Clean Water Fund

Analysis

Clean Water Fund is a registered charity in United States, based in Washington, DC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 1977, 49 years ago. Its declared purposes cover environment, which this site groups under environment and conservation. 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, Clean Water Fund reported income of $6.7m and spending of $6.8m, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $6.9m to $6.7m (-3.4%), an average of -0.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 28%. Over the whole period it spent 91% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Clean Water Fund sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile, and in the 83rd percentile within DC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Great Land Trust Inc ($6.7m), High Atlas Foundation ($6.7m) and Environment America Research and Policy Center Inc ($6.6m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 97% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $203k (3.0% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $5.2m. At year end it held assets of $6.9m against liabilities of $858k, net assets of $6.0m.