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Fairway Foundation Inc

Bestow grants to individuals, families or organizations in need.

$619k
Granted FY2024still arriving
6
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$30k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Philanthropy$353kHuman Services$105kHealth$101kAnimals$50kEducation$35kHousing & Shelter$25kRecreation & Sports$25kCrime & Legal$12kOther$0
02FY2024 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 6 grants below total $139,606, the rows itemized in this filing. The $618,613 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $479,007 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $9k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $130k
$25,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$1.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
AMERICAN WARRIOR INITIATIVE INC$30,275
HVAF OF INDIANA INC$25,000
BALANCE AND BELIEVE FOUNDATION INC$25,000
7 WANDERING BACKPACKS$25,000
MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND INC$25,000
HELPING HANDS INC$9,331
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY20–24, $86k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 94% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%EL AYUDANTE MISSIONS USA INC: $5k → 9%AMERICAN WARRIOR INITIATIVE: $50k → 10%AMERICAN WARRIOR INITIATIVE INC: $30k → 10%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
WI
NY
IN
RI
CA
UT
MD
TN
TX
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

61%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$441k · 4 repeat orgs$280k to everyone else

4 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2024, 3 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

4
7

Total granted

$441k
$171k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

-21%
+17%

Still filing today

75%
86%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 22% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $109k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthHuman ServicesEducationCrime & LegalHousing & ShelterOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • LL
    LENDERS LENDING A HAND
    3× · 2019–2021 · $328k
  • AW
    AMERICAN WARRIOR INITIATIVE INC
    2× · 2021–2024 · $80k · revenue -54%
  • TZ
    THE ZACHARY T PAFF FOUNDATION INC
    2× · 2022–2023 · $20k · revenue +218% · 56% of their budget

Funded once

  • FI
    FAIRWAYCARES INC
    one grant, 2020 · $75k · revenue -66%
  • MA
    MARYLAND ADDICTION RECOVERY CENTER
    one grant, 2022 · $35k
  • BE
    BRIDGE EAST TEMPLE FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2020 · $25k · revenue -6%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
America's Health Insurance Plans Inc

Ahip is the national trade association representing the health insurance industry. ahip's members provide health care coverage, services and solutions to more than 200 million americans. we are committed to market-based solutions and…

Membership Benefit
2
University of Maryland Anesthesiology Associates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

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3
University Family Physicians Inc

Engage actively and continuously in medical research, education and training in the practice of medicine in conjunction with the department of family medicine of the indiana university school of medicine and indiana university…

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4
Adventist Healthcare Fort Washington Medical Center Inc

We extend god's care through the ministry of physical, mental and spiritual healing.

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5
Make-a-Wish Foundation of the Mid-Atlantic Inc

The make-a-wish foundation of the mid-atlantic creates life-changing wishes for children with critical illnesses.

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6
University of Maryland Oncology Associates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

Health
7
University of Maryland Pediatric Associates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

Health
8
University of Maryland Family Medicine Associates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

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9
Indiana University Health Foundation Inc

Indiana university health foundation leverages the power of philanthropy to support the iu health goal of making indiana one of the healthiest states in the nation.

Health
10
University of Maryland Eye Associates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

Health
11
Special Forces Foundation

The special forces foundation provides immediate and ongoing support to the special forces community and their families.

Philanthropy
12
University of Maryland Facultyphysicians Inc

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland, school of medicine, administrative support services are provided to the physician practices of the university of maryland, including but not limited to information technology,…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Helping Hands Inc; the most unlike its peers is Dpas Assist the Officer Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

13 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 13 of the 16 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
13/13
Grantees still filing
6/13
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

LENDERS LENDING A HAND: $328,057 · OtherLENDERS LENDING A HANDMARYLAND ADDICTION RECOVERY CENTER: $34,500 · OtherMARYLAND ADDICTION RECOVERY CENTER7 WANDERING BACKPACKS: $25,000 · Other7 WANDERING BACKPACKSBALANCE AND BELIEVE FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 · OtherBALANCE AND BELIEVE FOUNDATION INCTHE ZACHARY T PAFF FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 · Other+2 more: $19,331 · OtherFAIRWAYCARES INC: $75,000 · HealthFAIRWAYCARES INCMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND INC: $25,000 · HealthMAKE-A-WISH FOUN…MEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING CANCER CENTER: $6,110 · HealthMEMORIAL SLOAN-K…AMERICAN WARRIOR INITIATIVE INC: $80,275 · Human ServicesAMERICAN WARR…El Ayudante Missions USA Inc: $5,250 · Human ServicesEl Ayudante M…BRIDGE EAST TEMPLE FOUNDATION: $25,000 · EducationJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $15,000 · EducationHVAF OF INDIANA INC: $25,000 · Housing & ShelterCHILD ADVOCATES INC: $12,346 · Crime & Legal
Other$451,888Health$106,110Human Services$85,525Education$40,000Housing & Shelter$25,000Crime & Legal$12,346

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetAMERICAN WARRIOR INITIATIVE INC: $80,275 over 2y, 3.7% of budgetFAIRWAYCARES INC: $75,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetHVAF OF INDIANA INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBRIDGE EAST TEMPLE FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 22% of budgetTHE ZACHARY T PAFF FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 over 2y, 56% of budgetJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHILD ADVOCATES INC: $12,346 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetDAYSTAR COUNSELING MINISTRIES INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHELPING HANDS INC: $9,331 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetMEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING CANCER CENTER: $6,110 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEl Ayudante Missions USA Inc: $5,250 over 1y, 0.6% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Network for GoodNatl Christian Charit…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Network for GoodDC7.1× affinity4 shared granteesties to 5 of 5Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Network for Good · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Fairway Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Fairway Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%4%15%34%60%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 12%
  • Johns Hopkins University: 12% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
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How do I get to Fairway Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to Fairway Foundation Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 16 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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