Pathway Village is seeking philanthropic, public, lending, faith-based, health-system, and community partners to launch a 15-home permanent supportive-housing community in Westampton, New Jersey for people moving from homelessness and repeated crisis toward stability.
Nonprofit governance and fiscal accountability
Pathway Village is not a for-profit housing development. It is a program of The Salt & Light Company within the Affordable Homes Group family of nonprofit corporations. Affordable Homes Group, Inc. provides parent-organization oversight, fiscal accountability, and board governance.
The Board of Trustees brings experience in banking, municipal administration, public-sector work, nonprofit housing, and lived experience with transitional housing. This governance structure helps ensure that Pathway Village is presented and managed as part of an established nonprofit housing and social-service organization, not as a private real estate venture.
Grantmaker project brief
Project: Pathway Village, a proposed supportive tiny-home community in Westampton, Burlington County, New Jersey.
Purpose: To create a managed residential pathway from homelessness, shelter, motels, encampments, institutions, and repeated crisis into housing stability, coordinated services, income connection, and long-term independence.
Current phase: Planning, predevelopment, site-readiness, fundraising, operating design, and partnership development. The Planning Board previously approved a low-income housing plan for this site. Because the project is shifting from multi-unit dwellings to individual homes, the revised site plan is currently under review.
Model: A 15-unit demonstration village with small private homes, shared infrastructure, resident agreements, village coordination, case management, transportation support, work-readiness assistance, and coordinated referrals from appropriate public and nonprofit partners.
Capital budget framework: The revised 15-unit development budget shows $3,569,175 in total project costs, or $237,945 per unit. No capital is officially committed to the Westampton village. Funding-source details will be published after leadership confirms each source, amount, status, and disclosure permission. No Westampton source will be described as committed without a written award or executed agreement.
The case for investment
The project responds to a simple problem: communities are already paying for homelessness, but too much of that spending buys repeated crisis instead of stability. Pathway Village redirects effort toward housing, services, resident accountability, and measurable outcomes.
What can be funded
- Tiny-home construction
- Site infrastructure, utilities, parking, lighting, walkways, and green space
- Community and service space
- Architecture, engineering, approvals, and construction management
- Operating support, staffing, resident services, and maintenance
- Transportation support
- Resident stabilization fund
- Outcome tracking and reporting
What it should achieve
- 12-month housing retention
- Employment or income connection
- Benefits enrollment
- Reduced shelter or motel use
- Positive exits to another stable destination when a resident chooses to move
- Resident satisfaction
Specific funding opportunities
Grantmakers can support the project at several levels: capital construction, operating support, resident services, transportation, evaluation, reserves, and public-education materials. A detailed funding opportunities page now organizes those needs by category and identifies which types of funders or partners are the best fit.
View Funding Opportunities & Next Steps.
Due-diligence materials
Grantmakers and lenders commonly ask for a short set of review materials. Pathway Village now has a central document hub with the development budget, operating pro forma, cost comparison, project brief, prospectus, model comparison, governance information, and funder FAQ.
Nonprofit verification and financial accountability
Legal and tax-exempt status. The Salt and Light Company, EIN 22-2709739, is recognized as tax-exempt under Internal Revenue Code section 501(c)(3) and classified as a public charity under section 509(a)(2). Its public filing history and tax-exempt profile can be reviewed independently through ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.
Public Form 990. The fiscal-year 2024 Form 990 covers the year ended June 30, 2024 and reports organizational finances, governance, programs, and compensation. The filing is available through the independent ProPublica record.
Independent financial audit. Affordable Homes Group, Inc. and Affiliates received an unmodified audit opinion for the year ended June 30, 2025. The audit reports no material weaknesses, significant deficiencies, material noncompliance, or findings. This is a consolidated organizational audit; it is not presented as a standalone audit of the proposed Pathway Village project.
Document requests. Grantmakers, lenders, and public officials may request the IRS determination letter, Form 990, or consolidated audit by emailing bob@affordablehomesgroup.com.
- Project Documents hub
- 15-unit development budget
- Operating pro forma
- Cost comparison with recidivism assumptions
- Model comparison with comparable approaches
- Nonprofit governance and board oversight
- One-page prospectus
- One-page project brief
Grantmaker next step
Grantmakers, lenders, public partners, and civic funders may request current materials, discuss the funding categories, schedule a briefing, or identify where their support best fits.