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SPOUTS OF WATER

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2023 · Form 990EZ · revenue $616 · expenses $8K · assets $11K

EIN
45-3129392
Address
2270 CLARKE AVE, E PALO ALTO, CA 94303-1726
NTEE code
E70
Subsection
501(c)(3)
Ruling year
2014
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Mission

To provide clean drinking water access to millions in need through the distribution of ceramic water filters

Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).

People paid by the organization

3 people paid across every filing: current people first, then by total pay from this organization. Organizations counts every nonprofit each person appears on.

NameLatest titleYearsLatest year payTotal pay from hereOrganizations
Seul Ku President/Director2013-2023 $0$11,000 1
John Kye (former) Vice President2013-2018 $0$11,000 1
Barika Poole (former) Secretary2019-2021 $0$1,000 1

Officers and directors, no compensation reported

13 people listed on the returns with $0 (or no amount) in every compensation column: current people first. Hours are as filed on the latest return each person appears on.

NameLatest titleYearsHrs/wk (latest)CompensationOrganizations
Janae Lloyd Secretary2019-2023 5 $0 reported 1
Rebecca Liebschutz Treasurer2019-2023 5 $0 reported 1
Mariko Fuwa Director2019-2023 5 $0 reported 1
Linda Nsababera Director2022-2023 5 $0 reported 1
Maya Bretzius (former) President2016-2018 10 $0 reported 1
Suvai Gunasekaran (former) Secretary2013-2018 10 $0 reported 1
William Raseman (former) Director2014-2018 10 $0 reported 1
Annie McCarthy (former) Director2013-2018 10 $0 reported 1
Timothy McCarthy (former) Treasurer2018 10 $0 reported 1
Tim Mccarthy (former) Treasurer2013-2017 10 $0 reported 1
Nadia Shobnam (former) Director2013 5 $0 reported 1
Charles Hamlin (former) Director2013 3 $0 reported 1
Hem Pokharel (former) Director2013 3 $0 reported 1

People by year

2023 · 5 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Seul Ku President/Director10 $0-$0 $01
Janae Lloyd Secretary5 $0-$0 $01
Rebecca Liebschutz Treasurer5 $0-$0 $01
Mariko Fuwa Director5 $0-$0 $01
Linda Nsababera Director5 $0-$0 $01
2022 · 5 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Seul Ku President/Director10 $0-$0 $01
Janae Lloyd Secretary5 $0-$0 $01
Rebecca Liebschutz Treasurer5 $0-$0 $01
Mariko Fuwa Director5 $0-$0 $01
Linda Nsababera Director5 $0-$0 $01
2021 · 5 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Seul Ku President/Director10 $0-$0 $01
Barika Poole Secretary0 $0-$0 $01
Rebecca Liebschutz Treasurer10 $0-$0 $01
Mariko Fuwa Director10 $0-$0 $01
Janae Lloyd Director10 $0-$0 $01
2020 · 5 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Seul Ku President/Director10 $0-$0 $01
Barika Poole Secretary10 $0-$0 $01
Rebecca Liebschutz Treasurer10 $0-$0 $01
Mariko Fuwa Director10 $0-$0 $01
Janae Lloyd Director10 $0-$0 $01
2019 · 5 people listed · 1 paid, $1K
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Barika Poole Secretary10 $1,000-$0 $1,0001
Seul Ku President/Director10 $0-$0 $01
Rebecca Liebschutz Treasurer10 $0-$0 $01
Mariko Fuwa Director10 $0-$0 $01
Janae Lloyd Director10 $0-$0 $01
2018 · 7 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Maya Bretzius President10 $0-$0 $01
John Kye Vice President10 $0-$0 $01
Suvai Gunasekaran Secretary10 $0-$0 $01
Timothy McCarthy Treasurer10 $0-$0 $01
Seul Ku Director10 $0-$0 $01
William Raseman Director10 $0-$0 $01
Annie McCarthy Director10 $0-$0 $01
2017 · 5 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
MAYA BRETZIUS President10 $0-- $01
TIM MCCARTHY Treasurer10 $0-- $01
SUVAI GUNASEKARAN Secretary10 $0-- $01
WILLIAM RASEMAN Director10 $0-- $01
ANNIE MCCARTHY Director10 $0-- $01
2016 · 7 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
MAYA BRETZIUS President10 $0-- $01
SEUL KU Director10 $0-- $01
JOHN KYE Founder/Vice President10 $0-- $01
SUVAI GUNASEKARAN Secretary5 $0-- $01
ANNIE MCCARTHY Director5 $0-- $01
TIM MCCARTHY Treasurer5 $0-- $01
WILLIAM RASEMAN Director5 $0-- $01
2015 · 6 people listed · 2 paid, $22K
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
SEUL KU President10 $11,000-- $11,0001
JOHN KYE Founder/Vice President10 $11,000-- $11,0001
SUVAI GUNASEKARAN Vice President5 $0-- $01
ANNIE MCCARTHY Director5 $0-- $01
TIM MCCARTHY Director5 $0-- $01
WILLIAM RASEMAN Director5 $0-- $01
2014 · 6 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
SEUL KU President10 $0-- $01
JOHN KYE Founder/Vice President10 $0-- $01
SUVAI GUNASEKARAN Vice President5 $0-- $01
ANNIE MCCARTHY Director5 $0-- $01
TIM MCCARTHY Director5 $0-- $01
WILLIAM RASEMAN Director5 $0-- $01
2013 · 8 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
SEUL KU President10 $0-- $01
JOHN KYE Founder/Vice President10 $0-- $01
SUVAI GUNASEKARAN Vice President5 $0-- $01
NADIA SHOBNAM Director5 $0-- $01
CHARLES HAMLIN Director3 $0-- $01
ANNIE MCCARTHY Director5 $0-- $01
TIM MCCARTHY Director5 $0-- $01
HEM POKHAREL Director3 $0-- $01

Highest-paid independent contractors

No independent contractors reported.

Who gave

Contributor names are not public for this form type.

Public charities filing Form 990 or 990-EZ report large donors on Schedule B, but the IRS withholds their names and addresses from public copies. Private foundations (990-PF) are different: their contributors are public.

Finances

Newest first. Each filing: its name on one row, its figures on the row beneath. Greyed filings are superseded by a later return for the same period and are left out everywhere else on this page.

RevenueExpensesAssetsNet assetsContributionsProgram revenueOfficer payEmployeesVolunteers
2023 · Form 990EZ period ending 2023-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$616$8,217 $11,464$11,464 $616$0 ---
2022 · Form 990EZ period ending 2022-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$4,334$4,015 $19,065$19,065 $4,334$0 ---
2021 · Form 990EZ period ending 2021-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$40,241$26,295 $18,746$18,746 $40,241$0 ---
2020 · Form 990EZ period ending 2020-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$174,164$188,643 $2,487$2,487 $164,195$9,969 ---
2019 · Form 990EZ period ending 2019-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$148,684$194,850 $16,402$16,402 $148,684$0 ---
2018 · Form 990EZ period ending 2018-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$173,958$117,649 $56,531$56,531 $173,958$0 ---
2017 · Form 990EZ period ending 2017-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$80,303$77,411 $36,086$31,989 $80,303$0 ---
2016 · Form 990EZ period ending 2016-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$57,502$81,224 $1,090$1,090 $49,122$8,380 ---
2015 · Form 990EZ period ending 2015-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$134,734$130,547 $51,667$51,667 $70,026$63,595 ---
2014 · Form 990EZ period ending 2014-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$72,985$56,929 $49,515$49,515 $68,985$4,000 ---
2013 · Form 990EZ period ending 2013-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$29,305$16,069 $33,459$33,459 $19,500$9,805 ---

Funders of this organization

3 grantors reported grants to this organization, $53,134 in all, tax years 2015 to 2021. Exact: the grantor wrote this organization's EIN. Fuzzy: the grantor wrote only a name (foundations' 990-PF has no EIN field), matched to the same or a near-identical name in the same state; the name as filed is shown. From the latest return for each grantor and year, so amended returns aren't counted twice. CSV

GrantorTypeMatchYears givenGrantsTotalLatest yearLatest year's amountGrants
MARIN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION DAF sponsor Exact 2018 1$25,000 2018$25,000
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DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING DAF sponsor Exact 2015 1$22,300 2015$22,300
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GLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION INC DAF sponsor Exact 2021 1$5,834 2021$5,834
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Who funds organizations like this

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SILICON VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION DAF sponsor$355,0001 12017–2017 AMERICANS FOR CURES FOUNDATION
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JEWISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SAN DIEGO DAF sponsor$40,0001 12014–2014 AMERICANS FOR CURES FOUNDATION
COURTNEY S TURNER CHARITABLE TRUST BOATMENS FIRST NATL BK OF KC TTEE Private foundation$39,0006 12015–2020 LIVE WELL LIVE ATCHISON INC
TIDES FOUNDATION DAF sponsor$30,0002 12020–2021 WEST VIRGINIA HEALTHY KIDS AND FAMILIES COALITION
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Where the money went

Every expense line on each return, biggest first: Form 990 Part IX (with its program, management and fundraising columns), 990-EZ Part I, or 990-PF Part I. Event marks lines the organization itself describes as events. “Events” in each summary adds those lines, conferences and meetings, and the direct costs of fundraising events. Unusual is not the same as improper. Many of these patterns have ordinary explanations. Check the filing.

2023 · Form 990EZ · $8,217 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $6,972 84.8%
Fees to independent contractors $1,245 15.2%
Total$8,217100%

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2022 · Form 990EZ · $4,015 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $2,620 65.3%
Fees to independent contractors $1,395 34.7%
Total$4,015100%

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2021 · Form 990EZ · $26,295 spent · pay $7,531 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $15,360 58.4%
Salaries, other pay and benefits $7,531 28.6%
Fees to independent contractors $3,281 12.5%
Printing, publications, postage $123 0.5%
Total$26,295100%

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2020 · Form 990EZ · $188,643 spent · pay $19,807 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $148,181 78.6%
Salaries, other pay and benefits $19,807 10.5%
Printing, publications, postage $14,033 7.4%
Fees to independent contractors $6,622 3.5%
Total$188,643100%

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2019 · Form 990EZ · $194,850 spent · pay $15,263 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $176,684 90.7%
Salaries, other pay and benefits $15,263 7.8%
Printing, publications, postage $1,500 0.8%
Fees to independent contractors $1,403 0.7%
Total$194,850100%

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2018 · Form 990EZ · $117,649 spent · pay $15,237 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $101,182 86.0%
Salaries, other pay and benefits $15,237 13.0%
Fees to independent contractors $1,230 1.0%
Total$117,649100%

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2017 · Form 990EZ · $77,411 spent · pay $4,097 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $70,464 91.0%
Salaries, other pay and benefits $4,097 5.3%
Fees to independent contractors $2,850 3.7%
Total$77,411100%

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2016 · Form 990EZ · $81,224 spent · pay $21,672 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $53,407 65.8%
Salaries, other pay and benefits $21,672 26.7%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $5,224 6.4%
Fees to independent contractors $921 1.1%
Total$81,224100%

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2015 · Form 990EZ · $130,547 spent · pay $51,407 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $63,205 48.4%
Salaries, other pay and benefits $51,407 39.4%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $11,446 8.8%
Printing, publications, postage $3,303 2.5%
Fees to independent contractors $1,186 0.9%
Total$130,547100%

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2014 · Form 990EZ · $56,929 spent · pay $8,635 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $47,294 83.1%
Salaries, other pay and benefits $8,635 15.2%
Fees to independent contractors $1,000 1.8%
Total$56,929100%

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2013 · Form 990EZ · $16,069 spent · pay $4,075 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $11,994 74.6%
Salaries, other pay and benefits $4,075 25.4%
Total$16,069100%

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