Pathfinders of San Diego
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 952157559
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- San Diego, CA, USA
- Phone
- 6192601605
- Rating
- 81
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $3,139,218
- Expenses
- $3,548,740
- Assets
- $4,849,711
- Liabilities
- $5,551,225
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
7 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- SEAN VERNER (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
- DK SAPPINGTON (PRESIDENT)
- JESSE PAPIKE (VICE PRESIDENT)
Highest reported compensation
- SEAN VERNER (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $143,546 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The pathfinders of san diego, inc. ( a California non-profit corporation) (the agency) was incorporated as a non-profit corporation in 1955 for the purpose of providing care, treatment and rehabilitation of persons suffering from alcoholism and to cooperate with other fellowships, organizations and social agencies concerned with the problems of alcoholism.
What it reported doing in 2024
The social model recovery services program of the agency aims to increase opportunities for individuals and families to voluntarily participate in peer-managed and directed, experiential-based and mutually supportive alcohol recovery services. The purpose of the program is to continue to plan, develop and implement integrated residential and non-residential social model recovery services for individuals located primarily in the golden hill/north park/mid city area of the city of san diego as part of a comprehensive service system involving sobering services, short-term and long-term residential recovery services, non-residential recovery services and sober living centers offered in one community by another agency.the agency's prevention services program contracted with the county alcohol services to facilitate the development of a community based, environment focused prevention project, the alcohol and drug serial inebriate pilot project (sipp), north park prevention project and to provide for a continuation of the community assessment and prevention training/education activities around the role the environment plays in alcohol problems and strategies for creating an environment that minimizes alcohol related problems.north park prevention project - the program funded by the county of san diego provides environmental based strategies in the community of north park to combat alcohol and other drug abused. The agency provides both program and administrative leadership to this community-based program.shelter plus care i and ii - the program targets homeless individuals that have a substance abuse and/or mental illness disability. The program is funded by the department of housing and urban development (hud) that is administered by the san diego housing commission. The agency provides all supportive services and rental assistance comes from hud.sober living center - when a resident completes an agency residential recovery program, pathfinders encourage individuals to remain in a peer-managed, resident run, transitional living facility. The agency operates eight apartment units on streamview drive in san diego in which rent, furnishings and utilities are included in the rental price. This program was incorporated in the shelter plus care program.serial inebriate pilot project (sipp) - the program serves as community referral and screening resource. The program provides screening for individual in need of alcohol and drug treatment and recovery services to determine their need for program services and refer them to the appropriate social services. The program provides administrative screening and referral functions.building management - the agency operates an 18-unit apartment complex in the north park area under onsite manager supervision and administered by the corporate office. Proceeds from the operation were used to support the agency's recovery facilities.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Grant-funded. 91% 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.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 85
- Transparency & Controls: 86
- Accountability: 74
- Sustainability: 27
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 88.5%; rating input score 89
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 93.3%; rating input score 93; 17th 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: 3 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 38
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: Fail
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -13%; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.37; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 1.14; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 4%; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 16% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 11.5% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 0.8% per year; rating input score 100; 15th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 88.5% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 6 of 6 board members independent · 3 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $3.1M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $144K · 7 people listed
- Consistency: 27 of 28 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 13 filing years from 2010 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- 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.
- Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 8 not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 11/100.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 48/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 3/100.