Water Foundation
EIN 37-1833985 · files IRS Form 990, Schedule I
Where it gives
By cause and by place, from its own returns.
By cause
The cause each recipient registered with the IRS
Mostly grants abroad and recipients without a US registration. Shown, never hidden.
By place
Dollars received, by the recipient's state
half the top state or more10–50%2–10%under 2%
Grants abroad and place not on file: 28 grants · $3.1m
Who it funds most
110 of its 229 grantees were funded in more than one year.
Water Foundation's own IRS Form 990, Schedule I returns, as filed, in USD
Who funds the same organisations
Counted over its 40 largest grantees, leaving out fiscal sponsors and donor-advised funds, which share an address rather than a cause. A fact, not a partnership.
Its board and officers
From its latest return.
Form 990 Part VII, tax year 2024, filing 202523219349312157
Name and title as its own return lists them. No pay, no address. A photograph appears only where the person's own organisation or a free licence publishes one, credited beside it; otherwise none. Anyone can ask to be removed: hello@philanova.ai.
Its money
What it gave, held and paid, by year.
Giving by year
A year with no bar has no grants on file yet: its returns may not be loaded. It is not a year without giving.
| Tax year | Return | Assets, year end | Grants paid | Charitable spending |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Form 990 | $39.0m | — | $18.3m |
| 2023 | Form 990 | $31.7m | — | $21.9m |
As filed, in US dollars. Assets at fair market value where the return gives it.
Its returns7 filings
| Tax year | Form | Filing | Where to read it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 202523219349312157 | IRS batch file |
| 2023 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 202433209349321103 | IRS batch file |
| 2022 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 202313109349303956 | IRS batch file |
| 2021 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 202202979349300800 | IRS batch file |
| 2020 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 202133029349302373 | IRS batch file |
| 2018 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 201923089349302557 | IRS batch file |
| 2017 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 201843179349306729 | IRS batch file |
An IRS batch file holds many returns; the filing number finds this one inside it.
The record as filedEvery table this page has always shown, in full.open
Water Foundation made 540 grants across 2017–2024, totalling $52.0m as filed.
- Grants
- 540
- Total, as filed
- $52.0m
- Years
- 2017–2024
- Filed in
- USD
Who it funds
| Organisation | Grants | Total |
|---|---|---|
| COMMUNITY WATER CENTER | 7 | $2.2m |
| ANTHROPOCENE ALLIANCE | 4 | $1.3m |
| COMMUNITY ALLIANCE WITH FAMILY FARMERS | 5 | $1.3m |
| POLICYLINK | 3 | $1.1m |
| CLEAN WATER FUND | 7 | $1.1m |
| SUSTAINABLE CONSERVATION | 5 | $1.1m |
| AMERICAN RIVERS INC | 5 | $980.9k |
| NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC | 4 | $914.5k |
| WESTERN STATES WATER COUNCIL | 3 | $900.0k |
| ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND | 3 | $883.7k |
| NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION | 4 | $860.8k |
| THEODORE ROOSEVELT CONSERVATION PARTNERSHIP | 4 | $840.0k |
| TROUT UNLIMITED | 4 | $815.0k |
| AMERICAN RIVERS | 2 | $773.0k |
| RIVER PARTNERS | 6 | $724.3k |
By year
| Year | Grants | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 43 | $4.6m |
| 2018 | 72 | $6.7m |
| 2020 | 83 | $6.0m |
| 2021 | 85 | $5.3m |
| 2022 | 70 | $7.8m |
| 2023 | 101 | $12.8m |
| 2024 | 86 | $8.9m |
Where this came from
Identifier US-EIN-371833985. Register: Internal Revenue Service (US). Machine-readable: JSON.
What this page does not know
- Wrong if: a figure recovered from a subtotal is read as the sum of the recovered rows. A subtotal divides onto a whole penny whatever its parts did, so rows the per-row rule refuses are inside these figures.
- What they say they exist to do
- What each grant was for
- What they fund, by theme
- Balance sheet and financials
- Who runs it
- Whether they accept proposals
- Their own record on the register
- No website on file
- Leadership not yet identified