Chesapeake Section American Water Works Association Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 521182688
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2017–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2016
- Location
- Tilghman, MD, USA
- Phone
- 4439244671
- Rating
- 72
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Professional Societies, Associations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $408,710
- Expenses
- $378,975
- Assets
- $394,728
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
10 people listed
People named in this filing
- ETHAN VIDAL (TRUSTEE)
- NICOLE HORVATH (TRUSTEE)
- JAMES LEMIRE (TRUSTEE)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
As a section of the american water works association (awwa) in the chesapeake bay region, csawwa strives to carry out, locally, awwa's mission "providing solutions to effectively manage water, the world's most important resource" while protecting public health, safeguarding the environment, pursuing excellence, acting with integrity, providing value, and fostering diversity and inclusion while providing education to licensed professionals, operators and superintendents among forty-three (43) north american sections; sharing a common vision of "a better world through better water."
What it reported doing in 2024
1.) february 16, 2024, a career fair was held with chesapeake wea in bowie, Maryland. There were approximately 48 organizations and utilities and 39 students participating in interviews and networking. 2.) the annual spring meeting was held jointly with chesapeake wea on may 23, 2024 at wolf lodge, perryville, Maryland. 3.) two member appreciation events were held one in rockville, md and another in newark, de. 4.) the asset management and water quality committees presented webinars. 5.) in october, 2024 the board participated in the regional meeting of section officers held in asbury, nj. 6.) december 2024, a water distribution seminar was held at the reservoir center in Washington, dc. There was a full day of technical programming.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 88% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 62
- Transparency & Controls: 90
- Accountability: 64
- Sustainability: 56
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 67.5%; rating input score 68
- Program expense ratio: 74.1%; rating input score 74
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Limited
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 1 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 14
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 7.3%; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.04; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 8.5% per year; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 10.8% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 10.4% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 67.5% of revenue deployed · 74.1% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 10 of 10 board members independent · 1 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $281K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
- Consistency: 15 of 15 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 7 filing years from 2017 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
- 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.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- High — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 6 not reported.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 55/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 42/100.