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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.

$3.1M
Granted FY2024still arriving
74
Grants FY2024still arriving
15
States reached
$150k
Largest
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Environment$5.8MCivil Rights$1.6MFood & Nutrition$1.5MPhilanthropy$1.4MPublic Benefit$960kCommunity Improvement$929kHuman Services$665kHealth$504kOther$0
02FY2024 · 74 grants

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
$30,000
Median grant
15
States reached
$8.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
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
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

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.

area typical 9%HOPI FOUNDATION: $10k → 26%PHOENIX PROJECT: $25k → 10%RAPPAHANNOCK TRIBE: $10k → 14%HOPI FOUNDATION: $6k → 26%GEORGIA COALITION FOR THE PEOPLES AGENDA: $20k → 13%PHOENIX PROJECT: $22k → 10%THE HOPI FOUNDATION: $5k → 26%PHOENIX PROJECT: $20k → 10%HOPI FOUNDATION: $5k → 26%PHOENIX PROJECT: $15k → 10%HOPI FOUNDATION: $4k → 26%PHOENIX PROJECT: $10k → 10%CAPITOL HILL VILLAGE: $15k → 14%CAPITOL HILL VILLAGE: $11k → 14%CAPITOL HILL VILLAGE: $10k → 14%IONA SENIOR SERVICES: $70k → 14%IONA SENIOR SERVICES: $70k → 14%IONA SENIOR SERVICES: $60k → 14%IONA SENIOR SERVICES: $60k → 14%IONA SENIOR SERVICES: $55k → 14%KINGDOM CARE SENIOR VILLAGE: $15k → 14%KINGDOM CARE SENIOR VILLAGE: $10k → 14%SEABURY RESOURCES FOR THE AGING: $32k → 14%SEABURY RESOURCES FOR THE AGING: $30k → 14%SEABURY RESOURCES FOR THE AGING: $30k → 14%SEABURY RESOURCES FOR THE AGING: $20k → 14%SEABURY RESOURCES FOR THE AGING: $20k → 14%SEABURY RESOURCES FOR THE AGING: $10k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
MT
IL
NY
MA
SD
PA
NJ
CA
UT
CO
VA
MD
AZ
AR
DC
HI
GA
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

90%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$12M · 81 repeat orgs$1.4M to everyone else

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

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

81
23

Total granted

$12M
$1.2M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+33%
+3%

Still filing today

73%
48%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $225k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’20’21’22’23’24
EnvironmentHuman ServicesCivil RightsFood & NutritionCommunity ImprovementHealthOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • TP
    THE PIEDMONT ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL
    5× · 2020–2024 · $775k · revenue +108%
  • AF
    ALLIANCE FOR THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY
    5× · 2020–2024 · $750k · revenue +397% · 31% of their budget
  • SOUTHERN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CENTER
    5× · 2020–2024 · $500k · revenue +46%

Funded once

  • TA
    THE AGUA DONOR FUND (DONOR ADVISED FUND)
    one grant, 2023 · $497k
  • VS
    VIRGINIA SOIL HEALTH COALITION
    one grant, 2022 · $148k
  • MA
    MID ATLANTIC FOOD RESILIENCE AND ACCESS COALITION WINDWARD FUND
    one 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.

04Its field

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.

1
Environmental Investigation Agency

To establish and promote programs to protect the global climate, forests, wildlife and the natural environment, through research, advocacy, and investigation.

International
2
The Potomac Conservancy Inc

Potomac conservancy safeguards the land and waters of the potomac river and its tributaries and connects people to this national treasure.

Environment
3
National Association of Clean Water Agencies

Nacwa is the national voice of public clean water utilities, shaping water policy, convening a vibrant peer network, and empowering water leaders.

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4
Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments

Create a more accessible, sustainable, prosperous and livable national capital region by being a discussion forum, expert resource, issue advocate, and catalyst for action.

Public Benefit
5
Virginia Agribusiness Council

Represent the agriculture, forestry, and agribusiness community in virginia.

—
6
Association of Washington Cities

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…

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7
Eastern National

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.

Recreation & Sports
8
Federation of State Conservation Voter Leagues Dba Nj League of Cons Voters

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,…

—
9
Earthcorps

To cultivate leaders and community partnerships to advance environmental justice.

International
10
American Flood Coalition Inc

To drive transformational adaptation to protect communities across the country from higher seas, stronger storms, and more frequent flooding.

Environment
11
The Commons Inc

To partner with individuals and organizations to access, organize, and share data that inspires action that restores our environment.

—
12
Northern Virginia Conservation Trust

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…

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Policylink; the most unlike its peers is Friends of Anacostia Park. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
13
Early backer (in before they grew)
79/79
Grantees still filing
55/79
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

COLLIER COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $1,328,000 · OtherCOLLIER COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INCSOUTHERN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CENTER: $500,000 · OtherSOUTHERN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CENTERTHE AGUA DONOR FUND (DONOR ADVISED FUND): $496,978 · OtherTHE AGUA DONOR FUND (DONOR ADVISED FUND)FIRST NATIONS DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE: $340,000 · OtherLEGAL COUNSEL FOR THE ELDERLY: $262,750 · OtherTIDES FOUNDATIONMOVEMENT VOTER FUND: $260,000 · OtherNATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION: $330,250 · Other+53 more: $4,004,650 · Other+53 moreTHE PIEDMONT ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL: $775,000 · EnvironmentTHE PIEDMONT ENVIRONMENT…Potomac Riverkeeper Network: $486,000 · EnvironmentPotomac Riverkeeper Netw…VIRGINIA CONSERVATION NETWORK: $265,000 · EnvironmentVIRGINIA CONSERVATION NE…WILD VIRGINIA INCORPORATED: $203,600 · EnvironmentWILD VIRGINIA INCORPORAT…LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS EDUCATION FUND: $190,000 · EnvironmentLEAGUE OF CONSERVATION V…MESA COUNTY LAND CONSERVANCY INC: $146,500 · EnvironmentMoonshot Missions Inc: $144,000 · EnvironmentVirginia League of Conservation Voters Education Fund: $110,000 · Environment+15 more: $895,850 · Environment+15 moreALLIANCE FOR THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY: $750,000 · Community ImprovementALLIANCE FOR…POLICYLINK: $320,000 · Community ImprovementPOLICYLINKVIRGINIA ORGANIZING INC: $264,000 · Community ImprovementVIRGINIA ORG…WESTERN COLORADO ALLIANCE: $254,000 · Community ImprovementWESTERN COLO…+2 more: $80,800 · Community ImprovementNEW VIRGINIA MAJORITY: $338,500 · Civil RightsPENNSYLVANIA VOICE: $324,000 · Civil RightsNATIVE AMERICAN RIGHTS FUND INC: $120,000 · Civil RightsALL VOTING IS LOCAL: $102,400 · Civil RightsCOMMITTEE OF SEVENTY: $101,050 · Civil RightsVirginia Civic Engagement Table: $58,000 · Civil Rights+2 more: $50,000 · Civil RightsIona Senior Services: $315,000 · Human ServicesSeabury Resources for Aging: $142,080 · Human ServicesTHE LAUREL CENTER INTERVENTION FOR DOMESTIC & SEXUAL VIOLENCE: $91,600 · Human ServicesPHOENIX PROJECT INC: $91,600 · Human ServicesCAPITOL HILL VILLAGE: $35,500 · Human ServicesTHE HOPI FOUNDATION LOMASUMI'NANGWTUKWSIWMANI: $29,500 · Human Services+3 more: $55,000 · Human ServicesFood Research & Action Center: $90,000 · Food & NutritionFOODSHED CAPITAL: $90,000 · Food & NutritionTHRIVE DC: $70,525 · Food & NutritionMinority and Veteran Farmers of the Piedmont Inc: $51,200 · Food & NutritionARCADIA FOOD INC: $30,000 · Food & NutritionSUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE AND FOOD SYSTEMS FUNDERS: $20,000 · Food & NutritionFUTURE HARVEST INC: $19,000 · Food & NutritionWASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER CORPORATION: $120,000 · HealthEVERYMIND INC: $95,000 · HealthTHE CENTER FOR MIND-BODY MEDICINE: $80,525 · HealthFOOD & FRIENDS INC: $60,000 · Health
Other$7,522,628Environment$3,215,950Community Improvement$1,668,800Civil Rights$1,093,950Human Services$760,280Food & Nutrition$370,725Health$355,525

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCOLLIER COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $1,328,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetTHE PIEDMONT ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL: $775,000 over 5y, 2.7% of budgetALLIANCE FOR THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY: $750,000 over 5y, 31% of budgetSOUTHERN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CENTER: $500,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetPotomac Riverkeeper Network: $486,000 over 5y, 6.4% of budgetFIRST NATIONS DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE: $340,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetNEW VIRGINIA MAJORITY: $338,500 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetNATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION: $330,250 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetPENNSYLVANIA VOICE: $324,000 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetPOLICYLINK: $320,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetIona Senior Services: $315,000 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetVIRGINIA CONSERVATION NETWORK: $265,000 over 5y, 5.9% of budgetVIRGINIA ORGANIZING INC: $264,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetLEGAL COUNSEL FOR THE ELDERLY: $262,750 over 5y, 1.6% of budgetWESTERN COLORADO ALLIANCE: $254,000 over 5y, 5.9% of budgetWILD VIRGINIA INCORPORATED: $203,600 over 5y, 16% of budgetLawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law: $200,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetINTERTRIBAL AGRICULTURE COUNCIL: $192,500 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetLEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS EDUCATION FUND: $190,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetMESA COUNTY LAND CONSERVANCY INC: $146,500 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetMoonshot Missions Inc: $144,000 over 2y, 4.5% of budgetSeabury Resources for Aging: $142,080 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetWASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER CORPORATION: $120,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNATIVE AMERICAN RIGHTS FUND INC: $120,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetVirginia League of Conservation Voters Education Fund: $110,000 over 5y, 4.9% of budgetFriends of Anacostia Park: $105,900 over 3y, 4.7% of budgetThe Ocean Foundation: $105,875 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetALL VOTING IS LOCAL: $102,400 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetCOMMITTEE OF SEVENTY: $101,050 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetTHREE BAYS PRESERVATION INC: $100,000 over 4y, 2.2% of budgetNATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetLAND TRUST ALLIANCE INC: $100,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetBLUE RIDGE AREA FOOD BANK INC: $100,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMA KA HANA KA IKE BUILDING PROGRAM: $100,000 over 5y, 1.7% of budgetVIRGINIAS UNITED LAND TRUSTS: $97,400 over 3y, 8.9% of budgetDREAMING OUT LOUD INC: $97,400 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetDISTRICT OF COLUMBIA APPLESEED CENTER FOR LAW AND JUSTICE INC: $96,050 over 3y, 8.2% of budgetEVERYMIND INC: $95,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetTHE LAUREL CENTER INTERVENTION FOR DOMESTIC & SEXUAL VIOLENCE: $91,600 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetPHOENIX PROJECT INC: $91,600 over 5y, 5.6% of budgetFood Research & Action Center: $90,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetFOODSHED CAPITAL: $90,000 over 3y, 2.3% of budgetRIVER NETWORK: $85,875 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetD C ARTS AND HUMANITIES EDUCATION COLLABORATIVE INC: $81,200 over 5y, 5.3% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR MIND-BODY MEDICINE: $80,525 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetTHRIVE DC: $70,525 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetFOOD & FRIENDS INC: $60,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CONSERVANCY OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA: $60,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budget
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.

The Keith Campbell Foundation for the Environment IncMD40.7× affinity18 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 18%
  • 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
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
23report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
2rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
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How do I get to Agua Fundinc?

Find your warmest path to Agua Fundinc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 117 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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