Totals
- Total revenue
- $135,632
- Total expenses
- $92,839
- Contributions and grants received
- $95,531
- Grants paid
- $62,880
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $2,454
- Other revenue
- $37,647
- Total assets, end of year
- $176,588
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $0
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $176,588
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $77,961
- Management and general expenses
- $14,878
- Fundraising expenses
- $0
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $77,961
Program services were 84.0% 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.
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1c · Fundraising events
$93,819
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$1,712
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3 · Investment income
total $2,454 · related or exempt $2,454
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8a · Fundraising events: gross income
$177,143
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8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c
$93,819
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8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses
$139,496
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8c · Net income from fundraising events
total $37,647 · excluded $37,647
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $62,880 · program services $62,880
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $3,620 · management and general $3,620
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $4,048 · management and general $4,048
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13 · Office expenses
total $8,012 · program services $6,950 · management and general $1,062
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23 · Insurance
total $5,846 · management and general $5,846
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24a · Other expenses: FOOD
total $6,759 · program services $6,759
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24b · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS
total $1,674 · program services $1,372 · management and general $302
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $5,624 · end of year $39,971
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $128,171 · end of year $136,617
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $133,795 · end of year $176,588
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
ORGANIZATION'S MISSION OR MOST SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITIES. PURE OAKLAND WATER (POW) IS A MICHIGAN ORGANIZATION THAT IS DEDICATED TO PROTECTING OAKLAND COUNTY'S REGIONAL WATER RESOURCES THROUGH PUBLIC EDUCATION, COMMUNITY ORGANIZING, ENVIRONMENTAL ADVOCACY, AND THE PROMOTION OF A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE. PUBLIC EDUCATION: IN AN EFFORT TO PROMOTE UNDERSTANDING OF OUR CURRENT AND FUTURE WATER NEEDS AND CHALLENGES, PURE OAKLAND WATER IS DEDICATED TO PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS ABOUT SUSTAINING AND PROTECTING WATER RESOURCES. POW WILL DISTRIBUTE INFORMATION TO COMMUNITY GROUPS, SCHOOLS, STAKEHOLDERS, POLICYMAKERS, AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN AN EFFORT TO PROMOTE A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE. THIS WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH SEMINARS, TOWN HALL MEETINGS, CONFERENCES, PRINTED MATERIALS, WATER FESTIVALS, AND OTHER PUBLIC OUTREACH. POW WILL HELP WITH THE EDUCATION OF WATER FLOW PROCESSES, ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT AND SUSTAINABILITY. THIS WILL INCLUDE STORM WATER AND WASTEWATER OPERATIONS AND THE METHODS OF MAINTAIN
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PURE OAKLAND WATER PROVIDED THESE FUNDS TO CRANBROOK INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE TO SUPPORT THE EDUCATION PROGRAMS FOR REGIONAL STUDENTS ON WATER CONSERVATION, RIVER, LAKE AND STREAM PROTECTION, POLLUTION PREVENTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL PRESERVATION TECHNIQUES DURING THEIR ANNUAL ROUGE RIVER WATER FESTIVAL.
Expenses $15,000 · Grants $15,000
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PURE OAKLAND WATER PROVIDED THESE FUNDS TO OAKLAND UNIVERSITY TO SUPPORT THE EDUCATION PROGRAMS FOR REGIONAL STUDENTS ON WATER CONSERVATION, RIVER, LAKE, AND STREAM PROTECTION, POLLUTION PREVENTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL PRESERVATION TECHNIQUES DURING THEIR ANNUAL CLINTON RIVER WATER FESTIVAL.
Expenses $15,000 · Grants $15,000
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PURE OAKLAND WATER PROVIDED THESE FUNDS TO FOUR ORGANIZATIONS TO SUPPORT SUMMER INTERNSHIP PROGRAMS FOR REGIONAL STUDENTS ON WATER CONSERVATION, RIVER, LAKE, AND STREAM PROTECTION, POLLUTION PREVENTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL PRESERVATION TECHNIQUES.
Expenses $13,000 · Grants $13,000
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ALL OTHER ACCOMPLISHMENTS COMPRISE EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ABOUT, AND PROMOTING AWARENESS OF, WATER RESOURCE PRESERVATION.
Expenses $34,961 · Grants $19,880
As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part VII
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JIM NASH
PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
-
JACOB DI PONIO
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
-
ANNE VAARA
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
-
JEFFREY SANGSTER
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
-
ALYSSA TAUBE
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
-
DON CARPENTER
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
-
PETE CAVANAUGH
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
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FRITZ KLINGER
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
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JULIE DUFF
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
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LYNN HARMALA
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
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PHILIP SANZICA
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
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
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$18,000
PROGRAM GENERAL SUPP
-
CRANBROOK INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE
$16,080
PROGRAM GENERAL SUPP
-
PROGRAM GENERAL SUPP
-
SCHOLARSHIP FUNDING
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2024
- Filed
- 17 November 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.0
- Source object
- 202600419349301620
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