Path to Shine

Analysis

Path to Shine is a registered charity in United States, based in Smyrna, GA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 2022, 4 years ago. Its declared purposes cover youth development, which this site groups under children and youth development. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Path to Shine reported income of $114k and spending of $139k, spending 122% of what it took in. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income fell from $216k to $114k (-47%), an average of -47% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 47%. Over the whole period it spent 45% of the income it received.

Among 14,332 United States charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, Path to Shine sits at the 46th percentile: it is larger than about 46% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 40th percentile, and in the 42nd percentile within GA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Unicorn Therapeutic Horseback Riding Inc ($114k), Instill Mindfulness ($114k) and Truckee Football Foundation ($114k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 111% of the total. At year end it held assets of $184k against liabilities of $3,586, net assets of $180k.