Liabilities / Assets
73rd percentile
Tied with the lowest-debt nonprofits in its peer group.
Water-Culture Institute
EIN 27-3344353 • 501(c)3 • Santa Fe, NM
Profile
The Water-Culture Institute promotes the sustainable management of our rivers, lakes, springs, and groundwater through the application of indigenous wisdom and cultural traditions that respect the rights of nature. Our premise is that the sustainability of water ecosystems requires an ethic that recognizes our sacred responsibility to the Earth. We work both locally and globally. Locally our focus is the American Southwest and particularly the Rio Grande Basin. Additional geographic areas where we plan to become active are (1) Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Basin and (2) East-Central India (Mahanadi River Basin). Globally we are cooperating with other international organizations to develop a global "water ethics charter" and to promote understanding among water professionals, policy decision-makers, and civil society, about the concept of "water ethics". Our message is that decisions about rivers, lakes, and other water ecosystems should be based on explicit ethical values.
Siviq Scores
Precomputed percentiles relative to similar nonprofits. These scores are descriptive rather than judgmental.
0.00x
Liabilities / Revenue
72nd percentile
Tied with the lowest-debt nonprofits in its peer group.
Net Margin
1st percentile
Higher net margin than 1% of similar nonprofits.
Top Officer Pay
94th percentile
Higher top officer pay than 94% of similar nonprofits.
Top officer pay equals 184615.4% of source-year revenue.
Asset Growth
17th percentile
Faster asset growth than 17% of similar nonprofits.
Revenue Growth
56th percentile
Faster revenue growth than 56% of similar nonprofits.
Balance Sheet
Assets
Down$50,900
Down $24,690 (-33%) from 2019
Liabilities
Flat$0
Flat from 2019
Net Assets
Down$50,900
Down $24,690 (-33%) from 2019
Revenue
Up$13
Up $1 (+8.3%) from 2019
Expenses
Down$24,703
Down $4,070 (-14%) from 2019
Net Income
Up-$24,690
Up $4,071 (+14%) from 2019
Trend Graphs
Filings
Most recent year
2020 • Form 990EZDetailed filing. Detailed filing data is available for this year.
- Assets
- $50,900
- Liabilities
- $0
- Net assets
- $50,900
- Revenue
- $13
- Expenses
- $24,703
- Net income
- -$24,690
Latest Filing Detail
Jump To
Filing Snapshot
- Filing Period
- Jan 1, 2020 to Dec 31, 2020
- Signed
- May 7, 2021
- Return Version
- 2020v4.0
- Gross Receipts
- $13
Mission and Program Overview
Mission
The Water-Culture Institute promotes the sustainable management of our rivers, lakes, springs, and groundwater through the application of indigenous wisdom and cultural traditions that respect the rights of nature. Our premise is that the sustainability of water ecosystems requires an ethic that recognizes our sacred responsibility to the Earth. We work both locally and globally. Locally our focus is the American Southwest and particularly the Rio Grande Basin. Globally we are cooperating with other international organizations to promote understanding among water professionals, policy decision-makers, and civil society, about the concept of "water ethics". Our message is that decisions about rivers, lakes, and other water ecosystems should be based on explicit ethical values.
Program Services
| Description | Grants | Expenses |
|---|---|---|
| WATER ETHICS INITIATIVE. The Water Ethics Initiative is the signature program of Water-Culture Institute (WCI) and has its own website (waterethics.org) and social media (Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn). Major activities during 2020 were limited to Zoom meetings and writing reports and articles. The WCI Director presented a keynote address on "Applying Water Ethics to the Management of Transboundary Aquifers" to the virtual conference on US-Mexico Transboundary Groundwater, Oct. 14-15, 2020, co-sponsored by Texas A&M, IMTA (Mexico) and the US-Mexico Permanent Forum on Binational Waters. The WCI Director also wrote two published reviews of books on water ethics, and three articles addressing the topics of (1) Geoethics, (2) Ethical water management, and (3) Indigenous water ethics. Other activities of the Water-Culture Institute during 2020 focused on researching and writing sections of an ongoing study of Indigenous Water Ethics and Sovereignty. This activity is being jointly undertaken with the Indigenous World Forum on Water and Peace and was initially supported by a grant from Christensen Fund, received in 2017 (and reported in our 2017 990EZ filing). | $0 | $20,000 |
Compensation and Service Providers
Employees
| Name | Title | Full / Part Time | Base | Other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Groenfeldt | Director (And Secretary To The Board) | PT | $24,000 | - | $24,000 |
| Jutta von Gontard | President | - | $0 | - | - |
| Steve Harris | Treasurer | - | $0 | - | - |
| Alan Hamilton | Vice President | - | $0 | - | - |
Filing and Contact Details
Filer
- Filer Name
- Water-culture Institute
- EIN
- 27-3344353
- Phone
- 5054703554
- Address
- 1021 Camino Santander, Santa Fe, NM 87505
Signing Officer
- Name
- David Groenfeldt
- Title
- Director
- Phone
- 5054703554
- Signed
- 2021-05-07
Supplemental Narrative
Additional Explanations
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