Association of State & Territorial Solid Waste Management Officials Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
237446280
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Washington, DC, USA
Phone
2026401060
Rating confidence
Limited

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$2,764,453
Expenses
$2,620,986
Assets
$5,256,710
Liabilities
$1,484,339

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

16 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • SUZANNE ENGELS (PRESIDENT)
  • KATHRYN PERSZYK (VICE-PRESIDENT)
  • AMY BRITTAIN (PAST-PRESIDENT)
  • DANIA RODRIGUEZ (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • DANIA RODRIGUEZ (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $256,976 total reported compensation
  • KERRY CALLAHAN (SENIOR PROGRAM MANAGER): $143,410 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Association of state & territorial solid waste management officials' (astswmo) mission is to enhance and promote effective state and territorial programs for waste and materials management, to encourage environmentally sustainable practices and to affect relevant national waste and materials management policies. Through its subcommittees and extensive contacts with environmental managers in 50 states, dc and 5 territories (hereinafter "states"), astswmo facilitates state review and comments on proposed regulations, policy and guidance. Astswmo sponsored meetings, such as the annual membership meetings and topical meetings of interest to state program personnel, as well as subcommittee projects, help to facilitate information exchange among staff from different states and from the epa.

What it reported doing in 2024

Leaking underground storage tanks - astswmo actively represents the unique concerns of state lust programs responsible for oversight, investigation, and remediation, and closure of releases of regulated substances from usts. The lust task force recognizes the important role of state lust programs in protecting human health and the environment through reducing exposure risk to contamination from ust releases. Astswmo is a liaison between state and territorial lust programs and the u.s. Epa, and acts as a resource for distributing technical information and ideas among state lust regulatory officials. The members also provide comments on federal policies and rulemaking and work directly with both federal officials at u.s. Epa's office of underground storage tanks (oust) and officials of the state and territorial ust programs.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 70% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
  • Transparency & Controls: 79
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 49
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: Limited
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 5.2%; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.01; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.28; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 15.3%; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 1.4% per year; rating input score 100; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 7.8% per year; rating input score 100; 49th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: 14 of 14 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments
  • Leadership: top reported pay $257K · 16 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 13 of 13 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 51/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 18/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 36/100.