New York · Nonprofit
THE WAY BACK INC
THE WAY BACK INC (New York) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $33 to it, the largest being AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION ($33). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $6.8M
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $33
- Net assets
- $7.4M
What The Way Back Inc does
Mission
To provide rehabilitative housing services and support to help people with psychiatric disabilities reintegrate into the community.the agency provides rehabilitative housing services and staff support as a primary mechanism for achieving these goals. We encourage the full participation of residents in their rehabilitation process so they may realize their potential of living productively, cohesively, and happily within the community. The primary emphasis of the program at the way back is to prepare residents to live independently in the community. Our program teaches residents the skills needed to successfully live outside the community residence structure. A willingness to participate in the rehabilitative goal planning process is required.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Community residencein the supervised phase of our program, residents live in group homes. Trained counselors who are on site 24 hours a day for support and assistance staff these homes. A young adult program is also offered to individuals in the 18-25-age range.residents who live in the supervised sites receive counseling, medication management, assistance with cooking and cleaning, food shopping, money management, and participate in rehabilitative activities. Weekly community meetings give residents a chance to take an active role in planning house activities and discuss any concerns they have about the home. The emphasis in this phase is to support the resident in acquiring basic living skills.
$3,480,754 spent$3,962,629 earned by the program67% of program spendingApartment treatment residents of the apartment treatment program generally require less staff support than in the supervised program. Many of our apartment treatment residents lived in the supervised program and have gained the skills needed for the apartment treatment program.staff visits vary depending on the needs of residents. Usually, counselors visit residents 3- 5 times per week. However, visits can be increased should residents need additional support. All residents have 24 -hour telephone access to staff in the event of an emergency.the apartment treatment program provides residents with the opportunity to live independently, yet still have the benefit of frequent staff support. Residents work on areas needed for independent living such as, symptom and medication management, accessing community resources, and budgeting.the way back's apartment treatment locations are situated throughout suffolk county, long island, ny. All provide easy access to public transportation, stores, recreational facilities, and services. All apartments are private homes, which provide individual bedrooms to residents.
$1,120,995 spent$1,973,690 earned by the program22% of program spendingSupported housingthe way back, inc. Provides case management services with housing. Supported housing is, by design, permanent housing and people in our housing program are enjoying the feeling of permanency. Many of the people we serve in our program have been in transitional housing programs and moving "to the next phase" was always part of the plan.supported housing provides the security of permanent housing, the flexibility of independent housing and the support of omh funded housing in one program.
$610,446 spent$91,181 earned by the program12% of program spendingManagement fees
$29,665 earned by the program
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $5,212,195.
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.
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 $7.1M to $7.8M (+9%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 10% · 2018 10% · 2019 16% · 2020 9% · 2021 9% · 2022 11% · 2023 10% · 2024 10%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
10% of THE WAY BACK INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 8 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.
Chief executive
Kimberly Dilgen
CEO/secretary
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $6 → $16.
1 of 1 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% 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 THE WAY BACK 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.
Where its funders are
100% of THE WAY BACK 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. Too little is directly attributable to place on a map.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $33 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
THE WAY BACK INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 11,263 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,263 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
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In New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
86% 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
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- Twb Residential Opportunities II Inc · exempt
- Twb Residential Opportunities Inc · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE WAY BACK INC?
- THE WAY BACK INC (New York) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $33 to it, the largest being AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION ($33). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does THE WAY BACK INC have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $33 in grants to THE WAY BACK INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE WAY BACK INC?
- AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $33 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE WAY BACK INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. 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 1 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