WATER FIRST INTERNATIONAL: Form 990, tax year 2010

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Organization
WATER FIRST INTERNATIONAL (EIN 20-2601035)
Tax period
2010-01-01 to 2010-12-31
Filed
2011-09-15
IRS object ID
201142639349300904
Schema version
2010v3.4
Source
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Timestamp2011-09-15T12:12:14-05:00Timestamp
Tax Period End Date2010-12-31TaxPeriodEndDate

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Business Name Line1Watson & McDonell CPAs PLLCBusinessNameLine1

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Address Line11325 Fourth Avenue Suite 1705AddressLine1
CitySeattleCity
StateWAState
ZIP Code981012573ZIPCode
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ZIP Code981271954ZIPCode

Officer Officer

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NameMarla Smith-NilsonName
TitleExecutive DirectorTitle
Phone2062973024Phone
Date Signed2011-09-20DateSigned
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NameSusan ReillyName
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Mission DescriptionWater 1st's mission is to enable the world's poorest people to implement and sustain community-managed projects integrating clean water supply, sanitation and hygiene education. Water 1st unites people to fight the global water and sanitation crisis . We believe this worldwide, silent catastrophe will be solved when we build a community of concerned individuals, and mobilize them to take simple, effective actions.MissionDescription
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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 2010, the Organization and the local NGOs completed 105 water systems in four countries, benefiting over 12,000 people. The Organization has completed a total of 430 water systems benefiting over 52,000 people since inception. In addition, the Organization initiated projects in Ethiopia and Honduras that will benefit about 5,000 people upon completion in 2011.Description

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Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionA (21 entries)

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Darryl Swenson
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Seshu Vaddey
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Scott Wolf
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Daniel Won
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Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Equipment Equipment

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Form990 Schedule D Part XIV Form990ScheduleDPartXIV (3 entries)

IdentifierIdentifierReturn ReferenceReturnReferenceExplanationExplanation
Description of Uncertain Tax Positions Under FIN 48:Part X:The Organization is exempt from federal income tax under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. In addition, the Association qualifies for the charitable contribution deduction under Section 170(b)(1)(A)(vi) and has been classified as an organization that is not a private foundation under Section 509(a)(1). The Organization's income tax filings are subject to examination by various taxing authorities. The Organization's open examination periods are 2007 through 2010.
Part XII, Line 2d - Other Adjustments:Cost of goods sold 8,100.
Part XIII, Line 2d - Other Adjustments:Cost of goods sold 8,100.

Schedule F IRS990ScheduleF

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Grant Records Maintained0GrantRecordsMaintained

Accts Actvs Out US Table AcctsActvsOutUSTable (4 entries)

RegionRegionType Of Activities ConductedTypeOfActivitiesConductedSpecific Services ProvidedSpecificServicesProvidedTotal ExpendituresTotalExpenditures
BangladeshGrants to Recipients Located in RegionWater 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 2010, Water First supported the construction of 98 projects benefitting 6,627 people.250000
HondurasGrants to Recipients Located in RegionWater First International 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, and watershed protection. In Water First's Honduras program, beneficiaries contribute labor and local materials, which are valued at up to 25 percent of the total project cost. In 2010, the construction of 3 new water systems in Erandique serving 4 communities was completed (construction on these systems started in 2008), construction on 1 additional water system to serve 4 communities was continued in Piraera and Erandique (construction started in 2009 and will be completed in 2011), and funding for 1 new project to serve 7 communities and nearly 2,800 people in Valladolid was initiated .60000
EthiopiaGrants to Recipients Located in RegionWater 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 2010, the large Bishikiltu project was completed and now serves over 4,200 people. Water First also completed funding for the Kelecho Gerbi project serving 4,085 people (this project was completed in June 2011). Water First initiated funding on another new project in the neighboring Kebele of Tutekunche. This project benefitting 3,050 people is expected to be completed in December 2011 or early 2012.278475
IndiaGrants to Receipients Located in RegoionWater First International provides grants to a non-governmental organization (NGO) based in West Bengal, India in order to support the implementation of projects that include provision of convenient, safe water, hygiene education, and sanitary toilets. In Water First's India program, which serves subsistence fishing communities in rural West Bengal, beneficiaries pay 40 percent of the capital costs of their water supply and sanitation projects through a four-year revolving loan fund. In 2010, Water First supported the implementation of three new projects benefitting approximately 750 people.16976
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Cont Amount Spent0ContAmountSpent
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Grants To Orgs Outside US GrantsToOrgsOutsideUS (4 entries)

RegionRegionPurpose Of GrantPurposeOfGrantAmount Of Cash GrantAmountOfCashGrantManner Of Cash DisbursementMannerOfCashDisbursement
BangladeshCommunity based water supply and sanitation project targeting urban slums in Bangladesh.200001Wire transfer
IndiaCommunity based water supply and sanitation project targeting rural villages in West Bengal, India.16976Wire transfer
HondurasWater and sanitation system for small communities in Lempira.50000Wire transfer
EthiopiaKelecho Gerbi Communities water supply, sanitation and hygiene promotion project.210166Wire transfer
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Transfer To Foreign Corp0TransferToForeignCorp
Interest In Foreign Trust0InterestInForeignTrust
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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 Event1554670GrossReceiptsEvent1
Charitable Contributions Event1494670CharitableContributionsEvent1
Gross Revenue Event160000GrossRevenueEvent1
Rent Facility Costs Event15795RentFacilityCostsEvent1
Food And Beverage Event162400FoodAndBeverageEvent1
Entertainment Event1750EntertainmentEvent1
Other Direct Expenses Event127122OtherDirectExpensesEvent1
Name Of Event2Carry 5 SeattleNameOfEvent2
Gross Receipts Event233576GrossReceiptsEvent2
Charitable Contributions Event230076CharitableContributionsEvent2
Gross Revenue Event23500GrossRevenueEvent2
Rent Facility Costs Event23140RentFacilityCostsEvent2
Other Direct Expenses Event27055OtherDirectExpensesEvent2
Total Number Of Other Events3TotalNumberOfOtherEvents
Gross Receipts Other Events85395GrossReceiptsOtherEvents
Charitable Contrib Other Events54145CharitableContribOtherEvents
Gross Revenue Other Events31250GrossRevenueOtherEvents
Rent Facility Costs Other Events3216RentFacilityCostsOtherEvents
Food And Beverage Other Events10053FoodAndBeverageOtherEvents
Entertainment Other Events1000EntertainmentOtherEvents
Other Direct Expenses Other Events8685OtherDirectExpensesOtherEvents
Gross Receipts Total673641GrossReceiptsTotal
Charitable Contributions Total578891CharitableContributionsTotal
Gross Revenue Total Events94750GrossRevenueTotalEvents
Rent Facility Costs Total Events12151RentFacilityCostsTotalEvents
Food And Beverage Total Events72453FoodAndBeverageTotalEvents
Entertainment Total Events1750EntertainmentTotalEvents
Other Direct Expenses Total Events42862OtherDirectExpensesTotalEvents
Direct Expense Summary Events129216DirectExpenseSummaryEvents
Net Income Summary-34466NetIncomeSummary

Schedule M IRS990ScheduleM

Other Non Cash Contributions Table OtherNonCashContributionsTable

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Non Cash CheckboxXNonCashCheckbox
DescriptionAuction ItemsDescription
Number Of Contributions169NumberOfContributions
Noncash Contribs Rptd F99078189NoncashContribsRptdF990
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Any Property That Must Be Held0AnyPropertyThatMustBeHeld
Review Process Unusual NC Gifts1ReviewProcessUnusualNCGifts
Third Parties Used0ThirdPartiesUsed

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (5 entries)

IdentifierIdentifierExplanationExplanationReturn ReferenceReturnReference
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.
All 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 12c
The 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 B, line 15
Our 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.Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 19

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