WATER FIRST INTERNATIONAL: Form 990, tax year 2011

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Organization
WATER FIRST INTERNATIONAL (EIN 20-2601035)
Tax period
2011-01-01 to 2011-12-31
Filed
2012-08-03
IRS object ID
201222169349301057
Schema version
2011v1.2
Source
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Timestamp2012-08-03T17:35:48-05:00Timestamp
Tax Period End Date2011-12-31TaxPeriodEndDate

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Address Line11904 3rd Avenue No 1012AddressLine1
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Officer Officer

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NameMarla Smith-NilsonName
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DescriptionWater First International provides grants to non-governmental organizations (NGOs) based in developing countries in order to support the implementation of projects that include provision of drinking water, hygiene education, and sanitary latrines. The Organization works with NGOs in some of the poorest communities in the world to support sustainable, community-managed solutions to water supply and sanitation problems. During 2011, the Organization and the local NGOs completed 150 water systems in three countries, benefiting over 16,000 people. 148 small-scale water systems were completed in urban slums area of Dhaka and Chittagong, Bangladesh (11,308 beneficiaries). In Ethiopia, the large Kelecho Gerbi project serving 4,085 people was completed in June and construction began on the Tute Kunche project. One project serving 700 people was completed in Honduras and progress was made on a second project serving 6 villages and 1 rural town with a combined population of 2,700. From 2005 through 2011, the Organization has completed 527 water systems benefiting 64,000 people.Description

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Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionA (20 entries)

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Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

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Form990 Schedule D Part XIV Form990ScheduleDPartXIV (4 entries)

IdentifierIdentifierExplanationExplanation
Part XII, Line 2d - Other Adjustments:Cost of goods sold 7,370.
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Schedule F IRS990ScheduleF

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Accts Actvs Out US Table AcctsActvsOutUSTable (4 entries)

RegionRegionNumber Of OfficesNumberOfOfficesNumber Of EmployeesNumberOfEmployeesType Of Activities ConductedTypeOfActivitiesConductedSpecific Services ProvidedSpecificServicesProvidedTotal ExpendituresTotalExpenditures
Bangladesh00Grants to Recipients Located in Region & monitoring and evaluation of previously completed projectsWater First International provides grants to a non-governmental organization (NGO) based in Dhaka, Bangladesh in order to support the implementation of projects that include provision of convenient, safe water, hygiene education, and sanitary toilets. In the urban slums of Dhaka (the capital city) and Chittagong (the country's 2nd largest city) beneficiaries pay 100 percent of the capital costs of their projects through one or two-year loans. The loans are repaid to the local non-governmental organization, who is the recipient of Water First's grants. Repaid loan funds are revolved and used for additional water and sanitation projects and create a sustainable source of funds for Water First's Bangladesh partner. In 2011, Water First supported the construction of 148 projects benefitting 11,474 people.206994
Honduras00Grants to Recipients Located in Region and monitoring & evaluation of previously completed projectsWater 1st provides grants to a non-governmental organization (NGO) based in the Department Lempira, Honduras in order to support the implementation of projects that include provision of convenient safe water, hygiene education, sanitary toilets, & watershed protection. In Water First's Honduras program, beneficiaries contribute labor & local materials, which are valued at up to 25 percent of the total project cost. In 2011, the construction of 1 large new water system (the "Valle de la Cruz" project) in serving 4 communities in the municipalities of Erandique and Piraera was completed (construction on these systems started in 2009), funding for 1 new project to serve 7 communities and nearly 2,800 people in Valladolid was continued (this project is expected to be completed in 2013), and funding was started for another, large system to serve 4 communities (San Jose, San Simon, Canfura & San Antonio) in the municipality of San Andres & is expected to be completed in spring 201385089
Ethiopia00Grants to Recipients Located in Region and monitoring & evaluation of previously completed projectsWater First International provides grants to a non-governmental organization (NGO) based in Ethiopia in order to support the implementation of projects that include provision of convenient, safe water, hygiene education, and sanitary latrines. In 2011, the large Kelecho Gerbi project was completed and now serves 4,050 people. Water First also completed funding for the Tutekunche project serving 3,050 people (this project was completed in July 2012). Water First initiated funding on another new project in the neighboring kebele of Gonbisa Kussaye. This project benefitting 1,800 people is expected to be completed in spring 2013.286061
India00Monitoring and evaluation of previously completed projectsWater 1st has provided grants to a NGO based in West Bengal, India in order to support the implementation of projects that include provision of convenient, safe water, hygiene education, & sanitary toilets. In Water 1st's India program, which serves subsistence fishing communities in rural West Bengal, beneficiaries pay 40 % of the capital costs of their water supply & sanitation projects through a 4-year revolving loan fund. In 2011, Water 1st decided not to fund the construction of new projects through our partner in the Sundarbans. However, our loan program continues & new water points and toilets are being constructed using revolving loan funds. We believe the existing projects are well-built & will be maintained in the future. We will continue to monitor the status of those existing projects & evaluate our options for the future. Our decision to end funding was based upon our conclusion that the program was at capacity & was not likely to evolve further through our participation7001
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Grants To Orgs Outside US GrantsToOrgsOutsideUS (3 entries)

RegionRegionPurpose Of GrantPurposeOfGrantAmount Of Cash GrantAmountOfCashGrantManner Of Cash DisbursementMannerOfCashDisbursement
BangladeshCommunity based water supply and sanitation project targeting urban slums in Bangladesh.250475Wire transfer
HondurasWater and sanitation system for small communities in Lempira.75000Wire transfer
EthiopiaDawo Communities water supply, sanitation and hygiene promotion project.281993Wire transfer
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Passive Foreign Invest Co0PassiveForeignInvestCo
Foreign Partnership0ForeignPartnership
Boycott Countries0BoycottCountries

Form990 Schedule F Part V Form990ScheduleFPartV (2 entries)

IdentifierIdentifierExplanationExplanation
Procedure for Monitoring Grants Outside the U.S.:Schedule F, Part I, Line 2: When Water 1st makes a grant to a recipient organization, these procedures are followed: A grant agreement is signed between Water 1st and each recipient organization describing the project for which the grant from Water 1st is being given in support of water, sanitation, and health projects in specific communities, or group of specific communities. The agreement will specify the purposes for which the grant is being made, requiring a final narrative and financial reporting during project implementation, requiring a final narrative and financial report, and acknowledging Water 1st's authority to withhold and/or recover grant funds in case such funds are, or appear to be, misused. Grant agreements are endorsed by financing by the members of the International Programs team (currently staff members Kirk Anderson, Marla Smith-Nilson, and Steve Deem and board member John Crossman) within the annual budget allowances approved by the Board of Directors. After projects have been endorsed by the International Programs team. The Executive Director has the authority to sign on behalf of Water 1st. The grant agreement will specify quarterly progress payments to the grantee. The Executive Director or anyone with check signing authority will transfer the quarterly progress payment to the partner organizations according to the schedule specified in the grant agreement. Water 1st staff will then notify our local partner organization of transfer and ask them to complete a wire transfer confirmation form or provide other confirmation that the funds were received. After funds have been transferred, our local partner organizations will be required to submit quarterly financial reports and will also be required to have an annual independent audit of their accounts. Water 1st is aware of the U.S. Executive Orders and U.S. law that prohibit transactions with, and the provision of resources and support to, individuals and organizations associated with terrorism. In selecting and monitoring our local partner organizations, we will work to ensure compliance with these Executive Orders and laws, by monitoring the distributions we make to our local partner organizations and also cross-checking with the U.S. Department of State's Current List of Designated Foreign Terrorist Organizations. Water 1st also conducts site inspections and require access to all invoices, financial records and accounts for the projects we support through our local partner organizations. Water 1st reserves the right to have an audit conducted if any questions cannot be resolved during our site inspections.
Method Used to Acccount for Expenditures:Schedule F, Part I, Line 3: Water 1st has ongoing monitoring of each grant and each local partner organization. According to our grant agreements, each of our local partner organizations will be required to: Submit quarterly financial reports as well as final financial report after expenditure of the entire grant to Water 1st describing in detail how the grant was spent; Submit quarterly narrative progress reports as well as a final report after expenditure of the entire grant to Water 1st describing the extent to which the goals and purposes of the project or program for which the grant was obtained were accomplished; Provide the most recent copy of an annual independent audit of the local partner organization's financial records; Provide, as part of their financial report to Water 1st, complete records of each receipt and expenditure made in connection with the grant; Use the entire grant only for the purposes stated in the agreement between Water 1st and the local partner organization; and Repay any portion of the grant not used for the purposes stated in the Grantee's grant proposal. Water 1st staff makes periodic visits, no less than annually, to our local partner organizations and the projects supported by Water 1st, to conduct our own inspection of the ongoing or completed water, sanitation and health projects funded by Water 1st. Water 1st has a written evaluation that we complete which involves interviews with the staff of the local partner organization, the water committees and individual households. Observations will also be made of the use and construction of the water and sanitation systems. As part of each visit, Water 1st meets with the staff of the local partner organization to share the evaluation results so that the local partner organization can further improve its efforts in the communities we support. These meetings cover such topics as health education, project operation and maintenance, finance, watershed protection, sanitation, and community organization. These meetings also allow the staff of Water 1st to provide some cross-fertilization of ideas and experience sharing between local partner organizations. While conducting oversight of the grants, if Water 1st determines that any portion of a grant has been used for a purpose other than stated in the agreement, Water 1st will take all reasonable and appropriate steps to recover such wrongfully diverted funds and, at the discretion of Water 1st staff, will immediately terminate the grant arrangement without any obligation to make further disbursements of the grant. If Water 1st determines that a local partner organization has otherwise violated the agreement (by, for example, failing to submit required reports), Water 1st will either, at the discretion of the staff, (a) withhold any future installments of the grant until Grantee corrects the violation, or (b) immediately terminate the arrangement without any obligation to make further disbursements of the grant.

Schedule G IRS990ScheduleG

Events Information EventsInformation

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Name Of Event1Give Water Give Life BenefitNameOfEvent1
Gross Receipts Event1559559GrossReceiptsEvent1
Charitable Contributions Event1512759CharitableContributionsEvent1
Gross Revenue Event146800GrossRevenueEvent1
Rent Facility Costs Event111610RentFacilityCostsEvent1
Food And Beverage Event150667FoodAndBeverageEvent1
Entertainment Event1788EntertainmentEvent1
Other Direct Expenses Event11800OtherDirectExpensesEvent1
Name Of Event2Give Water LifeNameOfEvent2
Gross Receipts Event256209GrossReceiptsEvent2
Charitable Contributions Event249009CharitableContributionsEvent2
Gross Revenue Event27200GrossRevenueEvent2
Rent Facility Costs Event23080RentFacilityCostsEvent2
Food And Beverage Event25160FoodAndBeverageEvent2
Total Number Of Other Events4TotalNumberOfOtherEvents
Gross Receipts Other Events104773GrossReceiptsOtherEvents
Charitable Contrib Other Events82498CharitableContribOtherEvents
Gross Revenue Other Events22275GrossRevenueOtherEvents
Rent Facility Costs Other Events6065RentFacilityCostsOtherEvents
Food And Beverage Other Events8630FoodAndBeverageOtherEvents
Entertainment Other Events800EntertainmentOtherEvents
Other Direct Expenses Other Events6502OtherDirectExpensesOtherEvents
Gross Receipts Total720541GrossReceiptsTotal
Charitable Contributions Total644266CharitableContributionsTotal
Gross Revenue Total Events76275GrossRevenueTotalEvents
Rent Facility Costs Total Events20755RentFacilityCostsTotalEvents
Food And Beverage Total Events64457FoodAndBeverageTotalEvents
Entertainment Total Events1588EntertainmentTotalEvents
Other Direct Expenses Total Events8302OtherDirectExpensesTotalEvents
Direct Expense Summary Events95102DirectExpenseSummaryEvents
Net Income Summary-18827NetIncomeSummary

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (5 entries)

Return ReferenceReturnReferenceExplanationExplanation
Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 2Family Relationship - Two of our board members are married.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 11It is reviewed by the Executive Director and the treasurer (meeting in person) and by the finance committee of the board via email.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 12cAll Water 1st employees and board members are covered under our conflict of interest policy. We must not only avoid actual conflicts of interest, but also avoid situations that may create any appearance that a conflict exists. Conflicts are determined at the board level and are reviewed by the board. Employees and board members have a duty to disclose any possible conflicts. After disclosure, the remaining Board shall decide by majority vote if a conflict of interest exists. These discussions and votes are recorded in written meeting minutes. We also have procedures if we find violations of our policy.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 15The Executive Director is currently the only compensated officer in our organization. The Board governance committee undertakes an annual performance review, interviewing board and staff members for input. Compensation is partly based on this review. At the board's annual November meeting, the budget for the year is approved, including the compensation for the Executive Director. The Executive Director is not present for this discussion, not does the Executive Director have a vote on this topic or any other board vote.
Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 19Our audited financial statements are available on our website for download and upon request. All other documents, such as our governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and other documents of interest to our supporters are available upon request.

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