Path
Legal name: Beyond Shelter Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 954197075
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2015
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2015
- Location
- Los Angeles, CA, USA
- Phone
- 2132520772
- Rating
- 82
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Homeless Shelters
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $1,083,513
- Expenses
- $1,089,907
- Assets
- $0
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2015. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
32 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- DAVID ALDEN (CO-PRESIDENT)
- TERRY BIRD (CO-PRESIDENT)
- JULIE DOWNEY (CO-VICE PRESIDENT)
- SHANE GOLDSMITH (CO-VICE PRESIDENT)
- JOEL ROBERTS (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER)
- KATHERINE HILL (DEPUTY CEO)
Highest reported compensation
- JOEL ROBERTS (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER): $242,544 total reported compensation
- JOHN MOLLOY (CFO/DEPUTY CEO (LEFT 7/2016)): $171,147 total reported compensation
- KATHERINE HILL (DEPUTY CEO): $170,582 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2015. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
PATH is ending homelessness for individuals, families, and communities. We do this by building affordable housing and providing supportive services throughout California.
What it reported doing in 2015
First 5 - the first 5 program serves families with children 0-5 who have a previous history with the department of children and family services. During this period through this program 111 homeless families with 234 children were rapidly re-housed and provided case management in addition to security deposit, utility and rental assistance, and furniture. The organization ended operations as beyond shelter, inc on april 30, 2016. The organization's operations and assets and liabilities were acquired by people assisting the homeless ("path"), a separate 501(c)3 organization, on may 1, 2016 and operated as an extension of path under the dba path beyond shelter going forward.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- Distribution model
- Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 73% for direct work, and 27% for grants.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 92
- Transparency & Controls: 79
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 20
- Growth: 0
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 93.5%; rating input score 94
- Program expense ratio: 92.9%; rating input score 93
- Fundraising efficiency: $35.53 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
- Compensation committee: Missing
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Pass
- Compensation survey or study: Missing
- Board or committee approval: Pass
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -0.6%; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 11.4%; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -43.9% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -12.5% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -44% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 8 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 5 operating locations identified
- Where the money goes: 93.5% of revenue deployed · 92.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 24 of 24 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $1M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $243K · 32 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Consistency: 22 of 22 current checks pass
- Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
- Filing history: 6 filing years from 2010 to 2015
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 5 filed related-organization links
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 35/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 30/100.