Kansas Ground Water Association
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 486120348
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2010–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Westerville, OH, USA
- Phone
- 6148987791
- Rating
- 47
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $185,413
- Expenses
- $108,730
- Assets
- $433,439
- Liabilities
- $51,690
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
16 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Trevor Nash (President)
- Jerad Stroot (President Elect)
- Tony Wedel (Past President)
- Dave Schulenberg (Executive Director)
People named in this filing
- Trevor Nash (President)
- Jerad Stroot (President Elect)
- Mitchell Hall (Sec./Treasurer)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To raise awareness of saving and protecting Kansas ground water.
What it reported doing in 2024
Expenses are to provide education to preserve the ground water quality and quantity for the state of Kansas
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 73% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 14
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 80
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 10.7%; rating input score 11
- Program expense ratio: 18.3%; rating input score 18
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 41.4%; rating input score 90; 90th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.99; rating input score 94; 94th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.12; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -11.1% per year; rating input score 0; 14th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 3% per year; rating input score 100; 37th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 5.5% per year; rating input score 100; 46th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 10.7% of revenue deployed · 18.3% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $20K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 16 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 1 filed schedules
- Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 11/100.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 18/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 23/100.