Skip to content
Nonprofiteer
← LIFEWATER INC

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by LIFEWATER INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$6,085,538
Total expenses
$6,550,113
Contributions and grants received
$6,016,960
Grants paid
$84,310
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$31,790
Other revenue
$36,788
Total assets, end of year
$2,200,627
Total liabilities, end of year
$540,613
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,660,014
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$5,264,913
Management and general expenses
$212,356
Fundraising expenses
$1,072,844
Program service expenses (Part III)
$5,264,913

Program services were 80.4% 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.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $6,016,960

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $4,667

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $9,464 · excluded $9,464

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $215 · other assets $30,004

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $204 · other assets $7,689

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $11 · other assets $22,315

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $22,326 · excluded $22,326

  • 11a · Other revenue: Other revenue

    total $36,788 · related or exempt $36,788

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $36,788

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $84,310 · program services $84,310

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0 · program services $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $360,787 · program services $285,479 · management and general $7,812 · fundraising $67,496

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $2,818,011 · program services $2,199,779 · management and general $54,843 · fundraising $563,389

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $160,965 · program services $143,051 · management and general $1,253 · fundraising $16,661

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $243,417 · program services $218,527 · management and general $11,408 · fundraising $13,482

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $224,057 · program services $165,721 · management and general $7,106 · fundraising $51,230

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $6,233 · program services $2,917 · management and general $3,316

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $36,429 · program services $10,454 · management and general $25,975

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $116,665 · program services $34,548 · management and general $3,138 · fundraising $78,979

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $130,777 · program services $1,008 · fundraising $129,769

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $11,501 · program services $4,706 · management and general $6,645 · fundraising $150

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $251,633 · program services $208,069 · management and general $17,037 · fundraising $26,527

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $160,497 · program services $144,810 · management and general $5,150 · fundraising $10,537

  • 17 · Travel

    total $421,156 · program services $333,947 · management and general $27,404 · fundraising $59,805

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $3,584 · program services $1,186 · management and general $1,346 · fundraising $1,052

  • 20 · Interest

    total $588 · management and general $588

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $172,542 · program services $165,972 · management and general $3,942 · fundraising $2,628

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $41,427 · program services $37,157 · management and general $3,176 · fundraising $1,094

  • 24a · Other expenses: Construction materials and contractors

    total $841,210 · program services $841,210

  • 24b · Other expenses: Community WASH training and events

    total $253,192 · program services $253,192

  • 24c · Other expenses: Other expenses

    total $211,132 · program services $128,870 · management and general $32,217 · fundraising $50,045

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,654,125 · end of year $1,375,996

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $175,090 · end of year $30,000

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $88,254 · end of year $106,355

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $1,549,105

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $941,108

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $720,505 · end of year $607,997

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $80,279

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $365,383 · end of year $460,334

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    end of year $0

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $148,002 · end of year $80,279

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,691,159 · end of year $960,014

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $433,430 · end of year $700,000

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

Lifewater International is a non-profit Christian water development organization dedicated to effectively serving vulnerable children and families by partnering with underserved communities to overcome water poverty.

Activities or mission (Part I)

Lifewater International is a non-profit Christian water development organization.

  • During 2023, Lifewater accomplished the following to further water access, sanitation, and hygiene in communities in the rural regions of Ethiopia, Uganda, Tanzania, and Cambodia: - Completed 131 village and primary school water & sanitation construction projects. - Served 126,843 people with the Vision of a Healthy village strategy. - Certified 8,174 healthy homes who had completed water & sanitation requirements.

    Expenses $5,264,913 · Grants $84,310 · Revenue $36,788

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • John Drechny

    Chairman

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Sue Hostetler

    Vice Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Ted Song

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Dave Weller

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Ethiopia Haileyesus

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jake Stewart

    Director (part year)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jeff Bjorck

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Karen Tobin

    Director (part year)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Kinoti Meme

    Director (part year)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Lisa Wen

    Director (part year)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Patricia Klever

    Director (part year)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Scott Martin

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • David Levan

    President/CEO

    Total calculated
    $212,174
    From this org
    $197,287
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,887
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $178,887
    Bonus
    $17,500
    Other
    $900
    Deferred
    $5,926
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,961
    Filer's total
    $212,174
  • Timothy Culp

    COO/Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $148,613
    From this org
    $134,817
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,796
    Hours/week
    40
  • Michael Giering

    Senior Director of Donor Relations

    Total calculated
    $126,081
    From this org
    $115,390
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,691
    Hours/week
    40

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

Answered yes

  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

Schedule J, Part I, Line 7 Non-fixed payments
The board approved nonfixed payments made in the form of discretionary bonuses.

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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
4 September 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202412489349301491

Check it against the return as filed: the GivingTuesday Data Lake hosts a public copy of the original XML.

The source document this was parsed from is served over the API, which is where bulk and document access live.