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CALIFORNIA AFRICAN AMERICAN WATER EDUCATION FOUNDA
CALIFORNIA AFRICAN AMERICAN WATER EDUCATION FOUNDA (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $10,000 to it, the largest being CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF SANITATION AGENCIES ($10,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $184k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $10k
- Net assets
- $197k
What California African American Water Education Founda does
Mission
Educate the African American population about the important water issues impacting their communities.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
1. Held multiple convenings among leading public sector managers to discuss workforce development and professional development in the water industry. 2. Hosted a tour at Metropolitan Water Districts Pure Water facility to educate community stakeholders and new technologies that are being implemented by public water agencies to reduce reliance on the Colorado River and Sacramento Delta.
$138,339 spent$183,500 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $138,339.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $60k to $291k (+387%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2024 100% · 2025 100%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of CALIFORNIA AFRICAN AMERICAN WATER EDUCATION FOUNDA’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Russell Lowery
Executive director
Board chair
Cheryl Sudduth
Chairwoman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of CALIFORNIA AFRICAN AMERICAN WATER EDUCATION FOUNDA’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.
Where its funders are
100% of CALIFORNIA AFRICAN AMERICAN WATER EDUCATION FOUNDA's grant income comes from California funders.
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.
Against its field
CALIFORNIA AFRICAN AMERICAN WATER EDUCATION FOUNDA runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 16,849 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 16,849 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like CALIFORNIA AFRICAN AMERICAN WATER EDUCATION FOUNDA
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
100% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
77%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for CALIFORNIA AFRICAN AMERICAN WATER EDUCATION FOUNDA: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds CALIFORNIA AFRICAN AMERICAN WATER EDUCATION FOUNDA?
- CALIFORNIA AFRICAN AMERICAN WATER EDUCATION FOUNDA (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $10,000 to it, the largest being CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF SANITATION AGENCIES ($10,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CALIFORNIA AFRICAN AMERICAN WATER EDUCATION FOUNDA have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $10,000 in grants to CALIFORNIA AFRICAN AMERICAN WATER EDUCATION FOUNDA.
- Who is the largest funder of CALIFORNIA AFRICAN AMERICAN WATER EDUCATION FOUNDA?
- CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF SANITATION AGENCIES is the largest funder on record, with $10,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CALIFORNIA AFRICAN AMERICAN WATER EDUCATION FOUNDA find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2020–2025), and the filings of 1 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