The Wayfinder Foundation

Washington, DCUnknown exempt organizationEIN 82-1573252Revenue $2K in FY2025

On file with the IRSPo Box 96503 · Washington, DC

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The Wayfinder Foundation is committed to making subgrants to community activists who work on anti-poverty and racial justice issues.

Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1

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FY2025 · Form 990-EZIndependent: from IRS data, not the org
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Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990-EZ
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
2 of 4
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $167K a year · 15% of revenue · last 4 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 2 of the last 4 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 4 filings
Named funders
1
named funder · $250K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$0
total owed
No data yet: the filing does not give total assets.
Pt X · Ln 26
Looks goodFineWorth a lookConcernNo data yetTap a box for the reason.
Revenue
$2K
-92% vs prior year
Net assets
$0
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$2K
FY2025▼ -92%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$402K
FY2021$940K
FY2022$2.8M
FY2023$319K
FY2024$23K
FY2025$2K
Expenses
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FY2025
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$423K
FY2021$351K
FY2022$1.4M
FY2023$1.5M
FY2024Not on file
FY2025Not on file
Net assets
$0
FY2025▼ -100%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$100K
FY2021$689K
FY2022$2.0M
FY2023$787K
FY2024$6K
FY2025$0

From the FY2025 Form 990 · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

5 people listed on the 990-EZ.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
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Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
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Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 4 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Nekima Levy Armstrong Pounds ESQ$215,726$170,726$175,000——
Nekima Levy Armstrong ESQ———$130,000$130,000
Chauntyll Allen—$124,041———
Zakiya Sankara-Jabar—$114,397———

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Programs and updates

Funds community activists working on anti-poverty and racial justice.

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1 program · $1.3M · in their own filed words · FY2023
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The wayfinder foundation is committed to making subgrants to community activists who work on anti-poverty issues.

$1.3Mprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2024
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$250K
Grants paid · 6 grants · $337K · 2020–2023
Unitemized GrantFY2023$118,927
Unitemized GrantFY2022$133,825
Change Starts with CommunityMN · FY2022$10,000
Unitemized GrantFY2021$42,583
Unitemized GrantFY2020$25,565

By the numbers

The FY2025 990-EZ, line by line.

1The main four
Money in
$2K
Other income$2K
Owns and owes
$0
net assets
Liabilities$0
People
5
listed
Paid0
2In more detail
Revenue in detail
Other income$2K
Total revenue$2K
Assets in detailEnd of year
Liabilities$0
Net assets$0
Operations
Employees1
Volunteers0
Fiscal year endsDecember

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $2K$0 990 PDF
FY2024 $23K$6K 990 PDF
FY2023 $319K$1.5M−$1.2M$787K 990 PDF
FY2022 $2.8M$1.4M$1.3M$2.0M 990 PDF
FY2021 $940K$351K$589K$689K 990 PDF
FY2020 $402K$423K−$20K$100K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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