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FRESHWATER SOCIETY

EIN 23-7007115 SAINT PAUL, MN

Revenue 2024
$1,422,614
Expenses 2024
$1,953,357

Program services were 68.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
U50
Classification
1000
Street
2550 UNIVERSITY AVE W

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

INSPIRING AND EMPOWERING PEOPLE TO VALUE AND PRESERVE OUR FRESHWATER RESOURCES.

  • EDUCATION AND ENGAGEMENT:WE LED IMPACTFUL COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT INITIATIVES, INCLUDING THE MN WATER STEWARDS PROGRAM, LEADING THE MINNESOTA WATER WORKFORCE TEAM, OUR NATURE-BASED EDUCATION WORK WITH THE TEACHER FIELD SCHOOL, GROWING GREATER LAKES PROMISE TO BUILD LAND CONSERVATION TO IMPROVE WATER QUALITY IN THE GREAT LAKES. THE WEATHERGUIDE CONTINUED TO INSPIRE ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP, WITH EFFORTS TO STREAMLINE PRODUCTION AND CONNECT WITH THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE. THROUGH EVENTS, PRESENTATIONS, AND PARTNERSHIPS, WE ELEVATED WATER STEWARDSHIP AWARENESS AND WORKFORCE PATHWAYS. POLICY:WE STRENGTHENED OUR ADVOCACY EFFORTS BY CREATING A CROSS-FUNCTIONAL POLICY TEAM TO ADDRESS WATER ISSUES AT LOCAL, STATE, AND FEDERAL LEVELS. HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE NATIONAL WORK ON SMART DATA CENTER SITING, TESTIFYING AT THE MINNESOTA LEGISLATURE, ENGAGING WITH STATE AND EIGHT FEDERAL LEGISLATIVE LEADERS, AND PARTICIPATING IN THE NATIONAL WATER POLICY FLY-IN. OUR TEAM CHAMPIONED CRITICAL ISSUES LIKE SUSTAINABLE WATER SUPPLY, NITRATE CONTAMINATION, ACCESS TO SAFE DRINKING WATER, AND INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDING, ENSURING A STRONG VOICE FOR WATER QUALITY AND ACCESSIBILITY.RESEARCH:WE ADVANCED WATER RESEARCH BY SEVERAL COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS INCLUDING COMPLETING OUR REPORT ON GROUNDWATER GOVERNANCE STRATEGIES FOR EPA REGION 5, SUPPORTED INITIATIVES LIKE THE ST. ANTHONY FALLS CUTOFF WALL INVESTIGATION, CONTINUED TO ASSIST WITH A MANAGED AQUIFER RECHARGE STUDY WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA, AND CIRCULAR WATER ECONOMY EVALUATIONS. PRESENTATIONS AT KEY FORUMS AND ACTIVE PURSUIT OF STATEWIDE WATER REUSE PLANNING SOLIDIFIED OUR ROLE AS LEADERS IN WATER RESEARCH AND INNOVATION.

    Expenses $1,328,992 · Grants $140,735 · Revenue $297,795

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.

  • DAVE LEUTHE

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LAURA PAGANO

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • COREY LOHMILLER

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DOUG THOMAS

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JOSEPHINE MARCOTTY

    PAST CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BETH CARRENO

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JACQUES FINLAY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • RYAN GODFREY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BARB HUBERTY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JEREMY LENZ

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ALI LING

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SAM LOBBY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • RENEE WILLETTE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • WADE CAMPBELL

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • RISIKAT ADESAOGUN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • RYAN HURT

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • TYLER JOHNSON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JILL LUCAS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • AARON TINJUM

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MICHELLE STOCKNESS

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $190,260
    From this org
    $177,400
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,860
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $152,400
    Bonus
    $25,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,860
    Filer's total
    $190,260

  • CATHY RUCCI

    FINANCE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $88,313
    From this org
    $80,769
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,544
    Hours/week
    40

  • ANDREA TODD

    FORMER FINANCE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $16,082
    From this org
    $16,082
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • CARRIE JENNINGS

    RESEARCH AND POLICY DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $131,804
    From this org
    $119,477
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,327
    Hours/week
    40

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $1,422,614
    Expenses
    $1,953,357
    Contributions
    $638,490
    Grants paid
    $140,735
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $1,179,849
    Expenses
    $2,133,891
    Contributions
    $814,657
    Grants paid
    $749,633
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $2,441,287
    Expenses
    $1,580,773
    Contributions
    $2,153,227
    Grants paid
    $244,978

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
    $1,089,251
    Expenses
    $1,610,017
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,721,702

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,390,128
    Expenses
    $1,088,058
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,836,714

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $942,980
    Expenses
    $1,166,079
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,728,055

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,083,621
    Expenses
    $1,239,840
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,522,750

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.

Grants made

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

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

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

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 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.