Georgia · Nonprofit
THE WATER TOWER INSTITUTE
THE WATER TOWER INSTITUTE (Georgia) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,600 to it, the largest being GEORGIA POWER FOUNDATION INC ($2,500). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $883k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $4k
- Net assets
- $330k
What The Water Tower Institute does
Mission
The water tower is a non-profit innovation hub focused on advancing the water industry by expediting the implementation of innovative water solutions and attracting and training the next generation of water professionals.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
A hub for solutions in research, technology, training and engagement for water utilities ensuring access to safe, affordable and resilient water services.
$310,598 spent$70,160 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2023 Form 990. Program spending in total: $310,598.
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 $442k to $1.3M (+192%).
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: 2022 6% · 2023 51% · 2024 42%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
81% of THE WATER TOWER INSTITUTE’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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.
Chief executive
Melissa L Meeker
CEO
Board chair
Elleen O'Neill Phd
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
Left out of every figure on this page: $8k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Greater Kansas City Community Foundation). These are real filings, and they are not money THE WATER TOWER INSTITUTE raised.
From the IRS filings of THE WATER TOWER INSTITUTE’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
THE WATER TOWER INSTITUTE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 69% 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
“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
69% of THE WATER TOWER INSTITUTE's grant income comes from Georgia 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
THE WATER TOWER INSTITUTE has grown faster than three-quarters of the 22,812 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 22,812 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Government funding THE WATER TOWER INSTITUTE receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $2.3M on record.
- Environmental Protection Agency$1.9M
- Department of Housing and Urban Development$310k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like THE WATER TOWER INSTITUTE
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 Georgia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
56% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
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
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- The Water Tower at Gwinnett · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE WATER TOWER INSTITUTE: 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 THE WATER TOWER INSTITUTE?
- THE WATER TOWER INSTITUTE (Georgia) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,600 to it, the largest being GEORGIA POWER FOUNDATION INC ($2,500). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE WATER TOWER INSTITUTE have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $3,600 in grants to THE WATER TOWER INSTITUTE.
- Who is the largest funder of THE WATER TOWER INSTITUTE?
- GEORGIA POWER FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $2,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE WATER TOWER INSTITUTE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Georgia. 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