To propagate the gospel of our lord jesus christ by evangelization and discipleship through both home and foreign missions. Impact Water accomplishes this by building portable Water systems in remote villages of honduras and preaching & teaching the gospel.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
77¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 17 volunteers and 2 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2025 · 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
5 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $59K a year · 12% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 5 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
77%
of spending
Looks good: 77% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$25K
to officers and key staff · 4% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 4% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
10 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 10.4 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
4
named funders · $180K
Looks good: 4 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$4K
0.3% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 0% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
2
of 5 voting members
Worth a look: 2 of 5 voting members are independent, under half.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$658K
-0.4% vs prior year
Spent
$581K
To programs
77%
Net assets
$1.3M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$658K
FY2025-0.4%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$308K
FY2021$288K
FY2022$466K
FY2023$619K
FY2024$660K
FY2025$658K
Expenses
$581K
FY2025▼ -7%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$225K
FY2021$358K
FY2022$281K
FY2023$574K
FY2024$624K
FY2025$581K
Net assets
$1.3M
FY2025▲ +11%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$1.2M
FY2021$1.3M
FY2022$1.4M
FY2023$1.3M
FY2024$1.2M
FY2025$1.3M

From the FY2025 Form 990 · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Aug 1988.

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

Where the money goes

77 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 77% · $448K Management & general 23% · $133K

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

5 people listed on the 990; $25K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Director
$24,544Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Mark Smith’s $25K as Executive Director is at the 23rd percentile of top reported officer pay among 2133 $100K–1M religion 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 · 1 named individual · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2022FY2021FY2020
Mark Smith$24,544$74,991$30,272$30,772$74,557

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

Programs and updates

Builds water systems and shares the Gospel in Honduras and abroad.

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3 programs · $448K · in their own filed words · FY2025
01

Installed water delivery systems in three remote villages in honduras. We bring the gospel to these remote villages as we take 10 to 12 american men to each village. We work side by side with the men of the honduran village and construct the fresh water system.

$199Kprogram expense
02

Missionary support is raised to support many missionaries throughout the world. This support enables these missionaries to complete their tasks in the individual countries they work in.

$182Kprogram expense
03

Gospel Planting

As followup to evangelization in the honduran villages, we work to support key men whose lives have been changed as a result, whose marriages have been transformed, and who have developed a hunger for the gospel and god's work embraced leadership responsibility.

$66Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

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

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2024
WaterhopeFY2024$42K
Total grants receivedfrom 4 funders$180K
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Grants paid · 14 grants · $378K · 2020–2025
Unitemized GrantFY2025$79,166
Unitemized GrantFY2024$83,757
Unitemized GrantFY2024$41,497
Unitemized GrantFY2024$4,920
Unitemized GrantFY2024$840
Unitemized GrantFY2023$69,401
Unitemized GrantFY2023$12,000
Unitemized GrantFY2023$10,800
Unitemized GrantFY2023$840
Impact Global OutreachTX · FY2022$22,000
Unitemized GrantFY2021$16,072
Impact Global OutreachTX · FY2021$11,000
Impact Global OutreachTX · FY2020$14,250
Unitemized GrantFY2020$11,065

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$658K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$600K
Investment incomeLn 3$30K
Other incomeLn 4–11$27K
Money outPt IX
$581K
Ln 25
Programscol B$448K
Managementcol C$133K
Owns and owesPt X
$1.3M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$505K
Total assetsLn 16$1.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$4K
PeoplePt VI, VII
5
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a5
IndependentVI 1b2
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$600K
Government grantsLn 1e$20K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$28K
Investment incomeLn 3$30K
Other incomeLn 4–11$27K
Total revenueLn 12$658K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$247K
SavingsLn 2$257K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$505K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$695K
Total assetsLn 16$1.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$4K
Net assetsLn 32$1.3M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 52
VolunteersI 617
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$446K$505K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$639K$695K
Total assetsLn 16$1.2M$1.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$26K$4K
Net assetsLn 32$1.2M$1.3M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$79K$79K
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$103K$103K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$61K$61K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$2K$2K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$2K$2K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$23K$23K
Office expensesLn 13$34K$34K
Information technologyLn 14$5K$5K
OccupancyLn 16$7K$7K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$19$19
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$264K$264K
All other expensesLn 24e$2K$2K
Total functional expensesLn 25$581K$448K$133K$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $658K$581K$76K$1.3M 990 PDF
FY2024 $660K$624K$36K$1.2M 990 PDF
FY2023 $619K$574K$45K$1.3M 990 PDF
FY2022 $466K$281K$185K$1.4M 990 PDF
FY2021 $288K$358K−$70K$1.3M 990 PDF
FY2020 $308K$225K$84K$1.2M 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 F · Foreign O · Explanations
See the full FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $657,565 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $122,521$600,457
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $507,488$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $29,927$29,655
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$27,453
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $659,936$657,565
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $172,913$181,960
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $74,991$65,316
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $17,700$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $358,710$333,804
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $624,314$581,080
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $35,622$76,485
Part VI · Governance 2 of 5 board members independent, 2 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body5
VI-1b Independent voting members2
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $657,565 across 8 lines filed
VIII-1c Fundraising events$28,500
VIII-1e Government grants$20,100
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$551,857
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$600,457
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $29,655$29,655
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax $17,872$17,872
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Excluded from tax $9,581$9,581
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $57,108$657,565
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $581,080 across 12 lines filed
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $79,166$79,166
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $102,794$102,794
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffManagement $60,516$60,516
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesManagement $2,400$2,400
IX-9 Other employee benefitsManagement $2,400$2,400
IX-11g Other fees for servicesManagement $22,584$22,584
IX-13 Office expensesManagement $33,859$33,859
IX-14 Information technologyManagement $4,648$4,648
IX-16 OccupancyManagement $7,008$7,008
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $19$19
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $263,646$263,646
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $2,040$2,040
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $447,665 · Management $133,415 · Fundraising $0$581,080
Part X · Balance sheet $1,294,781 assets, 9 lines filed
Asset lines not itemized here account for $94,866; see the IRS return.
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $191,631$247,491
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $253,938$257,358
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $638,563$695,066
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $1,189,839$1,294,781
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $6,221$3,977
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $20,100$0
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $26,321$3,977
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $1,163,518$1,290,804
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $1,189,839$1,294,781
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $1,290,804 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$657,565
XI-2 Total expenses$581,080
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$76,485
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$1,163,518
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$42,951
XI-8 Prior period adjustments$7,850
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$1,290,804

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