National Hydropower Association Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
521339888
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Washington, DC, USA
Phone
2026821700
Rating confidence
Limited

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$7,661,631
Expenses
$7,841,903
Assets
$5,136,403
Liabilities
$2,474,267

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

Leadership & pay

33 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MALCOLM WOOLF (PRESIDENT AND CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • MALCOLM WOOLF (PRESIDENT AND CEO): $633,848 total reported compensation
  • MARLA J BARNES (VP MEMBER/INDUSTRY ENGAGEMENTS): $247,391 total reported compensation
  • MICHAEL D PURDIE (DIRETOR OF REG. AFFAIRS AND MARKETS): $222,271 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Champion water power as america's premier emission-free renewable energy resource. Inform public policy to protect, enhance and expand water power within the u.s. Electric system. Share technological advancement and encourage operational excellence among our members.hydropower, america's first renewable energy resource, provides power to approximately 30 million americans. Water power in all its forms (including hydropower, pumped storage, and marine energy) provides over 100 gw of reliable, flexible, carbon-free electricity. An additional 50 gws of generation is possible - largely using existing infrastructure - through upgrades, new generation at existing non-powered dams, and new closed-loop pumped storage. In 2024, nha made significant progress in enhancing nha's value proposition in 3 areas as described in part iii.

What it reported doing in 2024

Providing technical insights and public affairsproviding technical insights and public affairs - to provide members insights about timely policy and industry developments, nha's technical committees met regularly throughout the year, facilitated best practice exchanges, and hosted informative webinars and other training sessions. Nha technical committees included the hydraulic power committee (including its operational excellence program and dam safety subcommittee), the marine energy committee, the markets committee, the waterpower innovation council, and the ceo council. Nha also acted as both a vehicle for conveying the industry's messages to key audiences and as a national clearinghouse for information about hydropower and related energy issues. In consultation with the public affairs committee, nha worked to provide the industry's perspective and shape national and regional press; and partnered with various organizations to publicize national hydropower day.nha also expanded its digital ad campaign aimed at educating younger americans about the benefits of hydropower.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 97% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
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: 77
  • Accountability: 91
  • Sustainability: 23
  • 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: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • 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: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 78
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -2.4%; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.65; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.48; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 21%; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 8.9% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 8.5% per year; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: 24 of 24 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 5 filed program accomplishments · $6.6M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $634K · 33 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $1.1M reported
  • Consistency: 14 of 14 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes executive pay
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 6 filed money-flow records
  • 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.
  • 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 9 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 26/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 24/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 11/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 22/100.