Oklahoma · Nonprofit
WATER4 INC
WATER4 INC (Oklahoma) receives grants from 52 organizations whose IRS filings report $44,043,254 to it, the largest being Servant Foundation ($15,666,394). 33 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 60% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $10M
- Funders on record
- 52
- Grants received
- $44M
- Net assets
- $19M
What Water4 Inc does
Mission
Water4, inc. Is a faith-based nonprofit corporation organized under the laws of the state of oklahoma and accredited by the evangelical council for financial accountability (ecfa). (continued on schedule o)
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Water4 operates numa water utilities in ghana through its wholly owned subsidiary, 4ward development west africa. Operations are concentrated across the western, central, upper west, and savannah regions, where water4 develops and operates treated, piped water systems serving rural communities. As of the reporting period, numa ghana operates 178 water systems, 186 elevated towers, and approximately 746 kilometers of pipeline infrastructure, delivering treated water through 394 retail points and 9,948 household connections. During the reporting period, operations in ghana served approximately 354,000 people with reliable access to treated, piped water. The ghana business represents one of water4's most mature operating markets, with established infrastructure, high household adoption, and consistent service delivery. Program expenses primarily supported the construction and expansion of water infrastructure, including systems, towers, pipelines, and household connections.these systems operated continuously throughout the reporting period and will continue serving these households in subsequent fiscal years without additional donor funding for ongoing operations, as customer…
$2,158,660 spentof which $1,295,116 as grants70% of program spendingWater4 operates numa water utilities in uganda through its wholly owned subsidiary, 4ward development east africa. Operations are concentrated in the mayuge, kabarole, and kyenjojo districts, where water4 develops and operates treated, piped water systems serving rural communities. As of the reporting period, numa uganda operates 42 water systems, 53 elevated towers, and approximately 228 kilometers of pipeline infrastructure, delivering treated water through 53 retail points and 3,044 household connections. Water4's uganda operations serve approximately 126,000 people with reliable access to treated, piped water. The uganda business continues to strengthen service delivery and expand household adoption across its operating areas, contributing to overall system performance across water4's portfolio. Program expenses primarily supported the operation and expansion of water infrastructure, including systems, towers, pipelines, and household connections.these systems operated continuously throughout the reporting period and will continue serving these households in subsequent fiscal years without additional donor funding for ongoing operations, as customer water-sales revenue covers…
$535,287 spentof which $415,922 as grants17% of program spendingWater4 operates numa water utilities in sierra leone through its wholly owned subsidiary, 4ward development sierra leone. Operations are concentrated in the western area rural, western area urban, and port loko districts, where water4 develops and operates treated, piped water systems serving rural and peri-urban communities. As of the reporting period, numa sierra leone operates 80 water systems, 47 elevated towers, and approximately 189 kilometers of pipeline infrastructure, delivering treated water through 287 retail points and 2,514 household connections. Water4's sierra leone operations serve approximately 240,000 people with reliable access to treated, piped water. The sierra leone business continues to strengthen service delivery and expand household adoption across its operating areas, contributing to overall system performance across water4's portfolio.program expenses primarily supported the operation and expansion of water infrastructure, including systems, towers, pipelines, and household connections.these systems operated continuously throughout the reporting period and will continue serving these households in subsequent fiscal years without additional donor funding…
$221,515 spentof which $190,663 as grants7% of program spendingWater4 operates numa water utilities in zambia through its wholly owned subsidiary, 4ward development zambia. Operations are concentrated in the samfya and chifunabuli districts, where water4 develops and operates treated, piped water systems serving rural communities. As of the reporting period, numa zambia operates 63 water systems, 50 elevated towers, and approximately 158 kilometers of pipeline infrastructure, delivering treated water through household connections and community access points. Water4's zambia operations serve approximately 189,000 people with reliable access to treated, piped water. The zambia business continues to strengthen service delivery and expand household adoption across its operating areas, contributing to overall system performance across water4's portfolio. Program expenses primarily supported the operation and expansion of water infrastructure, including systems, towers, pipelines, and household connections.these systems operated continuously throughout the reporting period and will continue serving these households in subsequent fiscal years without additional donor funding for ongoing operations, as customer water-sales revenue covers operations…
$158,605 spentof which $153,457 as grants5% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,074,067.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 2021 to 2022, from $7.3M to $12M (+65%).
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: 2020 5% · 2022 7% · 2023 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
99% of WATER4 INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (21% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 8 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
Matthew Hangen
President & CEO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 11 funders to 25 funders, grant income rose $2.4M → $9.2M.
16 of 52 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 60% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of WATER4 INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 52 funders by total. 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
WATER4 INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 36% of grant income and the top three 68%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
66% 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 WATER4 INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 92% · 2018 66% · 2019 77% · 2020 72% · 2021 55% · 2022 47% · 2023 36% — diversifying over time.
“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.
How long its funders stay
37% of WATER4 INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 63% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
60% of WATER4 INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $17M that is directly attributable, 96% of it comes from funders outside Oklahoma, across 15 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $27M arriving through sponsors registered in 12 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. 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
WATER4 INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 2,297 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,297 human services nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like WATER4 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
77% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
50%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 38 states
Part of a family of 5 related entities
- 4ward International Development LLC · corp_trust
- 4ward Development East Africa Ltd · corp_trust
- 4ward Development West Africa Ltd · corp_trust
- 4ward Development Sierra Leone · corp_trust
- 4ward Development Zambia · corp_trust
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for WATER4 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 WATER4 INC?
- WATER4 INC (Oklahoma) receives grants from 52 organizations whose IRS filings report $44,043,254 to it, the largest being Servant Foundation ($15,666,394). 33 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 60% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does WATER4 INC have?
- IRS filings report 52 organizations giving $44,043,254 in grants to WATER4 INC, 33 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of WATER4 INC?
- Servant Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $15,666,394 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WATER4 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.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2018–2025), and the filings of 52 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