Journey for Good Foundation Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
474494775
IRS 990 coverage
2017–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Bethesda, MD, USA
Phone
2406944100
Rating
82
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Public Foundations

Reported finances

Revenue
$2,850,401
Expenses
$3,007,352
Assets
$930,617
Liabilities
$39,622

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

13 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • PAUL MAMALIAN (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • JORDAN SILVERMAN (DIRECTOR): $139,823 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Founded in 2015 and headquartered in bethesda, Maryland, journey for good foundation is a 501(c)(3) charitable oragnization intently focused on fighting poverty in the local community with food, shelter, education, and workforce development opportunities. We fund the work of nonprofits based on these five core pillars of giving:(1) relieving hunger and promoting nutritional wellness through food related initiatives.(2) combatting homelessness through access to safe housing, furnishings, clothing, and stable employment.(3) encouraging the next generation through access to education and training.(4) providing opportunity for financial stability through hospitality industry training and placement.(5) honoring america's military veterans and their families by supporting programs that meet their needs for food, shelter, medical care, and job training and placement.

What it reported doing in 2025

Journey for good foundation, inc. (the "foundation") established the avolta cares fund (the "fund") in 2017 to help employees of hmshost corporation, inc. (the "corporation") and its affiliates and the families of such employees. Avolta cares was originally named hmshost cares and changed its name to avolta cares at the time of the foundation's name change. Avolta cares is an employee assistance fund designed to provide financial relief for qualified incidents. Avolta cares receives contributions and is primarily funded by hmshost, hudson, and dufry associates in order to help fellow associates in crisis. The company created the program and contributed initial funding. Payments to employees are not taxable to the employee; however, employee contributions to the fund are eligible for a charitable deduction. The foundation requires that each employee applying for assistance from the fund demonstrate an immediate need before a grant is made to such employee. Thus, employees must provide a personal financial statement detailing the monthly finances of the employee and his/her family. In addition, the employee must describe the incident and how it is causing financial hardship for the employee and his/her family and attach appropriate documentation to show proof of the financial hardship. If the employee requests that the foundation pay bills on behalf of the employee, the foundation requires a copy of the bill. Applications for assistance from the fund are reviewed by an independent selection committee which consists of employees of the corporation, a majority of which are not in a position to exercise substantial influence over the corporation's affairs. Currently, eligible participants include any employee of hmshost, hudson, dufry and its affiliates who has incurred an eligible financial hardship and who is actively working or on an approved leave of absence of no more than one year. Applications to the fund are treated in a confidential manner. Grants from the fund are made on an objective, nondiscriminatory basis and as such no employee is entitled to receive assistance from the fund by reason of the employee's length or type of service with the corporation, or the employee's history of contributions to the fund. 13 employees were assisted in 2025 through this program.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 82% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 95% of its reported program spending out as grants.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. The filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 96
  • Transparency & Controls: 72
  • Accountability: 84
  • Sustainability: 24
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 94.9%; rating input score 95
  • Fundraising efficiency: $40.1 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: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: 0 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Claims monitoring procedures: Fail
    • Requires narrative reports: Fail
    • Conducts field audits: Fail
    • May suspend future funding: Fail
    • Requires financial reports: Fail
    • Conducts site visits: Fail
    • Requires grant agreements: Fail
    • May require repayment: Fail
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 62
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -5.5%; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.31; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.04; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 4.6%; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 23.9% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 21.2% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -1.6% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 94.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 12 of 12 board members independent · 5 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $2.9M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $140K · 13 people listed
  • Highest-paid contractors: 2 contractors listed · $377K reported
  • Consistency: 29 of 29 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 9 filed schedules · includes foreign activity and grants
  • Filing history: 9 filing years from 2017 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 105 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 104 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 — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight: 8 of 8 not reported.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 15/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 9/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 59/100.