Form 990 for tax year 2025

Totals

Total revenue

$7,606,833

Total expenses

$7,648,226

Contributions and grants received

$6,422,543

Grants paid

$866,788

Program service revenue

$1,158,778

Investment income

$25,512

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$6,960,995

Total liabilities, end of year

$4,295,241

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$2,665,754

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$5,358,066

Management and general expenses

$1,117,917

Fundraising expenses

$1,172,243

Program service expenses (Part III)

$5,358,066

Program services were 70.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Mission and programs · 2025

• SUPPORTED HOUSING - PATHFINDERS HELPS HOMELESS AND HOUSING INSECURE YOUTH FIND AND SUSTAIN SAFE HOUSING. ONCE HOUSED, WE OFFER SUPPORT TO YOUTH AS THEY WORK TOWARDS STABILITY, MENTAL WELL-BEING, EDUCATION, EMPLOYMENT AND OTHER PERSONAL GOALS. OUR PROGRAMS OFFER SUPPORTED HOUSING SERVICES THAT ARE INDIVIDUALIZED TO THE NEEDS OF EACH YOUNG PERSON. WE PLACE A PARTICULAR EMPHASIS ON SERVING LGBTQ+ IDENTIFIED YOUTH, CHRONICALLY HOMELESS YOUTH, YOUTH WITH DISABILITIES, YOUTH WITH MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGES AND YOUTH AGING OUT OF FOSTER CARE.

  Expenses $2,001,484 · Grants $641,537

• CLINICAL SERVICES - OUR TEAM OF CARE COORDINATORS OFFERS SUPPORT TO YOUTH LIVING WITH MENTAL HEALTH AND/OR SUBSTANCE USE DIAGNOSES TO REDUCE NEGATIVE SYMPTOMS, DEVELOP LIFE SKILLS AND TRANSITION INTO ADULTHOOD. USING A HARM-REDUCTION APPROACH, PATHFINDERS ENCOURAGES HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS, SELF-IDENTIFIED GOALS AND SELF-EMPOWERMENT.

  Expenses $1,690,979 · Grants $20,274 · Revenue $1,158,778

• YOUTH SHELTER - OUR SHELTER IS OPEN 365 DAYS A YEAR AND PROVIDES EMERGENCY SHORT-TERM SHELTER FOR ADOLESCENTS AGED 11-17, PLUS CRISIS COUNSELING SERVICES FOR YOUTH AGED 18-21. WE OPERATE ONE OF ONLY TWO STATE-LICENSED YOUTH SHELTERS SERVING MILWAUKEE, REPRESENTING HALF OF THE AVAILABLE BEDS IN THE CITY FOR YOUTH. DURING AND AFTER THEIR SHELTER STAY, WE OFFER YOUTH INTENSIVE COUNSELING, CASE MANAGEMENT AND BASIC NEEDS SERVICES THAT HELP THEM MAINTAIN SAFETY AND STABILITY.

  Expenses $988,474 · Grants $16,520

• THE SOUTHEASTERN EDUCATION CENTER IN NOW CLOSED.YOUTH ANTI-VIOLENCE - PATHFINDERS SERVES YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE AT HIGH RISK OF SEXUAL ABUSE, EXPLOITATION AND TRAFFICKING. WE WORK WITH YOUTH WHO FREQUENTLY FIND THEMSELVES AT THE INTERSECTION OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE AND HOMELESSNESS. IN ADDITION TO PROVIDING DIRECT SERVICES FOR YOUTH EXPERIENCING SEXUAL VIOLENCE, OUR ANTI-SEXUAL VIOLENCE TEAM PLACES GREAT EMPHASIS ON RAISING COMMUNITY AWARENESS AND ENSURING THAT YOUTH WITH LIVED EXPERIENCE HAVE A PLATFORM TO INFLUENCE SYSTEMS CHANGE. IN THIS DEPARTMENT ARE:HAND-IN-HAND - THIS PROGRAM IS NOW CLOSED.NEW PATHS - WORKING SPECIFICALLY WITH YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULTS AGED 11-25 WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED SEXUAL EXPLOITATION AND TRAFFICKING, NEW PATHS OFFER ACCOMPANIMENT AND ADVOCACY SERVICES FOR YOUTH AS THEY NAVIGATE MEDICAL, LEGAL AND SOCIAL SERVICE SYSTEMS.DROP-IN CENTER - OUR WELCOMING AND INCLUSIVE DROP-IN CENTER MEETS YOUTH'S BASIC NEEDS FOR FOOD, CLOTHING, LAUNDRY, SHOWERS, HYGIENE RESOURCES AND SAFE SOCIAL SPACES. WE ALSO PROVIDE CASE MANAGEMENT, EMPLOYMENT AND EDUCATION SUPPORT, SEXUAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS EDUCATION AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES.STREET OUTREACH - WITHIN THE DIC PROGRAM IS STREET OUTREACH. THEY OPERATE MILWAUKEE'S ONLY YOUTH-FOCUSED STREET OUTREACH TEAM. WITH OUR MOBILE RESOURCE CENTER, WE MEET YOUTH WHERE THEY ARE AND SHARE RESOURCES, BASIC NEEDS ITEMS, SEXUAL AND MENTAL WELLNESS EDUCATION, AND REFERRALS TO AID THEIR SAFE EXIT FROM THE STREETS. BY BRINGING OUR RESOURCES TO THE STREETS, WE REMOVE BARRIERS TO ACCESSING SERVICES AND BUILD TRUSTING RELATIONSHIPS WITH YOUNG PEOPLE IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS.

  Expenses $677,129 · Grants $188,457

• THE YOUTH HOMELESSNESS DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM (YHDP) IS A U.S. FEDERAL INITIATIVE BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT (HUD) AIMED AT PREVENTING AND ENDING HOMELESSNESS AMONG YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULTS (AGES 24 AND UNDER). IT FUNDS COMMUNITIES TO BUILD YOUTH-LED, CROSS-SYSTEM HOUSING AND SUPPORT SOLUTIONS

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2025

Filed

21 August 2026

IRS schema version

2025v4.2

Source object

202632369349301603

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