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Listed with the IRS. Every screen came back clear.
A 501(c)(3) on Publication 78 and the IRS master file.
- IRS nonprofit listing
- No issue
- Revocation
- None
- IRS files
- Agree
- Sanctions
- No match
- IRS bulletin
- No notice
- California
- Registered
- Charity type
- 509(a)(1)
$293krevenue
FY2024 · +71% in 3 yrs5 of 5years filed
’20’21’22’23’24
Revenue and spendingRevenueSpendingDeficit
Against similar nonprofits FY2024
Operating margin36.9%
Months of reserve7.0mo
Revenue growth (annualized)+10.1%
Middle half of peersMedianWater Underground
Where the money goes FY2024 · $185k spent
Programs$141k76%Management and general$38k21%Fundraising$6k3%990 FY2024 · Part IX line 25
Worth checking2
A funder worth 15% of revenue stopped after FY2021
Bickerstaff Family Foundation gave about $24k a year for five years, 15% of revenue in FY2021.
Funders’ 990-PF grant listsDeficits in 2 of the last 3 years
−$25k in FY2022 and −$14k in FY2023. Cash covers 7.0 months, above the peer median of 5.1.
990 Part I and balance sheetIn its favor1
Growing faster than peers
Revenue up 10% a year since FY2020, faster than half of similar nonprofits.
990 Part I · peer cohort12funders
$64ka year, last 3 years
65%from its largest funder
Funder’17’18’19’20’21’22’23The Ramesh and Kalpana Bhatia Family FoundationStopped after FY2021$50k$50k$25k–Bickerstaff Family FoundationStopped after FY2021$25k$25k$30k$15k$25k–The Bank of America Charitable Foundation IncOn and off$500Raymond and Barbara Alpert FoundationOn and off$150Donor-advised giftsDonors not disclosed$155k$40k$60k$67k$75k$50k$16k
FundedThrough a donor-advised fundStopped