Utah Ground Water Association

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
273224516
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2018–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2016
Location
Mount Pleasant, UT, USA
Phone
8015417259
Rating
82
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Natural Resources Conservation and Protection

Reported finances

Revenue
$103,098
Expenses
$73,829
Assets
$211,680
Liabilities
$1,090

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • COLETTE C LYNCH (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

People named in this filing

  • COLETTE C LYNCH (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • SHAWN NORDHOFF (MEMBERSHIP CHAIR)
  • DEE G ATKIN (CONTRACTOR REPRESENTATIVE)

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 ugwa is made up of a group of highly specialized, experienced professionals that truly understand the ground water industry. Together we stand united with a very powerful voice during the legislature of ground water issues that can and will affect our industry. With our combined knowledge of the ground water industry we make up a voice that can, and will be heard. We provide educational and training opportunities to our members and to the general public on various aspects of the ground water industry through conferences and expo events. These events also raise funds to provide scholarships

What it reported doing in 2025

Here in the great state of Utah there are vast number of licensed well drillers, and pump installers that largely make up the ugwa. Each year the ugwa provides several educational opportunities to attend classes and to earn the required ceu credits required by the state of Utah to be licensed. These classes are taught by qualified knowledgeable instructors that teach an array of subjects pertaining to the ground water industry. This education provides a way to keep licenses current, and also the necessary tools needed to be a competitive leader in the industry. Number of attendees varies

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 80% for direct work, and 20% for grants.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration and liabilities are high compared with assets.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 82
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 70
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 72%; rating input score 72
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 28.4%; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.87; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 26%; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 9.7% per year; rating input score 100; 58th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 7.8% per year; rating input score 100; 56th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 4.8% per year; rating input score 100; 42nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 72% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $74K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 8 filing years from 2018 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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 — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 14/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 41/100.