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AMERICAN WATER WORKS ASSOCIATION

EIN 56-6045934 RALEIGH, NC

Largest nonprofits in North Carolina

Revenue 2024
$1,088,580
Expenses 2024
$1,212,199

Program services were 62.8% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
W038
Classification
2800
Street
859 WASHINGTON ST

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).

Group exemption

A subordinate covered by the group exemption of AMERICAN WATER WORKS ASSOCIATION (EIN 13-5660277). matched by us

The IRS lists each organization's group exemption number; we match a subordinate to its central organization by that number and the affiliation code the IRS assigns.

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

Dedicated to providing water education, training and leadership to protect public health and the environment.

  • 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 $461,941 · Revenue $570,124

  • 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 $250,845 · Grants $20,463 · Revenue $329,548

  • 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 $48,614 · Grants $5,411 · Revenue $31,828

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.

  • Jennifer Picarella

    Executive Dir.

    Total calculated
    $121,003
    From this org
    $63,352
    From related orgs
    $38,308
    Other
    $19,343
    Hours/week
    40
  • Bryan Gossage

    Executive Dir.

    Total calculated
    $50,280
    From this org
    $28,879
    From related orgs
    $17,463
    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
  • Kevin Irby

    Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Lamya Badr

    Vice Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.8
  • Terry Houk

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25
  • Carolyn Ross

    Chair-Elect

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Mike Strader

    Prof WW Rep

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25
  • Corey King

    WEF Delegate

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tom Bach

    WEF Delegate

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25
  • Melinda Ward

    Prof Water Rep

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25
  • 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
  • Chris White

    Prof Water Rep

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • 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
  • Mary Knosby

    Treasurer

    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
    $1,088,580
    Expenses
    $1,212,199
    Contributions
    $136,541
    Grants paid
    $25,874
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $775,727
    Expenses
    $1,012,207
    Contributions
    $131,879
    Grants paid
    $15,732
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $778,869
    Expenses
    $719,061
    Contributions
    $145,970
    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

  • 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
    $645,026
    Expenses
    $569,529
    Assets (EOY)
    $973,300
  • 2021 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $446,809
    Expenses
    $542,677
    Assets (EOY)
    $826,428
  • 2020 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $856,583
    Expenses
    $798,014
    Assets (EOY)
    $888,350
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $856,745
    Expenses
    $805,463
    Assets (EOY)
    $794,002
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $856,745
    Expenses
    $805,463
    Assets (EOY)
    $794,002

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

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

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

Declared as related by

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