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US nonprofit · EIN 202601035 · Seattle, WAiSource and licenceOrganisation record IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File (EIN 202601035) - NTEE activity code, address.Board and officers IRS Form 990 annual filings, Part VII (directors, trustees, officers, key employees), read year by year to observe time served.Latest return IRS Form 990 series e-file data - 990 for the year to 31 December 2024: assets, liabilities, staff, website, telephone, pay.Finances by year IRS Form 990 e-file data - total revenue and total expenses by tax year.Renewal outlook Computed by Governance Register from the observed filing history and filed revenue. Not a statement that the organisation is recruiting.Deductibility IRS Publication 78 data (code PC), downloaded 18 October 2026.State registers Colorado Secretary of State (17 October 2026).Licence US Federal Government public domain.How we handle data

Water First International

Donations deductible
Revenue
$2m
year to 31 December 2024
Expenses
$4m
year to 31 December 2024
Total assets
$2.9m
$1.5m liabilities
Net assets
$1.4m
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
8
4.5 years on average
Staff
7
60 volunteers
Chair observed
≥5 yrs
Julia Clarke
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
How am I connected?

Water First International's network

8 people2 organisationsi8 people and 2 organisations on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (8). Violet dotted lines (2) are likely: the same full name sits on the current board of another organisation in the same register and region. Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK. It may be a different person.

The board

8 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations in the tables. The network map shows same-name matches as likely links only, never as confirmed.Time served and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed time served is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 8 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.
NameRole as filedSinceOn the board
Julia Clarke ChairChair2019
7 yrs
Allison HarrDirector2024
2 yrs
Carolyn BardonTreasurer2023
3 yrs
Chris PratleyDirector2023
3 yrs
Courtney KlipperDirector2024
2 yrs
Erika GudmundssonDirector2024
2 yrs
Lynn CarrVice Chair2019
7 yrs
TIM Kirley (also filed as Tim Kirley)Director2019
7 yrs
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more

Officers and senior leadership

2 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.
NameTitle as filedOn the filings
Kirk AndersonDirector of International Programssince 2022
Marla Smith-NilsonExecutive Directorsince 2018

Pay and hours

year to 31 December 2024iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.
NameTitle as filedHours a weekPay from the organisationRelated organisationsOther
Marla Smith-NilsonExecutive Director40$118k$4k
Kirk AndersonDirector of International Programs40$111k$17k
Julia ClarkeChair2$0
Lynn CarrVice Chair1$0
Carolyn BardonTreasurer2$0
Tim KirleyDirector1$0
Chris PratleyDirector1$0
Allison HarrDirector1$0
Courtney KlipperDirector1$0
Erika GudmundssonDirector1$0

Colorado roster

12 listediOfficers, directors and trustees from the latest filing with the Colorado Secretary of State (document 20253035610). Titles are as filed; some entries are registered agents or custodians of records rather than board members. Source: data.colorado.gov, public domain.
NameTitle as filed
Allison HarrBoard Member
Marla Smith-NilsonExecutive Director, Non-Voting Member of the Board
Marla Smith-Nilson
Kristine BatyImmediate Past Chair
Chris PratleyBoard Member
Carolyn BardonTreasurer
Dick MoxonBoard Member
Julia ClarkeVice Chair
Josh EppersonChair
Courtney KipperBoard Member
Lynn CarrBoard Member
Tim KirleyBoard Member

About

Legal name
Water First International
EIN
202601035
Address
509 Olive Way Ste 1122, Seattle, WA, 98101-1724
State
Washington
Mission
Water 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... (as filed on the Form 990)
Activity (NTEE)
T122 Philanthropy, voluntary services and grantmaking
IRS classification
501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
Classified purpose
Philanthropy, Voluntarism & Grantmaking Foundations
Size band
6 (IRS master file code)
Formed
2005
Principal officer
Marla Smith-Nilson (as named on the Form 990)
IRS ruling date
1 June 2005
Status
Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
Form 990 filings on record
6, latest 2024
IRS Publication 78
PC (contributions deductible)

Most connected

Longest observed on the filings

≥7years on the filingsJulia Clarke
≥7years on the filingsLynn Carr
≥7years on the filingsTIM Kirley
≥3years on the filingsCarolyn Bardon

Latest return

year to 31 December 2024iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 December 2024. US dollars, as filed.
Total assets
$2.9m
Total liabilities
$1.5m
Net assets or fund balances
$1.4m
Contributions and grants received
$2m
Program service revenue
$73k
Grants and similar paid out
$3m
Employees
7
Volunteers
60

Filed finances

1 yeariTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.
Tax yearTotal revenueTotal expensesSurplus or deficit
2024$2m$4mDeficit $1.9m

As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.

State registration

2 entitiesiBusiness-entity registers published by US states. These records are matched to this organisation by name and state, not by EIN, and are labelled as likely matches. Street addresses are not shown.
Water First International likely matchiMatched by exact name and state (and ZIP where shown). State registers do not publish EINs, so this is not a confirmed match. Source: Colorado Secretary of State (CDOS), business entities (data.colorado.gov 4ykn-tg5h). Licence: public domain. Data last fetched 18 October 2026.
State
Colorado
Entity type
nonprofit corporation
Status
Good Standing
Formed
2 January 2019
Registered agent
Corporate Creations Network Inc. (city and state not held)

This register does not publish officers or directors.

Water First International likely matchiMatched by exact name and state (and ZIP where shown). State registers do not publish EINs, so this is not a confirmed match. Source: Oregon Secretary of State, active business entities (data.oregon.gov tckn-sxa6). Licence not stated. Data last fetched 18 October 2026.
State
Oregon
Entity type
nonprofit corporation
Status
Active
Formed
27 February 2019
Registered agent
Corporate Creations Network Inc. (city and state not held)