Oklahoma · Nonprofit
GROUND WATER RESEARCH & EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC
GROUND WATER RESEARCH & EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC (Oklahoma) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $615,625 to it, the largest being ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED ($595,625). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $455k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $616k
- Net assets
- $2.5M
What Ground Water Research & Education Foundation Inc does
Mission
To promote and conduct research, educaton and outreach in the development and application of science, technical systems, pollution prevention efforts, underground injection technology, sustainable use, and watershet conservation and protection.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Risk based data management system (rbdms) this is a comprehensive data management system used by 23 state oil and gas agencies providing regulators and the regulated community management tools for water-energy sustainability. It allows regulator agencies to protect the environment while supporting responsible development of domestic oil and gas and the underground injection of fluids.
$240,048 spent100% of program spendingFracfocus is the hydraulic farcturing chemical registry website initiated by the ground water protection council (gwpc) and the interstate oil & gas compact commission. Site users can search for information about the chemicals used in the hydraulic fracturing of iol and gas wells . The site also features educational materials designed to put the chemical dats in perspective. This educational piece is funded in large part by the gwref.
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $240,048.
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 $2.4M to $2.7M (+12%).
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.
44% of GROUND WATER RESEARCH & EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (84% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 5 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2022: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $130k → $38k.
From the IRS filings of GROUND WATER RESEARCH & EDUCATION FOUNDATION 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
GROUND WATER RESEARCH & EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 97% 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 GROUND WATER RESEARCH & EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 92% · 2018 100% · 2019 83% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% — growing more concentrated.
“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
GROUND WATER RESEARCH & EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Oklahoma, across 2 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
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
GROUND WATER RESEARCH & EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 3,130 public benefit nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,130 public benefit nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like GROUND WATER RESEARCH & EDUCATION FOUNDATION 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 Oklahoma
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
97% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
71%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for GROUND WATER RESEARCH & EDUCATION FOUNDATION 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 GROUND WATER RESEARCH & EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC?
- GROUND WATER RESEARCH & EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC (Oklahoma) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $615,625 to it, the largest being ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED ($595,625). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does GROUND WATER RESEARCH & EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $615,625 in grants to GROUND WATER RESEARCH & EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of GROUND WATER RESEARCH & EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC?
- ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED is the largest funder on record, with $595,625 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like GROUND WATER RESEARCH & EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Oklahoma. 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 2020–2024), 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