Solid Waste Management of North America Inc (Dba Swana Sc Palmetto Chapter)
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 570897104
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2011–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2022, Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2008
- Location
- State Park, SC, USA
- Phone
- 8034293464
- Rating
- 83
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $125,241
- Expenses
- $120,134
- Assets
- $305,690
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
4 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- J MORGAN (PRESIDENT)
- SUSAN TURNER (VICE PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- J MORGAN (PRESIDENT)
- JULI BLALOCK (SECRETARY)
- DEBORAH (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
The sc palmetto chapter of the solid waste association of north america is a non-profit educational organization with the sole purpose of advancing the practice of environmentally and economically sound management of municipal solid waste in South Carolina. This is done by providing technical assistance through conferences, meetings, and publications.
What it reported doing in 2024
Conferences - held spring conference to educate attendees on solid waste matters including new regulations, safety, recycling, and best practices surrounding landfill and transfer station operations.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 96% 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
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 84
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 63
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 83.2%; rating input score 83
- Program expense ratio: 87.4%; rating input score 87
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 4.1%; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.54; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 7.9% per year; rating input score 100; 56th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 4.1% per year; rating input score 100; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 9.8% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 83.2% of revenue deployed · 87.4% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $105K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- 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.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 45/100.