North Carolina · Private foundation
The Way Foundation
Its FY2020 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $198k
- Granted FY2020
- 24
- Grants FY2020
- 22
- Organizations funded FY2020
- 5%
- First-time grantees FY2020
- Median grant, FY2020
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2020
- $30,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 22 to 28
- FY2018 to FY2020
- States reached, FY2020
- 5
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2020, 5% of the organizations The Way Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 3% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2020, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2020 | 22 | $163k | 5% |
| FY2019 | 28 | $385k | 29% |
| FY2018 | 28 | $310k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2020.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2020, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Samaritan's Purse | $95,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Wilmington Carenet Counseling Center Inc | $60,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Port City Community Church | $49,000 | 3 | n/a |
| First Fruit Ministries | $42,000 | 3 | 2% |
| The Methodist Home for Children Inc | $38,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Masonboro Baptist Church | $32,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Familyworks Ministries | $25,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Lower Cape Fear Hospice Foundation Inc | $25,000 | 2 | 10% |
| Coastal Christian High School Inc | $23,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Prison Alliance Inc | $22,000 | 3 | 1% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Samaritan's Purse | $95,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Wilmington Carenet Counseling Center Inc | $60,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Port City Community Church | $49,000 | 3 | n/a |
| First Fruit Ministries | $42,000 | 3 | 2% |
| The Methodist Home for Children Inc | $38,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Masonboro Baptist Church | $32,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Familyworks Ministries | $25,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Lower Cape Fear Hospice Foundation Inc | $25,000 | 2 | 10% |
| Coastal Christian High School Inc | $23,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Prison Alliance Inc | $22,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Pender County Christian Svcs Inc | $21,000 | 3 | 5% |
| Fellowship of Christian Athletes | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Baptist Mid-Missions | $20,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Ratio Christi Inc | $18,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Lower Cape Fear Hospice Incorporated dba Lower Cape Fear LifeCare | $17,000 | 1 | 0% |
| MIO Frontiers | $16,000 | 3 | 0% |
| York Baptist Association | $15,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Save Our Kids Outreach Inc | $12,000 | 2 | 25% |
| Church Missions Network | $10,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Coastal Community Baptist Church | $7,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Scotts Hill Baptist Church | $7,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Vigilant Hope Inc | $6,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Word Changing Mission | $6,000 | 2 | n/a |
Plus 14 recipients with no EIN on record ($272k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Way Foundation supplied at peak.
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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: North Carolina Community Foundation · Duke Energy Foundation · Seby B Jones Family Foundation · Cape Fear Memorial Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Way Foundation
- How much does The Way Foundation give?
- The Way Foundation reported 24 grants totaling $198,000 in its FY2020 IRS filing. It funded between 22 and 28 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2020.
- What does The Way Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2020, its largest causes are Religion (34%), International (16%), Health (14%).
- Who are The Way Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2020: Samaritan's Purse ($95k), Wilmington Carenet Counseling Center Inc ($60k), Port City Community Church ($49k).
- Does The Way Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2020, 5% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Way Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Way Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include North Carolina Community Foundation, Duke Energy Foundation, Seby B Jones Family Foundation.
- Where is The Way Foundation based?
- The Way Foundation is based in NC.
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