Our parent company, VillageCreed, was established to help nonprofit organizations better manage volunteers and clients in a physical location while creating local awareness of their resources. Out of our own experience, we feel passionately about creating human-centered community engagement platforms that meet needs, solve problems, and help organizations care better for their clients and patrons. We believe that it is both possible and practical to bridge the gaps between the corporate and non-profit sectors in positive ways that truly benefit the public. 

In the spring of 2020, we all faced the difficult challenges of a global pandemic. Most of us were forced to reimagine and redesign our remote organizational management and operations. This shift was especially hard on non-profits. Our founder imagined an online “remote engagement toolkit” that could complement the physical engagement of non-profits.  

This is what gave birth to the idea of Paths. Paths was initially designed to be a powerful and user-friendly remote suite of services that would help nonprofits get organized and remain viable throughout the pandemic.  

During this journey, our founder’s wife was diagnosed with Stomach Cancer. Her disease led to removing most of her stomach. Infections, and chronic complications led to 11 hospital admissions, all extraordinarily difficult for her and her loved ones. Our founder found himself in the role of caregiver, and he and his wife realized just how difficult it can be to navigate our healthcare system. She passed away at home in hospice care in February of 2022. She was 51. 

As a caregiver, our founder envisioned an added dimension for the Paths structure. He realized that patient and caregiver engagement and education are essentially the same as they have been for more than 40 years. The same tools that can help non-profits and churches engage remotely can also be used by doctors and their teams to engage patients and their caregivers in compassionate ongoing remote care management.  

In our experience, we have begun to discover that our powerful and easy-to-use and manage Paths engine can have an impact in many aspects of community life. At this point we have developed out three of these areas of need: healthcare, faith-based, and nonprofit organizations.