How much does Water Environment Federation give?

Water Environment Federation reported 9 itemized grants totaling $145,985, out of $302,008 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 11 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.

What does Water Environment Federation fund?

By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Environment (85%), Science & Tech (13%), Civil Rights (1%).

Who are Water Environment Federation's largest grantees?

By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The Water Research Foundation ($131k), National Association of Clean Water Agencies ($128k), US Water Alliance ($120k).

Does Water Environment Federation fund new organizations?

In FY2024, 36% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.

Which funders back the same organizations as Water Environment Federation?

Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jacobs Engineering Foundation, Amazonsmile Foundation.

Where is Water Environment Federation based?

Water Environment Federation is based in VA.

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Water Environment Federation

WEF's mission is inspiring the water community in pursuit of human and environmental well-being. WEF is a global environmental leader committed to water quality education and technical best practices. WEF connects water professionals; enriches the expertise of water professionals; increases the awareness of the impact and value of water;…

$302k
Granted FY2025(still arriving): 9
Itemized grants FY2025: 11
Organizations funded FY2024: 36%
First-time grantees FY2024

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Itemized, FY2025: $146k; The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2025: $11,036
Largest grant, FY2025: $40,000
Organizations funded a year: 1 to 11; FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025: 8
Total assets, FY2025: $52M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 36% of the organizations Water Environment Federation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 36% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 64% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $40k went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

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

EnvironmentEmploymentHuman ServicesOther

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.

The numbers by year

Fiscal year	Organizations funded	To those organizations	First-time grantees
FY2025still arriving	9	$146k	22%
FY2024	11	$113k	36%
FY2023	9	$94k	33%
FY2022	11	$125k	55%
FY2021	1	$10k	0%
FY2020	7	$91k	57%
FY2019	8	$151k	63%
FY2018	5	$135k	60%

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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Environment$828kScience & Tech$131kCivil Rights$12kPublic Safety & Disaster$7k

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
The Water Research Foundation	$131,000	3	0%
National Association of Clean Water Agencies	$128,393	8	0%
US Water Alliance	$120,000	5	1%
Water Environment & Reuse Foundation	$75,500	1	n/a
New York Water Environment Association Inc	$46,095	3	1%
Pennsylvania Water Environment Association	$40,270	2	5%
WateReuse Association	$40,000	2	1%
New England Water Environment Association Inc	$35,000	3	2%
Water Environment Association of Texas Inc	$32,000	4	1%
Alabama's Water Environment Association	$30,210	4	7%

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All grantees of Water Environment Federation by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
The Water Research Foundation	$131,000	3	0%
National Association of Clean Water Agencies	$128,393	8	0%
US Water Alliance	$120,000	5	1%
Water Environment & Reuse Foundation	$75,500	1	n/a
New York Water Environment Association Inc	$46,095	3	1%
Pennsylvania Water Environment Association	$40,270	2	5%
WateReuse Association	$40,000	2	1%
New England Water Environment Association Inc	$35,000	3	2%
Water Environment Association of Texas Inc	$32,000	4	1%
Alabama's Water Environment Association	$30,210	4	7%
Nebraska Water Environment Assn	$28,400	3	8%
Illinois Water Environment Assoc	$23,115	2	8%
Alaska Air & Waste Management Association	$22,275	2	40%
Florida Water Environment Association Inc	$19,000	1	2%
Central States Water Environment Association Inc	$18,750	2	5%
Virginia Water Environment Association Inc	$17,036	2	1%
Michigan Water Environment Association	$16,000	2	1%
Nevada Water Environment Assn	$15,900	2	5%
Az Water Association	$15,000	1	1%
Iowa Water Environment Association	$15,000	1	6%
Louisiana Green Corps Inc	$15,000	2	1%
Clean Water Professionals of Kentucky & Tennessee	$14,595	1	8%
PRW&EA	$12,000	1	n/a
Indiana Water Environment Association	$11,815	1	2%
North Carolina Water Environment Association Inc	$10,500	1	n/a
Multiplier	$10,000	1	0%
Pacific Northwest Pollution Control Association	$7,700	1	1%
Rocky Mountain Water Environment Association	$7,500	1	1%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches	$6,700	1	0%
Missouri Water Environment Assoc	$6,110	1	1%

Water Environment Federation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 27 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

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How this is measured

Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 27.

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.

Jacobs Engineering FoundationTX24× affinity9 shared granteesties to 1 of 1Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jacobs Engineering Foundation · Amazonsmile 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.

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About Water Environment Federation

How much does Water Environment Federation give?: Water Environment Federation reported 9 itemized grants totaling $145,985, out of $302,008 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 11 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Water Environment Federation fund?: By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Environment (85%), Science & Tech (13%), Civil Rights (1%).
Who are Water Environment Federation's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The Water Research Foundation ($131k), National Association of Clean Water Agencies ($128k), US Water Alliance ($120k).
Does Water Environment Federation fund new organizations?: In FY2024, 36% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Water Environment Federation?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jacobs Engineering Foundation, Amazonsmile Foundation.
Where is Water Environment Federation based?: Water Environment Federation is based in VA.