The Fair Ways Foundation Inc
Paulsboro, NJ · EIN 83-3988612. Reported 59 grants totalling $816,656 to 54 recipients across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. The Fair Ways Foundation Inc did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $14,806. Half of everything it gave fell between $7,000 and $20,000; the smallest was $1,500 and the largest $25,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Curry Watersheds Nonprofit | Gold Beach, OR | $68,936 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Mohonk Preserve Inc | New Paltz, NY | $32,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Audubon International | Troy, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Cactus & Pine Golf Course Superintendents Association | Scottsdale, AZ | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Friends of the Muni Inc | Johns Island, SC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hill Crest Country Club | Lower Burrell, PA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mchenry County Conservation Foundation | Richmond, IL | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Ohio Bluebird Society | Kirkland, OH | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Scottish Wildlife Trust | Irvine, Scotland | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Bats Without Borders | Dollar | $20,471 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Scottish Wildlife Trust | Irvine | $20,145 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Evanston Wilmette Golf Course Association | Evanston, IL | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Nairn Dunbar Golf Links | Nairn, Scotland | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Leicestershire Golf Club | Leicester | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ventana Canyon Golf & Racquet Club | Tucson, AZ | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Royal Bercuit Golf Club | Grezdoiceau | $18,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Fox Meadow Golf Course | Stratford | $18,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Friends of Great Salt Lake | Salt Lake City, UT | $17,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Whitburn Golf Club Ltd | South Shields | $17,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Pawleys Plantation Golf & Country Club | Pawleys Island, SC | $16,825 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| University of Georgia Research Foundation | Athens, GA | $16,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Parks Foundation of Broward County Inc | Fort Lauderdale, FL | $15,800 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Meg Wah (my Earth) | Buea | $15,525 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Elcona Country Club | Bristol, IN | $15,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Chester Golf Club | Chester | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hirsala Golf Oy | Kirkkonummi | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Sherwood Forest Homeowners Association | Brevard, NC | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Rock Hollow Golf Course | Peru, IN | $14,806 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Martis Camp Community | Truckee, CA | $13,900 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Concord Country Club | Chadds Ford, PA | $13,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Sand Ridge Golf Club | Chardon, OH | $11,900 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| City of Fort Collins - Southridge Golf Course | Fort Collins, CO | $11,330 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Newport Bay Conservancy | Newport Beach, CA | $11,154 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Cog Hill Golf and Country Club | Lemont, IL | $11,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Covington Elementary | Fort Wayne, IN | $11,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Rockford Park District Foundation | Rockford, IL | $11,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Land at Home Project Inc | Phoenix, AZ | $10,940 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Bromborough Golf Club | Bromborough | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Stone Harbor Golf Club | Cape May Court House, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Watershed Program of Southeast Wisconsin Inc | Racine, WI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Cirencester Golf Club | Cirencester | $9,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Mistwood Golf Club | Romeoville, IL | $9,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Worksop Golf Club | Nottingham | $6,250 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Button Hole Short Course and Teaching Center | Providence, RI | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Swan Lake Country Club | Pengilly, MN | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Vicars Cross Golf Club Ltd | Chester | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Hartford Golf Club | Manchester | $5,474 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Greenergolf Network | Market Harborough | $5,200 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ab Kristianstads Golfbana | Hus | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Heritage Oaks Golf Coursecity of Harrisonburg | Harrisonburg, VA | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Bray Golf Club | Bray | $3,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Chicago District Golf Association Foundation | Lemont, IL | $3,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Hever Castle Golf Club | Edenbridge, Kent | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Fafali Organization | Kissehman | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
3 of 54 (6%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 5%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Ohio Bluebird Society
Improve water quality, aesthetics, & wildlife habitat through the removal of invasive species and planting of native vegetation including wildflowers, grasses, shrubs, and trees - reducing the maintenance and herbicide application requirements while enhancing habitat for birds. - Audubon International
high-quality habitat for monarch butterflies - Scottish Wildlife Trust
Expanding the Irvine to Girvan Nectar Network - Mchenry County Conservation Foundation
Converting row crop production to high quality grassland - Cactus & Pine Golf Course Superintendents Association
Turf Acreage Verification Project - Friends of the Muni Inc
Charleston Municipal Wetlands and Grassland Enhancement
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 20 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 17 | $272,755 | $15,500 |
| 2022 | 12 | $169,036 | $13,353 |
| 2023 | 19 | $255,825 | $15,000 |
| 2024 | 11 | $119,040 | $10,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Already committed for future years
Form 990-PF has a separate schedule for grants approved but not yet paid. The Fair Ways Foundation Inc has 7 of them, worth $106,703. This is the one part of the filing that looks forward rather than back.
| Organization | Location | Approved |
|---|---|---|
| Hill Crest Country Club | Lower Burrell, PA | $25,000 |
| Curry Watersheds Nonprofit | Gold Beach, OR | $24,084 |
| Scottish Wildlife Trust | Irvine | $20,145 |
| Mohonk Preserve Inc | New Paltz, NY | $15,000 |
| Cog Hill Golf and Country Club | Lemont, IL | $11,000 |
| Button Hole Short Course and Teaching Center | Providence, RI | $6,000 |
| Hartford Golf Club | Manchester | $5,474 |
Where its money goes
13% of its giving went to organizations in Illinois. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $14,806. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Illinois.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from The Fair Ways Foundation Inc's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 6 returns (tax years 2019-2024). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.
Address of record on the latest return: 1273 Imperial Way, Paulsboro, NJ, 08066. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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