Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Apr 2004.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Where the money goes
85 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.
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
26 people listed on the 990; $1.6M paid to officers and key staff.
Joel Cohen’s $248K as Medical Director/Psychiatrist is at the 62nd percentile of top reported officer pay among 3122 $10–100M human services nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.
Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 8 named individuals · Part VII
| Name | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | FY2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joel Cohen | $248,484 | $237,911 | $227,320 | $162,675 | $142,275 | $222,009 |
| Christina Respress | $153,244 | — | $151,281 | $154,813 | $167,177 | $157,683 |
| Kellie Sewell | $166,925 | $162,370 | — | — | — | — |
| Patricia Ntali | $163,051 | $138,189 | — | — | — | — |
| William Lawson | — | — | — | — | — | $161,816 |
| Christina Repsress | — | $151,034 | — | — | — | — |
| Raymond Sallay Thru 04012025 | $148,392 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ceymone Dyce | — | $143,370 | — | — | — | — |
Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.
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Questions the 990 asks
The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.
- Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
- Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes
Programs and updates
Provides housing and support services to people experiencing homelessness in DC, particularly those with serious mental illness.
Questions for Pathways to Housing DC
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To provide a full continuum of homeless services including: street outreach, permanent housing and wraparound support services to people living with serious mental illness or other complex health conditions, behavioral health services, employment services, and health services.
To provide a full continuum of homeless services including: street outreach, permanent housing and wraparound support services to people living with serious mental illness or other complex health conditions, behavioral health services, employment services, and health services.
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Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
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By the numbers
The FY2020 990, line by line.
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Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 Latest | $19.4M | $18.9M | $540K | $4.2M | 990 PDF |
| FY2024 | $19.2M | $18.4M | $798K | $3.7M | 990 PDF |
| FY2023 | $17.9M | $18.2M | −$331K | $3.2M | 990 PDF |
| FY2022 | $19.5M | $17.6M | $2.0M | $3.6M | 990 PDF |
| FY2021 | $16.6M | $15.5M | $1.1M | $2.0M | 990 PDF |
| FY2020 Viewing | $15.4M | $15.2M | $202K | $867K | 990 PDF |
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Schedules filed Part IV
See the full FY2020 990 (1 part)
Part VI · Governance 8 of 8 board members independent, no flags
Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2020 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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