PATH-WAY Providing Access to Happiness

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
472699186
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2020–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Dedham, MA, USA
Rating
80
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Disabled Persons' Rights

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,306
Expenses
$11,755
Assets
$53,272

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

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Robert Purcell (President)
  • Stephanie Zaia (Executive Director)

People named in this filing

  • Robert Purcell (President)
  • Stephanie Zaia (Executive Director)
  • Diane Zaia (Treasurer Communication Director)

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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Provide social and networking events for individuals with physical disabilities and sponsor organizations with similar mission

What it reported doing in 2025

Sponsored organizations who share our mission of providing adaptive events for individuals with physical disabilities. 1. Atlanta Chapter of Catalyst Sports an organization that provides adaptive sports to individuals with physical disabilites.

Operating model

Revenue model
Investment-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from recurring investment income.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 64% of its reported program spending out as grants.

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 revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 87
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 32
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 66%; rating input score 66

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -800.1%; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.53; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 2.1% per year; rating input score 100; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -54.7% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -11.8% per year; rating input score 0; 16th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 66% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $8K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2020 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 2/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.