Arkansas · Nonprofit
ARKANSAS PAWS IN PRISON FOUNDATION
ARKANSAS PAWS IN PRISON FOUNDATION (Arkansas) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $106,736 to it, the largest being Arkansas Animal Rescue Foundation ($60,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $304k
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $107k
- Net assets
- $1.2M
What Arkansas Paws in Prison Foundation does
Mission
Paws in prison is committed to rehabilitating inmates and giving rescue dogs a second chance at life through prison based animal training programs.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Paws in prison foundation is committed to rehabilitating inmates and giving rescue dogs a second chance at life through prisonbased animal training programs. Inmate trainers are able to contribute to society and acquire skills that support successful rehabilitation and reentry into society. Since the initial program's inception, more than 2,500 shelter dogs have been trained and adopted out to the public.
$15,703 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $15,703.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $512k to $945k (+85%).
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.
85% of ARKANSAS PAWS IN PRISON FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (94% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.
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.
Board chair
Dr Mary Parker-Reed
Chairperson
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base narrowed from 3 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $30k → $2k.
2 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 14% 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 ARKANSAS PAWS IN PRISON FOUNDATION’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
ARKANSAS PAWS IN PRISON FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 56% of grant income and the top three 85%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 82% · 2021 70% · 2022 38% · 2023 100% — growing more concentrated.
“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 ARKANSAS PAWS IN PRISON FOUNDATION's grant income comes from Arkansas funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $15k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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.
Against its field
ARKANSAS PAWS IN PRISON FOUNDATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 1,547 crime & legal nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,547 crime & legal nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like ARKANSAS PAWS IN PRISON FOUNDATION
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Arkansas
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
21% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
93%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds ARKANSAS PAWS IN PRISON FOUNDATION?
- ARKANSAS PAWS IN PRISON FOUNDATION (Arkansas) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $106,736 to it, the largest being Arkansas Animal Rescue Foundation ($60,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ARKANSAS PAWS IN PRISON FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $106,736 in grants to ARKANSAS PAWS IN PRISON FOUNDATION, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ARKANSAS PAWS IN PRISON FOUNDATION?
- Arkansas Animal Rescue Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $60,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ARKANSAS PAWS IN PRISON FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Arkansas. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2019–2025), and the filings of 7 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