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US nonprofit · EIN 260338552 · White Bear Lake, MNiSource and licenceOrganisation record IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File (EIN 260338552) - 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 tenure.Latest return IRS Form 990 series e-file data - 990 for the year to 30 June 2025: assets, liabilities, staff, website, telephone, pay, grants paid (Schedule I).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 (us-approach-v4-clean). 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

H2O for Life

Donations deductible
Revenue
$1.1m
year to 30 June 2025
Expenses
$665k
year to 30 June 2025
Total assets
$479k
$26k liabilities
Net assets
$453k
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
12
4.8y av
Staff
5
375 volunteers
Chair observed
≥2 yrs
Sally Gilchrist
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
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H2O for Life's network

12 people4 organisationsi12 people and 4 organisations on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (12). Violet dotted lines (4) 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

12 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.Tenure and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed tenure is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 9 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI; we list 12 in Part VII (Part VII does not always name every voting member).
NameRole as filedSinceOn the board
Sally Gilchrist ChairChair2023
3 yrs
Aaron BloomerBoard Member2021
5 yrs
Anne ThomsenBoard Member2023
3 yrs
Elizabeth BurnettBoard Member2023
3 yrs
Fred AndersonBoard Member2021
5 yrs
Jennie ZafftCompany secretary2025
1 yr
John HutchinsonVice Chair2024
2 yrs
Kate BoothBoard Member2019
7 yrs
Katy DomschotBoard Member2023
3 yrs
Nicole KettwickCo-Secretary2019
7 yrs
Patricia Hall (also filed as Patty Hall, Patty Hall)Founder Emer2019
7 yrs
Simon SikuluBoard Member2020
6 yrs
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or moreShow all 12 →

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
Christine AndachtExecutive Director (ending September 2020)since 2019
Doug NiemelaExecutive Director (beginning April 2021)since 2021

Pay and hours

year to 30 June 2025iFrom 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
Doug NiemelaExecutive Di40$87k$6k
Fred AndersonBoard Member2$0
Aaron BloomerBoard Member2$0
Kate BoothBoard Member2$0
Elizabeth BurnettBoard Member1$0
Katy DomschotBoard Member1$0
Sally GilchristChair2$0
Patty HallFounder Emer1$0
John HutchinsonVice Chair2$0
Nicole KettwickCo-Secretary2$0
Simon SikuluBoard Member1$0
Anne ThomsenBoard Member1$0
Jennie ZafftSecretary2$0

Colorado roster

12 listediOfficers, directors and trustees from the latest filing with the Colorado Secretary of State (document 20263001653). 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
Elizabeth BurnettDirector
Sally GilchristBoard Chair
John HutchinsonVice Chair and Director
Aaron Bloomer
Jennie ZafftSecretary and Director
Anne ThomsenDirector
Katy DomschotDirector
Aaron BloomerTreasurer and Director
Douglas NiemalaExecutive Director
Sally GilchristBoard Chair and Director
Patty HallDirector
Fred Anderson, Jr.Director and Past Chair

About

Legal name
H2o for Life
EIN
260338552
Address
4756 Banning Ave Ste 235, White Bear Lake, MN, 55110-3205
State
Minnesota
Mission
H2o for life educates, engages and inspires youth, k-12, to learn about the global water crisis while taking local and global action. Schools partner with a school in a developing country and provide funds to support implementation of water, sanitation and hygiene in service-learning opportunities focused on global water crisis. (as filed on the Form 990)
Activity (NTEE)
Q30 International, foreign affairs and national security
IRS classification
501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
Classified purpose
International, Foreign Affairs & National Security
Size band
4 (IRS master file code)
Formed
2007
Principal officer
Sally Gilchrist (as named on the Form 990)
IRS ruling date
1 August 2007
Status
Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
Form 990 filings on record
6, latest 2025
IRS Publication 78
PC (contributions deductible)

Most connected

Longest observed on the filings

≥7years on the filingsKate Booth
≥7years on the filingsNicole Kettwick
≥7years on the filingsPatricia Hall
≥6years on the filingsSimon Sikulu

Latest return

year to 30 June 2025iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 30 June 2025. US dollars, as filed.
Total assets
$479k
Total liabilities
$26k
Net assets or fund balances
$453k
Contributions and grants received
$1.1m
Program service revenue
$0
Grants and similar paid out
$65k
Employees
5
Volunteers
375

Filed finances

1 yeariTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.
Tax yearTotal revenueTotal expensesSurplus or deficit
2024$1.1m$665k$406k

As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.

Grants paid

1 listediFrom Schedule I of the Form 990: grants and assistance to organisations in the United States, largest first (up to 25). Schedule I is filed only by organisations that gave more than $5,000 to any one recipient.
RecipientPurposeAmount
The Digdeep Richt to Water ProjectWater hygiene ed.$5k