New Jersey · Nonprofit
POOR PAWS RESCUE
POOR PAWS RESCUE (New Jersey) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $60,087 to it, the largest being NETWORK FOR GOOD ($38,243). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 64% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $230k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $60k
- Net assets
- $10k
What Poor Paws Rescue does
Mission
Rescue dogs from kill shelters or dangerous conditions, foster them to good health and place them in permanent homes.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Veterinary Care: All dogs are brought to a veterinarian to assess their general health, estimate their age and breed and brought current on all vaccinations, spay/neuter, heartworm test, dentals and any other medical care that is needed. The are also microchipped. Sick dogs are treated including expensive care for dogs with parvovirus, heartworm, mange, kennel cough, cherry eye, surgeries and any other medical conditions. They are then issues interstate Health Certificates so they may travel.
$138,398 spent64% of program spendingTransportation: Dogs are transported from their place of origin, typically somewhere in Georgia or North Carolina and transported to boarding or local fosters in that area. They are then transported to foster homes or adoptive homes to NJ or surrounding areas. Transportation is provided by a licensed animal transportation company. This is a climate controlled animal transport.
$27,149 spent13% of program spendingDog Adoption/Foster expenses- Fosters and rescues need basic supplies to care for the dogs, This includes dog crates, dog beds, wee wee pads, leashes, harnesses, food, grooming supplies, flea and tick meds, over the counter medication, toys and other items provided for caring for the dogs. Office supplies, such as paper, pens, notebooks, banners, flyers, clip boards, staplers, table cloth and any other items needed for adoption events. Adoption events are held every Sunday throughout the year. This also includes ant transportation costs for fosters to attend the events, This also includes professional training as needed to help dogs with behavioral issues
$13,532 spent6% of program spendingBoarding 17808
$36,773 spent17% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $215,852.
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 $5k to $0 (−100%).
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.
80% of POOR PAWS RESCUE’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (86% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 6 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base held at 3 funders, grant income fell $28k → $6k.
2 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 64% 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 POOR PAWS 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.
How concentrated its funding is
POOR PAWS RESCUE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 64% of grant income and the top three 97%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
93% 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 POOR PAWS RESCUE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 49% · 2019 68% · 2022 99% · 2023 95% — 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
64% of POOR PAWS 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. Of the $22k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside New Jersey, across 3 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $38k 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
POOR PAWS RESCUE's revenue grew 53% between 2020 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,693 animals nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like POOR PAWS RESCUE
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 New Jersey
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
96% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
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
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for POOR PAWS 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 POOR PAWS RESCUE?
- POOR PAWS RESCUE (New Jersey) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $60,087 to it, the largest being NETWORK FOR GOOD ($38,243). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 64% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does POOR PAWS RESCUE have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $60,087 in grants to POOR PAWS RESCUE, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of POOR PAWS RESCUE?
- NETWORK FOR GOOD is the largest funder on record, with $38,243 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like POOR PAWS RESCUE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New Jersey. 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 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