Chapin Living Waters Foundation Inc
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
Provide Bucket Drip Irrigation Kits and training materials for small scale vegetable gardening to US agricultural charities working primarily in developing countries with long dry seasons.
- Income
- $59,635
- Spending
- $177,858
- Reserves
- 5.3 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- other income, 54%
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Fair: 57 out of 100. Higher than 28% of charities in its peer group (international, under $250k).
Reserves
20 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 5.3 months of spending.
Debt
20 of 20It owes 0% of what it owns.
Living within its means
0 of 15Spending exceeded income by 198% of income.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
This organization files the short tax form, which does not ask about boards, policies or audits. That is normal for a small charity and is not a mark against it.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (4)
- $53,683 spent. Bucket Irrigation Kit grants to US charities offering agricultural training in developing countries: $53,683 Healing Hands International trained 23,000 individuals in 2024;
- $12,152 spent. Bucket Irrigation Kit grants to US charities offering agricultural training in developing countries as follows: $$12,152 UNTO works in 70 countries in development, including agriculture and Bucket Kit irrigation programs
- $50,000 spent. Bucket Irrigation Kit grants to US charities offering agricultural training in developing countries as follows: $50,000 to Orchard Alliance for future Bucket Irrigation Kit grants.
- $21,897 spent. Other grants for Bucket Kits to similar organizations total $21,897.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since March 1999.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 21, 2026.
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