Path - People Attempting to Help

What it reported doing in 2024

Food, housing, transportation, utilities, prescription, and other assistance to underprivileged. Total number of clients served: 8,382 households with 26,643 members. Over 33% of those families came to path for the first time in 2024.food pantry: provided nutritious non-perishable food to 7,429 households which includes 24,302 individuals.homelessness prevention: provided emergency utility assistance for 684 cases totaling $197,031.provided emergency rent/mortgage assistance to 113 households totaling $166,391.basic medical services provided: provided eye exams and glasses for 747 individuals totaling $41,680.dental services for 123 individuals valued at $30,072.emergency prescription assistance for 187 households totaling $6,162.transitional housing family case management provided personalized case management to 50 households with a total of 140 household members.special projects: distributed 889 coats to children, 72,744 diapers, 924 fans, and 729 blankets.volunteers make the difference at path. 331 volunteers gave over 18,773 hours of service to those in need.charity navigator: path is rated a 4-star charity, the highest rating for a nonprofit organization. A four-star rating is given to organizations who score a 90 or above in charity navigator's review and is considered "exceptional." for organizations like path, it means we "exceed industry standards and outperform most charities in [our] cause." path has maintained this rating since 2016.candid (formerly guidestar): path has achieved the gold seal of transparency for 2024.bbb of central east Texas: - path has met the 20 standards to be a bbb credited charity - recipient of the 2022 bbb award for nonprofit excellencepath is a locally supported agency of the united way of smith county.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 85.5%; rating input score 85
• Program expense ratio: 81.3%; rating input score 81
• Fundraising efficiency: $21.82 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 61; 61st 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: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 86.4%; rating input score 86; 18th 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: 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: -2.9%; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.23; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 87; 87th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 2.7%; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 4.3% per year; rating input score 100; 35th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 3.5% per year; rating input score 100; 30th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 3.9% per year; rating input score 100; 29th percentile among comparable filings