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Filing year 2024

FOOD & WATER ACTION FUND

Washington, District of Columbia·EIN 32-0160436·NTEE C01 · Environment·4
Total revenue
$4.7M
Total assets
$2M
Total expenses
$4.4M
Reported officers
11
Mission

FOOD & WATER ACTION FUND (FWA) SUPPORTS THE EDUCATION WORK OF FOOD & WATER WATCH. FWA LOBBIES AND ADVOCATES FOR COMMON SENSE POLICIES THAT RESULT IN HEALTHY SAFE FOOD, ACCESS TO SAFE AND AFFORDABLE DRINKING WATER AND A LIVEABLE CLIMATE.

Executive compensation

Form 990 · Schedule J · 6 reported individuals · Filing year 2024

Funder & Executive Director
$37k
$39k
Chief Operations Officer
officer (unspecified)
$33k
$35k
Managing Dir.of Philanthropy
highest compensated employee
$32k
$34k
Managing Dir.of Organizing
highest compensated employee
$32k
$34k
Deputy Dir. of Food & Water Action
highest compensated employee
$30k
$32k
Managing Dir.of Public Affairs
highest compensated employee
$29k
$31k

Teal figures restate each filed amount in 2026 dollars.

Estimated with Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro-area CPI-U, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Plus 5 unpaid individuals.

Browse compensation in Environment

Down 28%
from 2023

From $51k in 2023 to $37k in 2024.

$51k
2023
$37k
2024
In today's dollarsEst.
Down 30% in real terms$56k to $39k

Estimated with Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro-area CPI-U, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Highest reported compensation in each year. Volunteer board members and partial-year payouts are filtered out.
Financial trend

Revenue and expenses over time

FOOD & WATER ACTION FUND reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$1.3M
$1M
2023
$4.7M
$4.4M
2024
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.
Sector benchmark

What Environment executives earn

Comparable environment organizations nationwide pay their highest-earning executive a median of $76,731.

25th percentile
$37k
Median
$76,731
75th percentile
$130k
90th percentile
$208k

These are environment sector-wide figures, not this organization's reported pay. Based on 1,137 organizations across 1,137 filings (2021 – 2023).

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