Pave Promoting Awareness Victim Empowerment

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
320131894
IRS 990 coverage
2021–2022
Forms available
Form 990 2022, Form 990-EZ 2020, Form 990-N 2014
Location
Chicago, IL, USA
Phone
8773991346
Rating
83
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$360,500
Expenses
$482,739
Assets
$160,056
Liabilities
$166,221

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2022. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JOSHUA RUBIN (PRESIDENT)
  • MICHELLE KUKLA (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • ANGELA GARCIA (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • ANGELA GARCIA (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $38,402 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2022. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Pave is a movement creating a world free from sexual violence and building communities to support survivors.

What it reported doing in 2022

Helping to support survivors and end sexual violence.pave effects change by: education and training - pave provides an innovative curriculum for students, professionals, and military service members focusing on prevention and intervention.social advocacy - pave creates campaigns that leverage social media and traditional media, uniting people together to effect real change in local communities.survivor support - pave provides resources for families and survivors to help support and empower, transforming survivors into thrivers.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
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: 92
  • Accountability: 79
  • Sustainability: 14
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 93.6%; rating input score 94
  • Program expense ratio: 69.9%; rating input score 70
  • Fundraising efficiency: $69.07 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 81; 81st 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; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 4 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • 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: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -33.9%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.33; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 1.04; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 8%; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 62.3% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 37.7% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 52.5% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 93.6% of revenue deployed · 69.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 8 of 8 board members independent · 4 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $337K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $38K · 10 people listed
  • Consistency: 29 of 29 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2021 to 2022
  • 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.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 10/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 16/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 5/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 32/100.