Indiana · Private foundation
The Happy Way Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $22k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 8
- Grants FY2025
- 19
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 21%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $3,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $6,165
- Organizations funded a year
- 14 to 25
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $50k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 21% of the organizations The Happy Way Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 11% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 8 | $22k | 75% |
| FY2024 | 19 | $74k | 21% |
| FY2023 | 17 | $43k | 24% |
| FY2022 | 18 | $41k | 22% |
| FY2021 | 14 | $41k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 14 | $42k | 21% |
| FY2019 | 20 | $44k | 25% |
| FY2018 | 25 | $60k | 20% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indiana Center for Middle East Peace | $169,250 | 8 | 22% |
| Canterbury School Inc | $59,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Neighborhood Christian Legal Clinic Inc | $10,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Sacred Heart Church | $9,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Leelanau Conservancy | $8,000 | 8 | 0% |
| American Friends of the Parents Circle - Families Forum | $8,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Friends of Al-Rowwad USA Inc | $8,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Union Theological Seminary | $7,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Center for Action and Contemplation | $7,000 | 7 | 0% |
| First Christian Church | $6,165 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 27 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indiana Center for Middle East Peace | $169,250 | 8 | 22% |
| Canterbury School Inc | $59,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Neighborhood Christian Legal Clinic Inc | $10,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Sacred Heart Church | $9,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Leelanau Conservancy | $8,000 | 8 | 0% |
| American Friends of the Parents Circle - Families Forum | $8,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Friends of Al-Rowwad USA Inc | $8,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Union Theological Seminary | $7,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Center for Action and Contemplation | $7,000 | 7 | 0% |
| First Christian Church | $6,165 | 1 | n/a |
| Cancer Services of Allen County Inc | $6,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Globalgiving Foundation Inc | $4,750 | 3 | 0% |
| Cherry Creek School District #5 | $4,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Tzedek Chicago | $3,000 | 1 | n/a |
| United Way of Allen County Inc | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Pathfinder Services Inc | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| A Jewish Voice for Peace | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Fort Wayne Trails Inc | $2,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Trustees of Purdue University | $2,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Homeboy Industries | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Camp Friedenswald Inc | $1,028 | 1 | n/a |
| Center for Prophetic Imagination | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Fort Wayne for Refugeesinc | $1,000 | 1 | 15% |
| Safe Families for Children Alliance | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Associated Churches of Fort Wayne Ind Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Poor Peoples Campaign Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Canvas Community Church Inc | $500 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 29 recipients with no EIN on record ($96k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Happy Way Foundation supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: Community Foundation of Greater Fort Wayne Inc · Dorset Charitable Trust · The Waterfield Foundation Inc · Edward M Wilson Foundation · English-Bonter-Mitchell Fdn · The James Foundation Inc · Lincoln Financial Foundation Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
About The Happy Way Foundation
- How much does The Happy Way Foundation give?
- The Happy Way Foundation reported 8 grants totaling $22,165 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 14 and 25 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Happy Way Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are International (45%), Education (18%), Religion (11%).
- Who are The Happy Way Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Indiana Center for Middle East Peace ($169k), Canterbury School Inc ($59k), Neighborhood Christian Legal Clinic Inc ($11k).
- Does The Happy Way Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 21% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Happy Way Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Happy Way Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation of Greater Fort Wayne Inc, Dorset Charitable Trust, The Waterfield Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Happy Way Foundation based?
- The Happy Way Foundation is based in IN.
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