International Water Resources Assoc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
237303703
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2012
Location
Paris, FR
Phone
7039817033
Rating
70
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Professional Societies, Associations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$145,395
Expenses
$345,019
Assets
$186,016
Liabilities
$62,423

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

Leadership & pay

21 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • GABRIEL ECKSTEIN (PAST PRESIDENT)
  • YUANYUAN LI (PRESIDENT)
  • RABI MOHTAR (VICE-PRESIDENT)
  • HENNING BJORNLUND (VICE-PRESIDENT)
  • LESHA WITMER (VICE-PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • GABRIEL ECKSTEIN (PAST PRESIDENT)
  • KARIN KRCHNAK (DIRECTOR)
  • YUANYUAN LI (PRESIDENT)

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

Research and information exchange among individuals and organizations and across disciplines.

What it reported doing in 2024

Exchange of information between its members (through its task forces and chapters) & international partner organizations. In 2024, iwra membership included over 5,000 members spanning more than 145 countries. In 2024, it had seven chapters in china, japan, india, oceania, mongolia, latin america and caribbean, and egypt, with continued work towards establishing new chapters in africa. Iwra organised the first ever islands water congress in the faroe islands, with more than 195 registered participants from 40 countries and island communities. Iwra collaborated through key partnerships with important organisations, including unesco, world bank, oecd, world water council, un water, fao, and k-water. Iwra participated in, for example, the 86th board of governance meeting at the world water forum and baku water week. Iwra organized webinars with thousands in virtual attendance. Iwra continues to publish its journal, water international, publishing 8 issues in 2024, including 3 special issues.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and most voting board members are independent. The filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad and the filing does not identify recipients for some grant dollars.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 87
  • Transparency & Controls: 50
  • Accountability: 70
  • Sustainability: 18
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 93.3%; rating input score 93
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Scored; rating input score 0
  • Grant itemization coverage: Scored; rating input score 0
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 2 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 29
    • 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: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -137.3%; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.54; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.34; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 4.9% per year; rating input score 100; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 5.2% per year; rating input score 100; 54th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 1.5% per year; rating input score 100; 31st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 93.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 21 of 21 board members independent · 2 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $322K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 21 people listed
  • Consistency: 23 of 23 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes foreign activity
  • Filing history: 12 filing years from 2011 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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 — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight scored 0/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 0/100.
  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 1/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 26/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 15/100.