Path of Life Ministries
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 330724945
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2012–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Riverside, CA, USA
- Phone
- 951-462-9822
- Rating
- 85
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Christianity
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $9,185,661
- Expenses
- $9,223,813
- Assets
- $2,978,279
- Liabilities
- $1,551,425
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
11 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- CHRIS OBERG (CEO)
Highest reported compensation
- CHRIS OBERG (CEO): $148,590 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Path Of Life exists to help people in dire need of care; its Who We Are page describes a commitment to rescuing, restoring, and rebuilding lives by providing emergency relief, a helping hand, and guidance so people can get safely back on their feet and build self-sufficient, thriving lives. To rescuing, restoring, and rebuilding lives by creating solutions and providing the emergency relief, helping hand, and guidance that people need to get safely back on their feet and build self-sufficient and thriving lives. DONATE < BACK TO GIVE HELP. Thousands of children, parents, veterans, elderly, disabled or otherwise sick and struggling people find themselves homeless each year in Riverside County. WE ARE COMMITTED To rescuing, restoring, and rebuilding lives by creating solutions and providing the emergency relief, helping hand, and guidance that people need to get safely back on their...
What it reported doing in 2024
Family shelter: this 60-90 day program is offered to parents and couples with children. It offers a safe haven to help families move toward self-reliance. It is a dormitory setting with 46 beds as well as cribs. Clients are provided with life skills, workshops, meals, showers, and laundry facilities. Case managers help families to establish a housing plan with goals. During their stay, they also assist with finding housing, employment, and rental assistance.82 households, 233 new enrollments; 125 children (age 0-17) (54%) 22 households, 196 individuals exited; 103 children (age 0-17) (53%) 15,244 bed nights (1,270 per month avg) 91% bed utilization average length of stay 63 days 7 (6%) chronic homeless (adults & hoh only) 18 (8%) mental health disorder 20 (9%) age 18-24 served connected with mainstream benefits at exit - 74 (80%) (adults & hoh only) income at exit 57 (29%) (adults & hoh only) employment income at exit 11 (4%) (adults & hoh only) other income at exit 49 (25%) (adults & hoh only) increased income at exit 11 (12%) (adults & hoh only) increased employment at exit 11 (12%) (adults & hoh only) exits to interim housing 64 individuals (33%) exits to permanent housing 63 individuals (32%) total exits to a housing destination - 127 individuals (65%)
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Grant-funded. 90% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
- 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.
- 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. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 81
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 95
- Sustainability: 29
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 90.7%; rating input score 91
- Program expense ratio: 90.4%; rating input score 90
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- 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: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Fail
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -0.4%; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.32; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.52; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 1.6%; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 9.7% per year; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 9.8% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 0.6% per year; rating input score 100; 14th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 2 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 90.7% of revenue deployed · 90.4% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 9 of 9 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $8.3M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $149K · 11 people listed
- Consistency: 31 of 31 current checks pass
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 13 filing years from 2012 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- 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 31/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 10/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Audit committee oversight not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 20/100.