Paving the Path to Wellness Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 882760063
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2024–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2023
- Location
- Mansfield, MA, USA
- Phone
- 7742664612
- Rating
- 65
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Public Health Program (Includes General Health and Wellness Promotion Services)
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $80,788
- Expenses
- $46,660
- Assets
- $48,012
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
4 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- DR ELIZABETH PEGG FRATES (CHAIR & PRESIDENT)
- DR AMY COMANDER (VICE PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- DR ELIZABETH PEGG FRATES (CHAIR & PRESIDENT)
- DR AMY COMANDER (VICE PRESIDENT)
- VALERIA TIVNAN (TREASURER)
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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Our mission is to help people thrive with a healthy body, peaceful mind and joyful heart. We also aim to educate healthcare professionals in the paving the path to wellness curriculum so they can utilize it in their practice, bringing lifestyle medicine into their practice. In addition, we want to create a group where anyone can join and learn from experts through the paver's place.
What it reported doing in 2024
Based on the principles of lifestyle medicine, the paving program focuses on the whole person-body, mind, and spirit- with the goal to empower individuals to live healthier lives with a sense of purpose. Participants typically meet weekly for 6-12 sessions in an online or in-person format, to learn about the 12 paving wheel steps and how to implement them into their lives. The group is led by a healthcare practitioner who educates and facilitates group discussion.in 2024, we (1) certified 12 healthcare professionals including two internationally: 1 in korea and 1 in brazil, (2) we provided 3 of paving the path to wellness program for stroke survivors, cancer survivors as well as the general population. A total of 17 people took advantage of the paving program, and (3) started a paver's place - a virtual monthly meeting that we bring different professionals to inspire participants at no cost. Our services include the paving the path to wellness 8-12 weeks program, healthcare professionals paving certification, which allows them to teach the paving program, as well as consultations to companies who want to bring lifestyle medicine into their workplaces.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 94% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- 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
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. 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: 43
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 70
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 33.5%; rating input score 34
- Program expense ratio: 58.1%; rating input score 58
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 42.2%; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.03; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 33.5% of revenue deployed · 58.1% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $27K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- 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.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 34/100.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 58/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 47/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.