A Pathway to Hope is dedicated to the rescue rehabilitation and adoption of abandoned dogs and cats with a focus on special needs south to north rescue of northern breed dogs local resuce of stray cats and all breeds of dogs and community outreach to further the cause of rescue.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
91¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 25 volunteers.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2025 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
4 of 4
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $42K a year · 17% of revenue · last 4 filings
Looks good: a surplus in 4 of the last 4 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 4 filings
Spent on programs
91%
of spending
Looks good: 91% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
1 mo
of spending, in cash
Fine: 1.3 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
2
named funders · $26K
Fine: 2 funders name it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$179K
55% of total assets
Fine: liabilities are 55% of assets; 50% to 65%.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
6
of 6 voting members
Looks good: 6 of 6 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$223K
+15% vs prior year
Spent
$204K
To programs
91%
Net assets
$148K
By yearFY2021–FY2025
Revenue
$223K
FY2025▲ +15%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2021$255K
FY2022$256K
FY2023$229K
FY2024$194K
FY2025$223K
Expenses
$204K
FY2025▲ +11%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2021$204K
FY2022$205K
FY2023$183K
FY2024Not on file
FY2025$204K
Net assets
$148K
FY2025▲ +10%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2021$76K
FY2022$123K
FY2023$131K
FY2024$134K
FY2025$148K

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Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Jul 2011.

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Where the money goes

91 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 91% · $186K Management & general 5% · $10K Fundraising 4% · $8K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

6 people listed on the 990.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Co-Founder and President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
At Large Trustee
$0Pt VII · Sec A
At Large Trustee
$0Pt VII · Sec A
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Questions the 990 asks

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  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2Yes
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aNo
  • Loans to or from officersSch L · Pt II1 listed

Programs and updates

Rescues and rehabilitates abandoned, surrendered, or neglected cats and dogs.

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3 programs · $186K · in their own filed words · FY2025
01

Rescuing special needs and hard to adopt dogs and cats stray and abandoned cats and kittens and northern breed dogs. Expenses include medical care as well as wellness care vaccines medications and alterations.

$107Kprogram expense
02

Hopes Home

Home owned and facilitated by a A Pathway to Hope Inc. for animals that are deemed unadoptable. They live with a professional behaviorist trainer and recieve daily intensive training and medical care if needed to prepare them for adoption. Property includes dog rooms cat rooms training space outdoor pool and two large play yards.

$74Kprogram expense
03

Community outreach and education to further the cause of rescue.

$4Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2024
Total grants receivedfrom 2 funders$26K

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$223K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$156K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$35K
Other incomeLn 4–11$32K
Money outPt IX
$204K
Ln 25
Programscol B$186K
Managementcol C$10K
Fundraisingcol D$8K
Owns and owesPt X
$148K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$22K
Total assetsLn 16$327K
LiabilitiesLn 26$179K
PeoplePt VI, VII
6
listed · VII A
PaidVII A0
Voting boardVI 1a6
IndependentVI 1b6
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$156K
Government grantsLn 1e$0
Noncash giftsLn 1g$5K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$0
Fees for servicesLn 2g$35K
Other incomeLn 4–11$32K
Gains on assetsLn 7$0
Total revenueLn 12$223K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$22K
SavingsLn 2$0
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$22K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$304K
Other assetsLn 15$0
Total assetsLn 16$327K
LiabilitiesLn 26$179K
Net assetsLn 32$148K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 50
VolunteersI 625
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aNo
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$12K$22K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$303K$304K
Total assetsLn 16$315K$327K
LiabilitiesLn 26$186K$179K
Net assetsLn 32$129K$148K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0$0
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$0$0$0$0
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0$0$0$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$0$0$0$0
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0$0$0$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$0$0$0$0
Payroll taxesLn 10$0$0$0$0
Management feesLn 11a$0$0$0$0
Legal feesLn 11b$0$0$0$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$0$0$0$0
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0$0$0$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0$0$0$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$0$0$0$0
Advertising and promotionLn 12$876$0$0$876
Office expensesLn 13$311$0$311$0
Information technologyLn 14$4K$4K$0$0
RoyaltiesLn 15$0$0$0$0
OccupancyLn 16$0$0$0$0
TravelLn 17$0$0$0$0
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0$0$0$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$689$0$689$0
InterestLn 20$8K$8K$0$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0$0$0$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$4K$0$0$0
InsuranceLn 23$5K$0$5K$0
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$123K$123K$0$0
All other expensesLn 24e$58K$51K$4K$8K
Total functional expensesLn 25$204K$186K$10K$8K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $223K$204K$19K$148K 990 PDF
FY2024 $194K$134K 990 PDF
FY2023 $229K$183K$46K$131K 990 PDF
FY2022 $256K$205K$50K$123K 990 PDF
FY2021 $255K$204K$52K$76K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support O · Explanations
See the full FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $222,895 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $0$155,929
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$34,571
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $0$0
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$32,395
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $0$222,895
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$0
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $0$0
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $0$203,837
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $0$203,837
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $0$19,058
Part VI · Governance 6 of 6 board members independent, 5 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body6
VI-1b Independent voting members6
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsYes
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyNo
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $222,895 across 16 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $21,050 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1a Federated campaigns$0
VIII-1b Membership dues$0
VIII-1c Fundraising events$0
VIII-1d Related organizations$0
VIII-1e Government grants$0
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$155,929
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$5,483
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$155,929
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$34,571
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-5 RoyaltiesRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsUnrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$11,345
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$222,895
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $203,837 across 31 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $0$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $0$0
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $0$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for membersPrograms $0$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-6 Pay of disqualified personsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11a Management feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11d Lobbying feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11e Professional fundraising feesFundraising $0$0
IX-11f Investment management feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $876$876
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $0 · Management $311 · Fundraising $0$311
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $3,934 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$3,934
IX-15 RoyaltiesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-17 TravelPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officialsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $0 · Management $689 · Fundraising $0$689
IX-20 InterestPrograms $8,040 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$8,040
IX-21 Payments to affiliatesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$4,023
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $0 · Management $5,045 · Fundraising $0$5,045
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $122,637 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$122,637
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $51,000 · Management $3,763 · Fundraising $7,541$58,282
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $185,611 · Management $9,808 · Fundraising $8,417$203,837
Part X · Balance sheet $326,525 assets, 22 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $11,682$22,158
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $0$0
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $0$0
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $0$0
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $343$343
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $0$0
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $302,910$304,024
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $0$0
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $0$0
X-13 Program-related investmentsStart of year $0$0
X-14 Intangible assetsStart of year $0$0
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $0$0
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $314,935$326,525
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $1,311$1,311
X-18 Grants payableStart of year $0$0
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $0$0
X-20 Tax-exempt bond liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $184,178$176,708
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $186,182$178,712
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $128,754$147,812
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $314,936$326,524
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $147,813 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$222,895
XI-2 Total expenses$203,837
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$19,058
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$128,753
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$0
XI-6 Donated services and use of facilities$0
XI-7 Investment expenses$0
XI-8 Prior period adjustments$0
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$147,813

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