Food & Water Watch
Meets Standards
Standards For Charity Accountability
Governance
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Board Oversight
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Board Size
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Board Meetings
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Board Compensation
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Conflict of Interest
Measuring Effectiveness
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Effectiveness Policy
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Effectiveness Report
Finances
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Program Expenses
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Fundraising Expenses
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Accumulating Funds
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Audit Report
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Detailed Expense Breakdown
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Accurate Expense Reporting
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Budget Plan
Fundraising & Info
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Truthful Materials
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Annual Report
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Website Disclosures
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Donor Privacy
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Cause Marketing Disclosures
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Complaints
Food & Water Watch meets the 20 Standards for Charity Accountability.
Stated Purpose:
"to stop corporate control of the public's food and water and find solutions to create and economically an environmentally viable future."
Year, State Incorporated:
2005, DC
Food & Water Watch (FWW) works with grassroots organizations and other allies around the world. The organization's food program provides public education about health and environmental issues that promote food production that is sustainable and local, chemical free, humanely raised, family farmed, and clearly labeled. FWW's water program educates and advocates about affordable, publicly-controlled drinking water, health and environmental dangers of fracking and fossil fuels, the importance of moving from fossil fuels to renewable energy, and the importance of public investment in infrastructure. The organization's climate program works at the state and local level to pass legislation to stop catastrophic climate change by eliminating the production and use of fossil fuels which makes progress towards banning fracking and stopping new and existing fossil fuel infrastructure.
For the year ended June 30, 2024, Food & Water Watch's program expenses were:
Food: $5,912,763
Water: $3,407,913
Climate: $1,890,314
Total Program Expenses: $11,210,990
Chief Executive
Wenonah Hauter, Founder and Executive Director
Compensation*
$268,396
Chair of the Board
Maude Barlow
Chair's Profession / Business Affiliation
Author and activist
Board Size
8
Paid Staff Size
100
*2023 compensation includes annual salary and, if applicable, benefit plans, expense accounts, and other allowances.
Method(s) Used:
Direct mail appeals, Grant proposals, Internet, Direct mail appeals, Radio, Telemarketing
FWW incurred joint costs of $721,932 for informational materials and activities that included fundraising materials. Of those costs, $261,361 was allocated to fundraising expenses, $242,140 was allocated to program expenses, and $218,431 was allocated to administrative expenses.
Fundraising costs were 9% of related contributions. (Related contributions, which totaled $20,949,670, are donations received as a result of fundraising activities.)
This organization is tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. It is eligible to receive contributions deductible as charitable donations for federal income tax purposes.
The following information is based on Food & Water Watch's audited financial statements for the year ended June 30, 2024.
Source of Funds
| Grants and contributions | $20,949,670 |
| Investment return, net | $750,954 |
| Other revenue | $131,128 |
| Total Income | $21,831,752 |
Programs: 71% Fundraising: 12% Administrative: 17%
| Total Income | $21,831,752 |
| Total expenses: | $15,870,356 |
| Program expenses | $11,210,990 |
| Fundraising expenses | $1,884,538 |
| Administrative expenses | $2,774,828 |
| Other expenses | $0 |
| Income in Excess of Expenses | $5,961,396 |
| Beginning Net Assets | $18,788,742 |
| Other Changes In Net Assets | $1,045,254 |
| Ending Net Assets | $25,795,392 |
| Total Liabilities | $5,326,653 |
| Total Assets | $31,122,045 |
Note: In the financial section above, "other changes in net assets" refers to a gain from lease modification ($577,921) and proceeds from a settlement ($467,333).
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