Utah · Nonprofit
UTAH WATER WAYS INC
UTAH WATER WAYS INC (Utah) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $200,000 to it, the largest being Larry H Miller and Gail Miller Family Foundation ($200,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $574k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $200k
- Net assets
- $1.9M
What Utah Water Ways Inc does
Mission
Utah water ways promotes water conservation through collaboration between government, non-profit groups, and private sector partners and empowers the public to be wise stewards of this critical shared resource.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Partnership & outreach uww forged strategic partnerships with state agencies, water conservancy districts, municipalities, nonprofits, universities, and businesses to promote coordinated water stewardship across utah. A key highlight was the launch of landscape demonstration projects through a grant provided by salt lake county in millcreek, sandy, taylorsville, and herriman. These sites showcase regionally appropriate, water-wise landscaping practices designed to educate residents, support local policy implementation, and inspire changes in community behavior. These efforts are supported through collaborative city partnerships and align with the slow the flow brand.
$168,805 spent17% of program spendingEducation & training utah water ways launched a comprehensive k12 water conservation and stewardship curriculum in partnership with the utah state board of education. Aligned with utah seed standards, this curriculum will reach thousands of students across the state and is supported by teacher training workshops, pilot classroom implementation, and integrated science and engineering activities. Additionally, uww hosted public learning events, professional development sessions, and community presentations to increase water literacy and foster a culture of water stewardship.
$414,708 spent43% of program spendingWater conservation uww revitalized and expanded the slow the flow campaign as a statewide platform for water conservation messaging and public engagement. Now serving as a unifying brand for conservation education, slow the flow delivers multichannel outreach through broadcast media, digital platforms, public signage, and city-level campaigns. The campaign provides residents with practical tools and resourcesincluding the plant selector tool, landscape design guides, and seasonal watering recommendationsto make water-smart choices at home and in their communities. Through partnerships with municipalities, water districts, and businesses, slow the flow has amplified conservation messages across diverse audiences.
$380,980 spent$13,704 earned by the program39% of program spendingOther programs consisted of advocacy and advisory activities.
$6,488 spent1% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $970,981.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2023, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2023, 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 2024 to 2025, from $3.5M to $2.6M (−26%).
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: 2023 93% · 2025 52%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
89% of UTAH WATER WAYS INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 3 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.
Board chair
Greg Miller
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of UTAH WATER WAYS 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.
Where its funders are
100% of UTAH WATER WAYS INC's grant income comes from Utah 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
UTAH WATER WAYS INC is better cushioned than half of the 2,433 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,433 environment nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like UTAH WATER WAYS 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 Utah
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
66% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for UTAH WATER WAYS 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.
Screens are triage, not determinations; a source that cannot be read reports not screened, never clear. Screen this nonprofit · How the screen works · on the API as GET /api/screening/{ein}?format=pdf
Questions and answers
- Who funds UTAH WATER WAYS INC?
- UTAH WATER WAYS INC (Utah) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $200,000 to it, the largest being Larry H Miller and Gail Miller Family Foundation ($200,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does UTAH WATER WAYS INC have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $200,000 in grants to UTAH WATER WAYS INC.
- Who is the largest funder of UTAH WATER WAYS INC?
- Larry H Miller and Gail Miller Family Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $200,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like UTAH WATER WAYS INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Utah. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2023–2025), and the filings of 1 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