California · Nonprofit
THE WAY TO HAPPINESS FOUNDATION INT
THE WAY TO HAPPINESS FOUNDATION INT (California) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $139,642 to it, the largest being ASSOCIATION FOR BETTER LIVING AND EDUCATION INTERNATIONAL ($61,280). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $596k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $140k
- Net assets
- $-142087
What The Way to Happiness Foundation Int does
Mission
To reverse the moral decay in society by restoring trust and honesty in the world through the publication and distribution of a nonreligious common sense moral code, "the way to happiness"
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Distribution of "the way to happiness" the way to happiness foundation's ("twth") purpose is to reverse the moral decay in society by restoring trust and honesty in the world through education and the dissemination of a nonreligious common sense moral code: "the way to happiness", which consists of 21 illustrated precepts such as "love and help children", "honor and help your parents", "set a good example", and "respect the religious beliefs of others". The book is available in 119 languages and over 278 new custom covers for the way to happiness booklet were produced in 2024.
$477,735 spentof which $29,120 as grants$56,965 earned by the program87% of program spendingThe way to happiness services and campaigns. The way to happiness foundation provided character education online courses and seminars, information kits and educator materials to students, teachers, parents, businesses and correction facilities internationally including in the united states, canada, uk, europe, latin and central america, africa, asia, and australia. Public campaigns were conducted to raise awareness about moral behavior, especially amongst youth, through public service announcements, contests, environmental clean-up drives, workshops, lectures, and other community activities.
$72,599 spentof which $14,500 as grants13% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $550,334.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2017 to 2018, from $514k to $151k (−71%).
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: 2020 6% · 2021 9% · 2022 14% · 2023 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
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.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $6k → $43k.
3 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 34% 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 TO HAPPINESS FOUNDATION INT’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
THE WAY TO HAPPINESS FOUNDATION INT leans on a few funders — its largest provides 44% of grant income and the top three 81%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders 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 THE WAY TO HAPPINESS FOUNDATION INT.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 67% · 2021 100% · 2022 56% · 2023 72% — 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.
Where its funders are
66% of THE WAY TO HAPPINESS FOUNDATION INT's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $47k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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.
Organizations like THE WAY TO HAPPINESS FOUNDATION INT
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
82% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
56%
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 THE WAY TO HAPPINESS FOUNDATION INT: 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 THE WAY TO HAPPINESS FOUNDATION INT?
- THE WAY TO HAPPINESS FOUNDATION INT (California) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $139,642 to it, the largest being ASSOCIATION FOR BETTER LIVING AND EDUCATION INTERNATIONAL ($61,280). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE WAY TO HAPPINESS FOUNDATION INT have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $139,642 in grants to THE WAY TO HAPPINESS FOUNDATION INT, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE WAY TO HAPPINESS FOUNDATION INT?
- ASSOCIATION FOR BETTER LIVING AND EDUCATION INTERNATIONAL is the largest funder on record, with $61,280 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE WAY TO HAPPINESS FOUNDATION INT 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 2017–2024), 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