NonprofitsWater Foundation

Environment

Water Foundation

SACRAMENTO, CA

Total revenue

$22.3M

Total expenses

$18.3M

Net assets

$31.1M

Grants received

$61.7M

106 grants

EIN

371833985

Tax year

2024

Mission

Secure safe water for people, restore and sustain freshwater ecosystems, build climate resilience.

Programs

3 programs

National - national programs include efforts to maximize the environmental and community benefits of federal infrastructure funding and to strengthen a national movement for water. Grants in 2024 supported the capacity of water organizations, coalitions, and leaders; effective implementation of water-related public funding; the design and development of water infrastructure, watershed restoration, and climate resilience projects; and efforts to establish a permanent federal program to support affordable drinking water.

Expenses: $6.0MGrants: $4.8M

Water table - the water table is a funder collaborative hosted by the water foundation that advances a sustainable and resilient water future in the u.s. Table members pool and align funding toward water solutions to achieve greater collective impact. The table's 2024 priority areas for coordinated investment and/or learning include: a national clean water effort, urban water solutions, climate smart agriculture in the west, sustainable water management in texas, tribal partnerships, and activation of federal funding for water projects. The table also works to increase field and funder coordination, build community power, and invest in field capacity to drive water solutions.

Expenses: $1.5MGrants: $16K

Transitioning strategies: in 204, water foundation grants supported an assessment of headwater forest management in the west that identified opportunities to ensure clean, reliable water through forest restoration and protection.

Expenses: $374KGrants: $309K

Financials

FY 2024

Revenue

Contributions & grants$21.8M
Program service revenue
Investment income$402K
Other revenue$99K
Total revenue$22.3M

Expenses

Grants paid$9.3M
Salaries & benefits$4.5M
Fundraising$95K
Other expenses$4.5M
Total expenses$18.3M
Total assets$39.0M
Net assets$31.1M

People

18 listed

NameRoleCompensation

ALLISON HARVEY TURNER

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

Board

$336K

37.5 hrs/wk

LIZETTE LECLERC

CHIEF FINANCE & OPERATIONS DIRECTOR

Board

$238K

37.5 hrs/wk

HAHRIE HAN

DIRECTOR

Board

1 hrs/wk

AMY CORDALIS

DIRECTOR

Board

1 hrs/wk

CELESTE CANTU

CHAIRMAN, PRESIDENT

Board

1 hrs/wk

SALLY LIU

DIRECTOR

Board

1 hrs/wk

JOSE PADILLA

DIRECTOR

Board

1 hrs/wk

MOIRA MCDONALD

VICE CHAIR

Board

1 hrs/wk

PETER SILVA

SECRETARY

Board

1 hrs/wk

DAVID BECKMAN

DIRECTOR

Board

1 hrs/wk

LAURIE DACHS

DIRECTOR

Board

1 hrs/wk

JIM LOCHHEAD

DIRECTOR

Board

1 hrs/wk

JOHN ECHOHAWK

DIRECTOR

Board

1 hrs/wk

JENNIFER SOKOLOVE

CHIEF PROGRAMS & STRATEGY OFFICER

Staff

$229K

37.5 hrs/wk

NICOLE VERHOFF

CHIEF PARTNERSHIP OFFICER

Staff

$213K

37.5 hrs/wk

ANDREW FAHLUND

SENIOR PROGRAM OFF & POLICY ADVISOR

Staff

$198K

37.5 hrs/wk

ALEXANDRA PAXTON

SENIOR PROGRAM OFFICER

Staff

$169K

37.5 hrs/wk

ELIZABETH SODERSTROM

SENIOR PROGRAM OFFICER

Staff

$168K

37.5 hrs/wk

Independent contractors

AB PARTNERS PBC

CONSULTING

$515K

SUSAN BELL & ASSOCIATES

CONSULTING

$325K

EVERGREEN STRATEGY GROUP INC

CONSULTING

$315K

FGS GLOBAL US LLC

CONSULTING

$247K

TRATTENPRICE CONSULTING

CONSULTING

$150K

Grants received

Showing 106 of 106

FromAmountPurposeYear
$1.2M
FOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2024
$1M
SUPPORT FOR THE CLEAN WATER CAMPAIGN AND GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2024
$1M
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2024
$500K
To enhance coordination and impact of organizations in the United States working to improve water infrastructure and restore freshwater ecosystems.
2024
$500K
To assess the feasibility of a multi-year effort to promote water affordability at the national level.
2024
$500K
To monitor and improve implementation of federal water infrastructure investments across the United States.
2024
$400K
To Advance a Resilient Water Future through the Water Table and Texas Wellspring
2024
$350K
LEVERAGING PUBLIC FUNDING
2024
$150K
Toward advancing water conservation projects through a pooled fund that is leveraged to support organizations across Texas
2024
$150K
SUPPORTING INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES' LAND STEWARDSHIP, SELF-DETERMINATION, AND CULTURAL REPRESENTATION
2024
$100K
SUPPORT A NATIONAL CAMPAIGN PLAN FOR WATER AFFORDABILITY
2024
$100K
LAND OR MARINE CONSERVATION, CLIMATE CHANGE, AND/OR ENVIRONMENTAL EQUITY AND JUSTICE
2024
$75K
PROJECT SUPPORT
2024
$28K
To provide charitable assistance in the community.
2024
$10K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2024
$4.3M
FOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2023
$3.5M
FOR THE WATER SOLUTIONS FUND
2023
$3M
To leverage public funds for on-the-ground water solutions for people and the environment in the face of climate change.
2023
$1.7M
To support lasting solutions to water for people and the environment in the face of climate change.
2023
$1M
TO SUPPORT SUSTAINABLE WATER POLICIES FOR COMMUNITIES, ECONOMIES, AND THE ENVIRONMENT.
2023
$725K
To support the field of water philanthropy while advocating for sustainable and equitable water management and policy solutions.
2023
$500K
To monitor and improve implementation of federal water infrastructure investments across the United States.
2023
$400K
To Advance a Resilient Water Future through the Water Table and Texas Wellspring
2023
$350K
LEVERAGING PUBLIC FUNDING
2023
$350K
TO SUPPORT CALIFORNIA WATER POLICY OPPORTUNITIES.
2023
$300K
LAND OR MARINE CONSERVATION, CLIMATE CHANGE, AND/OR ENVIRON. EQUITY AND JUSTICE.
2023
$250K
CHARITABLE OPERATIONS
2023
$250K
TO SUPPORT THE TEXAS WELLSPRING FUND.
2023
$190K
To support the logistics associated with a convening of funders, develop an irrigated agricultural economic analysis, and support UNLV personnel to advise the White House on water issues under the Interagency Personnel Act.
2023
$150K
SUPPORTING NATIVE AMERICAN COMMUNITIES
2023
$100K
CHARITABLE - IN SUPPORT OF THE TEXAS WELLSPRING FUND.
2023
$100K
TO SUPPORT GENERAL OPERATIONS.
2023
$75K
PROJECT SUPPORT
2023
$50K
Toward the Texas Wellspring Fund's efforts to address systemic water issues
2023
$50K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$50K
WATER TABLE FUNDER COLLABORATIVE
2023
$30K
To support the Health, Climate, and Equity Convening costs
2023
$25K
To provide charitable assistance in the community.
2023
$3M
To leverage public funds for on-the-ground water solutions for people and the environment in the face of climate change.
2022
$3M
To monitor and improve implementation of federal water infrastructure investments across the United States.
2022
$3M
FOR THE WATER SOLUTIONS FUND
2022
$2M
FOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2022
$1.7M
To advance lasting solutions to water for people and the environment in the face of climate change.
2022
$1.3M
TO SUPPORT SUSTAINABLE WATER POLICIES FOR COMMUNITIES, ECONOMIES, AND THE ENVIRONMENT.
2022
$1.0M
ENVIRONMENT, ANIMALS
2022
$1M
TO FUND THE WATER FOUNDATION'S PROGRAM AND DEI PRIORITIES AS WELL AS ABSORB THE WORK OF THE WATER TABLE
2022
$500K
TO SUPPORT SUSTAINABLE WATER POLICIES FOR COMMUNITIES, ECONOMIES, AND THE ENVIRONMENT.
2022
$400K
To support the expansion and deeper engagement of a network of leaders and funders to advance drinking water access and affordability.
2022
$300K
LAND OR MARINE CONSERVATION, PROMOTION OF EDUCATION AND/OR HEALTHY COMMUNITIES
2022
$250K
CA DRINKING WATER (2022)
2022
$250K
TO SUPPORT THE WATER SOLUTIONS FUND.
2022
$250K
To galvanize collaborative funding and advance water solutions in Texas
2022
$250K
Toward a pooled fund to attract investors in collaborating with Texas water organizations
2022
$250K
TO SUPPORT CALIFORNIA WATER POLICY OPPORTUNITIES.
2022
$250K
To enhance coordination and impact of organizations in the United States working to improve water infrastructure and restore freshwater ecosystems.
2022
$150K
For the Water Table Funder Collaborative
2022
$150K
SUPPORTING NATIVE AMERICAN COMMUNITIES
2022
$100K
THE WATER SOLUTIONS FUND (WSF) POOLS AND ALIGNS PHILANTHROPIC RESOURCES TO ENSURE THAT IMPLEMENTATION OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT AND JOBS ACT MAXIMIZES ECOSYSTEM AND EQUITY IMPACTS.
2022
$100K
For the Northwest Tribal Salmon Alliance to facilitate collaboration among Tribes working to secure Snake River restoration
2022
$100K
to support a Native-led effort to support tribal leaders to engage in a campaign to comply with treaty rights and trust responsibilities and restore the Snake River and its salmon populations, along with the Orca that depend upon them.
2022
$100K
SGMA (2022)
2022
$100K
CHARITABLE - IN SUPPORT OF THE TEXAS WATER FUND.
2022
$95K
ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS
2022
$83K
FOR AN INTERMEDIARY'S CAPACITY-BUILDING PILOT PROJECT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH RESILIA
2022
$75K
PROJECT SUPPORT
2022
$50K
WATER TABLE FUNDER COLLABORATIVE
2022
$35K
To provide charitable assistance in the community.
2022
$35K
GENERAL PROGRAM SUPPORT
2022
$10K
PROGRAM SUPPORT
2022
$5K
CLEAN WATER PROMOTION
2022
$300K
LAND OR MARINE CONSERVATION, PROMOTION OF EDUCATION AND/OR HEALTHY COMMUNITIES
2021
$70K
TO SUPPORT ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECTS.
2021
$2.8M
FUNDS TO SUSTAIN MOMENTUM ON KEY PROGRAM AREAS, SUPPORT WATER FOUNDATION'S ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, AND ATTRACT ADDITIONAL REVENUE
2020
$2.2M
FOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2020
$2.2M
ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS
2020
$2.2M
FUNDS FOR SUPPORTING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SUSTAINABLE GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT ACT AND THE SAFE AND AFFORDABLE DRINKING WATER FUND, WITH A FOCUS ON THE CENTRAL VALLEY
2020
$2M
FUNDS FOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT FOR THE WATER FOUNDATION TO IMPLEMENT ITS NEW STRATEGIC PLAN WHILE ALSO INCREASING AND DIVERSIFYING ITS REVENUE BASE
2020
$1.5M
FOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2020
$607K
Advancing Sustainable Water Management in the Colorado River Basin
2020
$600K
LAND OR MARINE CONSERVATION, PROMOTION OF EDUCATION AND/OR HEALTHY COMMUNITIES
2020
$600K
LAND OR MARINE CONSERVATION, PROMOTION OF EDUCATION AND/OR HEALTHY COMMUNITIES
2020
$600K
To support the expansion and deeper engagement of a network of leaders and funders to advance drinking water access and affordability.
2020
$500K
TO SUPPORT SUSTAINABLE WATER POLICIES FOR COMMUNITIES, ECONOMIES, AND THE ENVIRONMENT.
2020
$288K
CA DRINKING WATER
2020
$200K
Indigenous Peoples
2020
$115K
CALIFORNIA SUSTAINABLE GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT
2020
$100K
ENVIRONMENT, ANIMALS
2020
$100K
For the Northwest Tribal Salmon Alliance to facilitate collaboration among Tribes working to secure Snake River restoration
2020
$85K
TO SUPPORT ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECTS.
2020
$50K
ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS
2020
$30K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2020
$30K
FOR ORGANIZATIONAL WORK ON EQUITY INCLUSION AND DIVERSITY
2020
$20K
To provide charitable assistance in the community.
2020
$10K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2020
$5K
HELP TO BRING SAFE AND CLEAN WATER TO PEOPLE AND NATURE
2020
$5K
CHARITABLE, SCIENTIFIC, LITERARY, OR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES, OR FOR PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS.
2020
$3K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2020
$260K
Smart Growth
2019
$50K
TO SUPPORT ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECTS.
2019
$10K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2019
$30K
EXEMPT PURPOSES
2017

Funded by

$61.7M from 37 funders · 106 grants · 2017–2024

The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation

$17.7M · 9 grants · 2020–2024

Walton Family Foundation Inc

$10.8M · 7 grants · 2020–2023

Esb Charitable Foundation

$7.9M · 4 grants · 2020–2022

Laural Foundation

$6.5M · 11 grants · 2020–2024

Charles Stewart Mott Foundation

$6.3M · 8 grants · 2020–2024

Windward Fund

$2.3M · 2 grants · 2020–2022

Resources Legacy Fund

$2.2M · 6 grants · 2020–2024

The Keith Campbell Foundation

$1.5M · 6 grants · 2020–2024

Details

EIN371833985
NTEE codeC32
Subsection03
Ruling date2016-11
Formed2016
Employees27
Volunteers10
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