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← KANSAS RURAL WATER ASSOCIATION

Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by KANSAS RURAL WATER ASSOCIATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$3,896,692
Total expenses
$3,623,237
Contributions and grants received
$2,041,277
Grants paid
$1,000
Program service revenue
$1,489,317
Investment income
$17,510
Other revenue
$348,588
Total assets, end of year
$14,781,888
Total liabilities, end of year
$292,578
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$14,489,310
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$3,156,683
Management and general expenses
$466,554
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$3,156,683

Program services were 87.1% 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.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $397,073

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,644,204

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Training and technical

    total $1,489,317 · related or exempt $1,489,317

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $17,510 · excluded $17,510

  • 11a · Other revenue: Miscellaneous

    total $348,588 · related or exempt $348,588

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $348,588

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $1,000 · program services $1,000

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $222,282 · program services $166,712 · management and general $55,570

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,503,746 · program services $1,153,113 · management and general $350,633

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $76,393 · program services $58,169 · management and general $18,224

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $210,436 · program services $118,154 · management and general $92,282

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $128,658 · program services $98,874 · management and general $29,784

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $67,552 · program services $41 · management and general $67,511

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $36,413 · management and general $36,413

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $360,633 · program services $185,500 · management and general $175,133

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $10,593 · management and general $10,593

  • 17 · Travel

    total $385,249 · program services $287,673 · management and general $97,576

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $517,753 · program services $497,218 · management and general $20,535

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $84,793 · management and general $84,793

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $17,736 · management and general $17,736

  • 24a · Other expenses: Indirect cost allocatio

    total $0 · program services $590,229 · management and general -$590,229

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,059,180 · end of year $929,140

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $248,164 · end of year $256,960

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $277,199 · end of year $271,051

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $11,335 · end of year $9,968

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $55,332 · end of year $56,704

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $1,129,854

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $881,082

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $316,330 · end of year $248,772

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $10,882,347 · end of year $13,009,293

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $85,980 · end of year $51,195

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $187,200 · end of year $241,383

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $12,576,707 · end of year $14,489,310

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

To provide educational and technical information to public water systems located in Kansas.

Activities or mission (Part I)

To provide education and leadership necessary to enhance the effectiveness of Kansas' water and wastewater utilities.

  • Training and Technical Assistance: In 2025, KRWA provided 133 in-person training events and 14 online webinars. These 147 sessions were attended by 7,282 people; operators represented the largest category with 4,749 attendees. KRWA also had 17 operators in the Apprenticeship Program. The Association conducted 152 water loss surveys, locating 698 gallons per minute of water loss. The cost of that loss in production or purchase is $1,444,136 annually.KRWA also conducted smoke testing of five wastewater systems and measured sludge in lagoons for 16 wastewater systems. KRWA provided GPS mapping services to 50 cities and RWDs. A total of 25 Energy Efficiency Assessments were conducted. KRWA provided help with processing and posting 243 Water Quality Reports on the KRWA website. Staff provided help with water rights and source water protection plans, water conservation plans, emergency response plans, valve locating and exercising, fire hydrant testing, master and residential meter testing, pipeline locates, well drawdown and motor phase imbalance checks and worked with water and wastewater utilities on the full spectrum of water and wastewater treatment issues, management and operations.

    Expenses $3,156,683 · Grants $1,000 · Revenue $1,837,905

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Tom Sloan

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mike Schultz

    Vice-President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Carl Chalfant

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Bill Shroyer

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Julia Langley

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Justin Kramer

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Brandon Smith

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Elmer Ronnebaum

    General Manager

    Total calculated
    $222,282
    From this org
    $211,697
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,585
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $211,697
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $10,585 related
    Filer's total
    $211,697 + $10,585 related

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

  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
26 February 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.0
Source object
202630589349300008

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