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LOOK TO THE WATER FOUNDATION

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2024 · Form 990PF · revenue $30K · expenses $28K · assets $127K

EIN
83-2316446
Address
10 MOUNTAIN VIEW PL, LAFAYETTE, CA 94549-4215
NTEE code
U21
Exempt type
501(c)(3): charitable, religious, educational, scientific or literary (trust)
Ruling date
May 2019 (when the IRS recognized its exemption)
IRS status
Exempt (unconditional) (IRS Business Master File) IRS data ↗
Tax-deductible donations
Yes: listed in IRS Publication 78 (private operating foundation) Pub 78 ↗
Foundation status
Private operating foundation
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Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).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

None of the 2 people listed on these returns reported compensation from the organization. They are listed below.

Officers and directors, no compensation reported

2 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
Campbell Foster President2018-2024 3 $0 reported 2
Elizabeth Foster Trustee2023-2024 1 $0 reported 1

People by year

2024 · 2 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Campbell Foster President3 $0-- $02
Elizabeth Foster Trustee1 $0-- $01
2023 · 2 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Campbell Foster President3 $0-- $02
Elizabeth Foster Trustee1 $0-- $01
2022 · 1 person listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Campbell Foster President3 $0-- $02
2021 · 1 person listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Campbell Foster President3 $0-- $02
2020 · 1 person listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
CAMPBELL FOSTER PRESIDENT4 $0-$0 $02
2019 · 1 person listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
CAMPBELL FOSTER PRESIDENT12 $0-$0 $02
2018 · 1 person listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
CAMPBELL FOSTER PRESIDENT5 $0-$0 $02

Highest-paid independent contractors

No independent contractors reported.

Who gave

Contributors listed on Schedule B of the Form 990-PF: name, city and state as filed (street addresses are not shown), with total and noncash contributions for the year. A link to an organization's page is tagged Fuzzy with its name-similarity score (0 to 1) when it rests on name and state; Schedule B lists no EIN, so no link here is an exact identifier match.

2024 · 1 contributor · $30K
#ContributorTypeCity, stateTotalNoncashSource
1 Campbell Foster Person Lafayette, CA $30,000- Form 990PF Sch. B, 2024 · filing
2020 · 1 contributor · $15K
#ContributorTypeCity, stateTotalNoncashSource
1 CAMPBELL FOSTER Person LAFAYETTE, CA $15,000- Form 990PF Sch. B, 2020 · filing
2018 · 1 contributor · $42K
#ContributorTypeCity, stateTotalNoncashSource
1 CAMPBELL FOSTER Person LAFAYETTE, CA $42,011- Form 990PF Sch. B, 2018 · filing

Contributors listed here are as reported on the filing. Unusual is not the same as improper. Many of these patterns have ordinary explanations. Check the filing.

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
2024 · Form 990PF period ending 2025-06-30 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$30,000$28,278 $126,679$126,679 $30,000- ---
2023 · Form 990PF period ending 2024-06-30 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$30,000$14,291 $124,957$124,957 $30,000- ---
2022 · Form 990PF period ending 2023-06-30 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$30,000$0 $109,248$109,248 $30,000- ---
2021 · Form 990PF period ending 2022-06-30 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$60,000$5,336 $79,248$79,248 $60,000- ---
2020 · Form 990PF period ending 2021-06-30 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$30,030$17,119 $45,961$45,961 $30,030- ---
2019 · Form 990PF period ending 2020-06-30 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$38,942$11,547 $46,959$46,959 $38,941- ---
2018 · Form 990PF period ending 2019-06-30 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$42,011$30,736 $10,000$10,000 $42,011- ---

Connected to

Organizations that list some of the same people on their returns (officers, directors, key employees on this organization’s latest return), and related organizations it lists on Schedule R.

Funders of this organization

1 grantor reported grants to this organization, $10,000 in all, tax years 2022 to 2022. 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
THE BLACKBAUD GIVING FUND DAF sponsor Exact 2022 1$10,000 2022$10,000
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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.

2024 · Form 990PF · $28,278 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $6,664
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses $17,946 63.5%
Travel, conferences and meetings $6,664 23.6%
Fees: accounting $2,545 9.0%
Fees: other professional $934 3.3%
Printing and publications $189 0.7%
Total$28,278100%

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2023 · Form 990PF · $14,291 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $6,251
LineAs describedTotalShare
Travel, conferences and meetings $6,251 43.7%
Other expenses $3,731 26.1%
Fees: accounting $1,850 12.9%
Fees: other professional $1,285 9.0%
Printing and publications $1,174 8.2%
Total$14,291100%

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2021 · Form 990PF · $5,336 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses $3,792 71.1%
Fees: accounting $1,544 28.9%
Total$5,336100%

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2020 · Form 990PF · $17,119 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $293
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses $14,451 84.4%
Fees: accounting $1,287 7.5%
Occupancy $969 5.7%
Travel, conferences and meetings $293 1.7%
Fees: legal $119 0.7%
Total$17,119100%

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2019 · Form 990PF · $11,547 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses $10,322 89.4%
Fees: accounting $1,200 10.4%
Fees: legal $25 0.2%
Total$11,547100%

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2018 · Form 990PF · $30,736 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $14,720
LineAs describedTotalShare
Travel, conferences and meetings $14,720 47.9%
Fees: legal $13,225 43.0%
Other expenses $2,791 9.1%
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