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Puppies Behind Bars

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Training inmates to raise service dogs for wounded war veterans and explosive-detection canines for law enforcement

Puppies Behind Bars (PBB) trains prison inmates to raise service dogs for wounded war veterans and for first responders, as well as explosive-detection canines for law enforcement. The puppies live in prison with their inmate raisers from the age of 8 weeks to 24 months. Since 1997, PBB has raised more than 1,000 puppies. Through our Dog Tags program we place service dogs, free of charge, with wounded veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. The dogs learn special commands to mitigate the effects of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and TBI (traumatic brain injury). Since our first Dog Tags placement in 2008, we have paired 110 service dogs with wounded veterans and first responders. Additionally, more than 400 PBB-trained explosive-detection canines work with law enforcement agencies around the country. The dogs we raise transform the lives of the inmates who train them, and the lives of those they go on to serve.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

98.04Overall score
out of 100

97.23Financial score
out of 100

100.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$3,819,180

Total expenses · USD$2,270,667

Program expenses

$1,964,126.96 recorded amount

86.5%

Fundraising expenses

$122,616.02 recorded amount

5.4%

Administrative expenses

$181,653.36 recorded amount

8.0%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.03 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Gloria Gilbert Stoga
Recorded compensation: $231,000.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 10.17%

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All 23 original fields for Puppies Behind Bars
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	100.0
`category` Category	Animals
`description` Mission & description	Puppies Behind Bars (PBB) trains prison inmates to raise service dogs for wounded war veterans and for first responders, as well as explosive-detection canines for law enforcement. The puppies live in prison with their inmate raisers from the age of 8 weeks to 24 months. Since 1997, PBB has raised more than 1,000 puppies. Through our Dog Tags program we place service dogs, free of charge, with wounded veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. The dogs learn special commands to mitigate the effects of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and TBI (traumatic brain injury). Since our first Dog Tags placement in 2008, we have paired 110 service dogs with wounded veterans and first responders. Additionally, more than 400 PBB-trained explosive-detection canines work with law enforcement agencies around the country. The dogs we raise transform the lives of the inmates who train them, and the lives of those they go on to serve.
`ein` EIN	13-3969389
`tot_exp` Total expenses	2270667.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.08
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.03
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.054000000000000006
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.865
`fscore` Financial score	97.23
`leader` Recorded leader	Gloria Gilbert Stoga
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	231000.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.1017
`motto` Tagline	Training inmates to raise service dogs for wounded war veterans and explosive-detection canines for law enforcement
`name` Charity name	Puppies Behind Bars
`tot_rev` Total revenue	3819180.0
`score` Overall score	98.04
`state` State code	NY
`subcategory` Subcategory	Animal Rights, Welfare, and Services
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	1964126.955
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	122616.01800000001
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	181653.36000000002

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 13-3969389
Source category: Animals
Source subcategory: Animal Rights, Welfare, and Services
Recorded location: New York (NY)
Expense-based size: Small
Under $3.5M in total expenses · source label: small

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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.