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COMMUNITY WATER CENTER

CA

501(C)(3) organization. Received $73,000 grant in 2024. Purpose: EQUITY, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT

Tracked direct giving

$0

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Outside Spending and Dark Money

Dark money is election spending by organizations that do not disclose their donors: 501(c)(4) social welfare organizations, 501(c)(6) trade associations, and similar non-committee filers (FEC Form 5 and Form 9). Registered super PACs also make independent expenditures. But they itemize their donors with the FEC, so their spending is not dark money. Figures below are never combined with disclosed-donor totals.

IRS 990 Schedule I Grant Chain

Grants between nonprofits reported on IRS Form 990 Schedule I. Grants between organizations are one route for dark money. A nonprofit may receive a grant from one entity and then spend that money on election ads.

IRS 990 Schedule I grants given

$400,000

GranteeAmountTax YearPurpose
Community Water Center Action$400,0002024Advance Water Justice

IRS 990 Schedule I grants received

$250,750

GrantorAmountTax YearPurpose
Tides Center$73,0002024EQUITY, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT
AMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION$42,2502024CIVIL RIGHTS
CHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA$10,0002023CHARITABLE DONATION
NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC$25,5002022ENV. ADVOCACY
EAST BAY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$100,0002022SAFE, AFFORDABLE, AND ACCESSIBLE DRINKING WATER FOR COMMUNITIES IMPACTED BY CONTAMINATION AND EXTREME DROUGHT

Source: IRS Form 990 Schedule I (Grants and Other Assistance to Organizations) via ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer and IRS 990 XML e-files. Grant amounts represent the most recent filing year available.

IRS 990 data lags a year or more behind filing. Grants shown are for the stated tax year and do not establish current-cycle funding.

Methodology Disclosure

Dark money figures are derived from FEC Form 5 (independent expenditures by non-committee organizations) and Form 9 (electioneering communications). These filings capture spending on ads and election communications but do not reveal the identity of the organization's donors. QPQ totals may differ from benchmarks like the Brennan Center's estimates. QPQ includes all Form 5 filers, while some benchmarks count only a subset of non-disclosing nonprofits. Grant chain data is from IRS Form 990 Schedule I and may not include all years or all grantee organizations.

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TypeConnected ToDetailsSource
Gave money toCommunity Water Center ActionIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $400,000 (tax year 2024). Purpose: Advance Water JusticeSource
Received money fromNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INCIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $25,500 (tax year 2022). Purpose: ENV. ADVOCACYSource
Received money fromTides CenterIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $73,000 (tax year 2024). Purpose: EQUITY, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENTSource
Received money fromEAST BAY COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $100,000 (tax year 2022). Purpose: SAFE, AFFORDABLE, AND ACCESSIBLE DRINKING WATER FOR COMMUNITIES IMPACTED BY CONTAMINATION AND EXTREME DROUGHTSource
Received money fromAMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATIONIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $42,250 (tax year 2024). Purpose: CIVIL RIGHTSSource
Received money fromCHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICAIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $10,000 (tax year 2023). Purpose: CHARITABLE DONATIONSource