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WAYFINDERS ON THE HUDSON CORP

WAYFINDERS ON THE HUDSON CORP (New York) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $56,100 to it, the largest being ROCKEFELLER BROTHERS FUND INC ($55,100). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$119k
Funders on record
2
Grants received
$56k
Net assets
$43k
1/2 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 32%
01What it does

What Wayfinders on the Hudson Corp does

Mission

Wayfinders ignites a love for nature and fosters socio-emotional learning for people of all ages. The program explores leadership development, community building, and inspires people to connect with the outdoors in a supportive environment.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Program

  1. Wayfinders ignites a love for nature and fosters socio-emotional learning for people of all ages. The program explores leadership development, community building, and inspires people to connect with the outdoors in a supportive environment.

    $95,971 spent
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $95,971.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 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.

100 = 20222022 Revenue 100 ($23k) Expenses 100 ($6k) Net assets 100 ($18k)2023 Revenue 744 ($172k) Expenses 1367 ($75k) Net assets 649 ($115k)2024 Revenue 331 ($77k) Expenses 2391 ($132k) Net assets 337 ($60k)2025 Revenue 516 ($119k) Expenses 2461 ($135k) Net assets 246 ($43k)
2022202320242025
Revenue (516)Expenses (2461)Net assets (246)Peer revenue range

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 $23k to $117k (+405%).

$23k
$117k
$62k
$46k
2022202320242025
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

37% of WAYFINDERS ON THE HUDSON CORP’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (83% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 6,387 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 4 reported years ran a deficit.

$18k
’22
$97k
’23
−$55k
’24
−$16k
’25
3.0
months of
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.

2022202320242025
Listed3465
Joined·+1+3+1
No longer listed·012
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2022 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income rose $1k → $55k.

Funder
'22
'23
total
funders
2
1

From the IRS filings of WAYFINDERS ON THE HUDSON CORP’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

WAYFINDERS ON THE HUDSON CORP leans on a few funders — its largest provides 98% 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

98%
largest funder
100%
top three
~1
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2022 91% · 2023 100% — 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

98% of WAYFINDERS ON THE HUDSON CORP's grant income comes from New York funders.

NY
MA

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’22
’23
New York out of state home

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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

WAYFINDERS ON THE HUDSON CORP has grown faster than three-quarters of the 3,482 youth development nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−14% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve3.0mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)73% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,482 youth development nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

Organizations like WAYFINDERS ON THE HUDSON CORP

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 New York

Nationally

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

71% of spending goes to programs.

Program 71%Management 17%Fundraising 12%

Governance

5
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

0%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

NY

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Questions and answers

Who funds WAYFINDERS ON THE HUDSON CORP?
WAYFINDERS ON THE HUDSON CORP (New York) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $56,100 to it, the largest being ROCKEFELLER BROTHERS FUND INC ($55,100). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does WAYFINDERS ON THE HUDSON CORP have?
IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $56,100 in grants to WAYFINDERS ON THE HUDSON CORP, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of WAYFINDERS ON THE HUDSON CORP?
ROCKEFELLER BROTHERS FUND INC is the largest funder on record, with $55,100 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like WAYFINDERS ON THE HUDSON CORP 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 FY2025 (financials across 2022–2025), 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