South Carolina · Nonprofit
Joshua's Way Inc
Joshua's Way Inc (South Carolina) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $50,736 to it, the largest being CBL STATE SAVINGS BANK FOUNDATION ($41,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $159k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $51k
- Net assets
- $581k
What Joshua's Way Inc does
Mission
Christian study and service center
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Mercy Ministries Joshuas Way Inc. (JWI) seeks to promote and provide compassionate ministries to persons in need, including persons with spiritual, financial, educational, social and other basic needs. with rent, utilities, transportation and emergency medical expenses. In addition to financial assistance, JWI develops a base of volunteers to serve as mentors to advise and encourage those in difficult economic circumstances in the hope that improved behavior patterns can be transformed and self-sufficiency can be established.
$12,890 spent12% of program spendingCross Culture Network, Ethiopia Project and Operation Christmas Child This aspect of JWI ministers to international students in our geographical area. Through this outreach to local campuses, JWI touches the lives of students from many countries. The students come from across the globe, but are mostly from countries in Asia, Africa, Central America and South America. By assisting international students in navigating through the process of finding apartments and related household needs, Cross Culture Network connects with students in meaningful ways. The students are invited to join in dinner parties, trips and conferences that give opportunities to develop relationships and share the Gospel with them. Joshuas Way is also the local center for collection and distribution of the shoebox gifts. Due to the difficulties of travel in the region, the pace of UVP surgeries slowed considerably. However, we anticipate this situation changing and UVP surgeries increasing in number as well as our support during the coming fiscal year.
$89,273 spent86% of program spendingTeaching Ministry Joshuas Way provides courses and seminars to give lay people a deeper understanding of the Scriptures and Christian faith and to encourage them to minister in the community.This includes but is not limited to providing resources in the form of a library and computer software training. Personal development for ministry includes assistance in individual assessments and training where they can most effectively volunteer.
$1,088 spent1% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $103,251.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 2022 to 2023, from $569k to $590k (+4%).
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.
95% of Joshua's Way Inc’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (100% 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income fell $14k → $4k.
2 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 1% 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 Joshua's Way 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
Joshua's Way Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 81% of grant income and the top three 99%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 79% · 2018 95% · 2019 76% · 2020 99% · 2021 100% · 2022 98% · 2023 99% — growing more concentrated.
“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
100% of Joshua's Way Inc's grant income comes from South Carolina funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $486 arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
Joshua's Way Inc holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 7,334 religion nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,334 religion nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like Joshua's Way 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 South Carolina
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
66% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
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 Joshua's Way 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 Joshua's Way Inc?
- Joshua's Way Inc (South Carolina) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $50,736 to it, the largest being CBL STATE SAVINGS BANK FOUNDATION ($41,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Joshua's Way Inc have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $50,736 in grants to Joshua's Way Inc, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Joshua's Way Inc?
- CBL STATE SAVINGS BANK FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $41,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Joshua's Way Inc find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in South Carolina. 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 2021–2025), and the filings of 5 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