Form 990 for tax year 2022

Totals

Total revenue

$25,984,608

Total expenses

$16,681,548

Contributions and grants received

$25,725,183

Grants paid

$8,565,687

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$57,709

Other revenue

$201,716

Total assets, end of year

$31,142,344

Total liabilities, end of year

$1,664,339

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$29,478,005

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$15,318,940

Management and general expenses

$1,260,491

Fundraising expenses

$102,117

Program service expenses (Part III)

$15,318,940

Program services were 91.8% 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.

Mission and programs · 2022

• HEALTHY COMMUNITIES AND HEALTHY WATERSHEDS: THROUGH GRANTMAKING AND ADVOCACY, THE HEALTHY COMMUNITIES AND HEALTHY WATERSHEDS PROGRAMS ARE SECURING SAFE, CLEAN WATER FOR PEOPLE, RESTORING AND SUSTAINING FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS, AND BUILDING CLIMATE RESILIENCE. GRANTS FROM THE WATER FOUNDATION IN 2022 SUPPORTED SUSTAINABLE, INCLUSIVE GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT AND SAFE AND AFFORDABLE DRINKING WATER IN CALIFORNIA; A COALITION ADVANCING EQUITABLE, NATURE-BASED INFRASTRUCTURE IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY; A CAMPAIGN TO RESTORE THE SNAKE RIVER AND UPHOLD TRIBAL JUSTICE IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST; AND EFFORTS THAT SECURED OUTSTANDING WATERS PROTECTIONS ON THE RIO GRANDE IN NEW MEXICO. THE FOUNDATION ALSO INVESTED IN WATER JUSTICE NETWORKS TO BUILD CAPACITY FOR COMMUNITY BASED AND FRONTLINE GROUPS AND SUPPORT A STRONGER NATIONAL MOVEMENT.

  Expenses $7,476,055 · Grants $3,732,281

• THE WATER SOLUTIONS FUND RESPONDS TO THE SIGNIFICANT PUBLIC INVESTMENTS IN INFRASTRUCTURE AND CLIMATE CHANGE TO ENSURE THAT WATER POLICY AND PROJECTS ARE DURABLE, EQUITABLE, AND CLIMATE RESILIENT. THE FUND POOLS AND ALIGNS PHILANTHROPIC INVESTMENTS TOWARD THREE FOCUS AREAS: 1) ENSURING TRANSPARENT AND EQUITABLE IMPLEMENTATION OF WATER-RELATED FUNDING; 2) SUPPORTING THE DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF INNOVATIVE WATER INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS; AND 3) STRENGTHENING THE CAPACITY AND POWER OF LOCAL AND REGIONAL LEADERS, NETWORKS, AND COALITIONS TO GROW THE MOVEMENT FOR WATER. SINCE 2022, THE WATER SOLUTIONS FUND HAS SUPPORTED $65 MILLION IN POOLED AND ALIGNED INVESTMENTS TO 128 ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS THE US.

  Expenses $4,467,951 · Grants $4,102,352

• THE WATER TABLE IS A COLLABORATIVE OF FUNDERS COMMITTED TO A SUSTAINABLE AND EQUITABLE WATER FUTURE IN THE US. TABLE MEMBERS POOL AND ALIGN FUNDING TOWARD TRANSFORMATIVE WATER SOLUTIONS TO ACHIEVE GREATER COLLECTIVE IMPACT. SINCE ITS INCEPTION IN 2016, THE WATER TABLE HAS MOTIVATED AND ALIGNED OVER $500 MILLION TO SHARED WATER PRIORITIES. CURRENT PRIORITIES INCLUDE ENSURING CLEAN, SAFE, AFFORDABLE WATER; ADVANCING CLIMATE RESILIENT AND NATURE-BASED SOLUTIONS FOR ECOSYSTEM AND COMMUNITY HEALTH; SUPPORTING MUNICIPAL "ONE WATER" POLICIES FOR INTEGRATED WATER MANAGEMENT; AND PROMOTING SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS FOR RURAL COMMUNITIES. THE TABLE ALSO WORKS TO INCREASE FIELD AND FUNDER COORDINATION, BUILD COMMUNITY POWER, AND INVEST IN FIELD PARTNER, COALITION, AND COMMUNITY CAPACITY TO DRIVE WATER SOLUTIONS.

  Expenses $1,522,752 · Grants $101,166

• TRANSITIONING STRATEGIES: IN 2022, WATER FOUNDATION GRANTS ALSO HELPED LAUNCH THE CALIFORNIA WATER DATA CONSORTIUM AND ESTABLISH AN EMERGING FEDERAL POLICY PROGRAM THAT BUILDS THE POLITICAL WILL FOR PUBLIC INVESTMENTS IN CLEAN DRINKING WATER, WATER INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS, AND ESSENTIAL WATERSHEDS RESTORATION.

  Expenses $1,852,182 · Grants $629,888

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

• POLICYLINK

  $801,400

  WATER ACCESS AND CONSERVATION

• TROUT UNLIMITED (TU)

  $796,600

  WATER ACCESS AND CONSERVATION

• ANTHROPOCENE ALLIANCE

  $700,000

  WATER ACCESS AND CONSERVATION

• ROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS

  $585,000

  WATER ACCESS AND CONSERVATION

• THEODORE ROOSEVELT CONSERVATION PARTNERSHIP

  $450,000

  WATER ACCESS AND CONSERVATION

• COMMUNITY WATER CENTER

  $375,000

  WATER ACCESS AND CONSERVATION

• RURAL COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE CORPORATION

  $350,000

  WATER ACCESS AND CONSERVATION

• WESTERN STATES WATER COUNCIL

  $255,000

  WATER ACCESS AND CONSERVATION

• CLEAN WATER FUND

  $250,000

  WATER ACCESS AND CONSERVATION

• AMERICAN RIVERS INC

  $245,000

  WATER ACCESS AND CONSERVATION

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2022

Filed

23 October 2023

IRS schema version

2022v5.0

Source object

202313109349303956

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