The Irrigation Association

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
952139601
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Fairfax, VA, USA
Phone
7035367080
Rating confidence
Limited

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$4,519,301
Expenses
$4,934,091
Assets
$4,840,981
Liabilities
$1,964,226

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

Leadership & pay

25 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • RANDY WOOD (PAST PRESIDENT (2024))
  • MICHAEL F ROBERTS PHD (PRESIDENT-ELECT)
  • KATIE POWELL (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • JULIE BUSHELL (PRESIDENT)
  • INGE BISCONER CIDCLIA (PAST PRESIDENT)
  • NATASHA RANKIN (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER)

Highest reported compensation

  • NATASHA RANKIN (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER): $330,388 total reported compensation
  • REBECCA BAYLESS (CFO (UNTIL JUNE 2024)): $215,794 total reported compensation
  • NATHAN BOWEN (POLICY & INDUSTRY ADVANCEM): $208,205 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

To promote efficient irrigation to ensure long-term sustainability of water resources and represent best practices in: 1) water-use efficiency, 2) irrigation technologies, products, and services, and 3) water resource planning.

What it reported doing in 2024

Communications: the organization communicates to those within the industry and its partners through meetings and events, member engagement, and content. The irrigation show and education week is one of the largest irrigation trade shows in the world. The exposition exists to educate attendees on irrigation innovation and products and technologies in the market. Classes and educational sessions are also available for professional development, sessions offered to support business, and green industry growth and networking opportunities for furthering collaboration. Companies and individuals within both the agricultural and commercial/residential irrigation markets are welcome to join the association. Membership benefits include the opportunity to network with industry professionals, ....continued on schedule o.continued from page 2....advocate for water issues, receive information on irrigation products and practices, and gain access to education and conferences at reduced rates. The association publishes two magazines for distribution to members and qualifying individuals: irrigation & lighting, a four issues per year magazine with a dedicated focus on these green industry segments, and irrigation today, a quarterly magazine for the agriculture irrigation industry.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 98% of the money available for current operations came from other operating 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: 66
  • Accountability: 82
  • Sustainability: 21
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: Limited
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 80%; rating input score 80; 0th 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: Pass
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 71.2%; rating input score 71; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: No; rating input score 0

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 56
    • 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: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -9.2%; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.98; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.41; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 26.4%; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 3.1% per year; rating input score 100; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 4.1% 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 13 board members independent · 5 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments
  • Leadership: top reported pay $330K · 25 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 4 contractors listed · $477K reported
  • Consistency: 11 of 13 current checks pass · 2 findings to review
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes grants, executive pay, and related organizations
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 7 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 2 filed related-organization links
  • 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.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 14/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Related-party transparency scored 0/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Schedule R controlled transactions itemized did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 36/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 7/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 26/100.