Nonprofit · EIN 46-2471091
PURE OAKLAND WATER
Tax-exempt · WATERFORD, MI 48328
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 30, 2025 | 990 | $135,632 | $92,839 | $42,793 | $176,588 | $0 | $176,588 |
| September 30, 2024 | 990 | $107,920 | $91,492 | $16,428 | $133,795 | $0 | $133,795 |
| September 30, 2023 | 990 | $116,288 | $92,296 | $23,992 | $117,367 | $0 | $117,367 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended September 30, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $95,531
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $2,454
- Net income from fundraising events
- $37,647
- Other revenue
- $37,647
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $62,880
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $0
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Accounting fees
- $3,620
- Program services (functional)
- $77,961
- Management and general (functional)
- $14,878
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $133,795
- Total assets, end of year
- $176,588
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $0
- Net assets, end of year
- $176,588
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $176,588
- Gross receipts
- $275,128
- Employees
- 0
- Year formed
- 2013
- State of legal domicile
- MI
From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.
Officers, directors and key employees
As listed on the 990 for the year ended September 30, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| JIM NASH | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | – | $0 |
| JACOB DI PONIO | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | – | $0 |
| ANNE VAARA | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | – | $0 |
| JEFFREY SANGSTER | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | – | $0 |
| ALYSSA TAUBE | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | – | $0 |
| DON CARPENTER | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | – | $0 |
| PETE CAVANAUGH | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | – | $0 |
| FRITZ KLINGER | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | – | $0 |
| JULIE DUFF | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | – | $0 |
| LYNN HARMALA | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | – | $0 |
| PHILIP SANZICA | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | – | $0 |
990 for the year ended September 30, 2024: 10 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| JIM NASH | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | – | $0 |
| JACOB DI PONIO | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | – | $0 |
| ANNE VAARA | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | – | $0 |
| JEFFREY SANGSTER | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | – | $0 |
| ALYSSA TAUBE | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | – | $0 |
| DON CARPENTER | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | – | $0 |
| PETE CAVANAUGH | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | – | $0 |
| FRITZ KLINGER | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | – | $0 |
| JULIE DUFF | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | – | $0 |
| LYNN HARMALA | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | – | $0 |
990 for the year ended September 30, 2023: 10 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| JIM NASH | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 |
| JACOB DI PONIO | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 |
| ANNE VAARA | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 |
| DON CARPENTER | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| PETE CAVANAUGH | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MELISSA DAMASCHKE | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| FRITZ KLINGER | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JEFFREY SANGSTER | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| PHILIP SANZICA | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ALYSSA TAUBE | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- ONE PUBLIC WORKS DRIVE BLDG 95 WEST, WATERFORD, MI 48328-1907
- In care of
- % CRAIG COVEY
- Principal officer (990 for 2024)
- JIM NASH, ONE PUBLIC WORKS DRIVE, BUILDING 95 WEST, WATERFORD, MI 483281907
- Signed the 990
- JIM NASH, PRESIDENT
- Phone
- (248) 858-5443
- Website
- PUREOAKLANDWATER.ORG
- Return prepared by
- HESS & LEIB CPA'S PC
Mission
ORGANIZATION'S MISSION OR MOST SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITIES. PURE OAKLAND WATER (POW) IS A MICHIGAN ORGANIZATION THAT IS DEDICATED TO PROTECTING OAKLAND COUNTY'S REGIONAL WATER RESOURCES THROUGH PUBLIC EDUCATION, COMMUNITY ORGANIZING, ENVIRONMENTAL ADVOCACY, AND THE PROMOTION OF A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE. PUBLIC EDUCATION: IN AN EFFORT TO PROMOTE UNDERSTANDING OF OUR CURRENT AND FUTURE WATER NEEDS AND CHALLENGES, PURE OAKLAND WATER IS DEDICATED TO PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS ABOUT SUSTAINING AND PROTECTING WATER RESOURCES. POW WILL DISTRIBUTE INFORMATION TO COMMUNITY GROUPS, SCHOOLS, STAKEHOLDERS, POLICYMAKERS, AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN AN EFFORT TO PROMOTE A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE. THIS WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH SEMINARS, TOWN HALL MEETINGS, CONFERENCES, PRINTED MATERIALS, WATER FESTIVALS, AND OTHER PUBLIC OUTREACH. POW WILL HELP WITH THE EDUCATION OF WATER FLOW PROCESSES, ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT AND SUSTAINABILITY. THIS WILL INCLUDE STORM WATER AND WASTEWATER OPERATIONS AND THE METHODS OF MAINTAIN
Program accomplishments
- PURE OAKLAND WATER PROVIDED THESE FUNDS TO CRANBROOK INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE TO SUPPORT THE EDUCATION PROGRAMS FOR REGIONAL STUDENTS ON WATER CONSERVATION, RIVER, LAKE AND STREAM PROTECTION, POLLUTION PREVENTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL PRESERVATION TECHNIQUES DURING THEIR ANNUAL ROUGE RIVER WATER FESTIVAL.Expenses $15,000 · grants $15,000
- PURE OAKLAND WATER PROVIDED THESE FUNDS TO OAKLAND UNIVERSITY TO SUPPORT THE EDUCATION PROGRAMS FOR REGIONAL STUDENTS ON WATER CONSERVATION, RIVER, LAKE, AND STREAM PROTECTION, POLLUTION PREVENTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL PRESERVATION TECHNIQUES DURING THEIR ANNUAL CLINTON RIVER WATER FESTIVAL.Expenses $15,000 · grants $15,000
- PURE OAKLAND WATER PROVIDED THESE FUNDS TO FOUR ORGANIZATIONS TO SUPPORT SUMMER INTERNSHIP PROGRAMS FOR REGIONAL STUDENTS ON WATER CONSERVATION, RIVER, LAKE, AND STREAM PROTECTION, POLLUTION PREVENTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL PRESERVATION TECHNIQUES.Expenses $13,000 · grants $13,000
- ALL OTHER ACCOMPLISHMENTS COMPRISE EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ABOUT, AND PROMOTING AWARENESS OF, WATER RESOURCE PRESERVATION.Expenses $34,961 · grants $19,880
What it must file and when
IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in September, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | September 30, 2026 | February 15, 2027 | Not due yet |
| 2024 | September 30, 2025 | February 16, 2026 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | September 30, 2024 | February 17, 2025 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 46-2471091
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 2013
- Accounting year ends
- September
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Environment (C193)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $176,588
- Income (IRS master file)
- $275,128
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | September 2025 | $135,632 | $92,839 | $176,588 | XML |
| 990 | September 2024 | $107,920 | $91,492 | $133,795 | XML |
| 990 | September 2023 | $116,288 | $92,296 | $117,367 | XML |
| 990 | September 2022 | $89,865 | $128,531 | $83,216 | IRS |
| 990 | September 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | September 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 46-2471091).
Questions about PURE OAKLAND WATER
- What is the EIN of PURE OAKLAND WATER?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of PURE OAKLAND WATER is 46-2471091.
- Is PURE OAKLAND WATER tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2013.
- Are donations to PURE OAKLAND WATER tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does PURE OAKLAND WATER file?
- Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
- When is the next return of PURE OAKLAND WATER due?
- The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending September 30, 2026) is due February 15, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did PURE OAKLAND WATER last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended September 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of PURE OAKLAND WATER?
- The 990 for the year ended September 30, 2025 names JIM NASH.
- Who are the officers and directors of PURE OAKLAND WATER?
- The 990 for the year ended September 30, 2025 lists 11 people; 0 received compensation from the organization.
- How much revenue does PURE OAKLAND WATER have?
- On its 990 for the year ended September 30, 2025 it reported revenue of $135,632, expenses of $92,839 and total assets of $176,588 at year end.
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