Sump and Sewage Pump Manufacturers Association Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 237364495
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2009–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025
- Location
- Indianapolis, IN, USA
- Phone
- 3176360278
- Rating
- 41
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $91,722
- Expenses
- $81,863
- Assets
- $170,009
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
10 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- RYAN FICKES (VICE PRESIDENT)
- JEFF GOODENBERRY (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- BLAKE JEFFERY (MANAGING DIRECTOR)
- DAVID BIRCHMEIER (DIRECTOR)
- RYAN FICKES (VICE PRESIDENT)
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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The sump and sewage pump association is the trade association for the sump, effluent, and sewage pump industry. Its mission is to represent the industry in a manner consistent with the highest standards of business practice and its obligations under the law and regulation, by educating the industry, general public, and legistlative and regulatory groups, in the proper application, use, installation, and maintenance of the products and services offered by its members.
What it reported doing in 2025
The associaton provides shipment reports that include a statistical report of the shipments by destination, which are anonymous and handeled by an independent consultant. The association also maintains product standards and produces literature and videos.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Membership-supported. 91% of the money available for current operations came from membership dues.
- Distribution model
- Transfer-based 990-EZ. The 990-EZ reports grants or member benefits, but it does not separate enough spending to show the nonprofit’s full delivery mix.
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 reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 5
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 62
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 8.4%; rating input score 8
- Program expense ratio: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 10.7%; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.08; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: 1.5% per year; rating input score 100; 56th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 7.8% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 8.4% of revenue deployed
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 1 filed schedules
- Filing history: 17 filing years from 2009 to 2025
- 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 8/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.