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Way Finders Inc

Way finders, inc.

$114M
Granted FY2025still arriving
4
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$235k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.

Housing & Shelter$2.2MHuman Services$734kEducation$357kCommunity Improvement$115kHealth$50k
02FY2025 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 4 grants below total $361,957, the rows itemized in this filing. The $113,977,713 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $113,615,756 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 · FY2025

  • $10k–50k2 grants · $51k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $311k
$76,400
Median grant
1
States reached
$78M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ENLACE DE FAMILIAS HOLYOKEHOLYOKE FAMILY NETWORK INC$235,000
SPRINGFIELD PARTNERS FOR COMMUNITY ACTION INC$76,400
MASSACHUSETTS FAIR HOUSING CENTER$25,435
ONE HOLYOKE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION$25,122
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 (FY18–23, $2.0M) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 13%SPRINGFIELD DAY NURSERY: $50k → 17%SPRINGFIELD DAY NURSERY: $50k → 17%SQUARE ONE: $50k → 17%SPRINGFIELD DAY NURSERY: $50k → 17%SPRINGFIELD DAY NURSERY: $50k → 17%SPRINGFIELD DAY NURSERY: $50k → 17%CENTER FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENTINC: $7k → 17%VALLEY OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL: $565k → 17%VALLEY OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL: $507k → 17%VALLEY OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL: $499k → 17%VALLEY OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL: $58k → 17%VALLEY OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL: $58k → 17%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.
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.

98%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.4M · 12 repeat orgs$80k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +35% since the first grant, against +29% for those funded once.

12 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
4

Total granted

$3.4M
$55k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+35%
+29%

Still filing today

75%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesHousing & ShelterCommunity ImprovementHealthEducationEmploymentOther
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

  • VO
    VALLEY OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL INC
    3× · 2018–2020 · $1.7M · revenue +127%
  • ED
    ENLACE DE FAMILIAS DE HOLYOKE HOLYOKE FAMILY NETWORK INC
    3× · 2023–2025 · $484k · revenue +9%
  • SD
    SPRINGFIELD DAY NURSERY CORPORATION
    6× · 2018–2023 · $300k · revenue +127%

Funded once

  • CC
    CATHOLIC CHARITIES AGENCY OF THE DIOCESE OF SPRINGFIELD MASSACHUSETTS
    one grant, 2023 · $23k
  • FC
    FRANKLIN COUNTY REGIONAL HOUSING & REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
    one grant, 2018 · $18k
  • QV
    QUABOAG VALLEY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
    one grant, 2024 · $8k · revenue -32%
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
Housing Assistance Corporation

Hac's mission is to promote and implement the right of all people on cape cod and the islands to occupy safe and affordable housing. to achieve this goal, hac has concentrated its major programs around rental subsidies, shelter services,…

Housing & Shelter
2
Lowell Area Housing Inc Dba Schneider Manor
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3
Medford Community Housing Inc

The organizations mission is to promote the development, rehabilitation and maintenance of affordable housing in medford, with a special focus on housing for low and moderate income people.

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4
Massachusetts Affordable Housing Alliance Inc

Maha breaks down barriers facing first-time and first-generation home buyers and owners through education, counseling, advocacy, and grassroots organizing.

Housing & Shelter
5
Massachusetts Housing Investment Corporation

Mhic's mission is to be an innovative private financier of afforable housing and community development throughout new england, providing financing that would not otherwise be available, and extending the impact of that financing to ensure…

Housing & Shelter
6
Masshousing Property Acquisition & Disposition Corporation

To acquire, own, manage and/or sell (or otherwise dispose of) real and/or personal property relating to, without limitation, foreclosures of multifamily or single-family properties financed by the massachusetts housing finance agency…

Housing & Shelter
7
Lynn Shelter Association Inc

The lynn shelter association (lsa) believes every person deserves a place to call home. lsa's mission is to provide a safe environment for each individual to define and pursue their goals for independence and self-sufficiency and offers…

Housing & Shelter
8
Central Massachusetts Housing Alliance Inc

Recognizing the dignity of all, cmha leads a collaborative response to homelessness that fosters long-term housing stability through prevention, quality services, education and advocacy.

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9
The Cambridge Homes
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10
Melrose Affordable Housing Corporation

Affordable housing rental rates for individuals with low income.

Housing & Shelter
11
Housing Forward-Ma Inc

Housing forward-ma develops data backed policies related to housing in massachusetts and the broader economic impacts of housing supply and demand. by providing training, education, and model policy proposals our organization will support…

Housing & Shelter
12
Hilltown Community Development Corporation

To improve the quality of life in the hilltowns by addressing the economic, housing, educational, social, and community needs while preserving the rural charatcer of the area.

Community Improvement
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Center for Human Development Inc; the most unlike its peers is Amherst Community Connections. 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

12 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 12 of the 17 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
12/12
Grantees still filing
7/12
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

VALLEY OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL INC: $1,687,517 · Human ServicesVALLEY OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL INCSPRINGFIELD DAY NURSERY CORPORATION: $299,995 · Human ServicesSPRINGFIELD DAY NURSERY CORPORATION+1 more: $6,791 · Human ServicesENLACE DE FAMILIAS DE HOLYOKE HOLYOKE FAMILY NETWORK INC: $484,200 · Community ImprovementENLACE DE FAMILIAS …AMHERST COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS: $106,800 · Community ImprovementAMHERST COMMUNITY C…MASSACHUSETTS FAIR HOUSING CENTER INC: $223,538 · Housing & ShelterMASSACHUSE…REGIONAL HOUSING NETWORK OF MASSACHUSETTS INC: $73,650 · Housing & ShelterREGIONAL H…ONEHOLYOKE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORP: $25,122 · Housing & ShelterONEHOLYOKE…BERKSHIRE COUNTY REGIONAL HOUSING AUTHORITY: $159,771 · OtherBERKSHIRE…HOLYOKE COMMUNITY COLLEGE: $71,592 · OtherHOLYOKE C…CATHOLIC CHARITIES AGENCY OF THE DIOCESE OF SPRINGFIELD MASSACHUSETTS: $22,792 · OtherCATHOLIC …FRANKLIN COUNTY REGIONAL HOUSING & REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY: $20,000 · OtherFRANKLIN …FRANKLIN COUNTY REGIONAL HOUSING & REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY: $17,500 · OtherFRANKLIN …SPRINGFIELD PARTNERS FOR COMMUNITY ACTION INC: $235,600 · EducationMERCY HOSPITAL SPRINGFIELD: $25,000 · HealthBEHAVIORAL HEALTH NETWORK INC: $25,000 · HealthQUABOAG VALLEY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $8,200 · Employment
Human Services$1,994,303Community Improvement$591,000Housing & Shelter$322,310Other$291,655Education$235,600Health$50,000Employment$8,200

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetVALLEY OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL INC: $1,687,517 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetENLACE DE FAMILIAS DE HOLYOKE HOLYOKE FAMILY NETWORK INC: $484,200 over 3y, 11% of budgetSPRINGFIELD DAY NURSERY CORPORATION: $299,995 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetSPRINGFIELD PARTNERS FOR COMMUNITY ACTION INC: $235,600 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetMASSACHUSETTS FAIR HOUSING CENTER INC: $223,538 over 7y, 9.8% of budgetAMHERST COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS: $106,800 over 2y, 22% of budgetREGIONAL HOUSING NETWORK OF MASSACHUSETTS INC: $73,650 over 4y, 5.4% of budgetONEHOLYOKE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORP: $25,122 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetMERCY HOSPITAL SPRINGFIELD: $25,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBEHAVIORAL HEALTH NETWORK INC: $25,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetQUABOAG VALLEY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $8,200 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetCENTER FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INC: $6,791 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

Community Foundation …Health Resources in A…United Way of Pioneer…Peoplesbank Charitabl…The Food Bank of West…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Community Foundation of Western MassachusettsMA23.7× affinity9 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts · Health Resources in Action Inc · United Way of Pioneer Valley Inc · Peoplesbank Charitable Foundation Inc · The Food Bank of Western Massachusetts 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 Way Finders Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Way Finders Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2025
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 52%
  • Massachusetts Fair Housing Center Inc: 79% of income from government
  • Center for Human Development Inc: 55% of income from government
  • Springfield Day Nursery Corporation: 52% of income from government
  • Behavioral Health Network Inc: 29% of income from government
  • Valley Opportunity Council Inc: 26% of income from government
  • Oneholyoke Community Development Corp: 0% 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)
3rely 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.

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 17 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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