Utility Solid Waste Activities Group Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 994774250
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2024–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Lexington, KY, USA
- Phone
- 2023393951
- Rating confidence
- Limited
- Sector
- Chambers of Commerce & Business Leagues
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $1,913,002
- Expenses
- $1,240,593
- Assets
- $1,443,876
- Liabilities
- $771,467
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
10 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- DANIEL CHARTIER (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
People named in this filing
- CLAUDETTE HORN (CHAIR)
- SUSANA HILDEBRAND (VICE CHAIR)
- WILLIAM PAUL PUCKET (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. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To advance and improve the management of wastes and the beneficial use of materials associated with the generation, transmission, or sale of electricity and natural gas, including representing the industry's interests in the formulation of public policy relating to pollution prevention and waste minimization; recycling and beneficial use of secondary and recovered materials; solid and hazardous waste management; assessment and remediation of contaminated sites; management of petroleum and other substances in tanks, containers, and equipment; regulation of chemicals and toxic substances; and transportation of hazardous materials.
What it reported doing in 2024
The utility solid waste activities group (uswag) strives to be the nation's premier organization dedicated to advancing and improving the management of wastes and the beneficial use of materials associated with the generation, transmission, or sale of electricity and natural gas by (1) representing the industry's interests in the formulation of public policy relating to pollution prevention and waste minimization, recycling and beneficial use of secondary and recovered materials, solid and hazardous waste management, assessment and remediation of contaminated sites, management of petroleum and other substances in tanks, containers, and equipment, regulation of chemicals and toxic substances, and transportation of materials subject to the hazardous materials transportation act, (2) promoting public policies, based on sound science, that protect human health and the environment in a flexible and cost-effective manner under the resource conservation and recovery act, the comprehensive environmental response, compensation, and liability act, the toxic substances control act, the hazardous materials transportation act, and other related statutes, and (3) providing workshops and other educational forums to its members and the public to facilitate compliance understanding of and compliance with applicable laws and regulations governing solid waste management.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- 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: 92
- Accountability: 88
- Sustainability: 66
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: Limited
- Program expense ratio: Limited
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 5 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 71
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 35.1%; rating input score 87; 87th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.16; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.53; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
- Governance: 9 of 9 board members independent · 5 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
- Highest-paid contractors: 2 contractors listed · $770K reported
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules · includes major donors
- 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.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 47/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 15/100.