Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
KARST WATERS INSTITUTE INC
KARST WATERS INSTITUTE INC (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $23,093 to it, the largest being CAVE CONSERVANCY FOUNDATION ($17,093). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2023
- $10k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $23k
- Net assets
- $111k
What Karst Waters Institute Inc does
Mission
The karst waters institute is a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit institution whose mission is to improve the fundamental understanding of karst water systems for professionals and the public.
As stated on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Annual karst award and banquet ~3,500. The award is 1,500. The awardee benefits plus many students and professionals' benefit from the lecture presented by the awardee each year. In recent years, a recording the lecture is posted on the kwi website to reach a wider audience.
$32 spent2% of program spendingThe wilson scholarship award is to a master's student (in 2022 1,500, in 2023 2,000, in 2024 2,500). The student benefits plus increases the pool of karst scientists.
$2,000 spent98% of program spendingCcf speleothem book is uted to disseminate information via the kwi books series. - contribute proceedings, manuscripts, and other meeting reports to peer- reviewed journals and published books. - submit proposals and and white papers to funding and regulatory agencies
The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $2,032.
Leadership and staff
Board chair
Carol Wicks
Board chair
As listed on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $12k → $11k.
From the IRS filings of KARST WATERS INSTITUTE 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
KARST WATERS INSTITUTE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 74% 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 KARST WATERS INSTITUTE INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 50% · 2023 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
KARST WATERS INSTITUTE INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Pennsylvania, across 1 state 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.
Organizations like KARST WATERS INSTITUTE 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 Pennsylvania
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.
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for KARST WATERS INSTITUTE 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 KARST WATERS INSTITUTE INC?
- KARST WATERS INSTITUTE INC (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $23,093 to it, the largest being CAVE CONSERVANCY FOUNDATION ($17,093). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does KARST WATERS INSTITUTE INC have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $23,093 in grants to KARST WATERS INSTITUTE INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of KARST WATERS INSTITUTE INC?
- CAVE CONSERVANCY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $17,093 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like KARST WATERS INSTITUTE INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Pennsylvania. 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 FY2023 (financials across 2023–2023), 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