California · Nonprofit
PAWS AS LOVING SUPPORT ASSISTANCE DOGS
PAWS AS LOVING SUPPORT ASSISTANCE DOGS (California) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $87,349 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($34,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 69% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2022
- $79k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $87k
- Net assets
- $96k
What Paws as Loving Support Assistance Dogs does
Mission
Our mission is to enhance the human/animal bond by breeding, training, & placing: service dogs with children, teen, & young adults with disabilities; facility dogs with professionals working with people with special needs; and, courthouse dogs in District Attorney's offices as canine comfort advocates. We train & certify people & their pet dogs to volunteer in the community as social, therapy, reading, comfort and comfort, crisis, peer support dog teams. These teams visit people in care homes, convalescent/rehab sites, schools, libraries, as well as First Responders (law enforcement & firefighters) & dispatchers. They also provide comfort & emotional support when they respond to a variety of sites when called out after a death or traumatic event has occurred.
As stated on its FY2022 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
1 litter whelped, 2 service dogs in training, 4 facility dogs in training, 3 facility dogs placed, & 1 courthouse dog in training. Hundreds of elementary students are being served.
$25,278 spent97% of program spendingContinued our high school elective program for at-risk youth in a 30 student school twice/week.
$256 spent1% of program spendingTrained & certified approximately 40 social, therapy, comfort, and comfort, crisis, peer support dog teams. Hundreds of community members are being served by these new teams.
$500 spent2% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2022 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $26,034.
Leadership and staff
Chief executive
Nancy Pierson
President & CEO
As listed on its FY2022 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $8k → $20k.
3 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 69% 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 PAWS AS LOVING SUPPORT ASSISTANCE DOGS’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
PAWS AS LOVING SUPPORT ASSISTANCE DOGS leans on a few funders — its largest provides 39% of grant income and the top three 90%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
100% 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 PAWS AS LOVING SUPPORT ASSISTANCE DOGS.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 98% · 2022 100% · 2023 50% — 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
69% of PAWS AS LOVING SUPPORT ASSISTANCE DOGS'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 $28k that is directly attributable, 73% of it comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $60k 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.
Against its field
PAWS AS LOVING SUPPORT ASSISTANCE DOGS runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 14,237 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 14,237 human services nonprofits under $100k, FY2022
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In California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
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
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for PAWS AS LOVING SUPPORT ASSISTANCE DOGS: 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 PAWS AS LOVING SUPPORT ASSISTANCE DOGS?
- PAWS AS LOVING SUPPORT ASSISTANCE DOGS (California) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $87,349 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($34,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 69% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does PAWS AS LOVING SUPPORT ASSISTANCE DOGS have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $87,349 in grants to PAWS AS LOVING SUPPORT ASSISTANCE DOGS, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of PAWS AS LOVING SUPPORT ASSISTANCE DOGS?
- DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC is the largest funder on record, with $34,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like PAWS AS LOVING SUPPORT ASSISTANCE DOGS find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 FY2022 (financials across 2022–2022), and the filings of 5 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