Texas · Nonprofit
Elequa
Elequa (Texas) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $153,097 to it, the largest being Endaoment Inc ($136,372). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 89% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $96k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $153k
- Net assets
- $50k
What Elequa does
Mission
Elequas mission is to empower students who want to make a difference in this world by giving them the tools to tackle real-world water issues collaboratively.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
MakeWater engages students and educators of all ability levels and easily adapts to classrooms home environments and beyond. With a focus on low to middle-income communities MakeWater works to get sponsorships for educators and students.
$30,331 spent80% of program spendingMakeWater is happy to introduce opportunities for professional development for teachers through a specially designed program. Through this program we invite educators to our dynamic ecosystem and innovative experiments.
$6,083 spent16% of program spendingThe bidet revolution is an innovative initiative that promises to revolutionize hygiene and water consumption across the United States. Collaborating with diverse stakeholders-students educators water utilities infrastructure experts and you the members of the dynamic Nouns community-our scalable bidet giveaway is here to redefine our perception of water usage and sustainability across the country.
$1,503 spent4% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $37,917.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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 2020 to 2021, from $9k to $91k (+886%).
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.
55% of Elequa’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (89% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.
Leadership and staff
Chief executive
Ryan Beltran
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $2k → $7k.
2 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 89% 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 Elequa’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
Elequa leans on a few funders — its largest provides 89% of grant income and the top three 99%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
96% 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 Elequa.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 99% · 2022 90% · 2023 99% — broadly stable.
“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
89% of Elequa's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $17k that is directly attributable, 91% of it comes from Texas funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $137k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 states 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
Elequa has grown faster than three-quarters of the 660 science & tech nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 660 science & tech nonprofits under $100k, FY2024
Organizations like Elequa
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 Texas
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
50%
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 Elequa: 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 Elequa?
- Elequa (Texas) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $153,097 to it, the largest being Endaoment Inc ($136,372). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 89% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does Elequa have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $153,097 in grants to Elequa, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Elequa?
- Endaoment Inc is the largest funder on record, with $136,372 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Elequa find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Texas. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2019–2024), and the filings of 5 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