, THE CITY IMPOUNDMENT FACILITY, PAWS OFFERS SPAY/NEUTER SERVICES WHERE THEY ARE NEEDED MOST AND WHERE THEY HAVE THE GREATEST IMPACT.PREVENTING UNWANTED PETS FROM BEING BORN IS KEY TO BUILDING A NO KILL CHICAGO BECAUSE PETS BREED EXPONENTIALLY. A SINGLE FEMALE CAT AND HER OFFSPRING CAN THEORETICALLY PRODUCE 420,000 KITTENS IN SEVEN YEARS. FOR DOGS, THE NUMBER IS 96,000. SPAY/NEUTER SURGERIES ARE THE SOLUTION TO PET OVERPOPULATION, AND AS SUCH, ARE AT THE CORE OF PAWS'S PREVENTION INITIATIVES.PAWS CHICAGO'S FERAL CAT TRAP-NEUTER-RETURN (TNR) PROGRAM IS ANOTHER CRITICAL ASPECT OF THE PREVENTION PILLAR. BY PROACTIVELY STERILIZING AND MANAGING THE FREE-ROAMING CAT POPULATION, THE SOURCE OF THOUSANDS OF UNWANTED KITTENS BORN EACH YEAR, TNR REDUCES THE NUMBER OF ANIMALS ENTERING THE SHELTER SYSTEM WHILE ALSO SAVING KITTENS AND FINDING THEM ADOPTIVE HOMES. IN 2024, PAWS PERFORMED 3,672 SPAY/NEUTER SURGERIES ON FERAL CATS. PAWS ALSO HOSTS AN ANNUAL WORKSHOP TO BUILD OUTDOOR CAT WINTER SHELTERS, WHICH ARE DISTRIBUTED IN THE COMMUNITY.BY THE END OF 2024, PAWS CHICAGO HAD PERFORMED 332,515 FREE AND LOW-COST SPAY/NEUTER SURGERIES SINCE THE LURIE CLINIC'S OPENING IN 2000, WHICH HAS BEEN A DRIVING FORCE IN CHICAGO'S REDUCTION IN EUTHANASIA DURING THAT TIME.Expenses $4,174,987 · revenue $1,667,014
- ADOPTION: RESCUING HOMELESS PETS AND UNITING THEM WITH THEIR NEW FAMILIES DIRECTLY CONNECTS THE PUBLIC WITH HOMELESS PETS ON THE DEEPEST LEVEL AND PROVIDES A TANGIBLE WAY FOR PEOPLE TO MAKE AN IMPACT FOR ANIMALS. THROUGH PAWS CHICAGO'S ADOPTION CENTER AND INNOVATIVE ADOPTION EVENTS, PAWS UNITED 4,382 ANIMALS WITH LOVING HOMES IN 2024. BY THE END OF 2024, PAWS CHICAGO HAD PERFORMED 86,616 ADOPTIONS SINCE THE ORGANIZATION'S FOUNDING IN 1997. USING A PROPRIETARY COMPETIBILITY QUIZ, PAWS USES TECHNOLOGY TO MATCH PETS WITH PROSPECTIVE ADOPTERS BASED ON THEIR LIFESTYLE NEEDS, HELPING TO ENSURE A LONG-TERM FIT AND MATCH EXPECTATIONS.PAWS TRAINERS AND VOLUNTEERS OFFER ON-SITE SUPPORT AND ADVICE, PROVIDE DETAILED PET BACKGROUND AND ASSESSMENT INFORMATION, CONDUCTING RESIDENT PET INTRODUCTIONS AND ENSURING A SMOOTH TRANSITION INTO THE HOME. VOLUNTEERS OFFER DETAILED ADOPTION COUNSELING AND FOLLOW-UP TO ENSURE POST-ADOPTION SUCCESS. SHOWCASING ADOPTABLE PETS IN HIGHLY TRAFFICKED PLACES OUTSIDE OF THE PAWS ADOPTION CENTER EXPANDS THE REACH OF THE MISSION AND INSPIRES ACTION FOR ANIMALS. IN 2024, PAWS HOSTED 29 OFF-SITE ADOPTION EVENTS, INCLUDING HIGH-PROFILE ANGELS WITH TAILS ADOPTION EVENTS AROUND THE CHICAGOLAND AREA WHERE LOCAL RETAILERS, PROFESSIONAL SPORTS TEAMS AND GROCERS WELCOMED HOMELESS PETS TO THEIR LOCATIONS FOR ONSITE ADOPTIONS.Expenses $3,021,732 · revenue $1,010,100
- COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IS THE FOUNDATION FOR CREATING LASTING CHANGE FOR ANIMALS AND IS THE BASIS UPON WHICH ALL OF PAWS CHICAGO'S PROGRAMS ARE BUILT. PEOPLE CAUSE THE PET OVERPOPULATION PROBLEM AND PEOPLE HAVE THE POWER TO SOLVE IT; ANIMALS ARE THE VOICELESS VICTIMS. THE WAY TO INSPIRE AND CREATE REAL CHANGE FOR ANIMALS IS TO MOBILIZE PEOPLE TO BE THEIR CARETAKERS AND ADVOCATES AND PROVIDE NEEDED SUPPORT IN UNDER-RESOURCED COMMUNITIES.WHEN PAWS CHICAGO WAS FOUNDED IN 1997, THE MASS KILLING OF HOMELESS PETS WAS A HIDDEN CRISIS. THE PUBLIC HAD NO IDEA THAT MORE THAN 42,000 HOMELESS CATS AND DOGS WOULD BE EUTHANIZED IN THE CITY OF CHICAGO THAT YEAR. PAWS CHICAGO WAS FOUNDED TO BRING ATTENTION TO THE PLIGHT OF THESE VULNERABLE ANIMALS AND TO MOBILIZE PUBLIC SUPPORT TO DEVELOP HUMANE SOLUTIONS AND BUILD NO KILL COMMUNITIES. SHINING A LIGHT ON PET OVERPOPULATION AND HOMELESSNESS- AND THE RESULTANT KILLING- HAS MOBILIZED TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE TO GET INVOLVED IN THE CAUSE BY ADOPTING, FOSTERING, VOLUNTEERING, ADVOCATING FOR AND DONATING TO HOMELESS PETS.WITH ITS NO KILL MODEL IN ACTION, PAWS CHICAGO IS LEADING A MOVEMENT THAT RIPPLES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. EVERY YEAR, PAWS CHICAGO WELCOMES SHELTERS, RESCUE GROUPS AND INDIVIDUALS NATIONWIDE TO SHADOW ITS OPERATIONS. PAWS CHICAGO ALSO HELPS START-UP ADOPTION/RESCUE GROUPS AND SPAY/NEUTER CLINICS AROUND THE WORLD. IN CHICAGO, PAWS HELPS CHICAGO-AREA RESCUE GROUPS AND SHELTERS BY PROVIDING LOW-COST MEDICAL SERVICES AT THE LURIE SPAY/NEUTER CLINIC AND BY INCREASING EXPOSURE OF THEIR HOMELESS ANIMALS THROUGH ANGELS WITH TAILS ADOPTION EVENTS.BY RAISING AWARENESS ABOUT PET HOMELESSNESS AND ENGAGING PEOPLE IN LIFESAVING EFFORTS, PAWS CHICAGO MAKES LASTING CHANGE FOR ANIMALS. THIS INCLUDES PAWS CHICAGO MAGAZINE, WITH A DISTRIBUTION OF 115,000; THE PAWS CHICAGO WEBSITE, WITH MORE THAN 1.5 MILLION UNIQUE USERS AND 20 MILLION PAGEVIEWS IN 2024; AND THE PAWS CHICAGO E-NEWSLETTER, WITH A MONTHLY DISTRIBUTION AVERAGING 179,000 AND AN OPEN-RATE OF MORE THAN 50%. THESE VEHICLES INSPIRE PEOPLE TO TAKE ACTION FOR ANIMALS AND BECOME ADVOCATES FOR HOMELESS PETS.360@CACC AND OUTREACH2024 WAS THE FIRST YEAR OF PAWS CHICAGO'S 360@CACC PROGRAM, A ROBUST 360-DEGREE PARTNERSHIP WITH CHICAGO ANIMAL CARE & CONTROL (CACC), THE CITY'S IMPOUNDMENT FACILITY. OF THE 18% INCREASE IN INTAKE OR 2,295 ADDITIONAL CATS AND DOGS COMING INTO CACC IN 2024 - 1,875 ADDITIONAL ANIMALS HAD A POSITIVE "LIVE" OUTCOME (ADOPTIONS, TRANSFERS AND RETURNED TO OWNER) OVER 2023. WITHOUT THIS INCREASED LIFESAVING, EUTHANASIA WOULD HAVE INCREASED BY 82%. INSTEAD, EUTHANASIA WAS UP 14%. 360@CACC IS ORIENTED AT INCREASING THESE LIVE OUTCOMES AND HELPING KEEP PETS OUT OF THE CITY SHELTER THROUGH:1) PAWS CHICAGO MEDICAL PROGRAMS THAT PROVIDE SPAY/NEUTER SURGERIES AND OTHER MEDICAL CARE TO ENSURE CACC PETS ARE VETTED AND READY FOR ADOPTION. THE RESCUE READY PROGRAM HELPS INCREASE TRANSFERS OF CACC PETS TO RESCUE GROUPS BY OFFERING HIGHLY SUBSIDIZED MEDICAL CARE AND SPAY/NEUTER SURGERIES FOR PETS THAT CAME FROM CACC. THE BIG FIX PROGRAM TRANSPORTS CACC PETS TO THE PAWS CHICAGO LURIE SPAY/NEUTER CLINIC EACH WEEK TO BE SPAYED/NEUTERED AND VETTED. TOGETHER, THESE PROGRAMS SPAYED OR NEUTERED 1,336 CACC PETS. 39 DIFFERENT RESCUE GROUPS TRANSFERRED IN ANIMALS WHO WERE SPAYED OR NEUTERED THROUGH THESE PROGRAMS AND, OVERALL, CACC TRANSFERS INCREASED BY 19%.2) THE ADOPTION EXPANSION PROGRAM STAFFS A FULL-TIME PAWS CHICAGO EMPLOYEE AT CACC TO SUPPORT PROSPECTIVE ADOPTERS IN FINDING AND ADOPTING A PET. THE CACC BUDGET HAS NEVER HAD A STAFFED RESOURCE DEDICATED TO ADOPTIONS, WHICH MEANS PEOPLE WOULD OFTEN LEAVE WITHOUT A PET. WITH THIS ADDITIONAL SUPPORT, CACC FACILITATED 3,019 ADOPTIONS IN 2024, A 28.6% INCREASE OVER 2023.3) PET OWNER SUPPORT, WHERE PAWS CHICAGO TEAM MEMBERS MEET FAMILIES AT THE DOOR AND HELP KEEP PETS IN THEIR HOMES WITH THE FAMILIES WHO LOVE THEM OR OTHERWISE PREVENT MORE PETS FROM ENTERING THE CROWDED CITY SHELTER. IN 2024, PET OWNER SUPPORT KEPT 123 PETS IN THEIR HOMES AND 135 CAME DIRECTLY TO PAWS, PREVENTING FURTHER OVERCROWDING.BEYOND 360@CACC, PAWS CHICAGO HAS OPERATED AN EXTENSIVE COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROGRAM SINCE 2014 TO EXPAND ACCESS TO SPAY/NEUTER AND PET RESOURCES IN CHICAGO'S MOST UNDER-RESOURCED COMMUNITIES. OF THE OWNED PETS COMMUNITY OUTREACH MEETS, 95% ARE NOT YET SPAYED OR NEUTERED, BUT ONCE OUR OUTREACH TEAM WORKS WITH FAMILIES, 83% END UP STERILIZING THEIR PET AT PAWS.SINCE LAUNCHING IN 2014, THE PRIMARY NEIGHBORHOOD OF FOCUS HAS BEEN ENGLEWOOD, WHERE MORE THAN 49% OF THE POPULATION LIVES BELOW THE POVERTY LINE, BUT SERVICES HAVE IN RECENT YEARS EXPANDED TO NEARBY WEST ENGLEWOOD, BACK OF THE YARDS, AND WEST WOODLAWN AS WELL. PAWS PERFORMED 1,377 FREE SPAY/NEUTER SURGERIES THROUGH THIS COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROGRAM IN 2024.THIS OUTREACH PROGRAM ALSO OPERATES A COMMUNITY MEDICINE PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES 610 APPOINTMENTS FOR WELLNESS, PREVENTATIVE AND ACUTE VETERINARY CARE TO PETS WHO WOULD OTHERWISE NEVER SEE A VETERINARIAN.ADDITIONALLY, 84,430 POUNDS OF FOOD WERE DISTRIBUTED THROUGH THE PAWS CHICAGO PET FOOD PANTRY PROGRAM, WHICH OFFERS FREE PET FOOD AND SUPPLIES TO COMMUNITIES IN NEED.VOLUNTEERSVOLUNTEERS ARE THE LIFE FORCE BEHIND PAWS CHICAGO'S OPERATIONS AND AN ESSENTIAL INGREDIENT TO BUILDING A NO KILL CHICAGO. IN 2024, 3,283 VOLUNTEERS DEDICATED 125,071 HOURS OF SERVICE, THE EQUIVALENT OF 60 FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES. AND THIS DOESN'T INCLUDE FOSTER FAMILIES WHO TOOK IN AND CARED FOR 2,254 ANIMALS IN NEED IN 2024. IN ADDITION TO THE TIME VOLUNTEERS COMMIT TO PAWS CHICAGO, THEY ARE ALSO AMBASSADORS, REACHING NEW PEOPLE AND ENGAGING NEW COMMUNITIES IN THE CAUSE OF HOMELESS ANIMALS THROUGH THEIR EVERYDAY INTERACTIONS.ANIMAL WELFARE IS INCREDIBLY LABOR-INTENSIVE WORK, AND VOLUNTEERS WORK ALONGSIDE OUR STAFF TO AMPLIFY OUR LIFESAVING. FROM SHEPHERDING THE ADOPTION PROCESS TO ATTENDING TO THE NEEDS OF SICK PETS AT OUR MEDICAL CENTER TO MANNING OUR OFF-SITE ADOPTION AND COMMUNITY EVENTS, OUR VOLUNTEERS SUPPORT THE WORK OF EVERY DEPARTMENT.ONLY THROUGH VOLUNTEERS IS PAWS CHICAGO ABLE TO EXECUTE ALL ELEMENTS OF THE COMPREHENSIVE NO KILL MODEL AND ADVANCE ON THE MISSION OF BUILDING NO KILL COMMUNITIES.Expenses $3,451,137
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
- 36-4219778
- 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
- 1999
- Accounting year ends
- December
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Animal-related (D200)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $150,104,831
- Income (IRS master file)
- $96,074,846
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | December 2024 | $46,965,874 | $21,346,016 | $150,104,831 | XML |
| 990-T | December 2024 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2023 | $32,377,980 | $19,765,186 | $124,506,436 | XML |
| 990 | December 2022 | $25,811,491 | $18,485,169 | $99,760,309 | IRS |
| 990 | December 2021 | $25,583,690 | $13,410,027 | $110,792,054 | IRS |
| 990 | December 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2018 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2017 | – | – | – | 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 36-4219778).
Questions about PAWS CHICAGO
- What is the EIN of PAWS CHICAGO?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of PAWS CHICAGO is 36-4219778.
- Is PAWS CHICAGO tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1999.
- Are donations to PAWS CHICAGO tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does PAWS CHICAGO 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 PAWS CHICAGO 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 PAWS CHICAGO 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 PAWS CHICAGO?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 names PAULA FASSEAS.
- Who are the officers and directors of PAWS CHICAGO?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 lists 37 people; 8 received compensation from the organization, the highest $284,534 (DR ALYCIA EISENSTEIN DVM, CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER).
- How much revenue does PAWS CHICAGO have?
- On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 it reported revenue of $46,965,874, expenses of $21,346,016 and total assets of $150,104,831 at year end.
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