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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by THE WAY TO HAPPINESS FOUNDATION INTERNATIONAL.

Totals

Total revenue
$595,682
Total expenses
$669,634
Contributions and grants received
$538,717
Grants paid
$43,620
Program service revenue
$2,271
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$54,694
Total assets, end of year
$110,332
Total liabilities, end of year
$252,419
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
-$142,087
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$550,334
Management and general expenses
$96,967
Fundraising expenses
$22,333
Program service expenses (Part III)
$550,334

Program services were 82.2% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $538,717

  • 2a · Program service revenue: HAPPINESS CHAPTER FEES

    total $2,271 · related or exempt $2,271

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $38,797 · related or exempt $38,797

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $77,909

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $62,472

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $15,437 · related or exempt $15,437

  • 11a · Other revenue: REFERRAL FEES

    total $460 · related or exempt $460

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $460

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $29,120 · program services $29,120

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $14,500 · program services $14,500

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $48,323 · program services $24,161 · management and general $12,081 · fundraising $12,081

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $130,914 · program services $91,480 · management and general $39,434

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $13,888 · program services $9,270 · management and general $3,650 · fundraising $968

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $375 · program services $242 · management and general $108 · fundraising $25

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $10,721 · program services $6,917 · management and general $3,081 · fundraising $723

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $19,185 · program services $15,738 · management and general $2,792 · fundraising $655

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $89,223 · program services $69,856 · management and general $16,107 · fundraising $3,260

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $53,746 · program services $53,746

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $66,304 · program services $42,779 · management and general $19,057 · fundraising $4,468

  • 17 · Travel

    total $1,000 · program services $645 · management and general $288 · fundraising $67

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $1,282 · program services $827 · management and general $369 · fundraising $86

  • 24a · Other expenses: TWTH PRINTING & DISTRIB.

    total $191,053 · program services $191,053

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $139,769 · end of year $85,082

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $22,226 · end of year $21,208

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $3,480

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $834,538

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $830,496

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $5,324 · end of year $4,042

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $232,726 · end of year $245,471

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $6,208 · end of year $6,948

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year -$68,135 · end of year -$142,087

Mission and programs · 2024

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"

  • 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.

    Expenses $477,735 · Grants $29,120 · Revenue $56,965

  • THE 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.

    Expenses $72,599 · Grants $14,500

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Joni Ginsberg

    DIRECTOR, PR

    Total calculated
    $48,323
    From this org
    $48,323
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Shannon Walker

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Travis Weber

    DIRECTOR, SE

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Ludwig Alpers

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Martine Weisen

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
15 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202523219349303932

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