North Carolina · Nonprofit
WINE TO WATER
WINE TO WATER (North Carolina) receives grants from 100 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,222,997 to it, the largest being THE DUKE ENDOWMENT ($1,000,000). 37 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 55% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $13M
- Funders on record
- 100
- Grants received
- $7.2M
- Net assets
- $7.0M
What Wine to Water does
Mission
Wine to Water is a global non-profit organization preserving life and dignity through the power of clean water. We provide sustainable water, sanitation, and hygiene (wash) solutions through direct field operations and strategic partnerships. By focusing on community-led transformation, we ensure long-term health and safe water access for communities in need through infrastructure development, water filtration technologies, and hygiene education.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2025 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
Following hurricane helene, Wine to Water implemented a disaster response program in western north carolina focused on immediate relief and long term recovery. The initiative served over 100,000 individuals through water distribution, filter deployment, and water quality testing for hundreds of households.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
Western north carolina (wnc) & disaster responsefollowing the catastrophic impact of hurricane helene in late september 2024, Wine to Water (wtw) launched a comprehensive disaster response initiative in its home region of western north carolina. This program provided critical relief by connecting residents with medical care, groceries, and temporary winter shelter while implementing long-term recovery efforts. In total, this initiative impacted 101,506 lives through the distribution of 3,725 membrane filters and the dispensing of 439,372 gallons of water. Additionally, the program conducted water quality testing for 328 private homes to ensure safe long-term access for the region's residents.
$3,217,850 spentof which $2,584,349 as grants$2,234,166 earned by the program35% of program spendingGlobal disaster response the global disaster response program provides rapid relief and long-term recovery for communities facing natural disasters or humanitarian crises. This year, the organization responded to emergencies in 10 countries, including floods in pakistan and kenya and earthquakes in morocco. These consolidated efforts impacted 193,012 lives, reached 75 communities and 11 schools, and resulted in the distribution of 14,309 membrane filters, 9,098 hygiene kits, and 438,292 gallons of water.
$881,982 spent$15,450 earned by the program10% of program spendingNepalthe nepal program prioritizes sustainable water access and specialized menstrual health management (mhm) to address cultural stigmas that frequently result in missed education and health issues for women and girls. This year, the program expanded its reach through "period allies," college-aged women who lead educational workshops for adolescent girls, distributing 3,105 reusable menstrual products and providing wash education. These efforts resulted in a total impact of 13,736 lives across 34 communities. In addition to mhm, the nepal team expanded water access by distributing nearly 1,900 membrane filters and installing piped water systems in the 8 most underprivileged and indigenous communities, directly benefiting 3,589 people with clean water access.
$846,229 spentof which $689,671 as grants9% of program spendingDominican republicin the dominican republic, the program emphasizes technical collaboration and the implementation of renewable water systems. This fiscal year, the team focused on deep inter-office learning with the colombia team to strengthen expertise in rainwater harvesting and membrane filter technology. Through these collaborative efforts, the program impacted 6,582 lives in 31 communities, which included the distribution of 236 membrane filters and 422 ceramic filters, the installation of 2 community piped water systems benefiting 366 people, and the implementation of 95 rainwater harvesting systems.colombiawtw's colombia program works in remote areas like the tri-border region of the amazon to improve community health through enhanced hygiene and water access. This year's efforts included the expansion of rainwater harvesting knowledge and the distribution of high-efficiency water filters. The program successfully impacted 9,069 lives, distributing 1,528 membrane filters, providing 48 reusable menstrual products, constructing 2 bathrooms, and building 19 rainwater harvesting systems. The program also supported a cross-border project extending impact into brazil, chile, and…
$4,205,220 spentof which $808,599 as grants$737,990 earned by the program46% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $9,151,281.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 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 $8.4M to $12M (+40%).
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: 2021 9% · 2025 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
75% of WINE TO WATER’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (87% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 7 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
Doc Hendley
CEO/founder - board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 6 funders to 25 funders, grant income rose $15k → $945k.
25 of 100 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 55% 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 WINE TO WATER’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 100 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
WINE TO WATER has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 14% of grant income, and it takes 6 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 6 funders to its left
60% 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 WINE TO WATER.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 43% · 2018 51% · 2019 46% · 2020 32% · 2021 41% · 2022 29% · 2023 27% — 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
35% of WINE TO WATER's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 37% 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
55% of WINE TO WATER'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 $3.3M that is directly attributable, 60% of it comes from funders outside North Carolina, across 25 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $3.9M arriving through sponsors registered in 17 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
WINE TO WATER has grown faster than three-quarters of the 210 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 210 environment nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like WINE TO WATER
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 North Carolina
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
80% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
85%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 2 states
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Wtw Manufacturing LLC · disregarded
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for WINE TO WATER: 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 WINE TO WATER?
- WINE TO WATER (North Carolina) receives grants from 100 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,222,997 to it, the largest being THE DUKE ENDOWMENT ($1,000,000). 37 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 55% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does WINE TO WATER have?
- IRS filings report 100 organizations giving $7,222,997 in grants to WINE TO WATER, 37 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of WINE TO WATER?
- THE DUKE ENDOWMENT is the largest funder on record, with $1,000,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WINE TO WATER find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in North Carolina. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 100 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing