Utah · Nonprofit
FOUNDATION FOR JOY
FOUNDATION FOR JOY (Utah) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $154,000 to it, the largest being WIJERAMA FAMILY FOUNDATION INC ($62,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $891k
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $154k
- Net assets
- $1.1M
What Foundation for Joy does
Mission
The Foundation for Joy (formerly Ancient Secrets Foundation) is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. We believe the most ancient path to joy is this: when you send love out to those who need it most, it comes back to you in abundance.Our mission is simple but powerful.Keep orphaned children in one of the most at-risk parts of the world safe, loved, and supported (which contributes to preventing human trafficking)Magnify JOY in the lives of everyone involved
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
In 2025, the Foundation for Joy continued to make significant strides in its mission (sharing ancient wisdom for healing and empowerment while providing tangible support to communities in need, in particular at risk orphanages and orphaned kids). 1. Supporting Several Orphanages in Nepal Provided ongoing financial aid for food, education, and healthcare to support the children in the orphanages in need Developed sustainable funding strategies to ensure long-term stability for these children. Our aim is to keep them cared for in safe & loving homes, to help prevent them from trafficking and other horrible alternatives. Developed & expanded the Bridge program, to support the kids who turn 18 and by law are required to leave the home.2. Kathmandu Visits & Volunteer Support Supported immersive tour visits in Nepal to deepen our capacity to serve the kids at the orphanages, win the hearts of supporters, as well as increase awareness of ancient healing practices and cultural heritage. Facilitated meaningful connections between participants and local communities.3. Global Community Engagement Expanded our reach by connecting with more communities in the USA & Europe, fostering a more…
$287,622 spentof which $256,243 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $287,622.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $553k to $1.1M (+91%).
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.
100% of FOUNDATION FOR JOY’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (91% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.
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.
Board chair
Paul Rogers
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
4 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 44% 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 FOUNDATION FOR JOY’s funders (the co-funder graph). 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
FOUNDATION FOR JOY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 40% of grant income and the top three 73%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
44% 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 FOUNDATION FOR JOY.
“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.
Where its funders are
FOUNDATION FOR JOY draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Utah, across 1 state in all.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $67k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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.
Against its field
FOUNDATION FOR JOY runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 13,062 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 13,062 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like FOUNDATION FOR JOY
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Utah
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
75% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
86%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for FOUNDATION FOR JOY: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds FOUNDATION FOR JOY?
- FOUNDATION FOR JOY (Utah) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $154,000 to it, the largest being WIJERAMA FAMILY FOUNDATION INC ($62,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FOUNDATION FOR JOY have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $154,000 in grants to FOUNDATION FOR JOY.
- Who is the largest funder of FOUNDATION FOR JOY?
- WIJERAMA FAMILY FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $62,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FOUNDATION FOR JOY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Utah. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2020–2025), and the filings of 6 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