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33 BUCKETS FOUNDATION

33 BUCKETS FOUNDATION (Arizona) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $65,000 to it, the largest being THE PAKIS FAMILY FOUNDATION ($60,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2022
$54k
Funders on record
2
Grants received
$65k
Net assets
$14k
1/2 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 35%
01What it does

What 33 Buckets Foundation does

Mission

Clean Water WASH-Based Initiatives

As stated on its FY2022 Form 990-EZ.

Programs

  1. In 2022, 33 Buckets continued pursuing its mission of empowering communities through improved access to clean water and sanitation in the Cusco region of Peru.

    $70,404 spent
    100% of program spending
  2. As always our organization is powered by volunteers, students, and interns who make our work possible. This year, we have focused on two primary activities that serve our mission.

  3. 1 Water manager training programs and support, and 2 School-based WASH workshops focused on youth education. CONTINUED ON SCH O.

The 3 programs described on its FY2022 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $70,404.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.

100 = 20202020 Revenue 100 ($113k) Expenses 100 ($49k) Net assets 100 ($79k)2021 Revenue 38 ($43k) Expenses 139 ($69k) Net assets 67 ($53k)2022 Revenue 48 ($54k) Expenses 189 ($94k) Net assets 17 ($14k)
202020212022
Revenue (48)Expenses (189)Net assets (17)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $53k to $14k (−74%).

$79k
$53k
$14k
202020212022
Total assets

How it's funded, over time

Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.

2020
2021
2022
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

100% of 33 BUCKETS FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (92% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 3,989 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 3 reported years ran a deficit.

$63k
’20
−$26k
’21
−$40k
’22

Leadership and staff

Chief executive

Daniel Hoop

Executive Director

Board chair

Mark Huerta

Chairman

As listed on its FY2022 Form 990-EZ.

03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2019 → 2020: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $25k → $40k.

Funder
'19
'20
total
funders
1
2

From the IRS filings of 33 BUCKETS FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

How concentrated its funding is

33 BUCKETS FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 92% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

100% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund 33 BUCKETS FOUNDATION.

92%
largest funder
100%
top three
~1
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 88% — diversifying over time.

“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

Where its funders are

100% of 33 BUCKETS FOUNDATION's grant income comes from Arizona funders.

AZ

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’19
’20
Arizona out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

33 BUCKETS FOUNDATION's funding base is broadening — from 1 funders to 2 as grant income climbed.

Operating margin−73% · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)−31% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,054 environment nonprofits under $100k, FY2022

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Public support

71%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

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Questions and answers

Who funds 33 BUCKETS FOUNDATION?
33 BUCKETS FOUNDATION (Arizona) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $65,000 to it, the largest being THE PAKIS FAMILY FOUNDATION ($60,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does 33 BUCKETS FOUNDATION have?
IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $65,000 in grants to 33 BUCKETS FOUNDATION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of 33 BUCKETS FOUNDATION?
THE PAKIS FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $60,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like 33 BUCKETS FOUNDATION find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Arizona. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2022 (financials across 2020–2022), and the filings of 2 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing