Amanzi - Water to Schools Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 883784529
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2023–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025
- Location
- Jackson, WY, USA
- Phone
- 3076992115
- Rating
- 88
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- International Relief
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $162,932
- Expenses
- $155,429
- Assets
- $84,917
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
4 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- JULIA HEEMSTRA (PRESIDENT)
- NOSIPHO NKWINTI (VICE PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- JULIA HEEMSTRA (PRESIDENT)
- NOSIPHO NKWINTI (VICE PRESIDENT)
- CONNIE KEMMERER (TREASURER)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Amanzi - water to schools (amanzi) partners with no-fee schools in the eastern cape of south africa to develop sustainable water solutions and bridges to opportunities for students. Without water, the township and rural schools where amanzi works can be forced to reduce instruction hours or, even worse, close. Unemployment rates where these schools are located often exceed 50% for the uneducated - yet unemployment rates drop to ~25% for those with a high school diploma and to ~6% for those with an undergraduate degree. Water is critical - for drinking, sanitation and for providing a daily meal (often, the only reliable meal) to students. Amanzi provides climate-smart water solutions such as rainwater harvesting systems and waterless toilets; our partner schools decide which solutions will work best for them. Once water is secured, our job is not done. Next, we become a bridge to our partner organizations who offer further opportunities to teachers and learners.
What it reported doing in 2025
Amanzi documentary - payment to filmmakers for documentary about the last three years of amanzi's work. Includes travel costs for crew to south africa, azores (climate conference where amanzi presented) and payments to cinematographers, producers and directors.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Revenue has declined or grown slowly and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 86
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 42
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 84.1%; rating input score 84
- Program expense ratio: 88.1%; rating input score 88
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 4.6%; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.55; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 32.8%; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 14.7% per year; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -5.2% per year; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 32.6% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 84.1% of revenue deployed · 88.1% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $137K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 3 filing years from 2023 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 43/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 40/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 11/100.