Nebraska · Nonprofit
CAUSE FOR PAWS LINCOLN
CAUSE FOR PAWS LINCOLN (Nebraska) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $493 to it, the largest being AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION ($493). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $571k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $493
- Net assets
- $55k
What Cause for Paws Lincoln does
Mission
The main focus of the organization is to provide funds to individuals and organizations who support dog rescue and canine survival programs, as well as provide funds for the needs and assistance of other animals. Donations are contributed to local and state-side nonprofit animal rescue and welfare groups.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
1.1 501(C)(3) ASSISTANCE PROGRAMOur organization donated $27,223.19 to Local Animal Rescue and Charity Groups, and $72,950.89 to individual veterinary care and pet food under our Fashion for Compassion Pet Care program for a grand total of $100,174.08 donated to our causes. Pet owners in need of veterinary care for their pets voluntarily sign an application form stating their inability to pay while providing up to date documents with their bank statements and or tax returns to qualify for their Pets veterinary care. These applicants are screened and if eligible we will pay up to 100% of the cost of necessary services payable only to the Veterinarian(s) of our choice directly. The pet owner must complete & sign the application form before calling at our direction with the veterinarian to provide care appointments. We will try to accommodate their Pets needs as soon as possible with immediate care.Our Organization, its members, staff are in no way responsible civilly or criminally in any case beyond our stated voucher monetary amount approved on a case-by-case basis. We ask that the pet owner try to pay at least 25% of the cost direct to the veterinarian if initially possible. There…
$357,263 spent100% of program spendingHeartfelt Care Fund distributed $72,950.89 to Veterinary clinics for veterinary care. Pet owners in need of veterinary care for their pets sign an application form stating their inability to pay along with their bank statements and or tax returns to qualify for their pets veterinary care. These applicants are screened and if eligible we will pay 100% of the cost of necessary services payable to the Veterinarian directly. Our veterinarian will provide immediate care. We ask that the pet owner try to pay perhaps 25% of the cost if possible. There are other ways to repay the 25% such as volunteering at the store.
The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $357,263.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 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 $35k to $57k (+61%).
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.
1% of CAUSE FOR PAWS LINCOLN’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (86% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 9 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.
Chief executive
Adair S Sturgis
President & CEO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $142 → $92.
1 of 1 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% 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 CAUSE FOR PAWS LINCOLN’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.
Where its funders are
100% of CAUSE FOR PAWS LINCOLN'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. Too little is directly attributable to place on a map.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $493 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
CAUSE FOR PAWS LINCOLN has grown faster than half of the 3,693 animals nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,693 animals nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like CAUSE FOR PAWS LINCOLN
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 Nebraska
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
63% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
0%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for CAUSE FOR PAWS LINCOLN: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds CAUSE FOR PAWS LINCOLN?
- CAUSE FOR PAWS LINCOLN (Nebraska) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $493 to it, the largest being AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION ($493). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does CAUSE FOR PAWS LINCOLN have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $493 in grants to CAUSE FOR PAWS LINCOLN, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CAUSE FOR PAWS LINCOLN?
- AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $493 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CAUSE FOR PAWS LINCOLN find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Nebraska. 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 1 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