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PO BOX 55
Rutland VT 05702-0055
Rutland VT | IRS ruling year: 1999 | EIN: 03-0362954
PURE WATER FOR THE WORLD'S MISSION IS TO IMPROVE LIVES BY EMPOWERING PEOPLE WITH ACCESS TO LIFE'S MOST BASIC NECESSITIES, SAFE WATER AND SANITATION. WE DO THIS BY PA ... (More)
PURE WATER FOR THE WORLD'S MISSION IS TO IMPROVE LIVES BY EMPOWERING PEOPLE WITH ACCESS TO LIFE'S MOST BASIC NECESSITIES, SAFE WATER AND SANITATION. WE DO THIS BY PARTNERING WITH UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES, PROVIDING THE TOOLS AND EDUCATION TO ESTABLISH SUSTAINABLE WATER, SANITATION AND HYGIENE PROGRAMS. (Less)
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This charity's score is 99%, earning it a Four-Star rating. If this organization aligns with your passions and values, you can give with confidence.
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Pure Water for the World Inc. cannot currently be evaluated by our Accountability & Finance methodology due to only having 2 years of electronically-filed IRS Form 990 data. But please note, that the IRS is significantly delayed in processing nonprofit's annual tax filings. That may mean that this entity has electronically filed additional Forms 990 but they have yet to be processed and made public by the IRS.
To ensure year-to-year consistency the Encompass Rating System's Finance & Accountability beacon analyzes the three-year average of some data provided through the IRS 990.
Charity Navigator currently only has 2 years of consecutive e-filed Forms 990 from the IRS for Pure Water for the World Inc. under the EIN: 03-0362954.
Before Charity Navigator can evaluate Pure Water for the World Inc., Pure Water for the World Inc. will need to e-file for additional fiscal years.
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This chart displays the trend of revenue and expenses over the past several years for this organization, as reported on their IRS Form 990.
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Source: IRS Form 990 (page 7), filing year 2020
Below are some key data points from the Exempt Organization IRS Business Master File (BMF) for this organization. Learn more about the BMF on the IRS website
Activities:
Activity data not reported from the IRS
Foundation Status:
Organization which receives a substantial part of its support from a governmental unit or the general public 170(b)(1)(A)(vi) (BMF foundation code: 15)
Affiliation:
Independent - the organization is an independent organization or an independent auxiliary (i.e., not affiliated with a National, Regional, or Geographic grouping of organizations). (BMF affiliation code: 3)
The Form 990 is a document that nonprofit organizations file with the IRS annually. We leverage finance and accountability data from it to form Encompass ratings. Click here to search for this organization's Forms 990 on the IRS website (if any are available). Simply enter the organization's name (Pure Water for the World Inc.) or EIN (030362954) in the 'Search Term' field.
This organization was impacted by COVID-19 in a way that effected their financial health in 2020. This normally would have reduced their star rating. Due to the unprecedented nature of the pandemic, we give charities such as this one the opportunity to share the story of COVID's impact on them, and doing this pauses our revision of their rating. Charities may submit their own pandemic responses through their nonprofit portal.
Pure Water for the World Inc. reported being impacted by COVID-19 in the following ways:
Program Delivery
Fundraising Capacity
Revenue
Administrative Capacity
Grants Received
Grants Sent
How COVID-19 impacted the organization's operations financially:
With COVID-19, many of the grants/foundations we work with were shifting funds from international aid to supporting more locally-based relief efforts, reducing (or eliminating) funds available. This was true for individual donors as well. As a result, our regular revenue streams were impacted, but with support of the PPP grants, we were able to continue work.
How COVID-19 impacted the organization's delivery of programs:
Staff had to work from home. Some of the work in the field had to shift to online, which is challenging in both Haiti and Honduras due to limited wifi capabilities. Teacher trainings moved from in person to online (when possible for the teachers). This is still the case in parts of Honduras today. Training schedules shifted, with more trainings necessary to accommodate fewer participants per training. In home work (going into family homes) was postponed, while lockdown regulations were in effect. Hygiene education curriculum expanded to incorporate practices to protect against COVID-19. Teams worked to provide training posters and videos, including how to make reusable masks at home, proper mask wearing and hand washing techniques, as well as how to make a hand washing station at home.
How this organization adapted to changing conditions caused by COVID-19:
Training teams learned how to effectively deliver educational program content on a virtual platform. Trainings that were typically delivered to large groups, were rescheduled to smaller groups and held outdoors, socially distanced. Videos and posters were developed and distributed to support safe COVID practices. Videos were shared online and used by countries across Central America.
Innovations the organization intends to continue permanently after the pandemic:
PWW team in Honduras developed a foot pedal (reducing touch points) for the hand washing stations that will now be standard on all future hand washing stations. PWW will continue to use the face mask and hand washing posters and videos that were created during this time. Virtual trainings will continue to be offered, expanding our reach of educational programming.
Pure Water for the World Inc. has earned a 100% for the Impact & Results beacon. See the metrics below for more information.
This beacon estimates the actual impact a charity has on the lives of those it serves, and determines whether it is making good use of donor resources to achieve that impact.
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Not Applicable
Program
Biosand Filters
Activities
Pure Water for the World distributes water purification systems to beneficiaries.
Program Type
Water Purification
Beneficiaries Served
People living in poverty
Program Geography
Haiti and Honduras
Time Period of Data
7/1/2015 to 6/30/2016
Outcomes: Changes in the lives of those served by a nonprofit. They can be caused by the nonprofit.
Costs: The money spent by a nonprofit and its partners and beneficiaries.
Impact: Outcome caused by a nonprofit relative to its cost.
Cost-effectiveness: A judgment as to whether the cost was a good use of resources to cause the outcome.
Outcome Metric
A year of clean water provided to a person.
Outcome Data Source
Ratings are based on data the nonprofit itself collects on its work. We use the most recent year with sufficient data. Typically, this data allows us to calculate direct changes in participants' lives, such as increased income.
Method for Attributing Outcomes
We don't know if the observed changes were caused by the nonprofit's program or something else happening at the same time (e.g., a participant got a raise). To determine causation, we take the outcomes we observe and subtract an estimate of the outcomes that would have happened even without the program (i.e., counterfactual outcomes).
We estimate the number of person-years of clean water the nonprofit provides by comparing the person-years actually achieved to the person-years that would have been achieved even in the absence of the nonprofit (the “counterfactual”). Some beneficiaries might have accessed clean water from other providers or on their own; these counterfactual successes must be netted out of the successes we observe. Otherwise, we would be attributing a change in a person’s life (gaining clean water) to the nonprofit when it would have happened anyway. Few nonprofits estimate the counterfactual themselves, so we construct our own counterfactual estimate based on research and publicly available data. We research the average rate with which clean water access is increasing year over year in that location, and assume that, if the nonprofit had not intervened, that trend would have continued.
Cost Data Source
After estimating the program's outcomes, we need to determine how much it cost to achieve those outcomes. All monetary costs are counted, whether they are borne by a nonprofit service deliverer or by the nonprofit’s public and private partners.
Cost Calculation
$221,400 program costs + $0 partner costs + $3,320 beneficiary costs = $224,720 total costs
We calculate impact, defined as the change in outcomes attributable to a program divided by the cost to achieve those outcomes.
Impact Calculation
$224,720 total costs / 151,397 person-years of clean water = roughly $2 provides clean water to a person for a year.
Benchmark for Rating
Impact & Results scores of water purification programs are based on the cost to provide clean water relative to the market cost that a person incurs to buy water in that country. Programs receive an Impact & Results score of 100 if they provide water for less than 75% of the estimated market costs, and a score of 80 if they do so for less than 125%. If a nonprofit reports impact but doesn't meet the benchmark for cost-effectiveness, it earns a score of 65.
Determination
Highly cost-effective
Pure Water for the World Inc. reported its largest program on its FY 2020 Form 990 as:
Spent in most recent FY
Percent of program expenses
In 2020, Pure Water for the World reached 1,977 people at homes and in schools with safe water, sanitation and hygiene solutions. *Installed 345 biosand water filters in homes and schools. *Constructe ... (More)
In 2020, Pure Water for the World reached 1,977 people at homes and in schools with safe water, sanitation and hygiene solutions. *Installed 345 biosand water filters in homes and schools. *Constructed 64 latrines at homes. Built 9 latrines with handwashing stations and 4 rainwater-harvesting systems at schools. *Laid 5 km of piping from water sources to schools.*Reached 2,385 family members with hygiene education workshops, including environmental, home, personal, menstrual hygiene management, and COVID-19 prevention. *Trained 103 volunteer Community Agents, empowering them to support their communities' safe water & sanitation programs.*Provided 67 schoolteachers with lessons about how to integrate water, hygiene, and sanitation practices into classroom curriculum.*Monitored 352 homes and 43 schools, reinforcing the tools and practices are being used correctly and consistently.*WASH Training and Consulting Teams conducted 9 different workshops, providing essential skills to 161 participants. *Conducted 410 tests in the Water Quality Lab in Haiti. (Less)
Pure Water for the World Inc. has earned a 92% for the Culture & Community beacon. See the metrics below for more information.
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Full CreditPartial CreditNo CreditNot ApplicableConstituent Feedback - Data Available - 100/100 ptsConstituent Feedback - Data Available - 100/100 pts
30% of beacon score
This organization reported that it is collecting feedback from the constituents and/or communities it serves. Charity Navigator believes nonprofit organizations that engage in inclusive practices, such as collecting feedback from the people and communities they serve, may be more effective.
Who are the people you serve with your mission? Describe briefly.
Pure Water for the World serves people living in very rural and underserved communities of Honduras and Haiti. These communities typically have no services, including no electricity, no running water and no sanitation services. Few, if any, other NGOs work in these locations and government services often leave these community members underserved. Familes subsist on incomes falling well under the poverty level, most living on income of $1.25-$2/day. Education levels are low. Incidences of malnutrition and waterborne illnesses are high, especially in young children.
How is your organization collecting feedback from the people you serve?
Electronic surveys (by email, tablet, etc.), Focus groups or interviews (by phone or in person), Paper surveys, Community meetings or town halls, Other means
How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?
To identify and remedy poor client service experiences, To identify bright spots and enhance positive service experiences, To make fundamental changes to our programs and/or operations, To inform the development of new programs/projects, To strengthen relationships with the people we serve
With whom does your organization share the feedback you got from the people you serve?
Our staff, Our board, Our funders, Our community partners
How has asking for feedback from the people you serve changed your relationship with them or shifted power - over decisions, resources, rules or in other ways - to them?
We have regular formal and informal engagement with members of communities in which we work. As each community has different people and dynamics, we strive to understand the variances. As the programs are intended to be owned and managed by the community members, their buy-in and understanding has to be comprehensive. Regular communication helps our team understand where additional support may be needed. A specific recent example wold be a community in where there was conflict regarding the water source and its perceived impact on the project. We brought all community leaders together to discuss and work to resolve the issue, rather than trying to remedy it on our own.
What challenges does your organization face in collecting feedback from the people you serve?
It is difficult to find the ongoing funding to support feedback collection, Staff find it hard to prioritize feedback collection and review due to lack of time
Briefly describe a recent change that your organization made in response to feedback from the people you serve.
Our team is working in a completely new community. Based on results found during our first round of monitoring, we realize that more training is needed for our new implementers and community agents to sustain the high level results we strive to achieve. The training program will be modified to include additional layers for deeper understanding. Continued monitoring will help us measure results of the additional training.
Equity Practices - Data Available - 88/100 ptsEquity Practices - Data Available - 88/100 pts
70% of beacon score
This organization's score of 88 is a passing score. The organization reported that it is implementing 6 Equity Practices. Charity Navigator believes nonprofit organizations implementing effective equity policies and practices can enhance a nonprofit's decision-making, staff motivation, innovation, and effectiveness.
Equity Practices (2/7) | |
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We review compensation data across the organization (and by staff levels) to identify disparities by race. | |
We ask team members to identify racial disparities in their programs and/or portfolios. | |
We analyze disaggregated data and root causes of race disparities that impact the organization/'s programs, portfolios, and the populations served. | |
We disaggregate data to adjust programming goals to keep pace with changing needs of the communities we support. | |
We employ non-traditional ways of gathering feedback on programs and trainings, which may include interviews, roundtables, and external reviews with/by community stakeholders. | |
We disaggregate data by demographics, including race, in every policy and program measured | |
We have long-term strategic plans and measurable goals for creating a culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization. | |
Equity Policies and Procedures (4/7) | |
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We use a vetting process to identify vendors and partners that share our commitment to race equity. | |
We have a promotion process that anticipates and mitigates implicit and explicit biases about people of color serving in leadership positions. | |
We seek individuals from various race backgrounds for board and executive director/CEO positions within our organization. | |
We have community representation at the board level, either on the board itself or through a community advisory board. | |
We help senior leadership understand how to be inclusive leaders with learning approaches that emphasize reflection, iteration, and adaptability. | |
We measure and then disaggregate job satisfaction and retention data by race, function, level, and/or team. | |
We engage everyone, from the board to staff levels of the organization, in race equity work and ensure that individuals understand their roles in creating culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization. | |
Pure Water for the World Inc. has earned a 100% for the Leadership & Adaptability beacon. See the metrics below for more information.
This beacon provides an assessment of the organization's leadership capacity, strategic thinking and planning, and ability to innovate or respond to changes in constituent demand/need or other relevant social and economic conditions to achieve the organization's mission.
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Full CreditPartial CreditNo CreditNot ApplicableMission - 10/10 ptsMission - 10/10 pts
The nonprofit organization presents evidence of strategic thinking through articulating the organization's mission
Pure Water for the World’s mission is to improve lives by empowering people with access to life’s most basic necessities: safe water and sanitation.
Vision - 10/10 ptsVision - 10/10 pts
The nonprofit organization presents evidence of strategic thinking through articulating the organization’s vision.
We envision a world in which all people have safe water, proper sanitation and the knowledge to sustain it for future generations.
Source: Nonprofit submitted responses
Goals - 20/20 ptsGoals - 20/20 pts
The nonprofit organization presents evidence of strategic thinking and goal setting through sharing their most important strategic goals.
Goal One: Expand the implementation of PWW’s operating model in the countries we currently serve.
Goal Type: Grow, expand, scale or increase access to the existing programs and services.
Goal Two: Grow our impact in Central America through training and consulting services to build the WASH capacity of other entities.
Goal Type: This goal reflects our commitment to further our advocacy work for our organization and or cause area.
Goal Three: Expand PWW’s operating model to incorporate institutional WASH, particularly for WASH in healthcare facilities.
Goal Type: New program(s) based on observed changes in needs among our constituencies/communities served.
Leadership Development - 15/15 ptsLeadership Development - 15/15 pts
The nonprofit provides evidence of investment in leadership development
In 2020, we invested in our Honduras Country Director participating in a comprehensive WASH in Healthcare training program hosted by Emory University. We regularly work closely with specialized consultants who not only support program development, but serve to expand the knowledge and capabilities of our staff (at all levels). Finally, annual staff evaluations are focused on development with goal setting and support to meet those goals in the new year. These evaluations are designed to encourage employee growth.
Mobilizing for Mission - 15/15 ptsMobilizing for Mission - 15/15 pts
The nonprofit provides evidence of leadership through focusing externally and mobilizing resources for the mission.
Strategic Partnerships
Networks of Collective Impact Efforts
Thought Leadership
Raising Awareness
Community Building
Policy Advocacy
*Published study with Tufts University, presented at several conferences throughout the years. *Shared internal research with a variety of universities (much can be found on www.purewaterfortheworld.org) and have had several independent studies conducted of our work. *Participated in panels at leading WASH and international development conferences. *Work collaboratively with a variety of strategic partners and other NGOs to enhance our collective offerings. *Comprehensive marketing and social media strategies implemented annually. *As a member of Millennium Water Alliance, we participate in federal policy advocacy.
Adaptability Story - 30/30 ptsAdaptability Story - 30/30 pts
The nonprofit has an opportunity to tell the story of how the organization adapted to tremendous external changes in the last year.
Hygiene education is PWW's expertise. Healthy hygiene practices, in combination with safe water and sanitation, are critical to the general health and wellbeing of all people every single day. Without access to these most basic health protectors, vulnerable children and families face an even greater challenge to defend themselves against invasive pathogens, including viruses like COVID-19. With the widespread impact of COVID-19, PWW teams in Haiti and Honduras rapidly responded to the urgent need for more hygiene education and training. The work done in response to the crisis was not simply a short-term band-aid. All decisions were carefully considered with the objective of building upon our existing hygiene education programs and materials, expanding our reach through new channels, which PWW teams continue to use. Teams quickly shifted programs and created a variety of resources to get critical hygiene education out to the most vulnerable communities, including: *Radio and TV Public Service Announcements *Virtual workshops *Expansion of existing training programs to webinars *Developing new training videos to empower community members to construct hand washing and water tools at home. *Creating and distributing posters in essential public spaces (i.e. banks, supermarkets, border offices, and health centers) *Working closely with local government and other WASH organizations to expand reach of messages and trainings *Consulting on and supporting the building of latrines in essential areas. *Construction and placement of Touch-Free Hand washing stations in essential areas. *Reaching out to Community Agents and partners to continue sharing critical messages. Teams were designated as essential workers in the communities they serve and were able to continue this critical work. They partnered with local community members to continue programs, revising delivery of programs to limit points-of-contact, while consistently using personal protective equipment.
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