Skip to content

California · Nonprofit

PATHWAY SOCIETY INC

PATHWAY SOCIETY INC (California) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,000 to it, the largest being Caryl H and Bernard M Susman Family Foundation ($2,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$19M
Funders on record
3
Grants received
$2k
Net assets
$5.9M
3/3 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 0%
01What it does

What Pathway Society Inc does

Mission

Pathway society, inc. Exists to provide services that promote the development of individual wellness. This mission is accomplished through programe designed to provide information, education, intervention, (continued on sch. O)and treatment in the substance abuse field. These programs will foster the identification of socially acceptable alternative activities and promote positive, healthy lifestyles.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Residential services - residential inpatient substance use treatment programs provide co-ocurring services to clients and drug medi-cal beneficiaries by offering opportunities through targeted interventions to rehabilitate their lives and embrace the skills of independent, responsible and productive living, free of drugs and alcohol in a safe and secure environment. Also known as transitional housing, recovery residence provides a safe, clean and sober environment where clients can live for a transitional period as they continue to work on their substance abuse issues in an outpatient setting, prepare for employment and seek an independent and safe living condition. In fiscal year 2025, residential services were provided to 1208 clients (continued on sch. O)with an average length of stay of 30 days for residential and 7 days for withdrawal management program. A total of 15,657 bed days were occupied by recovery residence clients.

    $11,600,905 spent$112,404 earned by the program
    85% of program spending
  2. Outpatient treatment services - california state licensed therapists and counselors with extensive drug and alcohol treatment experience provide drug medi-cal counseling services to group, family and individuals. In fiscal year 2025, 628 clients were served.

    $2,026,258 spent
    15% of program spending
  3. Public awareness and education - public awareness and education is dedicated to affect positive behavorial and social change of individuals charged with domestic violence, petty theft, possession of a controlled substance, or those needing anger management. The program allows judges to offer education and rehabilitation through classes and group discussions taught and facilitated by an education specialist as alternative to fines and/or jail time. In fiscal year 2025, an estimated 261 clients were served.

    $31,517 spent$99,491 earned by the program
    0% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $13,658,680.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 = 20202020 Revenue 100 ($10M) Expenses 100 ($10M) Net assets 100 ($2.5M)2021 Revenue 112 ($12M) Expenses 112 ($11M) Net assets 112 ($2.7M)2022 Revenue 114 ($12M) Expenses 114 ($12M) Net assets 119 ($2.9M)2023 Revenue 129 ($13M) Expenses 130 ($13M) Net assets 118 ($2.9M)2024 Revenue 141 ($15M) Expenses 147 ($15M) Net assets 103 ($2.5M)2025 Revenue 183 ($19M) Expenses 156 ($16M) Net assets 240 ($5.9M)
202020212022202320242025
Revenue (183)Expenses (156)Net assets (240)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 2024 to 2025, from $5.4M to $9.2M (+70%).

$3.8M
$4.1M
$4.5M
$5.5M
$5.4M
$9.2M
202020212022202320242025
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.

2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2020 97% · 2021 97% · 2022 98% · 2023 97% · 2024 98% · 2025 99%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

99% of PATHWAY SOCIETY INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (7% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 4,743 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.

$139k
’20
$147k
’21
$179k
’22
−$20k
’23
−$364k
’24
$3.0M
’25
1.1
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.

Chief executive

Gary Montrezza

CEO / executive director

Board chair

Robert Benninghofen

Board chair

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

202020212022202320242025
Listed9910121212
Joined·+2+2+3+1+2
No longer listed·21112
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income held at $0.

Funder
'17
'18
'19
'20
'21
'22
'23
'24*
'25*
total
funders
1
1
1
1
2
3
2
3
1

From the IRS filings of PATHWAY SOCIETY INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 1 of 3 funders by total. 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.

Where its funders are

PATHWAY SOCIETY INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside California, across 1 state in all.

DE

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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

PATHWAY SOCIETY INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 2,843 health nonprofits its size.

Operating margin16% · top quartile
Months of reserve1.1mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)13% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,843 health nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025

Organizations like PATHWAY SOCIETY INC

Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.

In California

Nationally

05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

85% of spending goes to programs.

Program 85%Management 15%Fundraising 0%

Governance

5
board members
80%
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

Screen this organization

A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for PATHWAY SOCIETY INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.

A paid feature, included from the $75 plan up. Sign in to download.

Screens are triage, not determinations; a source that cannot be read reports not screened, never clear. Screen this nonprofit · How the screen works · on the API as GET /api/screening/{ein}?format=pdf

Questions and answers

Who funds PATHWAY SOCIETY INC?
PATHWAY SOCIETY INC (California) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,000 to it, the largest being Caryl H and Bernard M Susman Family Foundation ($2,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does PATHWAY SOCIETY INC have?
IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $2,000 in grants to PATHWAY SOCIETY INC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of PATHWAY SOCIETY INC?
Caryl H and Bernard M Susman Family Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $2,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like PATHWAY SOCIETY 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.

Play a game about who funds Pathway Society →

These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2020–2025), and the filings of 3 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