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PathLight International Inc

PathLight International Inc (California) receives grants from 25 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,261,379 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($1,262,355). 14 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 83% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2025
$2.0M
Funders on record
25
Grants received
$3.3M
Net assets
$267k
14/25 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 74%
01What it does

What PathLight International Inc does

Mission

Pathlight International, Inc. nurtures hope through faith and learning with three interlocking programs focused on teachers, students, and communities to allow young people from rural areas of Belize to thrive.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Sponsorship+ program (s+) Pathlight provides students with full spectrum support that includes mentoring, tutoring, full financial support, academic and personal counseling, spiritual discipleship and regular opportunities to experience giving back through involvement in community service projects in local villages. 2025 Impact in numbers: students in sponsorship+ program: 242 (168 full programs, 30 SFCD pilot programs, and 44 tertiary) students paired with a sponsor: 130/198 students who attained honor roll status: 168/198 students with GPA above 80%: 84.8% students receiving tutoring by Pathlight: 49

    $559,306 spent
    33% of program spending
  2. Teacher training program (TTP) Pathlight works to develop successful educators, know that well equipped teachers and administrators are crucial to student success. 2025 Impact in numbers: summer and school year workshops conducted: 111 (# of workshop sessions/days) total number of workshop attendees: 2,009 teachers attended Schools represented: 137 schools Students impacted (at teacher:student ratio of 1:22) = 44,198 Training hours (at 5.5 hours per session) = 418 hours

    $559,305 spent$122,031 earned by the program
    33% of program spending
  3. Path program (PP) Pathlight works with leadership in the local communities to determine the most vital needs and then organizes one to three week service projects for groups to impact the educational needs of at risk youth in Belize. Custom designed for the needs of each group and focused on serving in a culturally sensitive way, these trips can be transforming for everyone.

    $559,305 spent$289,092 earned by the program
    33% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,677,916.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($1.1M) Expenses 100 ($1.1M) Net assets 100 ($149k)2018 Revenue 101 ($1.1M) Expenses 99 ($1.1M) Net assets 129 ($192k)2019 Revenue 106 ($1.2M) Expenses 105 ($1.2M) Net assets 155 ($231k)2020 Revenue 103 ($1.2M) Expenses 99 ($1.1M) Net assets 206 ($306k)2021 Revenue 72 ($807k) Expenses 51 ($567k) Net assets 327 ($486k)2022 Revenue 112 ($1.3M) Expenses 115 ($1.3M) Net assets 322 ($479k)2023 Revenue 130 ($1.5M) Expenses 137 ($1.5M) Net assets 286 ($424k)2024 Revenue 127 ($1.4M) Expenses 150 ($1.7M) Net assets 131 ($195k)2025 Revenue 175 ($2.0M) Expenses 171 ($1.9M) Net assets 180 ($267k)
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Revenue (175)Expenses (171)Net assets (180)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $320k to $637k (+99%).

$155k
$192k
$231k
$320k
$637k
$539k
$480k
$238k
$320k
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

How it's funded, over time

Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2017 10% · 2020 7% · 2022 7%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

79% of PathLight International Inc’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (97% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 1,679 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$21k
’17
$43k
’18
$39k
’19
$75k
’20
$240k
’21
−$8k
’22
−$55k
’23
−$229k
’24
$72k
’25
1.7
months of
reserve

Leadership and staff

The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.

Board chair

Roy Goble

Chairman

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

The chief executive listed changed between the FY2020 and FY2021, and between the FY2022 and FY2023, and between the FY2023 and FY2024 filings.

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Listed91113131312151615
Joined·+3+3+2+1+0+4+4+1
No longer listed·11211132
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 7 funders to 9 funders, grant income rose $87k → $534k.

10 of 25 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 83% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.

From the IRS filings of PathLight International Inc’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

How concentrated its funding is

PathLight International Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 39% of grant income and the top three 80%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

87% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund PathLight International Inc.

39%
largest funder
80%
top three
~4
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 29% · 2018 50% · 2019 25% · 2020 36% · 2021 42% · 2022 42% · 2023 48% — growing more concentrated.

“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

How long its funders stay

67% of PathLight International Inc's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 56% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y+6y

Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.

Where its funders are

83% of PathLight International Inc's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $541k that is directly attributable, 70% of it comes from California funders.

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IN
NJ
CA
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NC
FL

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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California out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.7M arriving through sponsors registered in 10 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

PathLight International Inc's revenue grew 75% between 2017 and 2025.

Operating margin4% · below the median
Months of reserve1.7mo · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)7% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 718 international nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

89% of spending goes to programs.

Program 89%Management 11%Fundraising 0%

Governance

13
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

100%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

CA

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Questions and answers

Who funds PathLight International Inc?
PathLight International Inc (California) receives grants from 25 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,261,379 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($1,262,355). 14 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 83% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does PathLight International Inc have?
IRS filings report 25 organizations giving $3,261,379 in grants to PathLight International Inc, 14 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of PathLight International Inc?
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $1,262,355 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like PathLight International Inc find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 25 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing