Britepaths Inc
FAIRFAX, VA
Total revenue
$2.5M
Total expenses
$2.4M
Net assets
$1.0M
Grants received
$2.6M
110 grants
EIN
521596259
Tax year
2024
Mission
Provide short-term safety-net services to our neighbors in need.
Programs
7 programs
Financial empowermentthrough agreements with united way of the national capital area and the county of fairfax, virginia, britepaths operates the financial empowerment center at south county, which offers financial coaching and workshops in budgeting, personal finance, improving credit scores, and other financial education topics. Coaching and workshops are provided by certified financial planners or other finance industry professionals who volunteer their time to the program.
Foodbritepaths provides grocery gift cards and a hygiene packing from our in-office pantry to households referred by coordinated services planning and partner organizations for emergency food needs. Households are eligible once per fiscal year for this assistance. Funding for this program is provided to britepaths through the consolidated community funding pool, funding from fairfax county.in the spring, summer, and fall, britepaths provides vouchers for fresh produce and protein products that families can use at participating vendor stalls at northern virginia farmers markets. Britepaths reimburses the vendors for the vouchers spent at their stall. Households eligible to receive the vouchers include food security clients, financial empowerment clients, and workforce development clients. Funding for this program is provided to britepaths through the consolidated community funding pool, funding from fairfax county.in fiscal year 2025, britepaths had the opportunity to run a pilot food assistance and financial empowerment program through a fairfax city grant program, called britesteps. A cohort of 25 fairfax city residents with children were selected, and each received one grocery gift card per month upon completion of a financial empowerment or workforce development activity, for a duration of 6 months.
Emergency rental assistance
Workforce development
Community education
Youth
Economic mobility
Financials
FY 2024
Revenue
Expenses
People
17 listed
LISA WHETZEL
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (THRU OCT 2024)
$145K
35 hrs/wk
BARBARA KURT
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (AS OF NOV 2024)
$98K
35 hrs/wk
DIANA ORTEGA
SR. DIRECTOR OF FINANCE AND HR
$61K
35 hrs/wk
ERIC GOLDWATER
TREASURER
—
1 hrs/wk
ANGIE DELBOY
DIRECTOR
—
1 hrs/wk
GABRIEL DEROSIER
DIRECTOR
—
1 hrs/wk
JESSIE DOLL
DIRECTOR
—
1 hrs/wk
DENNIS ELIAS
DIRECTOR
—
1 hrs/wk
KAREN WHEELER
PRESIDENT
—
1 hrs/wk
ED MOORE
DIRECTOR
—
1 hrs/wk
JEFF PORTER
DIRECTOR
—
1 hrs/wk
CHRISTINA SAXON
DIRECTOR
—
1 hrs/wk
MAY SHALLAL
DIRECTOR
—
1 hrs/wk
ZAKIYA THOMAS
DIRECTOR
—
1 hrs/wk
JOHN MCWILLIAMS
DIRECTOR
—
1 hrs/wk
EMILY BARNES
VICE PRESIDENT
—
1 hrs/wk
ROCHELLE SANCHIRICO
SECRETARY
—
1 hrs/wk
Grants received
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$143K · 4 grants · 2020–2024
$126K · 1 grant · 2024
$41K · 5 grants · 2019–2024
$41K · 4 grants · 2020–2023
$30K · 2 grants · 2018–2020