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AMERICAN WATERWAYS OPERATORS INC

EIN 53-0173915 ARLINGTON, VA

Revenue 2024
$7,984,687
Expenses 2024
$7,577,700

As filed

Subsection
06
Classification
2000
Street
801 N QUINCY ST STE 500

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE AMERICAN WATERWAYS OPERATORS IS THE TUGBOAT, TOWBOAT, AND BARGE INDUSTRY'S ADVOCATE, RESOURCE AND UNITED VOICE FOR SAFE, SUSTAINABLE AND EFFICIENT TRANSPORATION ON AMERICA'S WATERWAYS, OCEANS, AND COASTS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

NATIONAL TRADE ASSOCIATION OF THE TUGBOAT, TOWBOAT AND BARGE INDUSTRY.

  • ADVOCACY - AWO SERVES AS THE LEADING NATIONAL ADVOCATE FOR THE TUGBOAT, TOWBOAT AND BARGE INDUSTRY WITH THE U.S. CONGRESS, ADMINISTRATION, FEDERAL AGENCIES, AND STATE GOVERNMENTS. AWO PROMOTES THE INDUSTRY'S VALUE TO THE NATION AS A DRIVER OF THE U.S. ECONOMY THAT PROVIDES FAMILY-WAGE JOBS AND MOVES THE NATION'S FREIGHT SAFELY WHILE REDUCING AIR AND WATER POLLUTION, RELIEVING TRAFFIC CONGESTION, AND PROTECTING HOMELAND SECURITY. AWO STAFF AND MEMBERS ADVOCATE FOR SOUND LEGISLATION, REGULATION AND PUBLIC POLICY THAT ENABLES THE INDUSTRY TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE JOBS AND MOVE THE NATION'S COMMERCE SAFELY, SUSTAINABLY AND EFFICIENTLY.

  • SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY - AWO SUPPORTS MEMBERS IN BUILDING THE COMPETENCIES, BEST PRACTICES AND CAPACITY TO OPERATE AT THE HIGHEST STANDARDS OF SAFETY, SUSTAINABILITY, EFFICIENCY AND INNOVATION. TO THAT END, AWO SETS SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM STANDARDS; PROVIDE FORUMS FOR SAFETY PROFESSIONALS; CREATES AND DISTRIBUTES MARINE SAFETY COMMUNICATIONS; DEVELOPS SAFETY AND SUSTAINABILITY TOOLS AND RESOURCES; SUPPORTS COMPLIANCE WITH SAFETY AND SECURITY REGULATIONS; AND ENGAGES AND ADVOCATES THROUGH SAFETY PARTNERSHIPS WITH PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTOR ENTITIES.

  • PUBLIC AFFAIRS AND COMMUNICATIONS - AWO GENERATES PROMOTIONAL MATERIALS AND MEDIA COVERAGE TO HELP RAISE AWARENESS OF THE TUGBOAT, TOWBOAT AND BARGE INDUSTRY'S CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE U.S. ECONOMY, SECURITY, AND ENVIRONMENT AMONG POLICYMAKERS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND CRAFTS COMMUNICATIONS TO INFORM THE AWO MEMBERSHIP OF PUBLIC POLICY DEVELOPMENTS AND ENCOURAGE MEMBER ENGAGEMENT IN AWO'S WORK.

  • MEMBERSHIP MEETINGS - AWO CONDUCTS MEETINGS AT THE NATIONAL AND REGIONAL LEVELS TO EDUCATE MEMBERS ON PUBLIC POLICY ISSUES FACING THE TUGBOAT, TOWBOAT, AND BARGE INDUSTRY AND PROMOTE SAFETY, SECURITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP. IN 2024, AWO HELD TWO IN-PERSON BOARD MEETINGS/NATIONAL CONVENTIONS, THREE IN-PERSON ANNUAL REGIONAL MEETINGS AND TWO IN-PERSON SAFETY MEETINGS. ATTENDANCE AT THESE EVENTS RANGED FROM 55-175 MEMBERS. AWO ALSO HELD A SERIES OF SMALLER HYBRID REGIONAL ROUNDTABLE GATHERINGS THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER.

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • RICK IULIUCCI

    IMMD. PAST CHAIR (AS OF 5/

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • KELLY TEICHMAN

    CHAIRMAN (AS OF 5/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • PATRICK SUTTON

    VICE CHAIRMAN (AS OF 5/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • BRIAN HUGHES

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • AARON HALCOMB

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ADAM BINSFELD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ANGELA GRETT

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ANGIE FAY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ASHLEY DANIELSON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ART MEAD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • AUSTIN GOLDING

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BANNON CROWLEY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BAXTER SOUTHERN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BEAU BERTHELOT

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BEN WHITE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BRANDON DAVIDSON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CHAS HAUN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CHUCK HRICZAK

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CRAIG NELSON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DAVID BRUEGGEN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DAVID HILL

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DAVID LANE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DEREK EGAN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ED HOGAN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • EVERETT BILLINGSLEA

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

The first 25 listed. 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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $7,984,687
    Expenses
    $7,577,700
    Contributions
    $0
    Grants paid
    $180,656
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $7,577,243
    Expenses
    $7,315,317
    Contributions
    $0
    Grants paid
    $184,526
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $7,093,906
    Expenses
    $6,915,448
    Contributions
    $0
    Grants paid
    $164,137

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $7,173,829
    Expenses
    $6,702,396
    Assets (EOY)
    $10,638,878

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $7,524,730
    Expenses
    $6,960,530
    Assets (EOY)
    $10,803,404

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $7,537,947
    Expenses
    $7,945,305
    Assets (EOY)
    $8,273,893

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $7,362,176
    Expenses
    $7,179,121
    Assets (EOY)
    $7,700,352

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $7,218,626
    Expenses
    $6,576,713
    Assets (EOY)
    $8,023,896

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $7,345,320
    Expenses
    $6,873,240
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,709,160

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $7,163,442
    Expenses
    $6,826,668
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,765,604

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,860,816
    Expenses
    $7,068,613
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,179,412

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,887,693
    Expenses
    $5,224,078
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,459,849

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $4,934,071
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,511,338

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

No itemized grant names this organization as a recipient. Only grants over $5,000 are itemized, and only by filers of the full Form 990.

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared on its 2024 return

  • AMERICAN WATERWAYS OPERATORS PAC

    527 · POLITICAL ACTIVITY · VA · controlled entity

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Not present in the most recent drop.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 29 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.