Water Access Now

Analysis

Water Access Now is a registered charity in United States, based in Kirkland, WA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. 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 September 2024, Water Access Now reported income of $311k and spending of $232k, leaving 25% of income unspent that year. Across the 6 years on record, from September 2019 to September 2024, income grew from $238k to $311k (+31%), an average of +5.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2024, when income rose by 45%. Over the whole period it spent 107% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Water Access Now sits at the 66th percentile: it is larger than about 66% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 62nd percentile, and in the 61st percentile within WA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Second Chance Society ($311k), Michigan Statewide Independent Living Corporation ($311k) and BJS Restaurants Foundation Inc ($310k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending September 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 99% of the total. At year end it held assets of $178k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $178k.