Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Nov 2016.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Where the money goes
93 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.
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
17 people listed on the 990; $1.5M paid to officers and key staff.
Allison Harvey Turner’s $336K as Chief Executive Officer is at the 72nd percentile of top reported officer pay among 324 $10–100M environment 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 · 8 named individuals · Part VII
| Name | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | FY2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allison Harvey Turner | $336,284 | $323,526 | $304,292 | $273,205 | $253,992 |
| Lizette Leclerc | $237,778 | $233,217 | $219,178 | $190,319 | $183,026 |
| Jennifer Sokolove | $228,850 | $220,210 | $207,931 | $188,625 | $169,125 |
| Nicole Verhoff | $212,865 | $209,943 | $206,810 | $190,319 | $170,819 |
| Andrew Fahlund | $198,068 | $205,516 | $191,458 | $174,313 | $165,306 |
| Marissa Christiansen | — | $176,883 | — | — | — |
| Alexandra Paxton | $169,073 | — | $160,463 | $146,876 | $136,180 |
| Elizabeth Soderstrom | $168,218 | $167,076 | $155,322 | — | — |
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 2No
- Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes
Programs and updates
Funds and coordinates collaborative solutions to secure safe drinking water, restore freshwater ecosystems, and build climate resilience across the United States.
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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…
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.
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.
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Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
Grants
By the numbers
The FY2023 990, line by line.
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| Line | Start FY23 | End FY23 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash and savingsLn 1–2 | $21.8M | $24.6M |
| Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c | $98K | $31K |
| Total assetsLn 16 | $31.1M | $31.7M |
| LiabilitiesLn 26 | $1.7M | $4.6M |
| Net assetsLn 32 | $29.5M | $27.1M |
| Line | Total | Programs | Management | Fundraising |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1 | $13.6M | $13.6M | ||
| Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5 | $641K | $501K | $127K | $13K |
| Other salaries and wagesLn 7 | $2.6M | $2.0M | $522K | $52K |
| Pension plan contributionsLn 8 | $163K | $127K | $32K | $3K |
| Other employee benefitsLn 9 | $571K | $446K | $114K | $11K |
| Legal feesLn 11b | $21K | $17K | $4K | $214 |
| Accounting feesLn 11c | $3K | $2K | $640 | $38 |
| Lobbying feesLn 11d | $159K | $159K | ||
| Other fees for servicesLn 11g | $3.1M | $2.9M | $179K | $11K |
| Office expensesLn 13 | $56K | $27K | $29K | $437 |
| Information technologyLn 14 | $92K | $70K | $20K | $1K |
| OccupancyLn 16 | $475K | $235K | $236K | $4K |
| TravelLn 17 | $109K | $92K | $16K | $1K |
| Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19 | $203K | $155K | $48K | $640 |
| Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22 | $45K | $34K | $10K | $580 |
| InsuranceLn 23 | $9K | $6K | $2K | $125 |
| Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24 | $58K | $45K | $12K | $735 |
| Total functional expensesLn 25 | $21.9M | $20.4M | $1.4M | $99K |
Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024 Latest | $22.3M | $18.3M | $4.0M | $31.1M | 990 PDF |
| FY2023 Viewing | $19.5M | $21.9M | −$2.4M | $27.1M | 990 PDF |
| FY2022 | $26.0M | $16.7M | $9.3M | $29.5M | 990 PDF |
| FY2021 | $14.8M | $11.9M | $2.9M | $20.2M | 990 PDF |
| FY2020 | $15.0M | $11.5M | $3.5M | $16.3M | 990 PDF |
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Schedules filed Part IV
See the full FY2023 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $19,477,867 revenue, 12 lines filed
Part VI · Governance 10 of 11 board members independent, 1 to look at
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $19,477,867 across 7 lines filed
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $21,859,801 across 17 lines filed
Part X · Balance sheet $31,729,509 assets, 15 lines filed
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $27,096,071 net assets at year end
Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2023 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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