Living Water University

Analysis

Living Water University is a registered charity in United States, based in Santa Ana, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education, which this site groups under education and training. The IRS classifies it as a school under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending June 2024, Living Water University reported income of $240k and spending of $263k, spending 109% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2020 to June 2024, income fell from $338k to $240k (-29%), an average of -8.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income dropped by 38%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 66,972 United States charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Living Water University sits at the 57th percentile: it is larger than about 57% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 57th percentile, and in the 60th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Swedesboro-Woolwich Elementary PTO ($240k), Pact Foundation ($240k) and Evans Scholars Foundation ($240k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2024, revenue came from program service revenue 100% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $160k. At year end it held assets of $135k against liabilities of $599, net assets of $135k. It reported 11 employees.