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Name:	Living Water International
Address:	4001 Greenbriar Drive, Suite 200
	Stafford, TX 77477
Phone:	281-207-7800 877-594-4426
Web Address:	www.water.cc

Living Water International (LWI) meets the 20 Standards for Charity Accountability.

The installation of water points, particularly through drilling boreholes and repairing hand pumps, is LWI’s primary program. The organization believes that the most effective way to transform communities is by focusing on specific districts or regions within each country, and working until all communities are served by water, sanitation, and hygiene interventions (WaSH). LWI desires that each community be mentored toward an end goal of being able to maintain and eventually replace their water systems independently. The majority of people in the communities LWI serves are oral learners, living in largely non-literate societies. The organization develops strategies, encapsulated in workshops that they offer as a tool to local churches in the areas where they work. LWI relies on partnerships and collaborative relationships with other disciple-making groups to increase their collective impact.

For the year ended December 31, 2009, LWI's program expenses were:

Water well programs	11,408,632
Training and hygiene	107,250
Total Program Expenses:	$11,515,882

Chief Executive : Michael J. Mantel, Executive Director

Compensation*:

$181,346

Chair of the Board: W. David Welch
Chair's Profession / Business Affiliation: Franklin, Turner and Welch, LLC

Board Size: 12

Paid Staff Size: 54

*2009 compensation includes annual salary and, if applicable, benefit plans, expense accounts, and other allowances. Mr. Mantel became President/CEO on June 1, 2010. The previous Executive Director, Gary Evans, received compensation in the amount of $126,346 for 2009.

Method(s) Used:

Direct mail, special events, print advertisements, radio, grant proposals, Internet appeals, planned giving, and cause-related marketing.

Fund raising costs were 14% of related contributions. (Related contributions, which totaled $12,209,043, are donations received as a result of fund raising activities.)

This organization is tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. It is eligible to receive contributions deductible as charitable donations for federal income tax purposes.

The following information is based on LWI's audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2009.

Source of Funds
Contributions	10,390,172
Special events	1,809,277
Other income	97,845
Rental income	77,821
Training fees	68,326
Government grants	9,594
Total Income	$12,453,035

Uses of Funds as a % of Total Expenses

Programs: 81%  Fund Raising: 12%  Administrative: 7%

Total income				$12,453,035
	Program expenses			$11,515,882
	Fund raising expenses			1,712,032
	Administrative expenses			971,155
Total expenses				$14,199,069
Expenses in Excess of Income				(1,746,034)
Beginning net assets				7,729,007
Ending net assets				5,982,973
Total liabilities				820,164
Total assets				$6,803,137

Note: According to LWI's 2009 audited financial statements, the organization received in-kind contributions in the amount of $80,000 including vehicles ($37,000), materials/supplies ($21,000), computers ($16,000), and other equipment ($6,000).