Choose Water

Analysis

Choose Water is a registered charity in United States, based in Montgomery, AL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 2013, 13 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 December 2023, Choose Water reported income of $103k and spending of $99k, spending 96% of its income. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2020 to December 2023, income fell from $360k to $103k (-71%), an average of -34% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 57%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Choose Water sits at the 43rd percentile: it is larger than about 43% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 38th percentile, and in the 37th percentile within AL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Salant Foundation Inc ($103k), United Community Fund Inc ($103k) and Freeport Little League Inc ($103k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $31k (32% of expenses). At year end it held assets of $21k against liabilities of $270, net assets of $20k. It reported 1 employees.