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EARTHWAYS FOUNDATION INC

EARTHWAYS FOUNDATION INC (California) receives grants from 24 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,343,816 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($410,250). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 52% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2024
$623k
Funders on record
24
Grants received
$1.3M
Net assets
$10M
10/24 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 55%
01What it does

What Earthways Foundation Inc does

Mission

Environmental projects

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Miscellanceous projects: support for various speakers' programs, and projects designed to create models for environmental preservation and social responsibility from a global perspective.

    $539,928 spent
    72% of program spending
  2. Santa fe center for alchemical studies promotoes the application of jungian psychology to contemporary personal, collective, social enviromental issues.

    $66,437 spentof which $2,000 as grants$123,035 earned by the program
    9% of program spending
  3. The big emotional intelligence campaign intends to be the first ever mass advertising and marketing campaign whose sole and huge vision is to galvanize the american public to insist that every school include in its daily curriculum training for students and staff in emotional management and in relationship and co-creativity skills- to the profound benefit of children, teens, adults the school themselves, and society and business (the economy) as a whole.

    $63,148 spent$60,240 earned by the program
    8% of program spending
  4. Rainforest information center is the john seed directed environmental grant program to protect forests and their indigenous inhabitants.

    $26,000 spentof which $26,000 as grants$53,830 earned by the program
    3% of program spending
  5. National observer - provides reporting on enviromental issues

    $25,040 spentof which $25,000 as grants$10,500 earned by the program
    3% of program spending
  6. Inter american clean energy institute - think tank dedicated to accelerating clean energy deployment in the americas

    $18,750 spentof which $2,500 as grants$15,000 earned by the program
    3% of program spending
  7. Touch the jungle: research facility in equador. Proceeds from which encourage preservation by the local village, playa de oro, of the exotic ecuadorian jungle and wild cat species of their region.

    $10,300 spentof which $10,300 as grants$12,000 earned by the program
    1% of program spending
  8. Earth trust project focuses on creating sustainable livelihoods through organic and natural farming practices, women's health and wellness, enviromental education, and basic amenities for vulnerable communities.

    $28 spent$932 earned by the program
    0% of program spending
  9. Peaceful guardians is a hollistic education movement empowering youth from all socio-economic diversity to co-create world peace by culvivating healthy bodies, clear minds and strong spirits.

    $15 spent
    0% of program spending
  10. Compassionate california-compassionate california supports the ever growing compassion movement that brings the charter for compassion to life. Providing a platform for the emerging network of california cities/communities and california based charter partners.

    $5 spent$383 earned by the program
    0% of program spending
  11. Green world campaign promotes tree planting globally

  12. Green business networking is a project that provides the owners and decision-makers of socialy and environmentally conscious businesses a time and place for connecting, sharing, deal-making and networking.

  13. The reSTORY Alliance will identify the most essential cultural assumptions and narratives, and array them in context with one another in an interactive digital environment, forming a paradigm map around which convenings, analyses, projects, partnerships and strategic plans will be fostered.

  14. Mother Natures Playgardens mission statement is to create a holistic educational program for young children, and their families, which supports them in developing a foundation fundamental for leading a fulfilling and meaningful life while helping prepare them for the stewardship of the wide world they are inheriting.

  15. Global Tea Hut is dedicated to promoting, cultivating and expressing an awakening of harmony with nature through tea.

  16. Dolores huerta social action collaborative: dhsa: support generation and administration of financial resources for research, development, implementation and management of civi engagement strategy and associated social action campaigns to make visible and foster partnership and collaboration with the film project dolores:her story will be told.

  17. Peaceful guardians is a hollistic eduation movement empowering youth from all socio-econmic diversity to co-create world peace by cultivating health bodies, clear minds and strong spirits.

  18. Global mala

  19. Csela- the california social-emotional learning alliance (csela) empowers california youth to thrive in school and life by advancing and supporting effective social and emotional learning programs, policies and practices in all state schools and communities.

  20. Be simply- be simply radio programming and written content intends to educate, inspire and assist others in transforming their lives.

  21. New paradigm college offering programs and events dedicated to the regeneration of local ecology, community, culture and economy. A variety of different spaces, including the outdoors, is available for workshops, seminars, and private group meetings.

  22. Living earth endevors (lee)'s mission is to contribute to a more powerful and effective global movement working to protect and restore amazon rainforest.

  23. MOTHERS OF THE AMAZON: Nature PreserveProtecting the Amazon and its Communities through Restorative and Regenerative Community Projects in the Amazon and Educational Programs in the US

  24. Amaruarts works with multimedia cultural arts and applied ecology to promote human reintegration with nature and healing the biosphere.

The 24 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $749,651.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($347k) Expenses 100 ($502k) Net assets 100 ($1.8M)2018 Revenue 429 ($1.5M) Expenses 114 ($572k) Net assets 151 ($2.7M)2019 Revenue 2591 ($9.0M) Expenses 166 ($836k) Net assets 600 ($11M)2020 Revenue 106 ($367k) Expenses 119 ($596k) Net assets 587 ($11M)2021 Revenue 80 ($279k) Expenses 98 ($493k) Net assets 591 ($11M)2022 Revenue 160 ($556k) Expenses 125 ($627k) Net assets 587 ($11M)2023 Revenue 165 ($572k) Expenses 185 ($927k) Net assets 574 ($10M)2024 Revenue 180 ($623k) Expenses 157 ($790k) Net assets 577 ($10M)
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Revenue (180)Expenses (157)Net assets (577)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2018 to 2019, from $2.7M to $11M (+299%).

$1.8M
$2.7M
$11M
$11M
$11M
$11M
$10M
$10M
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

How it's funded, over time

Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

101% of EARTHWAYS FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (100% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 4,945 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

−$155k
’17
$916k
’18
$8.1M
’19
−$229k
’20
−$214k
’21
−$71k
’22
−$355k
’23
−$167k
’24
4.6
months of
reserve

Leadership and staff

The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.

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Listed687788810
Joined·+2+0+0+1+0+0+2
No longer listed·0100000
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 7 funders, grant income rose $21k → $163k.

9 of 24 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 52% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.

From the IRS filings of EARTHWAYS FOUNDATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 23 of 24 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

How concentrated its funding is

EARTHWAYS FOUNDATION INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 31% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left

62% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund EARTHWAYS FOUNDATION INC.

31%
largest funder
64%
top three
~6
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 72% · 2018 99% · 2019 43% · 2020 47% · 2021 28% · 2022 69% · 2023 31% — diversifying over time.

“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

How long its funders stay

30% of EARTHWAYS FOUNDATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 42% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y

Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.

Where its funders are

52% of EARTHWAYS FOUNDATION INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $648k that is directly attributable, 52% of it comes from funders outside California, across 6 states.

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PA
CA
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In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’23
California out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $696k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

EARTHWAYS FOUNDATION INC has grown faster than half of the 4,524 international nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−27% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve4.6mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)9% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,524 international nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

Organizations like EARTHWAYS FOUNDATION INC

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

95% of spending goes to programs.

Program 95%Management 5%Fundraising 0%

Governance

8
board members
0%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

97%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

CA

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Questions and answers

Who funds EARTHWAYS FOUNDATION INC?
EARTHWAYS FOUNDATION INC (California) receives grants from 24 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,343,816 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($410,250). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 52% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does EARTHWAYS FOUNDATION INC have?
IRS filings report 24 organizations giving $1,343,816 in grants to EARTHWAYS FOUNDATION INC, 10 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of EARTHWAYS FOUNDATION INC?
DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC is the largest funder on record, with $410,250 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like EARTHWAYS FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 24 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing