California · Nonprofit
PAWS OF LA RESCUE
PAWS OF LA RESCUE (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $1,290 to it, the largest being AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION ($1,290). 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 FY2024
- $50k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $1k
- Net assets
- $5k
What Paws of la Rescue does
Mission
To rescue shelter, abandoned and neglected dogs and find appropriate permanent homes through adoption, education and awareness to the public about the understanding of humane animal care and the importance of spaying and neutering.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Paws of L.A. Rescue has one program called Foster-to-Adopt. Where an interested family fills out an Adoption Application, but starting out as a Foster parent to the dog with the intent to Adopt the dog. Before being accepted into the program, the family must complete the Adoption Application, Video Interview, Home Check and Meet & Greet with the dog.Under this program Paws of L.A. Rescue covers: medical costs (including spay/neuter, vet visits, medical tests, medications and grooming), supplies, premium food/treats and most importantly training sessions with a CCPDT (Certification Council for Professional Dog Trainers). Training sessions can be in person or virtual.
$13,602 spent100% of program spendingThere are many check-ins with the family on the dogs progress regarding their health, behavior, training updates, and overall adjustment to the home before an Adoption Contract/Agreement is OK to be sent for signature.There is no time constraint for this program, as the rescue takes the time to ensure things the dog is acclimating, its a good match and that the parents are receptive to training guidance with trainers feedback, therefore lowering the possibility of a dog returned to our care post Adoption. Since inception, no dogs adopted out have been returned to the rescue organization.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $13,602.
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.
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 $7k to $5k (−24%).
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.
97% of PAWS OF LA RESCUE’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (100% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 5 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
Carolina Rodriguez
Executive director
As listed on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $350 → $201.
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 PAWS OF LA RESCUE’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 PAWS OF LA RESCUE'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. $1k 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
PAWS OF LA RESCUE's revenue fell 32% between 2020 and 2024.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,996 animals nonprofits under $100k, FY2024
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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.
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for PAWS OF LA RESCUE: 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 OF LA RESCUE?
- PAWS OF LA RESCUE (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $1,290 to it, the largest being AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION ($1,290). 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 PAWS OF LA RESCUE have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $1,290 in grants to PAWS OF LA RESCUE, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of PAWS OF LA RESCUE?
- AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,290 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like PAWS OF LA RESCUE 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 FY2024 (financials across 2020–2024), 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