Pawfectly Delicious Dog Treats has signed a lease for its first dedicated office in Alexandria, a move the nonprofit says will expand the work its team can do. The dog-treat business, which provides paid jobs to adults with disabilities, said Thursday that the new space will support shipping, administrative work and a small retail operation.
The announcement, posted to Instagram, did not include a street address or opening date, according to The Zebra. The nonprofit said the office would add to its existing baking and packing operation and create more opportunities for its team to earn a paycheck.
A Nonprofit Built Around Paid Work
Anne Tuccillo and her son Bryan founded Pawfectly Delicious after Bryan aged out of special education services at Falls Church High School and had difficulty finding paid work, according to The Zebra. Bryan is a co-founder, and Anne Tuccillo serves as the nonprofit’s executive director.
The business began making dog treats in a home kitchen in 2016 and became an official enterprise the following year. Pawfectly Delicious received nonprofit status in October 2017, The Fairfax Girl reported.
In 2018, the organization moved its baking and packing operation into dedicated space at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Alexandria, The Fairfax Girl reported. The Zebra reported that the church provided kitchen space in the Fort Hunt area and that students from Pulley Career Center’s culinary arts program have helped prepare the treats.
Workforce Counts Differ by Report Date
Pulley Career Center named Pawfectly Delicious its Employer of the Year in 2019. By 2023, the nonprofit’s reported workforce had grown to eight people with disabilities: four rolling and cutting dough in the kitchen and four packing and fulfilling orders.
Later reports give different headcounts from different years. The Fairfax Girl reported in 2026 that Anne Tuccillo said the organization had 12 paid employees, with one more person completing an internship. A 2021 report from DC News Now put the figure at 20 team members with disabilities. Because the counts come from reports published five years apart, they are not directly comparable.
Tuccillo has said she wants the jobs to provide workers with meaning, purpose and paid employment. In a December 2025 year-end letter, she reported that the nonprofit’s second Paws & Pours fundraiser raised more than $20,000 and that Pawfectly Delicious had added retail and community partners, according to The Zebra.
The Broader Employment Picture
The lease comes as people with disabilities continue to face a large employment gap. In 2024, 22.7% of individuals with a disability were employed, compared with 65.5% of those without a disability, according to an excerpt from a report filed with the Virginia Legislative Information System. Pawfectly Delicious has described the Alexandria lease as a way to expand the paid work it can offer.
What Employment Supports Are Described
The figures above provide a 2024 comparison, not a trend over multiple years. Virginia’s Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services says its Vocational Rehabilitation program helps people with disabilities and older adults prepare for, find and keep meaningful jobs, but that description does not specify particular services, employer supports or job types.
More broadly, a 2009 report by the President’s Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities described federal policy over the preceding 40 years as promoting employment outcomes and independent living.
The nonprofit's treats remain available through its online shop. The organization has said it plans to share more details about the new office in the coming weeks, though as of the Thursday announcement, neither an address nor a timeline had been made public.
