Color the Water

Analysis

Color the Water is a registered charity in United States, based in Culver City, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 2021, 5 years ago. Its declared purposes cover recreation and sports, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. 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, Color the Water reported income of $105k and spending of $118k, spending 113% of what it took in. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income fell from $115k to $105k (-9.3%), an average of -9.3% a year. Over the whole period it spent 125% of the income it received.

Among 30,892 United States charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Color the Water sits at the 47th percentile: it is larger than about 47% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 38th percentile, and in the 40th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Geneva Park District Foundation ($105k), Hudson Crossing Park Inc ($105k) and Marin Aquatic Masters ($105k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $16k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $16k.