Public Charity

Water Underground

Water Underground is a Public Charity headquartered in Long Beach, CA. Financial data from the 2024 filing: $293K revenue, $185K expenses, $108K total assets. 12 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $449K, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 471938005 Long Beach, CA Support N.E.C. NTEE: Q19 Latest filing: 2024
Total Revenue$293K
Total Expenses$185K
Total Assets$108K
Grant Records12
Funding Total$449K
Filing Years2020–2024

Mission

Water Underground believes that every human being deserves access to lifes most basic necessity - clean water. Our mission is to use access to clean water sanitation and hygiene as the building blocks to enable communities in the most vulnerable rural areas of Mozambique to lift themselves out of poverty and launch themselves into development. We equip communities with the education and quality infrastructure they need to become empowered and take ownership of the communitys future.

Where $100 goes at Water Underground

How Water Underground divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 5 years.

$83 Programs the work itself
$16 Management running the organization
$1 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $83 for programs

$37
Other direct program service costs include compensation for in-field work travel and accommodation costs for 2023 and 2024 as well as staff retreats and meetings to train the…
44% of program spending
$26
Core Program Infrastructure costs cover the installation of water wells and solar projects $34,598 and all aspects of our Sanitation and Hygiene Program $10,021
32% of program spending
$10
Program Logistics and Equipment encompass all expenses related to accomplishing our program objectives
12% of program spending

Plus 1 more program. Cost per person served and the full program breakdown are on the full profile.

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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2024. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Officers & Directors

Bookkeeper Cindy Arana
Board Member Jeff Dawson
Founder CEO Director Justin Arana
Board Member Margaux Fitoussi

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$390,400 8 grants
International Aid & Development
$27,955 2 grants
Health & Medicine
$20,000 1 grant
Unspecified
$11,074 1 grant

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2024 $293K $185K $108K
2023 $89K $103K $4K
2022 $167K $192K $15K
2021 $171K $185K $21K
2020 $199K $231K $34K

Between 2020 and 2024, reported annual revenue grew from $199K to $293K (+47%), with total assets most recently reported at $108K.

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