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Performing Animal Welfare Society

EIN 94-3005157Animals California Mid-sized

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Dedicated to the protection of performing animals

The Performing Animal Welfare Society (PAWS) is dedicated to the protection of performing animals, to providing sanctuary to abused, abandoned and retired captive wildlife, to enforcing the best standards of care for all captive wildlife, to the preservation of wild species and their habitat and to promoting public education about captive wildlife issues. Founded in 1984, by former Hollywood animal trainer and author, Pat Derby, and her partner, Ed Stewart, PAWS maintains three sanctuaries for captive wildlife - 30 acres in Galt, California, 100 acres (The Amanda Blake Wildlife Refuge) in Herald, California and 2,300 acres of pristine, natural habitat (ARK 2000) in San Andreas, California.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

94.64Overall score
out of 100

92.43Financial score
out of 100

100.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$2,763,941

Total expenses · USD$3,534,605

Program expenses

$3,106,917.79 recorded amount

87.9%

Fundraising expenses

$102,503.54 recorded amount

2.9%

Administrative expenses

$321,649.05 recorded amount

9.1%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.02 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: Edward Stewart
Recorded compensation: $60,000.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 1.69%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Performing Animal Welfare Society
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	100.0
`category` Category	Animals
`description` Mission & description	The Performing Animal Welfare Society (PAWS) is dedicated to the protection of performing animals, to providing sanctuary to abused, abandoned and retired captive wildlife, to enforcing the best standards of care for all captive wildlife, to the preservation of wild species and their habitat and to promoting public education about captive wildlife issues. Founded in 1984, by former Hollywood animal trainer and author, Pat Derby, and her partner, Ed Stewart, PAWS maintains three sanctuaries for captive wildlife - 30 acres in Galt, California, 100 acres (The Amanda Blake Wildlife Refuge) in Herald, California and 2,300 acres of pristine, natural habitat (ARK 2000) in San Andreas, California.
`ein` EIN	94-3005157
`tot_exp` Total expenses	3534605.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.091
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.02
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.028999999999999998
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.879
`fscore` Financial score	92.43
`leader` Recorded leader	Edward Stewart
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	60000.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0169
`motto` Tagline	Dedicated to the protection of performing animals
`name` Charity name	Performing Animal Welfare Society
`tot_rev` Total revenue	2763941.0
`score` Overall score	94.64
`state` State code	CA
`subcategory` Subcategory	Wildlife Conservation
`size` Source size label	mid
`program_exp` Program expenses	3106917.795
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	102503.545
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	321649.055

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 94-3005157
Source category: Animals
Source subcategory: Wildlife Conservation
Recorded location: California (CA)
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.