Pathways To Peace

What Pathways To Peace does

Pathways To Peace (PTP) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit peacebuilding, educational, and consulting organization founded in 1981 (initiated 1978) and headquartered in St. Paul, Minnesota, with operations across North America, West Africa (Guinea), Southeast Europe (Albania and the Balkans), and Southern Africa. It is a UN-designated Peace Messenger Organization holding Consultative Status at the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) and the Department of Global Communication (DGC), and played a documented role in the 1999 adoption of the UN Resolution on the Culture of Peace. Its core programmatic offerings include peace education workshops (over 100 annually), youth leadership development with UN delegate opportunities, the Girls Shelter and Peace School in Guinea, a Nuclear Disarmament Advocacy & Research Program in the Balkans, the annual Exceptional Women of Peace Awards, the Wisdom Keepers video repository, the Peace is the Only Gold youth initiative, and direct UN conference participation.

PTP's underlying intellectual property is the Peace Wheel©, a proprietary 8-sector peacebuilding model organized around Governance/Law/Security, Education/Media, Economics/Business, Health/Relationships, Science/Technology, Religion/Spiritual Teachings, Environment/Habitat, and Culture, supplemented by the Peace Card vision document, the PeaceWave daily minute-of-silence practice (initiated Sept 21, 1982), and the PEACE 1-2-3+ operating system. Revenue is generated primarily through tax-deductible donations collected via Zeffy.com (across program-specific campaigns such as Girls Shelter, Peace School, Nuclear Disarmament, Youth Leadership, and Wisdom Keepers), supplemented by direct-to-consumer sales of the $125/$225 One Song Package from Journey to Your Heart, and the $40 memoir "A Tale of Two Star Sisters and Pathways To Peace." The organization has 11-50 employees, a Council of Directors across multiple continents, and a network of UN Representatives delivering programming worldwide.

Name

Pathways To Peace

Legal name

Pathways To Peace

Website

https://pathwaystopeace.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1981

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Pathways To Peace is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit and UN-designated Peace Messenger Organization providing peace education, youth leadership training, nuclear disarmament advocacy, and direct services to vulnerable girls in Guinea. It operates globally through UN platforms and partner organizations, funded primarily by tax-deductible donations.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Peacebuilding and Advocacy Services

NAICS

Educational Support Services (611710), Other Individual and Family Services (624190), Social Advocacy Organizations (8133), Human Rights Organizations (813311), Child and Youth Services (624110)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Humanitarian-Development-Peace Nexus & Resilience Programming (BPADAEAK)

akta.pro secondary industries

Peace, Security & Arms Control Organizations (BPADAAAF), Domestic Violence & Abuse Support Services (BPAGAEAD), Refugee, Crisis & Humanitarian Education Partnerships (EiE) (EDADALAG), Social Justice & Human Rights Grantmaking Foundations (BPAGAKAN)

Keywords

• Peacebuilding services
• Peace education programs
• Youth leadership development
• Nuclear disarmament advocacy
• Women peacebuilder recognition

Headquarters

HQ city

Larkspur

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain, Others

Revenue model

1. Tax-Deductible Donations: As a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization (Tax ID: 68-0015625), Pathways To Peace relies primarily on donations from individuals, organizations, and foundations. Donations are collected via Zeffy.com and support all programs including youth leadership, the Girls Shelter in Guinea, peace education, nuclear disarmament advocacy, and the Exceptional Women of Peace awards.
2. One Song Package Sales: The Journey to Your Heart program sells the One Song Package — featuring a handmade signed Spirit Bear, talking stick, and storybook — at $125. A 'Pay it Forward' campaign package at $225 includes one for the buyer and one donated to a child in need. Large-scale sponsorship opportunities for distribution to children in need are also offered.
3. Book Sales: Sale of the first edition book 'A Tale of Two Star Sisters and Pathways To Peace' — a memoir documenting the history of PTP co-founded by Avon Mattison and Joanie Ciardelli — for a $40 donation to Pathways To Peace. Ships within 3-4 weeks.
4. Program-Specific Donations and Grants: Targeted fundraising campaigns for specific programs: the Girls Shelter in Guinea, the Peace School in Guinea, Nuclear Disarmament Advocacy & Research Program, Youth Leadership, Wisdom Keepers repository, and Exceptional Women of Peace awards. Each program has its own dedicated donation page via Zeffy.com.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

Pathways To Peace is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that delivers peacebuilding education, advocacy, and consulting through structured programs including peace education workshops (100+ annually), youth leadership training with UN representation, the Girls Shelter and Peace School in Guinea, and a Nuclear Disarmament Advocacy & Research Program in the Balkans. It also convenes annual recognition events such as the Exceptional Women of Peace Awards and produces proprietary frameworks such as the Peace Wheel 8-sector model, the Peace Card vision document, and the PeaceWave daily minute-of-silence practice.

Product overview

Pathways To Peace is a nonprofit peacebuilding, educational, and consulting organization offering a portfolio of interconnected programs and tools rather than a unified software product. The core offerings include peace education workshops and trainings, youth leadership development with UN engagement, shelter and educational programs for girls in Guinea, nuclear disarmament advocacy in the Balkans, and recognition programs for women peacebuilders. Key programmatic tools include the Peace Wheel (an eight-pathway organizing model), Peace Card (vision document), PeaceWave/Minute of Silence (daily meditation practice), and the Wisdom Keepers video repository. The organization also partners on initiatives including the Business Plan for Peace collaboration, Global Leaders Institute youth program, and Peace is the Only Gold (Olympic-inspired peace education). Content is distributed through video archives, podcasts, and interactive community platforms rather than through a software product or API.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Peace Wheel: A model for Peacebuilding developed by Pathways To Peace consisting of eight interconnected sectors/pathways that recognize and engage all people as peacebuilders.
• PeaceWave
• Peace Card
• Culture of Peace Initiative (CPI)
• Nuclear Disarmament Advocacy & Research Program
• Exceptional Women of Peace Awards
• Wisdom Keepers: Bringing Peace to Our World
• The Girls Shelter in Guinea
• Peace School
• Peace is the Only Gold

Products and services

• Peace Education Program

Quantifiable outcome

• 98% of Albanian citizens support Albania joining the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW), per PTP-commissioned national survey (2022)
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

13 partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Peace is the Only Gold / Marilyn KingminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 21 September 2024PTP collaborates with two-time Olympic Pentathlete Marilyn King on the 'Peace is the Only Gold' global peace education initiative. The program uses Olympian Thinking™ to inspire youth to approach peace goals like elite athletes approach gold medals. Launched on Peace Day (September 21) 2024.
• War Against Poverty Program (Guinea)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 21 September 2023PTP partners with THE WAR AGAINST POVERTY PROGRAM in Guinea — local leaders and educators who are respected in their community — to operate the Girls Shelter in Guinea. The shelter opened September 21, 2023 (International Day of Peace) and provides safety, education, and life skills to girls who refused FGM and child marriage. Executive Director: Sylvanus Bangura.
• The Peace AlliancecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPTP co-hosts the annual 'Peace in Every Step' Global Walkathon with The Peace Alliance, inspired by the Monk's Walk for Peace. The walkathon runs from May to Father's Day (June 21) annually. Both organizations advocate for a U.S. Department of Peacebuilding and share resources and event platforms for peacebuilding campaigns.
• Ashland Culture of Peace Commission (ACPC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDavid Wick and Irene Kai brought the Culture of Peace to Ashland, Oregon from their years of work with PTP. ACPC grew organically with the strength of years of PTP experience behind it. ACPC guided the Ashland City Council to join International Cities of Peace in 2017 and brought the World Peace Flame from Wales to Ashland (second city in the US with such a monument).
• Global Leaders InstitutecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGeorge Anthony, PTP's Primary Representative to the UN, founded The Global Leaders Institute, a comprehensive peacebuilding program for middle and high school students, with PTP sponsorship and support. PTP and George state the partnership is 'a partnership made in heaven.' The Institute has released a global education toolkit with free lesson plans for K-12 students, including those displaced by war.
• Business Plan for Peace (Scilla Elworthy)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPTP Co-vice President Sheva Carr leads the collaboration with Scilla Elworthy and her Business Plan for Peace. The partnership combines Scilla's practical real-world business plan for peace with Sheva Carr's applications of heart intelligence and consciousness research, creating a comprehensive strategic framework for peacebuilding at individual and organizational levels.
• Journey to Your Heart / One Song ProgramminorGTM or Marketing PartnerPTP partners with the Journey to Your Heart program featuring One Song, the White Spirit Bear, and Flint the lightning bug. The program brings heartfelt messages of love, compassion, and life-affirming values to children and adults through storybooks and handmade Spirit Bear packages sold via PTP.
• Hubcast Media (Rwanda/Guinea)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerHubcast Media partnered with PTP to tell the Girls Shelter story and establish a Broadcast Media Center in Guinea. A local Guinean artist, Kismet, trained with Hubcast Media Rwanda in video production and editing, and now leads the new center in Kindia, Guinea, amplifying stories of peace and empowerment.
• International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPathways To Peace became an official Partner Organization of the ICAN Coalition (winner of the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize). PTP's nuclear disarmament program works alongside ICAN to advocate for the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) in the Balkan region.
• IDRA (Research and Consulting Firm, Albania)minorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerPTP commissioned IDRA, a research and consulting firm based in Tirana, Albania, to conduct the first national public opinion survey on Albania's support for joining the TPNW. Results showed 98% of Albanians support joining the treaty.
• Mayors for PeacecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPTP facilitates Balkan cities' membership in Mayors for Peace — a non-partisan global network of municipalities (8,300+ member cities in 166 countries) with UN ECOSOC consultative status. Led by Mayors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the network calls for a world free from nuclear weapons. PTP's Rinor Jani led 18 Albanian cities to join (2023–2025).
• Red Cross AlbaniaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPTP collaborates with Red Cross Albania (Secretary-General Artur Katuci) for nuclear disarmament conferences and advocacy efforts in Albania and the Balkan region.
• 1M1B (1 Million for 1 Billion)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPTP youth delegates attend the 1M1B Activate Summit at the UN, which promotes entrepreneurial skills in young leaders. PTP students from Red Bank Catholic participated in the 2024 summit at UN ECOSOC Chamber.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves10 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Peace Direct: UK-based peacebuilding NGO funding local peacebuilders; comparable in mission but operates as a grantmaker/intermediary rather than direct program operator like PTP.
• International Peace Institute (IPI): UN-focused independent think tank working on peace and security policy; overlaps with PTP's nuclear disarmament advocacy and UN access but operates primarily as a policy/research body rather than grass-roots peacebuilder.
• Search for Common Ground: Largest dedicated international conflict-resolution NGO; comparable in peacebuilding mission and global footprint but operates at much larger scale across 30+ countries with a professionalized staff model.

Direct peers

• Nuclear Age Peace Foundation: Peace foundation that co-sponsored PTP's IDRA Albanian TPNW research; overlapping nuclear disarmament mission and donor base.
• Peace One Day: NGO founded by Jeremy Gilley that drove the original UN International Day of Peace designation PTP now helps steward; directly comparable mission around Peace Day awareness and education campaigns.
• Mayors for Peace: Global municipal network (8,300+ cities, 166 countries) that PTP actively recruits cities into; shares UN ECOSOC status and the nuclear disarmament advocacy focus with PTP's Balkan program.
• Global Zero: International nuclear disarmament advocacy organization with similar TPNW and elimination agenda; comparable mission and policy advocacy footprint.
• Peace Alliance: US-based peacebuilding nonprofit that co-hosts PTP's 'Peace in Every Step' Global Walkathon and jointly advocates for a US Department of Peacebuilding — directly comparable mission, advocacy platform, and donor base.
• International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN): Nobel Peace Prize-winning coalition PTP is an official partner of, working on the same TPNW agenda in the Balkan region with overlapping city-level advocacy and municipal outreach.
• Ashland Culture of Peace Commission (ACPC): Local peace commission spun out of PTP's work in Ashland, Oregon, sharing the Culture of Peace framework and PTP leadership (David Wick); directly comparable mission, methodology, and brand lineage.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/PathwaysToPeace
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@pathwaystopeace
• Instagraminstagram.com/pathwaystopeace

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles16 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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