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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by CLEAN WATER ACTION.

What the amendment changed

Compared with the return it replaced , filed 26 October 2023. matched by us Only the return's totals, a 990-PF's accounting method and the names listed in Part VII (Part VIII on a 990-PF) are compared. We relate returns by organization, tax year and form, and order them by each return's own timestamp; the filer's own "amended return" checkbox is a separate fact.

Listed under a different title

  • Lewanda Gipson: CFAO then CORPORATE SE

Totals

Total revenue
$6,488,111
Total expenses
$6,385,946
Contributions and grants received
$6,396,056
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$19,295
Other revenue
$72,760
Total assets, end of year
$2,814,652
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,381,133
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,433,519
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$3,969,730
Management and general expenses
$905,527
Fundraising expenses
$1,510,689
Program service expenses (Part III)
$3,969,730

Program services were 62.2% 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

    $6,396,056

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $5,095

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $19,295 · related or exempt $19,295

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $70,234

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $4,941

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $65,293

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $7,467 · related or exempt $7,467

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $7,467

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $4,557,107 · program services $2,991,724 · management and general $551,615 · fundraising $1,013,768

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $30,940 · fundraising $30,940

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $165,405 · program services $157,670 · management and general $7,735

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $852,783 · program services $383,339 · management and general $185,350 · fundraising $284,094

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $394,582 · program services $248,109 · management and general $89,100 · fundraising $57,373

  • 17 · Travel

    total $244,875 · program services $107,053 · management and general $30,769 · fundraising $107,053

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $68,204 · program services $48,752 · management and general $6,057 · fundraising $13,395

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $33,612 · program services $4,296 · management and general $28,329 · fundraising $987

  • 24a · Other expenses: OTHER EXPENSES

    total $38,438 · program services $28,787 · management and general $6,572 · fundraising $3,079

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $705,659 · end of year $1,287,561

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $767,192

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $35,439 · end of year $86,480

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $12,560 · end of year $46,355

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

    $405,450

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

    $362,551

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $70,421 · end of year $42,899

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $526,009 · end of year $1,351,357

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $764,133 · end of year $593,735

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    end of year $787,398

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,298,753 · end of year $1,163,102

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $54,394 · end of year $270,417

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

CLEAN WATER ACTION IS A NATIONAL CITIZENS ORGANIZATION WORKING FOR CLEAN, SAFE, AND AFFRODABLE WATER, PREVENTION OF HEALTH THREATENING POLLUTION, CREATION OF ENVIRONMENTALLY SAFE JOBS AND BUSNESSES AND EMPOWERMENT OF PEOPLE TO MAKE DEMOCRACY WORK. CLEAN WATER ACTION ORGANIZES STRONG GRASSROOTS GROUPS, COALITIONS AND CAMPAIGNS TO PROTECT OUR ENVIRONMENT, HEALTH, ECONOMIC WELL-BEING AND COMMUNITY QUALITY OF LIFE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

PUBLIC POLICY RESEARCH AND LOBBYING: LEGISLATIVE CONTACT AND EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH, ENGAGING INDIVIDUALS, ORGANIZATIONS AND PUBLIC OFFICIALS IN THE EFFORTS TO UNDERSTAND AND IMPROVE POLICIES AND THEIR IMPLEMENTATION RELATED TO WATER, ENVIRONMENT HEALTH, TOXICS AND THE ENVIRONMENT. MAJOR EMPHASIS ON WATER QUALITY AND SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH RISKS FROM POLLUTING POWER PLANT EMISSIONS.

  • PUBLIC EDUCATION: CITIZEN CONTACT & EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH, PROVIDING INFORMATION FOR INDIVIDUAL AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT IN PUBLIC POLICY AND LOCAL IMPACTS ON ISSUES RELATED TO WATER, ENVIROMENTAL HEALTH, TOXICS AND THE ENVIRONMENT.

    Expenses $3,374,271 · Revenue $229,950

  • MAKING DEMOCRACY WORK - WE HARNESS GRASSROOTS POWER BY ENGAGING OUR MEMBERS AND THE PUBLIC IN LOBBYING FOR AND SUPPORTING CLEAN WATER LEADERS FROM LOCAL TO THE NATIONAL LEVEL. REFORMING OUR DEMOCRACY IS ESSENTIAL TO PROTECTING OUR WATER, PUBLIC HEALTH, AND OUR COMMUNITIES.

    Expenses $396,973 · Revenue $312,990

  • OTHER: PROGRAMS TO EDUCATE AND ENGAGE THE PUBLIC ON CLEAN ENERGY AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY.

    Expenses $198,486

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Robert Wendelgass

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $137,892
    From this org
    $32,691
    From related orgs
    $98,073
    Other
    $7,128
    Hours/week
    22 + 28 related

  • Lewanda Gipson

    CORPORATE SE

    Total calculated
    $130,472
    From this org
    $30,872
    From related orgs
    $92,616
    Other
    $6,984
    Hours/week
    29 + 21 related

  • Shanna Serrano

    PHONE CANVAS

    Total calculated
    $122,690
    From this org
    $114,806
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,884
    Hours/week
    40

  • Adam Fischer

    PHONE MANAGE

    Total calculated
    $116,562
    From this org
    $108,678
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,884
    Hours/week
    40

  • Margaret Armstrong

    ASSISTANT SE

    Total calculated
    $54,064
    From this org
    $15,440
    From related orgs
    $29,972
    Other
    $8,652
    Hours/week
    8 + 24 related

  • Andy Bauer

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mary Ann Fake

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Wynnie-Fred Victor Hinds

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sarah Naiman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Marisa Perales

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Julie Risser

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Marguerite Young

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kate Reid Koeze

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4 + 1 related

  • Vernice Miller-Travis

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Lawson Shadburn

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Related corporations and trusts

Part IV: related organizations taxable as a corporation or trust.

  • CITIZENS CAMPAIGN INC

    C CORP · DC

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
13 November 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202303179349309440

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