California · Nonprofit
Greener Way Associates Inc
Greener Way Associates Inc (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $110,500 to it, the largest being CIV LAB INC ($60,500). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $119k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $111k
- Net assets
- $58k
What Greener Way Associates Inc does
Mission
To engage employment-challanged communities in training of best practices and resources for installing long-term permaculture-based local food bearing gardens, as operationalized through UNESCOS Earth Charter.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
With support from Freedom Farms (and asministered concurrently with CIV:LAB funding), Greener Way Associates were able to begin the creation of a teaching center to collaborate with other nonprofits in delivering best practices. During this, Greenerway Associates was exposed to wider networks of environmental and food justince nonprofits.
$50,000 spent76% of program spendingWith support from CIV:LABs Climate Fund, Greener Way Associates implemented its Green Collar On-the-Job Training (OJT) Workforce Development program from April 24 through April 25, serving approximately 35 people in 2024. This initiative focused on providing regerative landscaping training and job pathways for rentry and system-impacted individuals, while building local climate-resilient communities.
$15,913 spent24% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $65,913.
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.
Chief executive
Suzanne De Benedittis
CEO
Board chair
Diego Wuethrich
Board President
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of Greener Way Associates Inc’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
Greener Way Associates Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 55% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% 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 Greener Way Associates Inc.
“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
Greener Way Associates Inc draws 55% of its grant income from funders outside California, across 2 states in all.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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
Greener Way Associates Inc runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 22,812 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 22,812 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like Greener Way Associates Inc
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 California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
100% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Greener Way Associates Inc: 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 Greener Way Associates Inc?
- Greener Way Associates Inc (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $110,500 to it, the largest being CIV LAB INC ($60,500). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Greener Way Associates Inc have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $110,500 in grants to Greener Way Associates Inc.
- Who is the largest funder of Greener Way Associates Inc?
- CIV LAB INC is the largest funder on record, with $60,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Greener Way Associates 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.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2024–2024), and the filings of 2 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