New York · Nonprofit
Defend H2O Inc
Defend H2O Inc (New York) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $169,526 to it, the largest being THE THOMAS PHILLIPS AND JANE MOORE JOHNSON FOUNDATION ($90,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2022
- $45k
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $170k
- Net assets
- $22k
What Defend H2O Inc does
Mission
To protect and restore the environmental quality of groundwater and surface waters on and around Long Island, NY. The corporation serves the environmental, recreational and economic interests of Long Island residents. The corporation's purpose are achieved by scientific analysis, education, and participation in the regulatory process and legislative review of projects, programs, and other actions that effect local ground and surface waters.
As stated on its FY2022 Form 990-EZ.
Program
To protect and restore the environmental quality of groundwater and surface waters on and around Long Island, NY.
$54,547 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2022 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $54,547.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 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 2018 to 2019, from $81k to $41k (−50%).
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.
100% of Defend H2O Inc’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (92% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 5 funders, grant income rose $20k → $31k.
1 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of Defend H2O Inc’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
Defend H2O Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 53% of grant income and the top three 90%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 75% · 2019 75% · 2020 71% · 2021 68% · 2022 39% · 2023 49% — 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
Defend H2O Inc draws 77% of its grant income from funders outside New York, across 4 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $26 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. 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
Defend H2O Inc's funding base is broadening — from 2 funders to 5 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,054 environment nonprofits under $100k, FY2022
Organizations like Defend H2O Inc
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 New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
100%
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 Defend H2O Inc: 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 Defend H2O Inc?
- Defend H2O Inc (New York) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $169,526 to it, the largest being THE THOMAS PHILLIPS AND JANE MOORE JOHNSON FOUNDATION ($90,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Defend H2O Inc have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $169,526 in grants to Defend H2O Inc, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Defend H2O Inc?
- THE THOMAS PHILLIPS AND JANE MOORE JOHNSON FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $90,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Defend H2O Inc find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. 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 2017–2022), and the filings of 7 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