National Waste & Recycling Association
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 366161231
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2012–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Arlington, VA, USA
- Phone
- 2022444700
- Rating confidence
- Limited
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $9,127,092
- Expenses
- $8,956,435
- Assets
- $29,133,666
- Liabilities
- $2,342,973
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
26 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- MICHAEL E HOFFMAN (PRESIDENT AND CEO - AS OF 06/24)
- JAMES RILEY SECRETARY INTERIM (PRESIDENT/CEO - UNTIL 06/24)
- DARRELL SMITH FORMER (PRESIDENT/CEO - UNTIL 08/23)
Highest reported compensation
- MICHAEL E HOFFMAN (PRESIDENT AND CEO - AS OF 06/24): $368,768 total reported compensation
- JAMES RILEY SECRETARY INTERIM (PRESIDENT/CEO - UNTIL 06/24): $294,319 total reported compensation
- DARRELL SMITH FORMER (PRESIDENT/CEO - UNTIL 08/23): $285,857 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The national waste & recycling association (nwra) is the trade association representing for-profit waste and recycling companies in north america. Nwra is the leading organization providing leadership, advocacy, research, education and safety expertise to promote the north american waste and recycling industries, serve as their voice and create a climate where members prosper and provide safe, economically sustainable and environmentally sound services.
What it reported doing in 2024
Member services: nwra represents the interests of private industry in legislative matters, provides an active forum for information exchange and provides for continual professional development through seminars and educational activities.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 68% 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: 79
- Accountability: 88
- Sustainability: 50
- 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: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
- Compensation committee: Missing
- Independent consultant: Pass
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Missing
- Board or committee approval: Pass
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 86.7%; rating input score 87; 18th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
- 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: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 1.9%; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.25; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.08; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 27.4%; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: 2% per year; rating input score 100; 21st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 4.2% per year; rating input score 100; 30th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
- Governance: 13 of 15 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments
- Leadership: top reported pay $369K · 26 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $1M reported
- Consistency: 16 of 16 current checks pass
- Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
- Filing history: 12 filing years from 2012 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 11 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.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 41/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 7/100.