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US nonprofit · EIN 953937092 · Glendale, CAiSource and licenceOrganisation record IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File (EIN 953937092)Board and officers IRS Form 990 annual filings, Part VII (directors, trustees, officers, key employees), read year by year to observe time served.Latest return IRS Form 990 series e-file data - 990 for the year to 31 December 2024: assets, liabilities, staff, website, telephone, pay, grants paid (Schedule I).Finances by year IRS Form 990 e-file data - total revenue and total expenses by tax year.Renewal outlook Computed by Governance Register from the observed filing history and filed revenue. Not a statement that the organisation is recruiting.Deductibility IRS Publication 78 data (code PC), downloaded 18 October 2026.Licence US Federal Government public domain.How we handle data

The Way to Happiness Foundation International

Donations deductible
Revenue
$596k
year to 31 December 2024
Expenses
$670k
year to 31 December 2024
Total assets
$110k
$252k liabilities
Net assets
Minus $142k
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
3
8.1 years on average
Staff
11
3,000 volunteers
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
Officers and senior staff
3
named in Part VII
How am I connected?

The Way to Happiness Foundation International's network

3 people3 organisationsi3 people and 3 organisations on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (3). Violet dotted lines (3) are likely: the same full name sits on the current board of another organisation in the same register and region. Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK. It may be a different person.

The board

3 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations in the tables. The network map shows same-name matches as likely links only, never as confirmed.Time served and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed time served is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 3 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.
NameRole as filedSinceOn the board
Joni GinsbergDirector, Pr2018
8 yrs
Shannon WalkerDirector2019
7 yrs
Travis WeberDirector, Se2018
8 yrs
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more

Officers and senior leadership

3 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.
NameTitle as filedOn the filings
Ludwig AlpersPresident2024
Martine WeisenTreasurer2024
Tom BurpeeCompany secretary2018

Pay and hours

year to 31 December 2024iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.
NameTitle as filedHours a weekPay from the organisationRelated organisationsOther
Joni GinsbergDirector, Pr40$48k
Shannon WalkerDirector5$0
Travis WeberDirector, Se$0
Ludwig AlpersPresident40$0
Martine WeisenTreasurer40$0

About

Legal name
The Way to Happiness Foundation International
EIN
953937092
Address
201 E Broadway, Glendale, CA, 91205-1008
State
California
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" (as filed on the Form 990)
IRS classification
501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
Size band
4 (IRS master file code)
Formed
1984
Principal officer
Ludwig Alpers (as named on the Form 990)
IRS ruling date
1 October 1993
Status
Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
Form 990 filings on record
6, latest 2024
IRS Publication 78
PC (contributions deductible)

Most connected

Longest observed on the filings

≥8years on the filingsJoni Ginsberg
≥8years on the filingsTravis Weber
≥7years on the filingsShannon Walker

Latest return

year to 31 December 2024iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 December 2024. US dollars, as filed.
Total assets
$110k
Total liabilities
$252k
Net assets or fund balances
Minus $142k
Contributions and grants received
$539k
Program service revenue
$2k
Grants and similar paid out
$44k
Employees
11
Volunteers
3,000

Filed finances

1 yeariTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.
Tax yearTotal revenueTotal expensesSurplus or deficit
2024$596k$670kDeficit $74k

As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.

Grants paid

1 listediFrom Schedule I of the Form 990: grants and assistance to organisations in the United States, largest first (up to 25). Schedule I is filed only by organisations that gave more than $5,000 to any one recipient.
RecipientPurposeAmount
Able InternationalGeneral support$29k