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ANIMALS DESERVE BETTER INC D/B/A PAWS FOR LIFE USA

ANIMALS DESERVE BETTER INC D/B/A PAWS FOR LIFE USA (Georgia) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $104,055 to it, the largest being PAYPAL CHARITABLE GIVING FUND ($35,708). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 76% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2024
$291k
Funders on record
4
Grants received
$104k
Net assets
$312k
3/4 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 10%
01What it does

What Animals Deserve Better Inc D/B/A Paws for Life USA does

Mission

To provide dog training of service and assistance dogs for individuals with disabilities. We also provide therapy/facility dog training, humane education, disaster relief education, animal rescue, adoption, and spay & neuter programs.

As stated on its FY2022 Form 990.

Program

  1. Service dog training for assistance to individuals with disabilities. During 2019, we worked with training 21 new dogs and continued training with 78 dogs from prior years. We train dogs to provide assistance to individuals with autism, diabetes, hearing, medical, mobility, psychiatric, ptsd, seizures and esa. We also train therapy and facility dogs to provide love and affection for those in hospitals and nursing homes.

    $202,643 spent
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2023 Form 990. Program spending in total: $202,643.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.

100 = 20192019 Revenue 100 ($197k) Expenses 100 ($205k) Net assets 100 ($212k)2020 Revenue 141 ($277k) Expenses 111 ($228k) Net assets 123 ($262k)2021 Revenue 119 ($235k) Expenses 112 ($229k) Net assets 126 ($268k)2022 Revenue 151 ($299k) Expenses 120 ($246k) Net assets 151 ($320k)2023 Revenue 135 ($266k) Expenses 136 ($279k) Net assets 145 ($308k)2024 Revenue 147 ($291k) Expenses 140 ($286k) Net assets 147 ($312k)
201920202021202220232024
Revenue (147)Expenses (140)Net assets (147)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2019 to 2020, from $295k to $409k (+39%).

$295k
$409k
$382k
$396k
$373k
$368k
201920202021202220232024
Total assetsTotal liabilities

How it's funded, over time

Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.

2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

99% of ANIMALS DESERVE BETTER INC D/B/A PAWS FOR LIFE USA’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (86% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 7,042 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.

−$7k
’19
$50k
’20
$6k
’21
$53k
’22
−$13k
’23
$5k
’24
9.1
months of
reserve

Leadership and staff

The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.

20202021202220232024
Listed89121211
Joined·+1+3+0+1
No longer listed·0002
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2022 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 3 funders, grant income rose $25k → $27k.

3 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 76% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.

From the IRS filings of ANIMALS DESERVE BETTER INC D/B/A PAWS FOR LIFE USA’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

How concentrated its funding is

ANIMALS DESERVE BETTER INC D/B/A PAWS FOR LIFE USA leans on a few funders — its largest provides 34% of grant income and the top three 81%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

76% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund ANIMALS DESERVE BETTER INC D/B/A PAWS FOR LIFE USA.

34%
largest funder
81%
top three
~4
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2022 74% · 2023 37% — diversifying over time.

“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

Where its funders are

76% of ANIMALS DESERVE BETTER INC D/B/A PAWS FOR LIFE USA's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $25k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Georgia, across 1 state.

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Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $79k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

ANIMALS DESERVE BETTER INC D/B/A PAWS FOR LIFE USA is better cushioned than half of the 6,435 animals nonprofits its size.

Operating margin2% · below the median
Months of reserve9.1mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)8% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 6,435 animals nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

74% of spending goes to programs.

Program 74%Management 26%Fundraising 0%

Governance

11
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

100%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

GA

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Questions and answers

Who funds ANIMALS DESERVE BETTER INC D/B/A PAWS FOR LIFE USA?
ANIMALS DESERVE BETTER INC D/B/A PAWS FOR LIFE USA (Georgia) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $104,055 to it, the largest being PAYPAL CHARITABLE GIVING FUND ($35,708). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 76% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does ANIMALS DESERVE BETTER INC D/B/A PAWS FOR LIFE USA have?
IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $104,055 in grants to ANIMALS DESERVE BETTER INC D/B/A PAWS FOR LIFE USA, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of ANIMALS DESERVE BETTER INC D/B/A PAWS FOR LIFE USA?
PAYPAL CHARITABLE GIVING FUND is the largest funder on record, with $35,708 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like ANIMALS DESERVE BETTER INC D/B/A PAWS FOR LIFE USA find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Georgia. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2019–2024), and the filings of 4 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing