Pathways Foundation

Filing Period

Jul 1, 2009 to Jun 30, 2010

Signed

Feb 15, 2011

Return Version

2009v1.3

Gross Receipts

$3,427,967

Mission

Major Activities

Activity 2

Pathways awareness (pa) continued efforts reaching a national audience through marketing and outreach to raise awareness about the gift of early detection, promise of early therapy and benefits of tummy time. In fiscal year 2010, pa distributed over 57,000 printed brochures to parents and health care professionals. Pathways' brochure, assure the best for your baby's physical development, includes a growth and development chart to educate parents on developmental milestones and allow them to track their child's development. The brochure is available in eleven different languages that have been accessed over 10,000 times from its website. Pathways' website, a resource for parents and professionals around the world, received over 461,000 hits with 240,000 unique visitors. Pa's first video in the stories of early therapy series entitled "meet jonathan" has been viewed over 3,000 times since being posted in october 2009. Its national toll-free information hotline 1-800-955-2445 is answered by parents whose children have benefitted from early therapy services. Its parent resource center has responded to over 250 calls and e-mails concerned parents, grandparents and caregivers. Pa exhibited at 10 national conferences, presented at six professional society annual meetings and four residency programs, personally connecting with over 15,000 professionals. Pa received over 2200 emails of those professionals wanting to stay up to date with pa's program. Pa, in conjunction with the american academy of pediatrics (aap), is proud to announce the availability of a new online continuing medical education (cme) course: recognizing early motor delays at the 2-month pediatric well visit. The curriculum uses side-by-side video comparisons of infant observation to help health care professionals, students, parents, and caregivers recognize the signs of an early motor delay in children as early as 2 months of age and determine the most appropriate intervention if an early motor delay is observed. Early detection and early intervention are key to ensuring the best for all children's physical development.

Activity 3

Through its interfaith open hearts, open minds program, pathways foundation provides information, educational materials and events to promote access and inclusion in worship in houses of faith. The goal is to help worshipping communities welcome individuals of all abilities into full and active participation. The program disburses annual open hearts awards cash grants, promotes the annual inclusion awareness day event with a workbook of planning materials, conducts educational workshops, maintains a website, distributes educational dvds and print materials, and coordinates a volunteer program in the roman catholic archdiocese of chicago. In fiscal year 2010 the open hearts awards program granted a total of $11,500 to 15 congregations nationwide to recognize their efforts to welcome worshippers of all abilities and to help fund specific, planned access projects, bringing the total awards granted since 1996 to over $111,000. The greek orthodox metropolis of chicago joined the roman catholic archdiocese of chicago in observing inclusion awareness day. Nine workshops were presented to clergy, laity, theology students and volunteers and exhibit booths were staffed at 5 events. A quarterly newsletter, training opportunities, events and phone consultations were provided to over 175 volunteer parish inclusion representatives in the roman catholic archdiocese of chicago to promote access and inclusion in worship.

Filer

EIN

52-2456469