Public Charity

WAYMAKERS

WAYMAKERS is a Public Charity headquartered in IRVINE, CA. Financial data from the 2025 filing: $31.8M revenue, $31.5M expenses, $12.8M total assets. 67 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $1.3M, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 953167866 IRVINE, CA Crime Prevention NTEE: I20 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$31.8M
Total Expenses$31.5M
Total Assets$12.8M
Grant Records67
Funding Total$1.3M
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

WAYMAKERS BUILDS SAFER COMMUNITIES BY HELPING INDIVIDUALS MAKE THEIR WAY THROUGH CONFLICT AND CRISIS TO A PLACE OF STRENGTH AND STABILITY. WE REDIRECT YOUTHFUL OFFENDERS, STABILIZE CHILDREN DEALING WITH MENTAL HEALTH CONCERNS, COUNSEL TROUBLED FAMILIES, RESOLVE COMMUNITY CONFLICTS, EMPOWER AND SUPPORT VICTIMS OF CRIME, AND PROVIDE PREVENTION EDUCATION IN SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS.

Where $100 goes at Waymakers

How Waymakers divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 9 years.

$91 Programs the work itself
$9 Management running the organization
$0 Fundraising none reported

No fundraising costs are reported. That often means fundraising runs through a separate affiliated organization that files its own return.

Inside the $91 for programs

$38
Youth development services/wraparound programs
42% of program spending · Reported in the filing: 4,720 clients
$29
Victim/witness assistance
32% of program spending · Reported in the filing: 22,372 clients
$23
Crisis residential services and huntington beach youth shelter: provide short-term crisis intervention programs in laguna beach and tustin for youth ages 13-17 to stabilize them and facilitate family…
25% of program spending · Reported in the filing: 1,241 clients

Plus 1 more program. Cost per person served and the full program breakdown are on the full profile.

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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Sample Grants Received

2024
PROGRAM SUPPORT - ACT MENTAL HEALTH
$48,143
2024
HUMAN TRAFFICKING
$40,000
2024
WAYMAKERS BUILDS SAFER COMMUNITIES BY HELPING INDIVIDUALS MAKE THEIR WAY THROUGH CONFLICT AND CRISIS TO A PLACE OF STRENGTH AND STABILITY. WAYMAKERS OFFERS INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES THE STEADIEST, SUREST, SAFEST PATHWAYS TO PROMISING OUTCOMES. WE BUILD SAFER COMMUNITIES BY HELPING INDIVIDUALS MAKE THEIR WAY THROUGH CONFLICT AND CRISIS TO A PLACE OF STRENGTH AND STABILITY.
$27,254
2024
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
$20,950
2024
PUBLIC, SOCIETAL BENEFIT
$16,560

Showing up to 5 of 67 total records — full history available with membership.

Officers & Directors

BOARD VICE PRESIDENT Abril Turner
BOARD MEMBER Ann Stawicki
BOARD MEMBER Barbara Steensland
BOARD MEMBER Brenda Balsiger
DIRECTOR OF SHELTER PROGRAMS Carol Carlson
PROGRAM DIRECTOR, PROJECT PATH Daniel Davis Gleason

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$327,255 31 grants
Education
$292,162 3 grants
Human & Social Services
$180,289 9 grants
Youth Development
$128,500 8 grants
Housing & Homelessness
$53,750 2 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $31.8M $31.5M $12.8M
2024 $32.4M $32.5M $13.2M
2023 $31.1M $31.7M $11.2M
2022 $26.2M $25.2M $8.7M
2021 $25.3M $25.5M $10.8M

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $25.3M to $31.8M (+26%), with total assets most recently reported at $12.8M.

Interactive year-over-year charts and full filing details available with membership.

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