Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$457,592

Total expenses

$448,503

Contributions and grants received

$86,181

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$370,038

Investment income

$1,373

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$134,508

Total liabilities, end of year

$53,926

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$80,582

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$388,578

Management and general expenses

$58,925

Fundraising expenses

$1,000

Program service expenses (Part III)

$388,578

Program services were 86.6% 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 · 2023

• WE SEEK TO SERVE THOSE STRUGGLING IN OUR COMMUNITY THROUGH A MULTIFACETED APPROACH THAT MEETS EACH CLIENT WHERE THEY ARE. WE EMPLOY BOARD CERTIFIED PASTORAL COUNSELORS (BCPC, BCCC) AND LICENSED PROFESSIONAL COUNSELORS (LAPC, LPC, ETC.) TO PROVIDE THE BEST POSSIBLE CARE FOR A VARIETY OF ISSUES FACED BY TODAYS FAMILIES. AT FREEDOM PATH COUNSELING, WERE DRIVEN BY A SINGLE GOAL; TO HELP OUR CLIENTS EXPERIENCE HEALING IN THEIR LIVES. WE BELIEVE HEALING OPENS THE DOOR TO FREEDOM FROM DESTRUCTIVE BEHAVIORS, VICTORY OVER LIFES DIFFICULT CIRCUMSTANCES, AND THE RESTORATION OF RELATIONSHIPS. WE EXIST TO SEE TRANSFORMATION IN THE LIVES OF HURTING PEOPLE. THROUGH COUNSELING, WE JOIN THOSE STRUGGLING IN THE PROCESS OF MOVING FROM FRUSTRATION, ANXIETY, DEPRESSION, AND HOPELESSNESS TO HAVING A CLEAR PLAN FOR CREATING A LIFE CHARACTERIZED BY INNER JOY AND TRUE PEACE IN 2023, WE PROVIDED 4,509 COUNSELING SESSIONS (UP FROM 4,026 IN 2022, 3,083 IN 2021, 1,882 IN 2020 AND 944 IN 2019) TO 702 INDIVIDUAL ADULTS, COUPLES, TEENS, CHILDREN AND FAMILIES IN ENGLISH, SPANISH, AND CREOLE. OUR ORGANIZATION HAS WITNESSED REMARKABLE TRANSFORMATIONS ACROSS VARIOUS DEMOGRAPHICS, DEMONSTRATING THE PROFOUND IMPACT OF OUR PROGRAMS. CHILDREN AND TEENAGERS EMOTIONAL UNDERSTANDING AND RESILIENCE: THROUGH TAILORED INTERVENTIONS, CHILDREN AND TEENAGERS HAVE LEARNED TO UNDERSTAND AND MANAGE THEIR EMOTIONS, SHOWING SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT DESPITE FACING ISSUES SUCH AS ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION. ACADEMIC AND SOCIAL THRIVING: MANY OF THESE YOUNG INDIVIDUALS HAVE NOT ONLY IMPROVED THEIR MENTAL HEALTH BUT HAVE ALSO THRIVED IN THEIR ACADEMIC AND SOCIAL ENVIRONMENTS, BUILDING STRONGER RELATIONSHIPS AND EXCELLING IN SCHOOL. COUPLES AND MARRIAGES MARRIAGE RESTORATION: EXISTING MARRIAGES HAVE BEEN RESTORED TO HEALTHIER STATES, WITH COUPLES REPORTING ENHANCED COMMUNICATION, STRONGER BONDS, AND RENEWED COMMITMENT. PRE-MARITAL COUNSELING: COUPLES PREPARING FOR MARRIAGE HAVE GAINED INVALUABLE INSIGHTS AND SKILLS, LEARNING HOW TO NAVIGATE LIFE TOGETHER WITH UNDERSTANDING AND MUTUAL RESPECT, LEADING TO MORE HARMONIOUS AND LASTING UNIONS. INDIVIDUAL ADULTS HEALING FROM PAST DIFFICULTIES: INDIVIDUAL ADULTS HAVE EXPERIENCED PROFOUND HEALING FROM PAST TRAUMAS AND DIFFICULTIES, LEADING TO IMPROVED MENTAL HEALTH AND EMOTIONAL STABILITY. CURRENT PEACE AND FREEDOM: CLIENTS HAVE FOUND PEACE IN THEIR CURRENT CIRCUMSTANCES AND HAVE CELEBRATED FREEDOM FROM LIFE-CONTROLLING HABITS AND ADDICTIONS, RECLAIMING CONTROL OVER THEIR LIVES. PERSONAL GROWTH: MANY ADULTS HAVE ALSO REPORTED SIGNIFICANT PERSONAL GROWTH, INCLUDING ENHANCED SELF-ESTEEM, BETTER STRESS MANAGEMENT, AND A MORE POSITIVE OUTLOOK ON LIFE. ADDITIONAL PROGRAM RESULTS FAMILY DYNAMICS: ENTIRE FAMILIES HAVE BENEFITTED FROM OUR SERVICES, WITH IMPROVED FAMILY DYNAMICS AND COMMUNICATION PATTERNS, FOSTERING A MORE SUPPORTIVE AND LOVING HOME ENVIRONMENT. COMMUNITY IMPACT: THE RIPPLE EFFECT OF OUR WORK EXTENDS INTO THE COMMUNITY, AS HEALTHIER INDIVIDUALS CONTRIBUTE TO A MORE COMPASSIONATE AND UNDERSTANDING SOCIETY. CONTINUED SUPPORT: OUR PROGRAMS OFFER ONGOING SUPPORT, ENSURING THAT CLIENTS HAVE ACCESS TO THE RESOURCES AND GUIDANCE THEY NEED TO MAINTAIN THEIR PROGRESS AND CONTINUE GROWING. FUTURE DIRECTIONS EXPANDING REACH: WE AIM TO EXPAND OUR REACH, BRINGING OUR EFFECTIVE PROGRAMS TO MORE INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITIES IN NEED. INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS: WE ARE CONTINUOUSLY DEVELOPING INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS TAILORED TO EMERGING MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS, ENSURING THAT OUR SERVICES REMAIN RELEVANT AND EFFECTIVE. COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS: STRENGTHENING PARTNERSHIPS WITH LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS AND STAKEHOLDERS TO CREATE A MORE INTEGRATED SUPPORT NETWORK FOR OUR CLIENTS. THROUGH COMPREHENSIVE AND COMPASSIONATE CARE, FREEDOM PATH COUNSELING IS DEDICATED TO FOSTERING MENTAL HEALTH AND WELL-BEING, EMPOWERING INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES TO LEAD FULFILLING LIVES. THE TRANSFORMATIVE RESULTS OF OUR PROGRAMS STAND AS A TESTAMENT TO OUR COMMITMENT AND THE PROFOUND IMPACT OF OUR WORK ON THE COMMUNITY.

  Expenses $388,578 · Revenue $455,564

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

• CHAD POTTS

  PRESIDENT

  Total calculated

  $107,200

  From this org

  $106,000

  From related orgs

  $0

  Other

  $1,200

  Hours/week

  40

• HEIDI POTTS

  TREASURER

  Total calculated

  $37,500

  From this org

  $37,500

  From related orgs

  $0

  Other

  $0

  Hours/week

  40

• MITCH FLANAGAN

  DIRECTOR

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• SHANNON BRABNER

  BOARD CHAIR

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• CHRIS MILLSAPS

  SECRETARY

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2023

Filed

13 February 2025

IRS schema version

2023v6.0

Source object

202520589349300002

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