Southern Arizona Water Users Association
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 860992092
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2021–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Tucson, AZ, USA
- Rating
- 45
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Boards of Trade
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $58,904
- Expenses
- $62,186
- Assets
- $120,758
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
15 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Joe Olsen - Metro Water District (Vice President)
- Peter Abraham - Oro Valley Water (President)
People named in this filing
- Cathy Kuefler - Arva Water Co-op (Director)
- Brian Wong - BKW Farms (Secretary)
- Arturo R Gabaldon - Community Water (Director)
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
Discuss and analyze federal state regional and local water resource management policy and planning including legislation. Ensure policies and programs are in place to protect water quality quantity available to Southern Arizona.
What it reported doing in 2024
Sponsorship of Ride With Purpose organization which promotes awareness of providing safe and reliable water and wastewater to communities in need
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Membership-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from membership dues.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. 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: 12
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 42
- Growth: 80
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 11.9%; rating input score 12
- Program expense ratio: 11.3%; rating input score 11
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -5.6%; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.94; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 10.2% per year; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 1.3% per year; rating input score 100; 57th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -2.4% per year; rating input score 0; 30th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 11.9% of revenue deployed · 11.3% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $7K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 15 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 1 filed schedules
- Filing history: 4 filing years from 2021 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 12/100.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 11/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 36/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.