- Revenue 2024
- $892,994
- Expenses 2024
- $886,947
Program services were 72.2% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
As filed
- Subsection
- 03
- NTEE code
- C32
- Classification
- 1000
- Street
- 859 WASHINGTON STREET
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
Dedicated to providing water education, training and leadership to protect public health and the environment.
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Education - The association coordinates certification schools and various seminars and special educational programs (13 schools and 22 seminars/special programs in 2024) during the course of the year to provide continuing education on water and wastewater topics for operators and engineers. They also serve to enhance member awareness of issues related to the industry and encourage networking. Schools meet state-mandated education requirements for professionals to sit for state operator examinations.
Expenses $360,920 · Grants $20,013 · Revenue $398,567
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Conferences - The association has an annual conference, with over 1700 attendees in 2024, which provides continuing education on water and wastewater topics. It enhances member awareness of issues related to the industry and encourages networking. Additionally, CEU's (continuing education credits) are provided that allow state operators and engineers to meet mandatory continuing education requirements.
Expenses $248,734 · Revenue $307,343
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Networking - The association hosts a variety of networking events throughout the year (24 in 2024) designed to help members connect with others in the industry.
Expenses $30,462 · Grants $5,411 · Revenue $18,493
As filed on the 2024 return.
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.
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Jennifer Picarella
Executive Dir.
- Total calculated
- $121,003
- From this org
- $38,308
- From related orgs
- $63,352
- Other
- $19,343
- Hours/week
- 40
-
Bryan Gossage
Executive Dir.
- Total calculated
- $50,280
- From this org
- $17,463
- From related orgs
- $28,879
- Other
- $3,938
- Hours/week
- 40
-
Courtney Driver
Past-Chair
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.25
-
Ben Kearns
Past-Chair
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 7
-
Terry Houk
Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.25
-
Carolyn Ross
Chair-Elect
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
-
Lamya Badr
Vice-Chair
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1.8
-
Kevin Irby
Chair
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3
-
Mary Knosby
Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.25
-
Tom Bach
WEF Delegate
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.25
-
Corey King
WEF Delegate
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
David Saunders
AWWA Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.25
-
Keller Schnier
Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1.8
-
Carl Wilson
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.25
-
David Melton
Prof WW Rep
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.77
-
Jacob Mueller
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Gregory Jenkins
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
-
Mike Osborne
WEF Delegate
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Bill Brewer
AWWA Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1.25
-
Chris White
Prof Water Rep
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Mike Strader
Prof WW Rep
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.25
-
Melinda Ward
Prof Water Rep
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.25
-
Matt Hargett
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.25
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
- $892,994
- Expenses
- $886,947
- Contributions
- $142,735
- Grants paid
- $25,423
-
2023
- Revenue
- $907,995
- Expenses
- $1,076,410
- Contributions
- $97,095
- Grants paid
- $7,750
-
2022
- Revenue
- $631,218
- Expenses
- $701,129
- Contributions
- $120,201
- Grants paid
- $0
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
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2024 · 990-T
- Revenue
- not reported
- Expenses
- not reported
- Assets (EOY)
- not reported
-
2023 · 990-T
- Revenue
- not reported
- Expenses
- not reported
- Assets (EOY)
- not reported
-
2022 · 990-T
- Revenue
- not reported
- Expenses
- not reported
- Assets (EOY)
- not reported
-
2021 · 990
- Revenue
- $552,219
- Expenses
- $559,718
- Assets (EOY)
- $779,629
-
2021 · 990-T
- Revenue
- not reported
- Expenses
- not reported
- Assets (EOY)
- not reported
-
2020 · 990
- Revenue
- $362,959
- Expenses
- $513,363
- Assets (EOY)
- $682,789
-
2020 · 990-T
- Revenue
- not reported
- Expenses
- not reported
- Assets (EOY)
- not reported
-
2019 · 990
- Revenue
- $803,003
- Expenses
- $809,302
- Assets (EOY)
- $845,911
-
2018 · 990
- Revenue
- $745,060
- Expenses
- $770,024
- Assets (EOY)
- $778,945
-
2017 · 990
- Revenue
- $715,943
- Expenses
- $686,926
- Assets (EOY)
- $726,787
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
-
$23,620
2024 General Support Grant
Grants received
-
$10,500
2024 Program Support
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
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American Water Works Assoc NC Section
501c3 · education · NC
Declared as related by
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AMERICAN WATER WORKS ASSOCIATION
On its 2024 return
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
Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.
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 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.