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Water for Ishmael FY2021 filing

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Toledo, OH501(c)(3)Since 2006Human Services EIN 20-5908359Revenue $691K in FY2021

On file with the IRSwaterforishmael.org20 Arco Dr, 43607-2901 · Toledo, OHTax-exempt since Jan 2008Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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To partner with the local church to create a welcoming community for toledo internationals, to share the hope and love of jesus christ, and to empower internationals with skills to become successful.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
87¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$5K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2021 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
3 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $31K a year · 4% of revenue · last 6 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 3 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
87%
of spending
Looks good: 87% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$5K
to officers and key staff · 0.9% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 1% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
4 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 4.1 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
9
named funders · $455K
Looks good: 9 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$559K
50% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 50% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
8
of 8 voting members
Looks good: 8 of 8 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$691K
+17% vs prior year
Spent
$518K
To programs
87%
Net assets
$569K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$691K
FY2021▲ +17%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$590K
FY2021$691K
FY2022$707K
FY2023$1.1M
FY2024$863K
FY2025$1.0M
Expenses
$518K
FY2021▲ +8%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$481K
FY2021$518K
FY2022$805K
FY2023$918K
FY2024$1.0M
FY2025$1.1M
Net assets
$569K
FY2021▲ +43%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$397K
FY2021$569K
FY2022$471K
FY2023$684K
FY2024$515K
FY2025$476K

From the FY2021 Form 990 (year ending August 2021) · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Jan 2008.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

87 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 87% · $454K Management & general 5% · $24K Fundraising 8% · $40K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

9 people listed on the 990; $5K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2020); the FY2021 filing did not itemize Part VII
Metzger Janelle
Exec Directo
$4,640Pt VII · Sec A
White Elizabeth
Vice Chairma
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Munn Paul
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Alley Tim
Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Janelle Metzger’s $49K as Executive Director is at the 4th percentile of top reported officer pay among 3868 $1–10M human services nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 2 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Janelle Metzger$48,621—————
Metzger Janelle—$42,458$44,528$15,800$4,640$5,440

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2Yes
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aNo
  • Loans to or from officersSch L · Pt II2 listed

Programs and updates

Empowering internationals with skills and sharing Christ's love through local church partnerships.

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1 program · $454K · in their own filed words · FY2020
01

English language instruction for internationals, help for those in the community adapting to language and culture, and other cultural interchange in the local community - approximately 300-400 individuals served during the fiscal year.

$454Kprogram expense

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Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2024
The Chicago Community TrustFY2024$260K
American Endowment FoundationFY2024$74K
Donor Advised Charitable Giving INCFY2024$54K
Dollar General Literacy FoundationFY2024$20K
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift FundFY2024$14K
Servant FoundationFY2024$12K
Roach Family FoundationFY2024$10K
Natl Christian Charitable Fdn INCFY2024$9K
Total grants receivedfrom 9 funders$455K
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By the numbers

The FY2021 990, line by line.

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1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$691K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$630K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$57K
Other incomeLn 4–11$4K
Money outPt IX
$518K
Ln 25
Programscol B$454K
Managementcol C$24K
Fundraisingcol D$40K
Owns and owesPt X
$569K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$175K
Total assetsLn 16$1.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$559K
PeoplePt VI, VII
9
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a8
IndependentVI 1b8
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$630K
Government grantsLn 1e$161K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$105K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$57K
Investment incomeLn 3$4
Other incomeLn 4–11$4K
Total revenueLn 12$691K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$138K
SavingsLn 2$37K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$175K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$953K
Total assetsLn 16$1.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$559K
Net assetsLn 32$569K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 548
VolunteersI 6105
Fiscal year endsHeaderAugust
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY21End FY21
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$107K$175K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$938K$953K
Total assetsLn 16$1.0M$1.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$648K$559K
Net assetsLn 32$397K$569K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$3K$3K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$343K$303K$10K$30K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$18K$16K$541$2K
Payroll taxesLn 10$29K$26K$876$3K
Accounting feesLn 11c$2K$2K$57$165
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$5K$1K$4K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$507$507
Office expensesLn 13$8K$8K$221$197
Information technologyLn 14$4K$3K$185$185
OccupancyLn 16$46K$42K$4K$830
TravelLn 17$953$953
InterestLn 20$21K$19K$2K$424
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$20K$18K$2K$410
InsuranceLn 23$3K$2K$1K$243
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$13K$13K$460$307
All other expensesLn 24e$911$40$871
Total functional expensesLn 25$518K$454K$24K$40K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $1.0M$1.1M−$40K$476K 990 PDF
FY2024 $863K$1.0M−$168K$515K 990 PDF
FY2023 $1.1M$918K$212K$684K 990 PDF
FY2022 $707K$805K−$98K$471K 990 PDF
FY2021 Viewing $691K$518K$173K$569K 990 PDF
FY2020 $590K$481K$109K$397K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support O · Explanations
See the full FY2021 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $690,880 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $526,811$629,632
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $59,397$57,151
I-10 Investment incomePrior year −$2$4
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $3,542$4,093
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $589,748$690,880
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $386,739$392,949
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $93,867$125,430
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $480,606$518,379
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $109,142$172,501
Part VI · Governance 8 of 8 board members independent, 4 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body8
VI-1b Independent voting members8
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $690,880 across 11 lines filed
VIII-1a Federated campaigns$35
VIII-1c Fundraising events$104,528
VIII-1e Government grants$160,585
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$364,484
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$629,632
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $57,151$57,151
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $4$4
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossExcluded from tax $950$950
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax −$194−$194
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Excluded from tax $3,337$3,337
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $57,151 · Excluded from tax $4,097$690,880
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $518,379 across 16 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $2,600$2,600
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $302,809 · Management $10,294 · Fundraising $30,024$343,127
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $15,915 · Management $541 · Fundraising $1,578$18,034
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $25,758 · Management $876 · Fundraising $2,554$29,188
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $1,669 · Management $57 · Fundraising $165$1,891
IX-11g Other fees for servicesManagement $1,458 · Fundraising $3,581$5,039
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $507$507
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $7,723 · Management $221 · Fundraising $197$8,141
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $3,325 · Management $185 · Fundraising $185$3,695
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $41,518 · Management $4,150 · Fundraising $830$46,498
IX-17 TravelPrograms $953$953
IX-20 InterestPrograms $18,645 · Management $2,119 · Fundraising $424$21,188
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $18,014 · Management $2,048 · Fundraising $410$20,472
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $1,534 · Management $1,073 · Fundraising $243$2,850
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $12,518 · Management $460 · Fundraising $307$13,285
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $40 · Management $871$911
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $453,528 · Management $24,353 · Fundraising $40,498$518,379
Part X · Balance sheet $1,128,343 assets, 8 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $69,886$138,481
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $36,869$36,872
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $937,711$952,990
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $1,044,466$1,128,343
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $74,885$6,166
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $647,540$558,916
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $396,926$569,427
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $1,044,466$1,128,343
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $569,427 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$690,880
XI-2 Total expenses$518,379
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$172,501
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$396,926
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$569,427

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2021 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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