Open Paths Counseling center's mission is to meet the evolving mental health needs of the community through quality Counseling for individuals and families at affordable fees; free therapy programs for at-risk children and youth in local schools; and a highly-respected therapist training program.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
80¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 50 volunteers and 26 employees.
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 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $129K a year · 12% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
80%
of spending
Looks good: 80% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$226K
to officers and key staff · 14% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 14% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
9 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 8.8 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
22
named funders · $1.2M
Looks good: 22 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$307K
19% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 19% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
9
of 9 voting members
Looks good: 9 of 9 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$1.4M
-10% vs prior year
Spent
$1.6M
To programs
80%
Net assets
$1.3M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$1.4M
FY2025▼ -10%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$939K
FY2021$520K
FY2022$988K
FY2023$1.2M
FY2024$1.5M
FY2025$1.4M
Expenses
$1.6M
FY2025▲ +12%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$490K
FY2021$540K
FY2022$593K
FY2023$1.1M
FY2024$1.4M
FY2025$1.6M
Net assets
$1.3M
FY2025▼ -14%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$773K
FY2021$753K
FY2022$1.1M
FY2023$1.4M
FY2024$1.5M
FY2025$1.3M

From the FY2025 Form 990 · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Jun 1979.

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Where the money goes

80 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 80% · $1.3M Management & general 14% · $221K Fundraising 6% · $98K

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

11 people listed on the 990; $226K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Clinical Director
$113,433Pt VII · Sec A
Executive Director
$112,878Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Vonne Hong Perry’s $113K as Clinical Director is at the 39th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1683 $1–10M mental health 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 · 2 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Vonne Hong Perry$113,433—————
Sierra Smith$112,878$93,577$100,000$95,000$95,000$70,000

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

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  • 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 mental health counseling and trains new therapists.

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3 programs · $1.1M · in their own filed words · FY2025
01

Our largest program, open paths counseling services (opcs) provides culturally affirmative, trauma-informed psychotherapy to underinsured and uninsured CHILDRE...OUR largest program, open paths counseling services (opcs) provides culturally affirmative, trauma-informed psychotherapy to underinsured and uninsured children, adults, couples…

$648Kprogram expense
02

Our community partnership therapy program (CPTP) partners with social service, arts and education organizations by providing culturally affirming psychotherapy to our shared clientele either on-site at their location, at our center or virtually.

$272Kprogram expense
03

Our esteemed clinical training program (CTP) recruits therapists who are reflective of the clients and communities we serve and trains them through a culturally affirmative lens. Weekly clinical training on topics key to serving our clientele, as well as structured weekly clinical supervision is provided by our team of experienced…

$173Kprogram 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
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By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$1.4M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.2M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$154K
Investment incomeLn 3$8K
Money outPt IX
$1.6M
Ln 25
Programscol B$1.3M
Managementcol C$221K
Fundraisingcol D$98K
Owns and owesPt X
$1.3M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.2M
Total assetsLn 16$1.6M
LiabilitiesLn 26$307K
PeoplePt VI, VII
11
listed · VII A
PaidVII A2
Voting boardVI 1a9
IndependentVI 1b9
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.2M
Government grantsLn 1e$164K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$0
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$0
Fees for servicesLn 2g$154K
Investment incomeLn 3$8K
Total revenueLn 12$1.4M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$331K
SavingsLn 2$825K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$1.2M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$67K
Other assetsLn 15$199K
Total assetsLn 16$1.6M
LiabilitiesLn 26$307K
Net assetsLn 32$1.3M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 526
VolunteersI 650
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.5M$1.2M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$313K$67K
Total assetsLn 16$1.8M$1.6M
LiabilitiesLn 26$326K$307K
Net assetsLn 32$1.5M$1.3M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$113K$99K$11K$3K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$856K$753K$83K$20K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$530$530
Other employee benefitsLn 9$73K$61K$10K$2K
Payroll taxesLn 10$91K$77K$12K$2K
Accounting feesLn 11c$41K$41K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$208K$133K$7K$69K
Office expensesLn 13$31K$24K$6K$415
Information technologyLn 14$80$80
OccupancyLn 16$104K$91K$12K$1K
TravelLn 17$5K$1K$3K$93
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$220$220
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$11K$11K
InsuranceLn 23$19K$19K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$18K$14K$5K$82
All other expensesLn 24e$15$15
Total functional expensesLn 25$1.6M$1.3M$221K$98K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $1.4M$1.6M−$215K$1.3M 990 PDF
FY2024 $1.5M$1.4M$100K$1.5M 990 PDF
FY2023 $1.2M$1.1M$63K$1.4M 990 PDF
FY2022 $988K$593K$395K$1.1M 990 PDF
FY2021 $520K$540K−$20K$753K 990 PDF
FY2020 $939K$490K$450K$773K 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 $1,357,404 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $1,313,566$1,195,939
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $158,143$153,615
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $36,334$7,850
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $1,508,043$1,357,404
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 $785,155$1,134,288
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $77,685$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $545,273$437,778
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $1,408,113$1,572,066
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $99,930−$214,662
Part VI · Governance 9 of 9 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body9
VI-1b Independent voting members9
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $1,357,404 across 12 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $80 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$163,949
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$1,031,990
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$0
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$1,195,939
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $153,535 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$153,535
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $7,850$7,850
VIII-5 RoyaltiesRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $153,615 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $7,850$1,357,404
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $1,572,066 across 16 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $99,232 · Management $10,968 · Fundraising $2,679$112,879
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $752,678 · Management $83,191 · Fundraising $20,321$856,190
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $530$530
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $61,423 · Management $9,710 · Fundraising $2,299$73,432
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $77,161 · Management $12,313 · Fundraising $1,783$91,257
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $40,847$40,847
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $132,655 · Management $6,535 · Fundraising $68,911$208,101
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $23,960 · Management $6,475 · Fundraising $415$30,850
IX-14 Information technologyManagement $80$80
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $90,881 · Management $12,390 · Fundraising $1,076$104,347
IX-17 TravelPrograms $1,299 · Management $3,242 · Fundraising $93$4,634
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $220$220
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationManagement $10,807$10,807
IX-23 InsuranceManagement $19,477$19,477
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $13,596 · Management $4,722 · Fundraising $82$18,400
IX-24e All other expensesManagement $15$15
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $1,253,635 · Management $220,772 · Fundraising $97,659$1,572,066
Part X · Balance sheet $1,611,159 assets, 15 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $179,526$330,703
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $1,341,260$824,538
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $5,375$177,627
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $5,887$13,232
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $313,452$66,556
X-15 Other assets$198,503
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $1,845,500$1,611,159
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $161,456$97,324
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $164,991$0
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $0$209,444
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $326,447$306,768
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $1,348,947$802,593
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $170,106$501,798
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $1,519,053$1,304,391
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $1,845,500$1,611,159
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $1,304,391 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$1,357,404
XI-2 Total expenses$1,572,066
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$214,662
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$1,519,053
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$1,304,391

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