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Paws New England

Paws New England (Michigan) receives grants from 29 organizations whose IRS filings report $508,596 to it, the largest being LESLIE L ALEXANDER FOUNDATION INC ($120,000). 13 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$650k
Funders on record
29
Grants received
$509k
Net assets
$-16339
13/29 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 12%
01What it does

What Paws New England does

Mission

We rescue abandoned neglected and abused dogs and provide them with veterinary care food and a safe place to stay while they recuperate. When they are ready for adoption we place them in loving permanent homes. Paws New England has rescued more than 13,000 dogs since our organization was established.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. In 2025 Paws New England completed 720 adoptions. We continue to use veterinary partners that offer discounted rates for our dogs. We utilize more private transporters at discounted rates and we continue to expand the number of foster homes both in the south and in new england. We continue to rescue from tn ar tx mi and la. We have over 150 volunteers who donate their time in many ways. We also continue to operate with no paid employees. Our mission remains strong - rescue dogs who would otherwise be euthanized.

    $636,804 spent
    100% of program spending
  2. Not described on the e-filed return.

    $0 spent
    0% of program spending
  3. Not described on the e-filed return.

    $0 spent
    0% of program spending
  4. Other program services, not described on the e-filed return.

    $0 spent
    0% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $636,804.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 = 20202020 Revenue 100 ($864k) Expenses 100 ($795k) Net assets 100 ($35k)2021 Revenue 102 ($878k) Expenses 116 ($920k) Net assets -20 ($-6905)2022 Revenue 89 ($770k) Expenses 88 ($702k) Net assets 176 ($62k)2023 Revenue 90 ($777k) Expenses 99 ($786k) Net assets 151 ($53k)2024 Revenue 83 ($719k) Expenses 98 ($782k) Net assets -29 ($-10299)2025 Revenue 75 ($650k) Expenses 82 ($655k) Net assets -47 ($-16339)
202020212022202320242025
Revenue (75)Expenses (82)Net assets (-47)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 2020 to 2021, from $112k to $16k (−86%).

$112k
$16k
$70k
$86k
$9k
$16k
202020212022202320242025
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.

2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

43% of Paws New England’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (86% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 7,065 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.

$69k
’20
−$42k
’21
$69k
’22
−$9k
’23
−$63k
’24
−$5k
’25
0.2
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.

202020212022202320242025
Listed665555
Joined·+0+0+0+0+0
No longer listed·01000
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 9 funders, grant income rose $17k → $97k.

8 of 29 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 43% 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 New England’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 New England has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 24% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left

49% 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 New England.

24%
largest funder
56%
top three
~8
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 61% · 2018 51% · 2019 44% · 2020 26% · 2021 25% · 2022 47% · 2023 62% — broadly stable.

“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.

How long its funders stay

29% of Paws New England's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 45% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y

Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.

Where its funders are

Paws New England draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Michigan, across 11 states in all.

IL
NY
MA
IA
CT
RI
CA
DE
NC
DC
FL

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’17
’18
’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
Michigan out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $217k arriving through sponsors registered in 7 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

Paws New England's funding base is broadening — from 2 funders to 9 as grant income climbed.

Operating margin−1% · below the median
Months of reserve0.2mo · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)−6% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,954 animals nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

Organizations like Paws New England

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

97% of spending goes to programs.

Program 97%Management 3%Fundraising 0%

Governance

5
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

MA

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Questions and answers

Who funds Paws New England?
Paws New England (Michigan) receives grants from 29 organizations whose IRS filings report $508,596 to it, the largest being LESLIE L ALEXANDER FOUNDATION INC ($120,000). 13 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does Paws New England have?
IRS filings report 29 organizations giving $508,596 in grants to Paws New England, 13 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of Paws New England?
LESLIE L ALEXANDER FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $120,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like Paws New England find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Michigan. 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 2020–2025), and the filings of 29 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing