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American Water Works Association

To promote public health, safety, and welfare through the improvement of the quality and quantity of drinking water and the development and furtherance of understanding of the problems relating thereto.

$2.6M
Granted FY2024still arriving
37
Grants FY2024still arriving
37
States reached
$270k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2017–2024.

Environment$13MPublic Benefit$1.4MArts & Culture$250kInternational$104kPublic Safety & Disaster$46k
02FY2024 · 37 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 37 grants below total $1,985,377 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $2,590,506 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $605,129 is giving the schedule does not break out: grants under the $5,000 itemisation floor, grants to individuals, and grants reported on other schedules. Every figure below describes the itemised rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k21 grants · $547k
  • $50k–250k15 grants · $1.2M
  • $250k+1 grant · $270k
$40,215
Median grant
37
States reached
$52M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
AWWA CALIFORNIA-NEVADA SECTION$270,491
AWWA TEXAS SECTION$139,290
AWWA FLORIDA SECTION$121,799
AWWA PACIFIC NORTHWEST SECTION$109,587
AWWA ILLINOIS SECTION$85,821
AWWA ROCKY MOUNTAIN SECTION$80,442
AWWA OHIO SECTION$77,971
AWWA KENTUCKY-TENNESSEE SECTION$73,219
AWWA NEW YORK SECTION$71,931
AWWA MICHIGAN SECTION$69,029
AWWA PENNSYLVANIA SECTION$64,371
AWWA NEW ENGLAND SECTION$63,024
AWWA VIRGINIA SECTION$55,842
AWWA NORTH CAROLINA SECTION$52,453
AWWA INDIANA SECTION$51,990
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

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

show:

Dollar for dollar, your grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 72% of your dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%AWWA NEW ENGLAND SECTION: $67k → 8%AWWA PENNSYLVANIA SECTION: $68k → 9%AWWA CALIFORNIA-NEVADA SECTION: $270k → 14%AWWA NEW YORK SECTION: $73k → 14%AWWA FLORIDA SECTION: $122k → 13%AWWA ROCKY MOUNTAIN SECTION: $80k → 8%AWWA OHIO SECTION: $76k → 15%AWWA ILLINOIS SECTION: $88k → 7%AWWA ILLINOIS SECTION: $79k → 8%AWWA CALIFORNIA-NEVADA SECTION: $267k → 14%AWWA NEW YORK SECTION: $73k → 14%AWWA FLORIDA SECTION: $119k → 13%AWWA ROCKY MOUNTAIN SECTION: $78k → 8%AWWA OHIO SECTION: $73k → 15%AWWA ILLINOIS SECTION: $86k → 7%AWWA ILLINOIS SECTION: $74k → 8%AWWA CALIFORNIA-NEVADA SECTION: $251k → 14%AWWA NEW YORK SECTION: $72k → 14%AWWA FLORIDA SECTION: $109k → 13%AWWA ROCKY MOUNTAIN SECTION: $72k → 8%AMERICAN WATER WORKS ASSOCIATION OHIO SECTION: $71k → 15%AWWA ILLINOIS SECTION: $75k → 7%AMERICAN WATER WORKS ASSOCIATION ILLINOIS SECTION: $71k → 8%AWWA CALIFORNIA-NEVADA SECTION: $240k → 14%AWWA NEW YORK SECTION: $70k → 14%AWWA FLORIDA SECTION: $101k → 13%AWWA ROCKY MOUNTAIN SECTION: $72k → 8%AMERICAN WATER WORKS ASSOCIATION OHIO SECTION: $71k → 15%AMERICAN WATER WORKS ASSOCIATION ILLINOIS SECTION: $67k → 8%AMERICAN WATER WORKS ASSOCIATION CALIFORNIA-NEVADA SECTION: $240k → 14%AWWA FLORIDA SECTION: $101k → 13%AMERICAN WATER WORKS ASSOCIATION ROCKY MOUNTAIN SECTION: $68k → 8%AMERICAN WATER WORKS ASSOCIATION OHIO SECTION: $69k → 15%AMERICAN WATER WORKS ASSOCIATION CALIFORNIA-NEVADA SECTION: $234k → 14%AMERICAN WATER WORKS ASSOCIATION NEW YORK SECTION: $67k → 14%AMERICAN WATER WORKS ASSOCIATION FLORIDA SECTION: $98k → 13%AMERICAN WATER WORKS ASSOCIATION ROCKY MOUNTAIN SECTION: $68k → 8%AWWA OHIO SECTION: $88k → 15%AWWA KENTUCKY-TENNESSEE SECTION: $77k → 15%AWWA CALIFORNIA-NEVADA SECTION: $230k → 14%AMERICAN WATER WORKS ASSOCIATION FLORIDA SECTION: $90k → 13%AMERICAN WATER WORKS ASSOCIATION ROCKY MOUNTAIN SECTION: $68k → 8%AWWA OHIO SECTION: $78k → 15%AWWA KENTUCKY-TENNESSEE SECTION: $73k → 15%AMERICAN WATER WORKS ASSOCIATION CALIFORNIA-NEVADA SECTION: $225k → 14%AMERICAN WATER WORKS ASSOCIATION FLORIDA SECTION: $86k → 13%AWWA ROCKY MOUNTAIN SECTION: $67k → 8%AWWA OHIO SECTION: $77k → 15%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

AK
WA
MT
ND
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
SD
IA
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
UT
CO
NE
MO
KY
WV
VA
MD
AZ
KS
NC
SC
HI
LA
MS
AL
GA
TX
FL

Grants abroad, by region — $345k on the FY2024 return

Schedule F, as filed: 1 region, $329k to organizations and $16k to individuals. The IRS asks for region and purpose, not the recipient, so no country or grantee can be named here.

North America (Canada and Mexico)$345k · 100% · 6 grants · 4 people

Stated purpose: OPERATIONAL SUPPORT · AWWA CORPORATE SPONSORED SCHOLARSHIPS · AWWA SCHOLARSHIPS (EDZWALD)

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving. Grants abroad on Schedule F are filed by region, purpose and amount with no recipient name, so they are shown by region and cannot be placed on the country map or matched to a grantee.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

100%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$14M · 39 repeat orgs$25k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +42% since the first grant, against +1% for the ones you funded once.

39 repeat relationships — 37 still active in FY2024, 2 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

39
1

Total granted

$14M
$25k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+42%
+1%

Still filing today

87%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Public BenefitInternationalEnvironmentOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • AW
    AMERICAN WATER WORKS ASSOCIATION- TEXAS SECTION
    8× · 2017–2024 · $987k · revenue +42%
  • FS
    FLORIDA SECTION AMERICAN WATER WORKS ASSOCIATION
    8× · 2017–2024 · $826k · revenue +82%
  • PN
    PACIFIC NORTHWEST SECTION OF THE AMERICAN WATER WORKS ASSOCIATION
    8× · 2017–2024 · $783k · revenue +25%

Funded once

  • EW
    ENGINEERS WITHOUT BORDERS-USAINC
    one grant, 2021 · $25k · revenue +1%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
American Water Resources Association

Provide its members and the general public with activities, programs and services that facilitate the advancement of water resources research, planning, development, management and education.

Environment
2
Alabama's Water Environment Association

Advancing knowledge of alabama's water environment. awea is commited to serve alabama's water professionals by providing leadership, education, and cultivation of ideas that support and protect alabama's clean water environment.

Environment
3
American Water Works Association

To promote public health, safety, and welfare through the improvement of the quality and quantity of drinking water and the development and furtherance of understanding of the problems relating thereto.

Public Benefit
4
Association of State Drinking Water Administrators

Asdwa seeks to protect the public health by working with both state and federal officials to assure the highest quality drinking water possible.

Environment
5
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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6
Federation for Advanced Sewage Treatment

The American Water Security Project AWSP strives to be the leader in promoting through education and advocacy the need for sewage and wastewater infrastructure upgrades and repairs ethical treatment and pretreatment of used water and human…

Environment
7
Arkansas Rural Water Association

To provide arkansas' rural water utilities the highest level of training and technical services in order to obtain quality water at the lowest possible cost.

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8
WateReuse Association

The mission of WateReuse is to educate the public on the importance of reusing water and to advocate for laws, policies and funding to increase water reuse in communities across the United States.

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9
Association of Metropolitan Water Agencies

Amwa was organized for the purposes of improving, advancing and protecting the drinking water supplied by public water agencies in the united states. the association works with congress and federal agencies to ensure safe and…

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10
Georgia Association of Water Professionals

The georgia association of water professionals educates, provides professional development and promotes sound public policy in the water resources and related environmental fields.

Environment
11
Minnesota Rural Water Association

To provide the latest information, education and technical assistance to protect our public waters and improve the quality of life in minnesota

Public Benefit
12
Wyoming Association of Rural Water Systems

Provide training and technical assistance

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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is American Water Works Association and the most unlike its peers is Engineers Without Borders-Usainc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 57 years old; the field is 16. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number22%0%<5yr14%0%5–10yr19%0%10–20yr16%10%20–35yr13%7%35–55yr16%84%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value22%0%<5yr14%0%5–10yr19%0%10–20yr16%2%20–35yr13%12%35–55yr16%86%55yr+

The field is 22% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 13% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/40
the rest of the field
13%
240,396/1,819,525

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

35 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 35 of the 40 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

17
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
13
Early backer (in before they grew)
35/35
Grantees still filing
31/35
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

CALIFORNIA-NEVADA SECTION AMERICAN WATER WORKS ASSOCIATION — $1,957,566 · Public BenefitCALIFORNIA-NEVADA SECTION AMERICAN WATER WORKS ASSOCIATIONAMERICAN WATER WORKS ASSOCIATION- TEXAS SECTION — $986,788 · Public BenefitAMERICAN WATER WORKS ASSOCIATION- TEXAS SECTIONFLORIDA SECTION AMERICAN WATER WORKS ASSOCIATION — $826,119 · Public BenefitFLORIDA SECTION AMERICAN WATER WORKS ASSOCIATIONPACIFIC NORTHWEST SECTION OF THE AMERICAN WATER WORKS ASSOCIATION — $782,826 · Public BenefitPACIFIC NORTHWEST SECTION OF THE AMERICAN WATER WORKS ASSOCIATIONILLINOIS SECTION OF THE AMERICAN WATER WORKS ASSOCIATION INC — $605,267 · Public BenefitAmerican Water Works Association Ohio Section — $603,351 · Public BenefitAmerican Water Works Association Rocky Mountain Section — $575,491 · Public BenefitNEW YORK SECTION AMERICAN WATER WORKS ASSOCIATION — $545,906 · Public BenefitKENTUCKY TENNESSEE SECTION OF THE AMERICAN WATER WORKS ASSOCIATION — $509,852 · Public BenefitPENNSYLVANIA SECTION OF THE AMERICAN WATER WORKS ASSOCIATION — $494,840 · Public BenefitMICHIGAN SECTION - AMERICAN WATER WORKS ASSOCIATION — $471,595 · Public Benefit+18 more — $4,597,384 · Public Benefit+18 moreNEW ENGLAND WATER WORKS ASSOCIATION INC — $493,342 · OtherNEW ENGLAN…AWWA ARIZONA SECTION — $269,080 · OtherAWWA ARIZO…KANSAS SECTION AMERICAN WATER WORKS ASSOCIATION — $129,820 · OtherKANSAS SEC…AMERICAN WATER WORKS ASSOCIATION — $120,739 · OtherAMERICAN W…AWWA NORTH DAKOTA SECTION — $119,394 · OtherAWWA NORTH…MONTANA SECTION AMERICAN WATER WORKS ASSOCIATION — $119,270 · OtherMONTANA SE…AWWA PUERTO RICO SECTION — $90,591 · OtherAWWA PUERT…+1 more — $45,000 · OtherWATER FOR PEOPLE — $79,175 · InternationalENGINEERS WITHOUT BORDERS-USAINC — $25,000 · InternationalAlaska Water Wastewater Management Association (AWWMA) — $76,334 · Environment
Public Benefit$12,956,985Other$1,387,236International$104,175Environment$76,334

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetCALIFORNIA-NEVADA SECTION AMERICAN WATER WORKS ASSOCIATION — $1,957,566 over 8y, 12% of budgetAMERICAN WATER WORKS ASSOCIATION- TEXAS SECTION — $986,788 over 8y, 11% of budgetFLORIDA SECTION AMERICAN WATER WORKS ASSOCIATION — $826,119 over 8y, 12% of budgetPACIFIC NORTHWEST SECTION OF THE AMERICAN WATER WORKS ASSOCIATION — $782,826 over 8y, 8.9% of budgetILLINOIS SECTION OF THE AMERICAN WATER WORKS ASSOCIATION INC — $605,267 over 8y, 12% of budgetAmerican Water Works Association Ohio Section — $603,351 over 8y, 36% of budgetAmerican Water Works Association Rocky Mountain Section — $575,491 over 8y, 29% of budgetNEW YORK SECTION AMERICAN WATER WORKS ASSOCIATION — $545,906 over 8y, 16% of budgetKENTUCKY TENNESSEE SECTION OF THE AMERICAN WATER WORKS ASSOCIATION — $509,852 over 8y, 36% of budgetPENNSYLVANIA SECTION OF THE AMERICAN WATER WORKS ASSOCIATION — $494,840 over 8y, 29% of budgetNEW ENGLAND WATER WORKS ASSOCIATION INC — $493,342 over 8y, 3.2% of budgetMICHIGAN SECTION - AMERICAN WATER WORKS ASSOCIATION — $471,595 over 8y, 10% of budgetThe Virginia Section of the American Water Works Association Inc — $416,081 over 8y, 15% of budgetAmerican Water Works Association North Carolina Section — $385,739 over 8y, 10% of budgetGEORGIA SECTION OF THE AMERICAN WATER WORKS ASSOC — $371,645 over 8y, 50% of budgetINDIANA SECTION AMERICAN WATER WORKS ASSOCIATION INC — $360,312 over 8y, 7.1% of budgetNew Jersey Section of the American Water Works Association — $349,590 over 8y, 25% of budgetAMERICAN WATER WORKS ASSOCIATION SOUTHWEST SECTION INC — $339,708 over 8y, 48% of budgetAMERICAN WATER WORKS ASSOCIATION ALABAMA-MISSISSIPPI SECTION — $298,552 over 8y, 36% of budgetMINNESOTA SECTION AMERICAN WATER WORKS ASSOCIATION — $260,000 over 8y, 22% of budgetWISCONSIN SECTION OF THE AMERICAN WATER WORKS ASSOCIATION — $249,797 over 8y, 14% of budgetAMERICAN WATER WORKS ASSOCIATION SOUTH CAROLINA SECTION — $248,758 over 8y, 10% of budgetAMERICAN WATER WORKS ASSOCIATION — $222,099 over 8y, 49% of budgetCHESAPEAKE SECTION AMERICAN WATER WORKS ASSOCIATION INC — $219,217 over 8y, 32% of budgetAMERICAN WATER WORKS ASSOCIATION — $184,341 over 8y, 13% of budgetAMERICAN WATER WORKS ASSOCIATION — $171,647 over 8y, 13% of budgetAMERICAN WATER WORKS ASSOCIATION IOWA SECTION — $157,607 over 8y, 32% of budgetKANSAS SECTION AMERICAN WATER WORKS ASSOCIATION — $129,820 over 8y, 58% of budgetWEST VIRGINIA SECTION AMERICAN WATER WORKS ASSOCIATION — $122,207 over 8y, 89% of budgetAMERICAN WATER WORKS ASSOCIATION - HAWAII SECTION — $120,916 over 8y, 36% of budgetMONTANA SECTION AMERICAN WATER WORKS ASSOCIATION — $119,270 over 8y, 44% of budgetNEBRASKA SECTION AMERICAN WATER WORKS ASSOCIATION — $119,168 over 8y, 46% of budgetWATER FOR PEOPLE — $79,175 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetAlaska Water Wastewater Management Association (AWWMA) — $76,334 over 5y, 36% of budgetENGINEERS WITHOUT BORDERS-USAINC — $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds CALIFORNIA-NEVADA SECTION AMERICAN WATER WORKS ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN WATER WORKS ASSOCIATION- TEXAS SECTION ↗
  • Who funds FLORIDA SECTION AMERICAN WATER WORKS ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds PACIFIC NORTHWEST SECTION OF THE AMERICAN WATER WORKS ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds ILLINOIS SECTION OF THE AMERICAN WATER WORKS ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds American Water Works Association Ohio Section ↗
  • Who funds American Water Works Association Rocky Mountain Section ↗
  • Who funds NEW YORK SECTION AMERICAN WATER WORKS ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds KENTUCKY TENNESSEE SECTION OF THE AMERICAN WATER WORKS ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds PENNSYLVANIA SECTION OF THE AMERICAN WATER WORKS ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds NEW ENGLAND WATER WORKS ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds MICHIGAN SECTION - AMERICAN WATER WORKS ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds The Virginia Section of the American Water Works Association Inc ↗
  • Who funds American Water Works Association North Carolina Section ↗
  • Who funds GEORGIA SECTION OF THE AMERICAN WATER WORKS ASSOC ↗
  • Who funds INDIANA SECTION AMERICAN WATER WORKS ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds New Jersey Section of the American Water Works Association ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN WATER WORKS ASSOCIATION SOUTHWEST SECTION INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN WATER WORKS ASSOCIATION ALABAMA-MISSISSIPPI SECTION ↗
  • Who funds MINNESOTA SECTION AMERICAN WATER WORKS ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds WISCONSIN SECTION OF THE AMERICAN WATER WORKS ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN WATER WORKS ASSOCIATION SOUTH CAROLINA SECTION ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN WATER WORKS ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds CHESAPEAKE SECTION AMERICAN WATER WORKS ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN WATER WORKS ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN WATER WORKS ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN WATER WORKS ASSOCIATION IOWA SECTION ↗
  • Who funds KANSAS SECTION AMERICAN WATER WORKS ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds WEST VIRGINIA SECTION AMERICAN WATER WORKS ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN WATER WORKS ASSOCIATION - HAWAII SECTION ↗
  • Who funds MONTANA SECTION AMERICAN WATER WORKS ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds NEBRASKA SECTION AMERICAN WATER WORKS ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds WATER FOR PEOPLE ↗
  • Who funds Alaska Water Wastewater Management Association (AWWMA) ↗
  • Who funds ENGINEERS WITHOUT BORDERS-USAINC ↗

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a set of overlaps that mostly run through you, not between each other.

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

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization American Water Works Association funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%6%23%51%90%your share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • New Jersey Section of the American Water Works Association — 1% of income from government
  • New England Water Works Association Inc — 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
typical government reliance, FY20–25

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 40 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

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

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