Pathways for Kids Co Peter Dwares

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
943313219
IRS 990 coverage
2013–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2017
Location
San Francisco, CA, USA
Phone
4159865885
Rating
61
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Adult, Child Matching Programs

Reported finances

Revenue
$57,348
Expenses
$66,918
Assets
$594,523
Liabilities
$10,861

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

Leadership & pay

23 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MICHAEL MONTALBAN (Vice President)
  • NATHAN NGEREBARA (President)

Highest reported compensation

  • GRACE LONG (Secretary): $10,000 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Connect at-risk youth with career professionals to inspire academic achievement and reveal career opportunities.

What it reported doing in 2025

Founded in 1998 by local business leader, peter dwares, and like-mindedboard members, pathways vision is to prepare inner city kids for bothhigher education and a variety of career options by involving them incareer exploration activities in class, after class, in the workplaceand one-on-one. Tapping their imagination, motivation, and inspiringthem to explore their own paths through the ongoing recruitment ofprogram sponsors. Through the "out of classroom" program, pathwaysbrings kids to businesses to be exposed to a work environment, to learnteam building skills and advance philanthropy in the community.participants enjoy the opportunity to give back to the kids by sharingtheir own experiences. To date, pathways programs have served over16,270 kids and is significantly increasing their exposure each year.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 85% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 66% for direct work, and 34% for grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 39
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 74
  • Sustainability: 40
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 45.1%; rating input score 45
  • Program expense ratio: 26.2%; rating input score 26
  • Fundraising efficiency: $6.66 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 44; 44th 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: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 3 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 38
    • 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: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -16.7%; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 8.88; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 14.9%; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -11% per year; rating input score 0; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -1.4% per year; rating input score 0; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 13.3% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 45.1% of revenue deployed · 26.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 21 of 21 board members independent · 3 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $18K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $10K · 23 people listed
  • Consistency: 21 of 21 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 9 filing years from 2013 to 2025
  • 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.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 45/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 26/100.
  • Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 7 not reported.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 44/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 37/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 11/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 20/100.