Better Business Bureau Report for
Paws with Purpose

Better Business Bureau Report issued May 2012
Better Business Bureau Report expires May 2013


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Charity Contact Information

Name: Paws with Purpose
Address: P.O. 7834
  Louisville, KY 40257
Phone: 502-689-0804
Web Address: www.pawswithpurpose.org
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Better Business Bureau Comments

Year, State Incorporated: 2003, Kentucky
Affiliates: None
Stated Purpose: Paws with Purpose (PWP) is dedicated to improving the lives of individuals with disabilities by providing professionally trained, highly skilled service dogs and continued support throughout the partnership.

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Evaluation Conclusions

               

Paws with Purpose meets the 20 Standards for Charity Accountability.
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Programs

               

PWP trains service dogs for placement with qualified recipients who are experiencing some form of disability and are in need of assistance to improve their quality of life. We have puppies in training in the Puppy Prison Program at the Kentucky Correctional Institution for Women, and we have part-time trainers who work with the puppies on the weekends. We regularly do presentations at local schools and religious and civic groups throughout the community to increase awareness about our organization, and we are working to establish a therapy dog program at the VA Hospital.

For the fiscal year ended June 30, 2011, Paws with Purpose's program expenses were:

  
Program services 32,023
Total Program Expenses: $32,023
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Governance

               

Chief Executive : Sheilah Abramson-Miles, President
Compensation*:

Chair of the Board: Sheilah Abramson-Miles
Chair's Profession / Business Affiliation: Administrator - JCPS

Board Size: 9

Paid Staff Size: 1

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Fund Raising

               

Method(s) Used:

Methods of fundraising include telephone, invitations to fund raising events, television, radio, grant proposals, and internet appeals.
Fund raising costs were 30% of related contributions. (Related contributions, which totaled $29,466, are donations received as a result of fund raising activities.)
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Tax Status

               

This organization is tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. It is eligible to receive contributions deductible as charitable donations for federal income tax purposes.
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Financial

               

The following information is based on Paws with Purpose's IRS Form 990-EZ and internally produced financial statements for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2011.

Source of Funds  
Contributions, gifts, grants, and similar amounts received 17,903
Fundraising events revenue of $23,169 less direct expenses of $11,606 11,563
Miscellaneous 294
Investment income 59
Total Income $29,819


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Uses of Funds as a % of Total Expenses

Programs: 70%  Fund Raising: 19%  Administrative: 11% 

Total income   $29,819
  Program expenses $32,023
  Fund raising expenses 8,765
  Administrative expenses 5,093
 
Total expenses   $45,881
Expenses in Excess of Income   (16,062)
Beginning net assets   59,402
Ending net assets   43,340
Total liabilities   0
Total assets   $43,340


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