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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 27-1961526

The Way Charitable Foundation

A private foundation in Wilmington, DE. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 3 grants and $40,000 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2025 (period ending Dec 31, 2025), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

How to apply

Preselected only

The return checks the box saying the foundation gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Assets and giving by year

8 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.

  • Tax year 2025

    $40,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $141,894

  • Tax year 2024

    $90,000

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $168,972

  • Tax year 2023

    $107,775

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $164,524

  • Tax year 2022

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $181,255

  • Tax year 2021

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $171,473

  • Tax year 2020

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $163,275

  • Tax year 2019

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $156,180

  • Tax year 2018

    $140,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $152,789

Grants paid in 2025

3 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Whitman College Board of TrusteesWalla Walla, WA

    In support of Harvey Hall

    $20,000
  2. Arizona Citizens for the ArtsPhoenix, AZ

    General & Unrestricted

    $10,000
  3. The Nature ConvservancyPhoenix, AZ

    Unrestricted Funds - Arizona Chapter

    $10,000

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Education1 grant $20,00067% of the total
  2. Arts and culture1 grant $10,00033% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Arizona2 grants $20,000
  2. Washington1 grant $20,000

Officers, directors and trustees

5 people as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • Mary Alexander WayVP Hours 1Pay $0
  • Mary Alexander Coleman WayVP, Dir Hours 1Pay $0
  • John Griffith WayVP Hours 2Pay $0
  • Patricia Shields WayVP Hours 1Pay $0
  • William G WayPres, Dir, Sec Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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