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4 Paws for Ability

EIN 31-1625484Human Services Ohio Mid-sized

Historical collection: May 2019 · Rating details mostly from 2017. Source & context

The mission

What this organization describes

Providing service dogs to children and veterans worldwide

The mission of 4 Paws for Ability is to: enrich the lives of children and veterans with disabilities by the training and placement of service dogs to provide them with companionship and promote independent living; educate the public to accept the use of service dogs in public places. Funding of a 4 Paws' service dog is partially the responsibility of the children's family. Veterans are free. Applicants typically use fund-raising activities or pay a fee for service to gather these funds, and 4 Paws assists the applicant as necessary. 4 Paws has no eligibility requirements beyond a physician statement that the person requesting a service dog has a disability as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

93.91Overall score
out of 100

95.00Financial score
out of 100

93.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$4,776,398

Total expenses · USD$3,781,244

Program expenses

$3,297,244.77 recorded amount

87.2%

Fundraising expenses

$192,843.44 recorded amount

5.1%

Administrative expenses

$283,593.30 recorded amount

7.5%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.07 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

Expense shares are displayed as percentages. Component amounts in this collection match total expenses multiplied by the source ratios; rounding can leave a small difference from the total. The source does not supply a row-specific fiscal year. Field definitions ↗

Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Karen Shirk
Recorded compensation: $113,941.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 3.01%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for 4 Paws for Ability
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	93.0
`category` Category	Human Services
`description` Mission & description	The mission of 4 Paws for Ability is to: enrich the lives of children and veterans with disabilities by the training and placement of service dogs to provide them with companionship and promote independent living; educate the public to accept the use of service dogs in public places. Funding of a 4 Paws' service dog is partially the responsibility of the children's family. Veterans are free. Applicants typically use fund-raising activities or pay a fee for service to gather these funds, and 4 Paws assists the applicant as necessary. 4 Paws has no eligibility requirements beyond a physician statement that the person requesting a service dog has a disability as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.
`ein` EIN	31-1625484
`tot_exp` Total expenses	3781244.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.075
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.07
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.051
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.872
`fscore` Financial score	95.0
`leader` Recorded leader	Karen Shirk
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	113941.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0301
`motto` Tagline	Providing service dogs to children and veterans worldwide
`name` Charity name	4 Paws for Ability
`tot_rev` Total revenue	4776398.0
`score` Overall score	93.91
`state` State code	OH
`subcategory` Subcategory	Social Services
`size` Source size label	mid
`program_exp` Program expenses	3297244.768
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	192843.444
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	283593.3

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 31-1625484
Source category: Human Services
Source subcategory: Social Services
Recorded location: Ohio (OH)
Expense-based size: Mid-sized
$3.5M–$13.5M in total expenses · source label: mid

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Source: Charity Navigator Scores Expenses Dataset, version 1, attributed to katyjqian on Kaggle. Collection: May 2019; rating details mostly from 2017. Read attribution, scope, and reuse notes.