Totals
- Total revenue
- $8,774,032
- Total expenses
- $8,402,097
- Contributions and grants received
- $5,530,630
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $2,936,250
- Investment income
- $236,827
- Other revenue
- $70,325
- Total assets, end of year
- $11,970,447
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $4,525,218
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $7,445,229
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $0
- Management and general expenses
- $0
- Fundraising expenses
- $0
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $0
Program services were 0.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
Line items
Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.
Revenue
Part VIII, the statement of revenue.
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1a · Federated campaigns
$0
-
1b · Membership dues
$1,448,440
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1c · Fundraising events
$0
-
1d · Related organizations
$0
-
1e · Government grants (contributions)
$3,864,240
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$217,950
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1g · Noncash contributions included above
$0
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2a · Program service revenue: Conventions and conferences
total $717,842 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $717,842
-
2b · Program service revenue: Education and training
total $1,760,815 · related or exempt $1,760,815 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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2c · Program service revenue: Partnership revenues
total $36,944 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $36,944 · excluded $0
-
2d · Program service revenue: Service fees
total $344,660 · related or exempt $344,660 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
-
2e · Program service revenue: Advertising
total $75,989 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $75,989 · excluded $0
-
2f · All other program service revenue
total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
-
3 · Investment income
total $236,827 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $236,827
-
4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds
total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
-
5 · Royalties
total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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6a · Gross rents
real property $0 · personal property $0
-
6b · Less rental expenses
real property $0 · personal property $0
-
6c · Rental income or loss
real property $0 · personal property $0
-
6d · Net rental income or loss
total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory
securities $0 · other assets $0
-
7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses
securities $0 · other assets $0
-
7c · Gain or loss
securities $0 · other assets $0
-
7d · Net gain or loss
total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
-
8a · Fundraising events: gross income
$0
-
8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c
$0
-
8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses
$0
-
8c · Net income from fundraising events
total $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
-
9a · Gaming: gross income
$0
-
9b · Gaming: direct expenses
$0
-
9c · Net income from gaming
total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
-
10a · Gross sales of inventory
$45,881
-
10b · Cost of goods sold
$0
-
10c · Net income from sales of inventory
total $45,881 · related or exempt $45,881 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
-
11a · Other revenue: NRWA miscellaneous programs
total $5,785 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $5,785
-
11b · Other revenue: Insurance claim proceeds
total $17,650 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $17,650
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11c · Other revenue: All other revenue
total $1,009 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $1,009
-
11d · All other revenue
total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
-
11e · Other revenue, total
$24,444
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $0
-
2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $0
-
3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals
total $0
-
4 · Benefits paid to or for members
total $0
-
5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $993,863
-
6 · Compensation of disqualified persons
total $0
-
7 · Other salaries and wages
total $2,502,435
-
8 · Pension plan contributions
total $189,524
-
9 · Other employee benefits
total $700,715
-
10 · Payroll taxes
total $257,738
-
11a · Fees: management
total $0
-
11b · Fees: legal
total $28,764
-
11c · Fees: accounting
total $25,964
-
11d · Fees: lobbying
total $113,500
-
11e · Fees: professional fundraising services
total $0
-
11f · Fees: investment management
total $82,870
-
11g · Fees: other
total $1,076,045
-
12 · Advertising and promotion
total $51,823
-
13 · Office expenses
total $254,522
-
14 · Information technology
total $69,665
-
15 · Royalties
total $0
-
16 · Occupancy
total $340,833
-
17 · Travel
total $577,080
-
18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials
total $0
-
19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $590,197
-
20 · Interest
total $0
-
21 · Payments to affiliates
total $23,165
-
22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $316,049
-
23 · Insurance
total $16,246
-
24a · Other expenses: Dues and subscriptions
total $91,310
-
24b · Other expenses: Education and training printing
total $60,942
-
24c · Other expenses: Publications
total $29,393
-
24d · Other expenses: Unrelated business income taxes
total $4,634
-
24e · All other expenses
total $4,820
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $19 · end of year $251,734
-
2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $2,997,286 · end of year $1,586,885
-
3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $1,192,865 · end of year $767,773
-
4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $114,417 · end of year $137,210
-
5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
7 · Other notes and loans receivable
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
8 · Inventories for sale or use
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $249,559 · end of year $93,345
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$8,741,047
-
10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$1,796,936
-
10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $953,458 · end of year $6,944,111
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11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
beginning of year $2,038,131 · end of year $2,189,389
-
12 · Investments: other securities
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
13 · Investments: program-related
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
14 · Intangible assets
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
15 · Other assets
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $424,270 · end of year $784,740
-
18 · Grants payable
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
19 · Deferred revenue
beginning of year $95,215 · end of year $240,478
-
20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
21 · Escrow or custodial account liability
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable
beginning of year $0 · end of year $3,500,000
-
24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $6,182,956 · end of year $6,369,845
-
28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $843,294 · end of year $1,075,384
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
TRWA is dedicated to helping rural water and wastewater utilities in Texas provide efficient service and clean, safe drinking water to their customers through on-site technical assistance, classroom and online training, publications, member support services, and representation in legislative processes.
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Under the state contract program, approximately 984 on-site visits were made to public drinking water and wastewater utility systems in Texas to assess, assist, and improve the financial, managerial, and technical capabilities of the systems.
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Under the federal contract program, TRWA provided technical assistance and training to small public water and wastewater systems in Texas, making 1864 contacts with these systems.
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TRWA's professional training and development program trained more than 1200 students during 87 classroom training sessions held in 2024, and trained approximately 3750 students by means of internet-based training courses. Students taking classes are professional water operators that are required by state agencies to have continuing education to qualify for and maintain licenses to operate public water and wastewater systems.
As filed on the 2024 return.
Listed in Part VII
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Lara Zent
Executive Director & General Counsel
- Total calculated
- $343,799
- From this org
- $273,880
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $69,919
- Hours/week
- 50
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $271,778
- Bonus
- $2,102
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $27,240
- Nontaxable benefits
- $28,982
- Filer's total
- $330,102
-
Jason Knobloch
Deputy Executive Director
- Total calculated
- $221,512
- From this org
- $173,709
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $47,803
- Hours/week
- 50
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $161,501
- Bonus
- $12,208
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $11,604
- Nontaxable benefits
- $24,113
- Filer's total
- $209,426
-
Mary Alice McKaughan
Assistant General Counsel
- Total calculated
- $185,199
- From this org
- $146,676
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $38,523
- Hours/week
- 50
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $142,551
- Bonus
- $4,125
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $10,286
- Nontaxable benefits
- $17,216
- Filer's total
- $174,178
-
Thomas Shephard
Finance Director
- Total calculated
- $182,549
- From this org
- $138,508
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $44,041
- Hours/week
- 50
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $133,160
- Bonus
- $5,348
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $9,754
- Nontaxable benefits
- $23,732
- Filer's total
- $171,994
-
Larry Bell
Technical Assistance Director
- Total calculated
- $169,191
- From this org
- $130,929
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $38,262
- Hours/week
- 50
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $128,239
- Bonus
- $2,690
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $12,711
- Nontaxable benefits
- $16,157
- Filer's total
- $159,797
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Nichol Everingham
Development & Training Director
- Total calculated
- $164,802
- From this org
- $130,161
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $34,641
- Hours/week
- 50
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $126,094
- Bonus
- $4,067
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $8,800
- Nontaxable benefits
- $16,335
- Filer's total
- $155,296
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Robert Nettles
Board President
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Mark Gardenhire
Board Vice-President
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Steve Adams
Board Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Allen Knight
Board Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Bruce Alexander
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Dennis Donoho
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Roby Jekel
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Steven Sanchez
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Charles Beseda
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Carolyn Black
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Kyle Eppler
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Rachel Webb
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
T Chad Wilson
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Matthew Barrett
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.
Schedule J
Answered yes
- 1a · Travel for companions
- 1a · Tax indemnification and gross-up payments
- 1a · Health or social club dues or initiation fees
- 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
- 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
Answered no
- 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
- 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
- 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
- 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
The filer's explanations (Part III)
- Schedule J, Part I, Line 1a
- Travel for companions: reasonable travel expenses for spouses travel to specific conferences and meetings is reimbursed according to TRWA board policies. Tax indemnification and gross up: these payments relating to taxable fringe benefits are approved by the executive director within the guidelines of the annual budget which is approved by the board of directors. Social club dues: dues of approximately 2500 per year are approved by the executive director within the guidelines of the annual budget which is approved by the board of directors.
- Schedule J, Part I, Line 1b
- These expenses are approved by the Executive Director within the guidelines of the annual budget, which is approved by the Board of Directors.
Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.
Grants on this return
No itemized grants to organizations on this return.
Related organizations on this return
Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.
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501C3 · SUPPORT RURAL WATER EDUCATION AND RESEARCH · TX
Directly controlled by Texas Rural Water Association
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2024
- Filed
- 26 September 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.0
- Source object
- 202543219349304844
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