Golden Path
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 371903100
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2019–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2023, Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2018
- Location
- Los Angeles, CA, USA
- Phone
- 8775958066
- Rating
- 75
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Community, Neighborhood Development
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $174,910
- Expenses
- $174,910
- Assets
- $0
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
5 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Marilyn Johnson (President)
People named in this filing
- Marilyn Johnson (President)
- Kevin Frost (CFO)
- Azizat Osunkunle (Treasurer)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The Golden Path provides transitional housing and reentry support services to formerly incarcerated individuals and people experiencing homelessness. Through housing, case management, peer support, and job readiness programming, the organization helps participants reintegrate into society, reduce recidivism, and achieve stability. Services are designed to promote long-term independence and wellness.
What it reported doing in 2024
Program Title: Reentry Services Description: The Golden Path provides comprehensive transitional housing and reentry support for individuals returning from incarceration, those experiencing homelessness, and other justice-impacted individuals in Los Angeles County. In 2024, we housed an average of six residents per month and provided wraparound services including job preparation, peer support, goal setting, outpatient referrals, transportation assistance, food and hygiene supplies, and individualized coaching. We expanded operations by securing an additional rental property, increasing our capacity to serve 12-14 residents. These efforts align with our mission to reduce recidivism and promote successful community reintegration. Number of persons served: Approximately 72 individuals annually (6 per month × 12 months) Grants and allocations: $0 (used internally, not sub-granted to other organizations) Expenses: $139,374 (direct program costs, excluding admin overhead) Revenue attributed to program: $144,540 (from bed fees paid by program participants or referring agencies)
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 83% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 80
- Transparency & Controls: 74
- Sustainability: 23
- Growth: 80
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 79.7%; rating input score 80
- Program expense ratio: 79.7%; rating input score 80
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 90%; rating input score 90; 1st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 0%; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 55.3% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 8.6% per year; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -19.8% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 79.7% of revenue deployed · 79.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $139K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 3 filing years from 2019 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
- 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.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 33/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 1/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.