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US nonprofit · EIN 066067445 · Norwalk, CTiSource and licenceOrganisation record IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File (EIN 066067445) - NTEE activity code, address.Board and officers IRS Form 990 annual filings, Part VII (directors, trustees, officers, key employees), read year by year to observe tenure.Latest return IRS Form 990 series e-file data - 990 for the year to 31 August 2025: assets, liabilities, staff, website, telephone, pay.Finances by year IRS Form 990 e-file data - total revenue and total expenses by tax year.Renewal outlook Computed by Governance Register from the observed filing history and filed revenue (us-approach-v4-clean). Not a statement that the organisation is recruiting.Deductibility IRS Publication 78 data (code PC), downloaded 18 October 2026.Licence US Federal Government public domain.How we handle data

Pet Animal Welfare Society of Connecticut

Donations deductible
Revenue
$895k
year to 31 August 2025
Expenses
$976k
year to 31 August 2025
Total assets
$7.4m
$57k liabilities
Net assets
$7.3m
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
8
6.5y av
Staff
31
200 volunteers
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
Officers and senior staff
2
named in Part VII
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Pet Animal Welfare Society of Connecticut's network

8 peoplei8 people on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (8). Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK.

The board

8 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations.Tenure and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed tenure is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 8 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.
NameRole as filedSinceOn the board
Andrea FerraraPresident2018
8 yrs
Dayna ChuctaDirector2021
5 yrs
Ilona Bencze-ZimmerCompany secretary2018
8 yrs
Jeff LupoffTreasurer2024
2 yrs
Kerry DobsonExecutive Director2022
4 yrs
Lois WalkerDirector2018
8 yrs
Mark HalanDirector2020
6 yrs
Mark ReissVice President2018
8 yrs
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more

Officers and senior leadership

2 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.
NameTitle as filedOn the filings
Ellen SimmondsExecutive Director, Thru Dec. 2022since 2018
Mike BurkeExecutive Director (Thru 10/2017)2018

Pay and hours

year to 31 August 2025iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.
NameTitle as filedHours a weekPay from the organisationRelated organisationsOther
Kerry DobsonExecutive Director40$75k$15k
Andrea FerraraPresident6$0
Mark ReissVice President6$0
Jeff LupoffTreasurer6$0
Ilona Bencze-ZimmerSecretary6$0
Dayna ChuctaDirector Thru 09/20246$0
Mark HalanDirector6$0
Lois WalkerDirector8$0

About

Legal name
Pet Animal Welfare Society of Connecticut
EIN
066067445
Address
504 Main Ave, Norwalk, CT, 06851-1038
State
Connecticut
Mission
Pet animal welfare society of ct (paws), established in 1962, is a no-kill animal rescue shelter dedicated to the rescue and adoption of our community's homeless and abused dogs and cats. Paws efforts are focused on three critical needs: (1) rescue & safe shelter; (2) medical and behavioral support including spay/neuter and tnr (spay/neuter/release program for feral cats) and; (3) adoption... (as filed on the Form 990)
Activity (NTEE)
D200 Animal-related
IRS classification
501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
Classified purpose
Animal-Related
Size band
7 (IRS master file code)
Formed
1962
Principal officer
Kerry Dobson (as named on the Form 990)
IRS ruling date
1 July 1964
Status
Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
Form 990 filings on record
7, latest 2024
IRS Publication 78
PC (contributions deductible)

Most connected

Longest observed on the filings

≥8years on the filingsAndrea Ferrara
≥8years on the filingsIlona Bencze-Zimmer
≥8years on the filingsLois Walker
≥8years on the filingsMark Reiss

Latest return

year to 31 August 2025iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 August 2025. US dollars, as filed.
Total assets
$7.4m
Total liabilities
$57k
Net assets or fund balances
$7.3m
Contributions and grants received
$643k
Program service revenue
$98k
Employees
31
Volunteers
200

Filed finances

1 yeariTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.
Tax yearTotal revenueTotal expensesSurplus or deficit
2023$1.4m$980k$417k

As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.