Animals : Animal Rights, Welfare, and Services

PAWS Chicago

Pets are worth saving

Rating

Overall Rating    
      (68.92)
Organizational Efficiency      
Program Expenses 89.2%    
Administrative Expenses 6.2%    
Fundraising Expenses 4.5%    
Fundraising Efficiency $0.03    
Efficiency Rating    
      (38.92)
Organizational Capacity      
Primary Revenue Growth 26.6%    
Program Expenses Growth 23.1%    
Working Capital Ratio (years) 3.07    
Capacity Rating    
      (30.00)

Income Statement     (FYE 12/2006)

Revenue  
Primary Revenue $3,758,605
Other Revenue $761,691
Total Revenue $4,520,296
   
Expenses  
Program Expenses $2,071,052
Administrative Expenses $144,371
Fundraising Expenses $104,831
Total Functional Expenses $2,320,254
   
Payments to Affiliates $0
Excess (or Deficit) for the year $2,200,042
   
Net Assets $12,143,369

Contact Information

PAWS Chicago
1110 West 35th Street
Chicago, IL 60609
tel: (773) 475-9510
fax: (773) 890-5115

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Leadership      (FYE 12/2006)

Name Title Compensation % of Expenses
Rochelle Michalek Director of Operations (The person identified as holding the highest position of management, and therefore who would normally be responsible for carrying out the mission of the charity and leading the organization on a day-to-day basis.) $88,077 3.79%
Other Salaries of Note
Michael Flaherty Chief Veterinarian (Using information reported on an organization's most recent Form 990, we include as compensation an individual's salary, cash bonuses, and expense accounts and other allowances. We do not include contributions to benefit plans or compensation deferred to a future date.) $99,160 4.27%

Donor Privacy Policy

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Mission

PAWS Chicago is the city's largest No Kill humane organization, focused on implementing solutions to end the killing of homeless pets. Since PAWS Chicago's founding in 1997, the number of homeless dogs and cats killed annually has dropped more than 50 percent: from more than 42,000 homeless pets killed in 1997 to under 20,000 killed in 2006. PAWS Chicago is working to build a No Kill Chicago - a city where pets are no longer destroyed just because they are homeless. PAWS Chicago will find new homes for more than 3,000 homeless pets this year with the brand new state-of-the-art Lincoln Park Adoption & Humane Center. The PAWS Chicago Lurie Spay/Neuter Clinic, the largest free spay/neuter clinic in Chicago and the nation, will sterilize more than 14,000 pets of low-income families this year.

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PAWS Chicago - IL 68.92
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