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THE HAND2PAW FOUNDATION

THE HAND2PAW FOUNDATION (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $436,633 to it, the largest being THE BARRA FOUNDATION INC ($110,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$430k
Funders on record
12
Grants received
$437k
Net assets
$141k
5/12 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 31%
01What it does

What The Hand2paw Foundation does

Mission

Hand2paw's mission is to provide a safe and supportive work environment for youth, ages 16-24, who are experiencing housing insecurity or foster care involvement, as a means of enhancing resilience, compassion, and connection with people, animals and the community. We accomplish this goal through providing paid internships working with homeless animals, as well as, a curriculum of programming that develops empathy, self efficacy and transferable work skills.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Provide paid internships and life skills training for at-risk youth, ages 16-24, facing challenges including housing instability and foster care backrounds.participants gain work experience caring for shelter animals and supporting pet owners in need while developing professional and emotional skills through a structured curriculum and staff mentorship. Our proven model achieves over an 80% success rate, with graduates securing employment or coninuing education upon program completion.

    $397,551 spent
    100% of program spending
  2. N/a

The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $397,551.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($53k) Expenses 100 ($65k) Net assets 100 ($34k)2018 Revenue 222 ($116k) Expenses 179 ($117k) Net assets 98 ($33k)2019 Revenue 256 ($135k) Expenses 184 ($120k) Net assets 141 ($47k)2020 Revenue 256 ($134k) Expenses 153 ($100k) Net assets 243 ($82k)2021 Revenue 277 ($146k) Expenses 278 ($182k) Net assets 135 ($45k)2022 Revenue 1052 ($553k) Expenses 624 ($409k) Net assets 565 ($190k)2023 Revenue 968 ($509k) Expenses 775 ($507k) Net assets 570 ($191k)2024 Revenue 818 ($430k) Expenses 735 ($481k) Net assets 419 ($141k)
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Revenue (818)Expenses (735)Net assets (419)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 2021 to 2022, from $45k to $190k (+319%).

$34k
$33k
$48k
$82k
$45k
$190k
$191k
$141k
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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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2023 20% · 2024 9%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

100% of THE HAND2PAW FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (86% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 7,042 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

−$13k
’17
−$506
’18
$14k
’19
$34k
’20
−$36k
’21
$144k
’22
$2k
’23
−$51k
’24
3.4
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.

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Listed56778697
Joined·+3+1+0+3+1+5+1
No longer listed·2002323
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $20k → $41k.

4 of 12 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 39% 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 THE HAND2PAW FOUNDATION’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

THE HAND2PAW FOUNDATION has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 25% 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

53% 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 THE HAND2PAW FOUNDATION.

25%
largest funder
65%
top three
~6
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 49% · 2021 67% · 2022 28% · 2023 61% — 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.

How long its funders stay

60% of THE HAND2PAW FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 42% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y

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

94% of THE HAND2PAW FOUNDATION's grant income comes from Pennsylvania funders.

PA
CA
DC

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

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’20
’21
’22
’23
Pennsylvania out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $168k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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

THE HAND2PAW FOUNDATION has grown faster than three-quarters of the 6,435 animals nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−12% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve3.4mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)35% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 6,435 animals nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

83% of spending goes to programs.

Program 83%Management 7%Fundraising 10%

Governance

7
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

PA

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Questions and answers

Who funds THE HAND2PAW FOUNDATION?
THE HAND2PAW FOUNDATION (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $436,633 to it, the largest being THE BARRA FOUNDATION INC ($110,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does THE HAND2PAW FOUNDATION have?
IRS filings report 12 organizations giving $436,633 in grants to THE HAND2PAW FOUNDATION, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of THE HAND2PAW FOUNDATION?
THE BARRA FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $110,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like THE HAND2PAW FOUNDATION find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Pennsylvania. 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 2017–2024), and the filings of 12 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