Liabilities / Assets
75th percentile
Higher debt load relative to assets than 75% of similar nonprofits.
Siviq Scores
Precomputed percentiles for this filing year versus similar nonprofits in the same peer cohort.
0.07x
Liabilities / Revenue
81st percentile
Higher debt load relative to revenue than 81% of similar nonprofits.
Net Margin
7th percentile
Higher net margin than 7% of similar nonprofits.
Top Officer Pay
77th percentile
Higher top officer pay than 77% of similar nonprofits.
Top officer pay equals 0.0% of source-year revenue.
Asset Growth
10th percentile
Faster asset growth than 10% of similar nonprofits.
Revenue Growth
17th percentile
Faster revenue growth than 17% of similar nonprofits.
Balance Sheet
Assets
Down$4,369
Down $3,149 (-42%) from 2020
Net Assets
Down$4,054
Down $2,629 (-39%) from 2020
Liabilities
Down$315
Down $520 (-62%) from 2020
Revenue And Expenses
Revenue
Down$2,500
Down $2,500 (-50%) from 2020
Expenses
Down$5,129
Down $4,722 (-48%) from 2020
Net Income
Up-$2,629
Up $2,222 (+46%) from 2020
Historical Trend
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Filing Snapshot
- Filing Period
- Jan 1, 2021 to Dec 31, 2021
- Signed
- Aug 30, 2022
- Return Version
- 2021v4.2
- Gross Receipts
- $2,500
Mission and Program Overview
Mission
The organization's mission is to create programming in los angeles, ca related to art and religion.
The watertable trust aims to meaningfully contribute to the artistic and cultural flourishing of los angeles. In hopes of becoming a generative source of the intangible and essential elements of cultural wellbeing, the watertable trust will generate projects that reconnect the traditions and visions of the world's religions to contemporary culture. It will do so by undertaking a range of projects that exemplify excellence, hospitality and generosity. Among these projects, the task of identifying, forming, and assisting artists who live and work purposefully by making conscientious,imaginative use of the cultural impact of their work, will be an ongoing priority. Cultivating the conditions that generate artists and art professionals who translate contemporary issues and ideas to challenge the complacency of the status quo in search of more transcendent principles will be the watertable trust's highest and best work for los angeles and our cultural moment.
Program Services
| Description | Grants | Expenses |
|---|---|---|
| IN LIGHT OF THE ONGOING COVID PANDEMIC IN 2021, THE WATERTABLE HOSTED BOARD MEETINGS FOR DIRECTORS TO PLAN AND PREPARE FOR FUTURE PROGRAMMING IN LOS ANGELES RELATED TO ART AND RELIGION. | $0 | $571 |
Compensation and Service Providers
Employees
| Name | Title | Full / Part Time | Base | Other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOWARD F AHMANSON | President, Trustor | - | $0 | - | - |
| ROBERTA GREEN AHMANSON | Trustee, Chairman | - | $0 | - | - |
| ANN HIROU | Trustee, Vice Chairman | - | $0 | - | - |
| JAMES DAVISON HUNTER | Trustee | - | $0 | - | - |
| CARA MEGAN LEWIS | Trustee, Deputy Director | - | $0 | - | - |
| LINNEA SPRANSY | Trustee, Director Of Water | - | $0 | - | - |
| MARK BATHEL | Trustee, Chief Financial Officer | - | $0 | - | - |
Filing and Contact Details
Filer
- Filer Name
- Watertable Trust
- EIN
- 82-0803461
- Phone
- 9494741965
- Address
- PO BOX 19599, IRVINE, CA 92623
Signing Officer
- Name
- Howard F Ahmanson
- Title
- President
- Phone
- 9494741965
- Signed
- 2022-08-30
- Discuss with paid preparer
- Yes
Preparer
- Firm
- Windes Inc
- Address
- 2050 MAIN ST STE 1300, IRVINE, CA 92614
- Preparer
- Douglas Beaver
- Phone
- 9498529433
Supplemental Narrative
Additional Explanations
Form 990-ez, Part I, Line 16 - Other Expenses
“Description: travel expense. Amount: 427. Description: meals. Amount: 145. Description: insurance. Amount: 1,198. Total to form 990-ez, line 16: 1,770.”
Form 990-ez, Part II, Line 26 - Other Liabilities
“Description: advances from related entities. Beg. Of year amount: 835. End of year amount: 315.”
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Filings
Displayed year
2021 • Form 990EZDetailed filing. Detailed filing data is available for this year.
- Assets
- $4,369
- Liabilities
- $315
- Net assets
- $4,054
- Revenue
- $2,500
- Expenses
- $5,129
- Net income
- -$2,629