The Path
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
The Paths purpose is to address, educate, coordinate, and provide educational awareness on a local and global level. The Path is dedicated to the education, preservation, and conservation of heritage and heirloom seeds for future generations.
- Income
- $365,586
- Spending
- $312,403
- Spent on programs
- 64%
- Reserves
- 2.8 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 97%
- Employees
- 0
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Fair: 62 out of 100. Higher than 22% of charities in its peer group (food and agriculture, $250k to $1m).
Reserves
10 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 2.8 months of spending.
Debt
20 of 20It owes 1% of what it owns.
Living within its means
15 of 15Income exceeded spending by 15% of income.
Spending floor
8 of 1564% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 0 cents.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
Fair: 54 out of 100. Higher than 24% of charities in its peer group (food and agriculture, $250k to $1m).
Independent board
5 of 250 of 6 voting board members are independent.
Conflict of interest policy
15 of 15Has a written conflict of interest policy.
Whistleblower policy
0 of 8Reports no written whistleblower policy.
Record keeping policy
0 of 7Reports no written policy on keeping and destroying records.
Board minutes
5 of 5Keeps minutes of board meetings.
Board sees the tax return
10 of 10Gave the board a copy of this return before filing it.
Independent check of accounts
6 of 15Its accounts were not audited or reviewed by an independent accountant.
No reported misuse
10 of 10Reports no diversion of assets, excess benefits or loans to insiders.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (2)
- $158,699 spent. The Paths purpose is to address, educate, coordinate, and provide educational awareness on a local and global level. The Path is dedicated to the education, preservation, and conservation of heritage and heirloom seeds for future generations.The Path provides education by providing free and paid for lectures and slideshows, and films in schools, libraries, and other public venues as well as utilizing social media channels and the corporations website to provide facts, statistics, and other related data on causes, current efforts and solutions that promote social awareness to the cause.Programs include raising social consciousness about The Paths cause on a local and global level, and to hold fundraising events in order to raise awareness while advancing our mission by building bridges of understanding, communication and purpose through ministry, ceremony, personal healing, worship, educational programs, public group teachings, private group teachings and personal empowerment.The Path meets our mission through seed conservation, education, and collaboration with other organizations who share our vision.
- $41,327 spent. THE PATH AIMS TO COLLABORATE WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS, INCLUDING THE SONG CARRIERS WOMEN'S CIRCLE. THE SONG CARRIERS WOMEN'S CIRCLE IS dedicated to holding and nurturing medicine songs of the ancestors, as well as birthing and activating new songs of the Earth, while weaving a communal space of balance and creativity with ceremonial dance and ritual.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 30, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 10, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2024.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since October 2014.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 7, 2026.
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