· Private foundation
Agua Fundinc
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k2 grants · $13k
- $10k–50k50 grants · $1.3M
- $50k–250k22 grants · $1.7M
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| PIEDMONT ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL | $150,000 |
| ALLIANCE FOR THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY | $150,000 |
| NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION | $115,000 |
| POTOMAC RIVER KEEPER NETWORK | $106,000 |
| SOUTHERN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CENTER | $100,000 |
| PENNSYLVANIA VOICE | $95,000 |
| POLICYLINK | $80,000 |
| TIDES FOUNDATIONMOVEMENT VOTER FUND | $80,000 |
| NEW VIRGINIA MAJORITY | $75,000 |
| NATIVE AMERICAN VOTING RIGHTS FUND | $75,000 |
| IONA SENIOR SERVICES | $70,000 |
| VIRGINIA CONSERVATION NETWORK | $62,500 |
| FIRST NATIONS DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE | $60,000 |
| WESTERN COLORADO ALLIANCE | $60,000 |
| VIRGINIA ORGANIZING | $60,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY20–24, $669k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +33% since the first grant, against +3% for those funded once.
81 repeat relationships: 64 still active in FY2024, 17 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $225k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- TPTHE PIEDMONT ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL5× · 2020–2024 · $775k · revenue +108%
- AFALLIANCE FOR THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY5× · 2020–2024 · $750k · revenue +397% · 31% of their budget
SOUTHERN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CENTER5× · 2020–2024 · $500k · revenue +46%
Funded once
- TATHE AGUA DONOR FUND (DONOR ADVISED FUND)one grant, 2023 · $497k
- VSVIRGINIA SOIL HEALTH COALITIONone grant, 2022 · $148k
- MAMID ATLANTIC FOOD RESILIENCE AND ACCESS COALITION WINDWARD FUNDone grant, 2020 · $50k
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
To establish and promote programs to protect the global climate, forests, wildlife and the natural environment, through research, advocacy, and investigation.
Potomac conservancy safeguards the land and waters of the potomac river and its tributaries and connects people to this national treasure.
Nacwa is the national voice of public clean water utilities, shaping water policy, convening a vibrant peer network, and empowering water leaders.
Create a more accessible, sustainable, prosperous and livable national capital region by being a discussion forum, expert resource, issue advocate, and catalyst for action.
Represent the agriculture, forestry, and agribusiness community in virginia.
The association of washington cities builds connections between our state's diverse cities and towns, while providing our members with the support needed to thrive through delivery of data-driven education, nationally recognized pooling…
Eastern national promotes the public's understanding and support of america's national parks and other public trust partners by providing quality educational experiences, products and services.
New jersey lcv is the statewide political voice for the environment. working with our allies in the community, we advocate for strong environmental policies, support our environmental justice partners in pursuing more equitable policies,…
To cultivate leaders and community partnerships to advance environmental justice.
To drive transformational adaptation to protect communities across the country from higher seas, stronger storms, and more frequent flooding.
To partner with individuals and organizations to access, organize, and share data that inspires action that restores our environment.
The Northern Virginia Conservation Trust saves nearby nature by encouraging and assisting governments and private landowners to preserve and care for natural areas, trails, streams, parks, and historic and cultural resources for the…
How this is measured
79 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 79 of the 117 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds COLLIER COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds THE PIEDMONT ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL ↗
- Who funds ALLIANCE FOR THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY ↗
- Who funds SOUTHERN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CENTER ↗
- Who funds Potomac Riverkeeper Network ↗
- Who funds FIRST NATIONS DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE ↗
- Who funds NEW VIRGINIA MAJORITY ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION ↗
- Who funds PENNSYLVANIA VOICE ↗
- Who funds POLICYLINK ↗
- Who funds Iona Senior Services ↗
- Who funds VIRGINIA CONSERVATION NETWORK ↗
- Who funds VIRGINIA ORGANIZING INC ↗
- Who funds LEGAL COUNSEL FOR THE ELDERLY ↗
- Who funds WESTERN COLORADO ALLIANCE ↗
- Who funds WILD VIRGINIA INCORPORATED ↗
- Who funds Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law ↗
- Who funds INTERTRIBAL AGRICULTURE COUNCIL ↗
- Who funds LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS EDUCATION FUND ↗
- Who funds MESA COUNTY LAND CONSERVANCY INC ↗
- Who funds Moonshot Missions Inc ↗
- Who funds Seabury Resources for Aging ↗
- Who funds WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER CORPORATION ↗
- Who funds NATIVE AMERICAN RIGHTS FUND INC ↗
- Who funds Virginia League of Conservation Voters Education Fund ↗
- Who funds Friends of Anacostia Park ↗
- Who funds The Ocean Foundation ↗
- Who funds ALL VOTING IS LOCAL ↗
- Who funds COMMITTEE OF SEVENTY ↗
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: The Keith Campbell Foundation for the Environment Inc · Frederick Henry Prince Testamentary Trust · The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation · Greater Washington Community Foundation · Chesapeake Bay Trust · New Venture Fund · Frederick Henry Prince Trust Dated 7947 · Patagoniaorg · Windward Fund · The Oak Hill Fund · Philip L Graham Fund co Graham Holdings Company · National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Agua Fundinc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Agua Fundinc. Bigger dots raise more.
- Defensores De La Cuenca: 100% of income from government
- National Marine Sanctuary Foundation: 88% of income from government
- Future Harvest Inc: 41% of income from government
- Three Bays Preservation Inc: 18% of income from government
- Moonshot Missions Inc: 16% of income from government
- Anacostia Watershed Society Inc: 15% of income from government
- Everymind Inc: 4% of income from government
How this is measured
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