Hope Springs Water
The mission of Hope Springs Water is to provide sources of pure water, provide water distribution systems, sanitation systems and / or public health education programs in the developing world.
Hope Springs Water at a glance
- Total assets
- $162,647
- -16.1% vs 2024
- Revenue (2025)
- $397,544
- +3.7% vs 2024
- Net investment income (2025)
- $1
- Expenses (2025)
- $420,522
- -2.1% vs 2024
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.
Who Hope Springs Water funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Grant Size Distribution
1 grant across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 1 grant of 1 (100%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
Grant Distribution by State
States
Cities
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2020 to 2024, annual grant giving ranged from $18K (2021) to $234K (2024). In 2024 it reported $234K in grants paid, as a total without an itemized list.
Hatched bars: grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Hearts 4Kids Inc La Feria, TX | Our team traveled to the Brownsville-Matamoros border this summer to evaluate the situation there and take menstrual supplies to our partners to be distributed to the refugees along the border. We also spoke with water department officials in McAllen, Texas about water needs along the Rio Grande in The Colonias found there. We have been sending regular truckloads of water to Brownsville to assist the efforts to serve the people of the area. | $17,601 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $162,647 | $397,544 | $420,522 | — | — | $1 |
| 2024 | $193,856 | $383,507 | $429,586 | $233,757 | Total only | — |
| 2023 | $278,009 | $408,979 | $430,045 | $226,872 | Total only | — |
| 2022 | $306,764 | $378,107 | $376,971 | $196,317 | Total only | — |
| 2021 | $310,080 | $441,767 | $346,416 | $17,601 | 1 | — |
| 2020 | $214,205 | $263,188 | $285,287 | $158,648 | Total only | — |
"Total only": grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.
About Hope Springs Water
Based on IRS filings
Hope Springs Water is a public charity, based in Athens, TX. IRS filing data is available from 2020 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $163K in total assets. Net investment income was $1.
Focus Areas
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
Hope Springs Water is led by Bo Jackson, Chairman since 2025 (on filings since 2020); none of the 4 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Bo Jackson
Chairman
Trustee → Director, 2022
Director → Chairman, 2025
On filings since 2020
No compensation reported
Stephen Akin
Treasurer
Chairman → Director, 2024
Director → Treasurer, 2025
On filings since 2020
No compensation reported
James Melvin Palmer Jr.
Executive Di
New on the 2025 filing
20 hrs/week
No compensation reported
John Michael Smith
Secretary
New on the 2025 filing
No compensation reported
Former officers (20)
- Former: Eddy Dark (2020–2024) — Director
- Former: Robert Cairncross (2022–2024) — Executive Di
- Former: Michael Gillert (2023–2024) — Vice Chair
- Former: Amanda Bennett (2024) — Director of
- Former: Amy Dark (2024) — Chair
- Former: Ron Cates (2024) — Director
- Former: Candace Donnell (2020–2023) — Secretary
- Former: Debbie Leatherwood (2020–2023) — Director
- Former: Don Greenlee (2020–2023) — Director
- Former: Jimmy Leatherwood (2020–2023) — Director
- Former: Bliss Nelson (2020–2022) — Former Executive Director
- Former: Frank Tindle (2020–2022) — Treasurer & Secretary
- Former: Jamie Running (2020–2022) — Director
- Former: Mike Gillert (2020–2022) — Vice President
- Former: Rik Drummond (2022) — Director
- Former: Ted Mettetal (2022) — Director
- Former: Charles T Mettetal (2020–2021) — Trustee
- Former: Richard Drummond (2020–2021) — Trustee
- Former: Colleen Nelson (2020) — School Health Education Coordinator
- Former: Suzan Stutts (2020) — Trustee
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2020–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Frequently asked questions about Hope Springs Water
How large is Hope Springs Water?
Hope Springs Water reported $163K in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $398K.
Where does Hope Springs Water operate?
Hope Springs Water has awarded grants in Texas.
What is Hope Springs Water's EIN?
Hope Springs Water's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 27-1613317. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2020–2025.
Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.
Data update history
(6)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS September 13, 2022)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS May 5, 2021)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS September 26, 2023)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS October 30, 2024)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS September 30, 2025)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 18, 2026)
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