Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$19,477,867

Total expenses

$21,859,801

Contributions and grants received

$18,972,038

Grants paid

$13,577,544

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$339,689

Other revenue

$166,140

Total assets, end of year

$31,729,509

Total liabilities, end of year

$4,633,438

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$27,096,071

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$20,408,221

Management and general expenses

$1,352,427

Fundraising expenses

$99,153

Program service expenses (Part III)

$20,408,221

Program services were 93.4% 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 · 2023

• NATIONAL - NATIONAL PROGRAMS INCLUDE EFFORTS TO MAXIMIZE THE EQUITY AND ECOLOGICAL IMPACTS OF FEDERAL INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDING AND TO SUPPORT AND GROW A NATIONAL MOVEMENT FOR WATER. GRANTS IN 2023 SUPPORTED THE CAPACITY OF WATER ORGANIZATIONS, COALITIONS, AND LEADERS; MORE EQUITABLE AND TRANSPARENT IMPLEMENTATION OF WATER-RELATED PUBLIC FUNDING; THE DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF WATER INFRASTRUCTURE, WATERSHED RESTORATION, AND CLIMATE RESILIENCE PROJECTS; AND EFFORTS TO ESTABLISH A PERMANENT FEDERAL PROGRAM TO SUPPORT AFFORDABLE DRINKING WATER.

  Expenses $9,950,238 · Grants $8,754,330

• STATES AND BASIN - THE STATES AND BASINS PROGRAM INCLUDES STATE, REGIONAL, AND LOCAL EFFORTS TO SECURE CLEAN AND AFFORDABLE DRINKING WATER, BUILD URBAN AND RURAL CLIMATE RESILIENCE, AND/OR ADVANCE SOLUTIONS THAT RESTORE AND PROTECT FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS. GRANTS FROM THE WATER FOUNDATION IN 2023 SUPPORTED SUSTAINABLE, INCLUSIVE GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT AND SAFE AND AFFORDABLE DRINKING WATER IN CALIFORNIA; COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IN GREEN STORMWATER INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY; A CAMPAIGN TO RESTORE THE SNAKE RIVER AND UPHOLD TRIBAL JUSTICE IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST; COALITIONS SUPPORTING THE PROTECTION OF SURFACE WATER, WETLANDS, AND FLOODPLAINS IN NEW MEXICO; AND EFFORTS TO ADVANCE SUSTAINABLE WATER MANAGEMENT THAT BENEFITS PEOPLE AND NATURE IN TEXAS.

  Expenses $8,231,764 · Grants $4,537,000

• WATER TABLE - THE WATER TABLE IS A FUNDER COLLABORATIVE HOSTED BY THE WATER FOUNDATION AND COMMITTED TO ADVANCING A SUSTAINABLE AND EQUITABLE WATER FUTURE IN THE US. TABLE MEMBERS POOL AND ALIGN FUNDING TOWARD WATER SOLUTIONS TO ACHIEVE GREATER COLLECTIVE IMPACT. THE TABLE'S PRIORITY AREAS ARE: WESTERN WATER, WHICH INCLUDES SOLUTIONS IN THE COLORADO RIVER BASIN THAT BALANCE RESILIENCE AND EQUITY IN THE FACE OF CLIMATE CHANGE; SUPPORT FOR TRIBAL ENTITIES TO PROTECT ECOSYSTEMS, SUSTAIN THEIR COMMUNITIES, AND AFFIRM TRIBAL SOVEREIGNTY; AND URBAN WATER, WHICH INVOLVES AN INTEGRATED ONE WATER APPROACH TO TRANSFORM URBAN WATER MANAGEMENT AND IMPROVE PUBLIC HEALTH, EQUITY, AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE. 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 $1,752,008 · Grants $12,900

• TRANSITIONING STRATEGIES: IN 2023, WATER FOUNDATION GRANTS SUPPORTED AN ASSESSMENT OF HEADWATER FOREST MANAGEMENT IN THE WEST THAT IDENTIFIED OPPORTUNITIES TO ENSURE CLEAN, RELIABLE WATER THROUGH FOREST RESTORATION AND PROTECTION.

  Expenses $474,211 · Grants $273,314

As filed on the 2023 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

• AMERICAN FLOOD COALITION

  $600,000

  WATER ACCESS AND CONSERVATION

• ANTHROPOCENE ALLIANCE

  $581,675

  WATER ACCESS AND CONSERVATION

• WATER WISE GULF SOUTH

  $575,000

  WATER ACCESS AND CONSERVATION

• TROUT UNLIMITED (TU)

  $560,000

  WATER ACCESS AND CONSERVATION

• COMMUNITY WATER CENTER

  $521,500

  WATER ACCESS AND CONSERVATION

• HEADWATERS ECONOMICS

  $500,000

  WATER ACCESS AND CONSERVATION

• AFFILIATED TRIBES OF NORTHWEST INDIANS (ATNI)

  $400,000

  WATER ACCESS AND CONSERVATION

• COMMUNITIES UNLIMITED INC

  $315,000

  WATER ACCESS AND CONSERVATION

• BOARD OF REGENTS NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION OBO UNIVERSITY OF NEVAD

  $307,842

  WATER ACCESS AND CONSERVATION

• WESTERN STATES WATER COUNCIL

  $305,000

  WATER ACCESS AND CONSERVATION

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

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2023

Filed

12 November 2024

IRS schema version

2023v5.1

Source object

202433209349321103

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