WATER FIRST INTERNATIONAL
1904 3rd Avenue No 1012, Seattle, WA 98101 www.water1st.org

Total Revenue
$2,533,522
Total Expenses
$2,835,375
Net Assets
$347,749

Organizations Filed Purposes: 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 simple, effective actions.

Water 1st's mission is to unite people to end the global water and sanitation crisis.

In 2019, the Organization completed 324 projects serving 17,511 people. Every project incorporates access to water and toilets, hygiene education, and community development. In Bangladesh, the Organization started a new 5-year plan with its local partner organization that covers new geographic areas. After establishing community based support teams in the new project areas, 319 water systems serving 10,086 people in urban slum settlements in Dhaka, Chattogram, and Khulna were constructed. In Honduras, 5 projects were completed providing access to piped water and toilets at every household for 20 rural Lempira communities that are home to 7,551 people. Additionally, the Organization's local Honduran partner continues work on a large rural town project serving 3,800 people and initiated 9 additional projects that will be completed in 2020. The Organization completed the majority of the work on its second project in Mozambique, supporting the community of Bilibiza with access to water, toilets, and hygiene education. The project design includes 400 household connections to the piped water system. In Oromia, Ethiopia, ongoing social unrest continued to complicated efforts to construct the Dima Jeliwan project. Additionally, the Organization supported recovery efforts in our Mozambican project areas as a result of the humanitarian emergency created by Cyclone Kenneth. Water1st is working closely with its Ethiopian partner organization to quickly begin water service to 750 households/3,800 people. As of December 2019, the Water First community contributed over $23 million to support 2,879 projects serving 232,319 people in five countries.The Organization's goal is to maximize cost-effectiveness by leveraging local resources. In the urban slums of Dhaka, Chattogram, and Khulna, Bangladesh, for example, beneficiaries pay 100 percent of the capital costs of their projects through two-year loans. The loans are repaid to the local non-governmental organization, who is the recipient of Water First's grants. Repaid loan funds are revolved and used for additional water and sanitation projects and create a sustainable source of funds for Water First's Bangladesh partner. In Mozambique, Honduras and Ethiopia, beneficiaries and the local government contribute cash, labor, and local materials, which are valued at up to 25 percent of the total project cost. The Organization's Honduras partner has the capacity to provide assistance for water system construction, expansion, and repair on a loan basis, further leveraging local resources.

Executives Listed on Filing

Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing

NameTitleHours Per WeekTotal Salary
Marla Smith-NilsonExecutive Director40$95,739
Dick MoxonDirector2$0
Diane LangstraatDirector2$0
Tim KirleyDirector2$0
Lara KammereckDirector2$0
Josh EppersonDirector2$0
Julia ClarkeDirector2$0
Lynn CarrDirector2$0
Kristine BatyDirector2$0
Terry GibbonsTreasurer2$0
Heather LeachVice Chair2$0
Cecilia WhatleyChair2$0

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