The Water Project Inc

Analysis

The Water Project Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Concord, NH. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover international, foreign affairs and national security, which this site groups under overseas aid and international. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, The Water Project Inc reported income of $5.6m and spending of $5.7m, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $3.3m to $5.6m (+70%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 64%. Over the whole period it spent 81% of the income it received.

Among 10,317 United States charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, The Water Project Inc sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile, and in the 93rd percentile within NH. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Kepler Inc ($5.6m), Global Center on Cooperative Security Inc ($5.6m) and Sai Global Mission ($5.6m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 98% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $182k (3.2% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $1.7m. At year end it held assets of $9.3m against liabilities of $116k, net assets of $9.2m. It reported 22 employees.