NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF WATER COMPANIES: Form 990, tax year 2022

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Organization: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF WATER COMPANIES (EIN 25-1064082)
Tax period: 2022-01-01 to 2022-12-31
Filed: 2023-11-15
IRS object ID: 202313209349300311
Schema version: 2022v5.0
Source: Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header
Form 990
Schedule B
Schedule C
Schedule D
Schedule I
Schedule J
Schedule O
Schedule R

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2023-11-15T23:01:06-06:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2022-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN	232896692	PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	BBD LLP	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1835 MARKET STREET 3RD FLOOR	AddressLine1Txt
City	PHILADELPHIA	CityNm
State Abbreviation	PA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	19103	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2022-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	251064082	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF WATER COMPANIES	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	NATI	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	2676917765	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	50 S 16TH ST 2725	AddressLine1Txt
City	PHILADELPHIA	CityNm
State Abbreviation	PA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	19102	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	ROBERT POWELSON	PersonNm
Person Title	PRESIDENT/CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	2676917765	PhoneNum
Signature	2023-11-16	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (1)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Signing Officer SigningOfficerGrp

Person Full Name PersonFullName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person First	ROBERT	PersonFirstNm
Person Last	POWELSON	PersonLastNm

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
SSN	999009999	SSN

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
IRS Responsible Prty Info Curr	0	IRSResponsiblePrtyInfoCurrInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	BRIAN PAGE	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P02402981	PTIN
Phone	2155677770	PhoneNum
Preparation	2023-11-15	PreparationDt

Additional Filer Information AdditionalFilerInformation

Trusted Customer TrustedCustomerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Trusted Customer	2	TrustedCustomerCd
Authentication Assurance Level	AAL1	AuthenticationAssuranceLevelCd
Identity Assurance Level	IAL1	IdentityAssuranceLevelCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2022	TaxYr
Build TS	2023-04-26 12:10:37Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Principal Officer	ROBERT POWELSON	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	50 S 16TH ST 2725	AddressLine1Txt
City	PHILADELPHIA	CityNm
State Abbreviation	PA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	19102	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$9,917,508	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	0	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c	Yes (X)	Organization501cInd
Website Address	WWW.NAWC.ORG	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Assoc	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationAssocInd
Formation	1895	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	DC	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	EDUCATIONAL AND INFORMATIONAL SUPPORT TO MEMBERS AND THOSE WHO WORK IN THE PRIVATE WATER INDUSTRY	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	19	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	19	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	12	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	19	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
Net Unrelated Bus Txbl Incm	$0	NetUnrelatedBusTxblIncmAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$273,500	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$395,900	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$5,716,962	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$6,124,412	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$125,817	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$253,300	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	$10,965	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	$21,152	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$6,127,244	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$6,794,764	CYTotalRevenueAmt
PY Grants And Similar Paid	$57,359	PYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$78,295	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
PY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	PYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$2,084,147	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$2,371,560	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
PY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	PYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$0	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$2,867,156	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$3,408,555	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$5,008,662	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$5,858,410	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	$1,118,582	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	$936,354	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$7,256,831	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$8,243,772	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$1,153,294	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$2,064,550	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$6,103,537	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$6,179,222	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Mission	NAWC IS THE TRADE ASSOCIATION FOR THE PRIVATE WATER INDUSTRY THAT PROVIDES EDUCATIONAL AND INFORMATIONAL SUPPORT TO ITS MEMBERS, AND TO THOSE THAT WORK WITHIN THE INDUSTRY.	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	0	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	0	SignificantChangeInd
Desc	GOVERNMENT RELATIONS - WORK TO INSURE THAT THE NEEDS OF THE PRIVATE WATER INDUSTRY AND ITS CUSTOMERS ARE COMMUNICATED TO FEDERAL AGENCY OFFICIALS AND LEGISLATORS. GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS ACTIVITIES PROVIDE LEGISLATIVE LIAISON, MONITOR IMPORTANT LEGISLATION AND REPORT TO MEMBER COMPANIES, PROVIDE TECHNICAL EXPERTISE AT HEARINGS AND TO REGULATORY AGENCIES.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty2 ProgSrvcAccomActy2Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	REGULATORY RELATIONS - PROVIDE INPUT TO STATE PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSIONS ABOUT RELEVANT ASPECTS OF THE PRIVATE WATER INDUSTRY.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty3 ProgSrvcAccomActy3Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	COMMUNICATIONS - POSITION NAWC AS A CREDIBLE AND RESPONSIVE RESOURCE FOR ANYONE SEEKING INFORMATION ABOUT THE WATER ISSUES FACING OUR NATION AND THE SOLUTIONS OFFERED BY THE PRIVATE WATER INDUSTRY.	Desc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Described In Section501c3	0	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	0	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	Yes (1)	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised Fund	0	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements	0	ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art	0	CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling	0	CreditCounselingInd
Donor Rstr Or Quasi Endowments	0	DonorRstrOrQuasiEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building Equipment	Yes (1)	ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec	0	ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst	0	ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets	Yes (1)	ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities	Yes (1)	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	Yes (1)	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	0	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt	0	ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating	0	SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office	0	ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities	0	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	0	MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals	0	MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional Fundraising	0	ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising Activities	0	FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities	0	GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital	0	OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations	Yes (1)	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals	0	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds	0	TaxExemptBondsInd
Loan Outstanding	0	LoanOutstandingInd
Grant To Related Person	0	GrantToRelatedPersonInd
Business Rln With Org Mem	0	BusinessRlnWithOrgMemInd
Business Rln With Fam Mem	0	BusinessRlnWithFamMemInd
Business Rln With35 Ctrl Ent	0	BusinessRlnWith35CtrlEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri	0	DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution	0	DeductibleArtContributionInd
Terminate Operations	0	TerminateOperationsInd
Partial Liquidation	0	PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity	0	DisregardedEntityInd
Related Entity	Yes (1)	RelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	Yes (1)	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Transaction With Control Ent	0	TransactionWithControlEntInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	0	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document	33	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Backup Wthld Compliance	Yes (1)	BackupWthldComplianceInd
Employee	12	EmployeeCnt
Employment Tax Returns Filed	Yes (1)	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiledInd
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	0	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Foreign Financial Account	0	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	0	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification	0	TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions	0	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Indoor Tanning Services	0	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Subj To Tax Rmnrtn Ex Prcht Pymt	0	SubjToTaxRmnrtnExPrchtPymtInd
Subject To Excs Tax Net Invst Inc	0	SubjectToExcsTaxNetInvstIncInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	19	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	19	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	0	FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt Duties	0	DelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org Documents	0	ChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or Misuse	0	MaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or Stockholders	Yes (1)	MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board Members	Yes (1)	ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To Approva	Yes (1)	DecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
Minutes Of Governing Body	Yes (1)	MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
Minutes Of Committees	Yes (1)	MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing Address	0	OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters	Yes (1)	LocalChaptersInd
Policies Reference Chapters	Yes (1)	PoliciesReferenceChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn Body	Yes (1)	Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest Policy	Yes (1)	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Annual Disclosure Covered Prsn	0	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPrsnInd
Regular Monitoring Enfrc	0	RegularMonitoringEnfrcInd
Whistleblower Policy	Yes (1)	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy	Yes (1)	DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO	Yes (1)	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	Yes (1)	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	0	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	MICHAEL J HORNER DIRECTOR OF ADMINSTRATION	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Phone	2676917765	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	50 S 16TH ST 2725	AddressLine1Txt
City	PHILADELPHIA	CityNm
State Abbreviation	PA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	19102	ZIPCd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (24 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt	OfficerOfficerInd	Key EmployeeKeyEmployeeInd
ANDREW R GERE
BOARD MEMBER	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
MAUREEN DUFFY
BOARD MEMBER	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
CHRISTOPHER FRANKLIN
BOARD MEMBER	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
JOE GYSEL
BOARD MEMBER	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
JT HAND
BOARD MEMBER	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
PATRICK J KERR
BOARD MEMBER	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
JAY L KOOPER ESQ
BOARD MEMBER	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
MARTIN A KROPELNICKI
BOARD MEMBER	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
ARUN BANSKOTA
BOAR MEMBER	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
CATHERINE HEIGEL
BOARD MEMBER	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
JOSIAH COX
BOARD MEMBER	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
ROB MACLEAN
BOAR MEMBER	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
STEVE MEININGER
BOARD MEMBER	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
DONALD J MORRISSEY
BOARD MEMBER	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
ROBERT NICHOLSON
BOARD MEMBER	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
SUSAN HARDWICK
BOARD MEMBER	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
ROBERT J SPROWLS
BOARD MEMBER	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
KARINE ROGUE
BOARD MEMBER	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
NICHOLLE TAYLOR
CHAIR	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
ROBERT F POWELSON
PRESIDENT & CEO	37.00		$681,558	$0	$64,197	Yes (X)
MICHAEL HORNER
DIRECTOR OF ADMIN & MEMBER	37.00		$174,052	$0	$34,575		Yes (X)
APRIL BALLOU
GENERAL COUNSEL	37.00		$270,728	$0	$40,218		Yes (X)
RIKARDO HULL
EXEC. VP OF STRATEGY & EXT	37.00		$333,228	$0	$43,866		Yes (X)
JENN KOCHER
VP OF COMM & MARKETING	37.00		$195,671	$0	$35,837		Yes (X)

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$1,655,237	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Tot Reportable Comp Rltd Org	$0	TotReportableCompRltdOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$218,693	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	5	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	0	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	Yes (1)	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	0	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd

Contractor Compensation ContractorCompensationGrp (4 entries)

Address Line1ContractorAddress/USAddress/AddressLine1Txt	CityContractorAddress/USAddress/CityNm	State AbbreviationContractorAddress/USAddress/StateAbbreviationCd	ZIPContractorAddress/USAddress/ZIPCd	ServicesServicesDesc	CompensationCompensationAmt
LOTSIXTEEN LLC
923 15TH ST NW SECOND FL	WASHINGTON	DC	20005	CONSULTING	$500,327
FORWARD OBSERVER INC
1122 S STREET SUITE A	SACRAMENTO	CA	95811	CONSULTING	$304,531
HILLKNOWLTON STRATEGIES INC
1111 19TH ST NW THIRD FL	WASHINGTON	DC	20036	CONSULTING	$233,116
CINC LLC
1652 WATERWITCH DR	ORLANDO	FL	32806	CONSULTING	$102,000

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	4	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
All Other Contributions	$395,900	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$395,900	TotalContributionsAmt

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenueGrp (2 entries)

DescDesc	BusinessBusinessCd	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumnAmt	Related Or Exempt Func IncomeRelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
MEMBERSHIP DUES	900099	$5,889,837	$5,889,837
ANNUAL CONFERENCE	900099	$234,575	$234,575

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	$6,124,412	TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$93,283	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$93,283	ExclusionAmt

Gross Amount Sales Assets GrossAmountSalesAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$3,282,761	SecuritiesAmt

Less Cost Oth Basis Sales Expnss LessCostOthBasisSalesExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$3,122,744	SecuritiesAmt

Gain Or Loss GainOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$160,017	SecuritiesAmt

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestmentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$160,017	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$160,017	ExclusionAmt

Other Revenue Misc OtherRevenueMiscGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	MISCELLANEOUS INCOME	Desc
Business	900099	BusinessCd
Total Revenue Column	$21,152	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$21,152	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Revenue Total	$21,152	OtherRevenueTotalAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$6,794,764	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$6,124,412	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$274,452	ExclusionAmt

Grants To Domestic Orgs GrantsToDomesticOrgsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$78,295	TotalAmt

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,655,237	TotalAmt

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$299,139	TotalAmt

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$107,603	TotalAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$213,067	TotalAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$96,514	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$85,034	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$106,380	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Lobbying FeesForServicesLobbyingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$698,229	TotalAmt

Fees For Srvc Invst Mgmnt Fees FeesForSrvcInvstMgmntFeesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$22,429	TotalAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$24,210	TotalAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$41,739	TotalAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$149,336	TotalAmt

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,037,005	TotalAmt

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$73,238	TotalAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$24,197	TotalAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (4 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt
CONSULTING FEES	$773,724
DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS	$168,848
HONORARIUM AND RESEARCH	$107,592
TELECOMMUNICATIONS	$16,853

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$79,741	TotalAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$5,858,410	TotalAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,442,905	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,383,490	EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$15,176	BOYAmt
EOY	$192,048	EOYAmt

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$89,248	EOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$167,917	BOYAmt
EOY	$146,962	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$573,240	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec	$259,405	LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$378,004	BOYAmt
EOY	$313,835	EOYAmt

Investments Pub Traded Sec InvestmentsPubTradedSecGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$4,227,933	BOYAmt
EOY	$3,885,119	EOYAmt

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$24,896	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,233,070	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$7,256,831	BOYAmt
EOY	$8,243,772	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$323,140	BOYAmt
EOY	$114,100	EOYAmt

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$830,154	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,950,450	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,153,294	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,064,550	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows FASB117	Yes (X)	OrganizationFollowsFASB117Ind

No Donor Restriction Net Assets NoDonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$6,029,617	BOYAmt
EOY	$6,094,650	EOYAmt

Donor Restriction Net Assets DonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$73,920	BOYAmt
EOY	$84,572	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$6,103,537	BOYAmt
EOY	$6,179,222	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$7,256,831	BOYAmt
EOY	$8,243,772	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	$936,354	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Net Unrlzd Gains Losses Invst	-$861,171	NetUnrlzdGainsLossesInvstAmt
Prior Period Adjustments	$502	PriorPeriodAdjustmentsAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets	$0	OtherChangesInNetAssetsAmt
Method Of Accounting Accrual	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	0	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	Yes (1)	FSAuditedInd

FS Audited Basis FSAuditedBasisGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Separate Basis Fincl Stmt	Yes (X)	SeparateBasisFinclStmtInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Audit Committee	Yes (1)	AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit Required	0	FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contributor	RESTRICTED	ContributorNum

Contributor Business Name ContributorBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	RESTRICTED	BusinessNameLine1

Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	RESTRICTED	AddressLine1
Address Line2	RESTRICTED	AddressLine2
City	RESTRICTED	City
State	RESTRICTED	State
ZIP Code	RESTRICTED	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Contributions	RESTRICTED	TotalContributionsAmt

Schedule C IRS990ScheduleC

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Substantially All Dues Nonded	0	SubstantiallyAllDuesNondedInd
Only In House Lobbying	0	OnlyInHouseLobbyingInd
Agree Carryover Prior Year	0	AgreeCarryoverPriorYearInd
Dues Assessments	$5,889,837	DuesAssessmentsAmt
Non Deductible Lbbyng Pltcl CY	$623,521	NonDeductibleLbbyngPltclCYAmt
Non Ded Lbbyng Pltcl Cyov	$51,994	NonDedLbbyngPltclCyovAmt
Non Deductible Lbbyng Pltcl Tot	$675,515	NonDeductibleLbbyngPltclTotAmt
Aggregate Reported Dues Ntc	$765,811	AggregateReportedDuesNtcAmt
Taxable	-$90,296	TaxableAmt

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Leasehold Improvements LeaseholdImprovementsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$320,188	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$73,890	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$246,298	BookValueAmt

Equipment EquipmentGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$253,052	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$185,515	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$67,537	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$313,835	TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt

Other Assets Org OtherAssetsOrgGrp (2 entries)

DescDesc	Book ValueBookValueAmt
DEPOSITS	$12,448
RIGHT-OF-USE ASSET - OPERATING LEASE	$1,220,622

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Other Assets	$1,233,070	TotalBookValueOtherAssetsAmt

Other Liabilities Org OtherLiabilitiesOrgGrp (3 entries)

DescDesc	AmtAmt
DEFERRED COMPENSATION	$110,688
ACCRUED POST-RETIREMENT BENEFITS COST	$235,264
OPERATING LEASE LIABILITY	$1,604,498

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Liability	$1,950,450	TotalLiabilityAmt
Footnote Text	Yes (X)	FootnoteTextInd

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	PART X, LINE 2:	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	THE ASSOCIATION IS EXEMPT FROM INCOME TAXES UNDER SECTION 501(C)(6) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE. THE ASSOCIATION IS, HOWEVER, SUBJECT TO TAXES ON INCOME UNRELATED TO ITS BUSINESS PURPOSE. THERE WAS NO UNRELATED BUSINESS INCOME RECEIVED BY THE ASSOCIATION DURING THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2022 AND 2021. ACCORDINGLY, THE ACCOMPANYING COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS DO NOT INCLUDE A PROVISION FOR FEDERAL AND STATE INCOME TAXES. THE ASSOCIATION RECOGNIZES INTEREST EXPENSE AND PENALTIES ON INCOME TAXES RELATED TO UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS IN GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATION EXPENSES ON THE COMBINED STATEMENT OF ACTIVITIES AND CHANGE IN NET ASSETS. THERE IS NO PROVISION IN THESE COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR PENALTIES AND INTEREST ON INCOME TAXES RELATED TO UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2022 AND 2021. THE PAC IS SUBJECT TO TAX ON INTEREST INCOME UNDER INTERNAL REVENUE CODE SECTION 527. THERE WAS NO INTEREST INCOME RECEIVED BY THE PAC DURING THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2022 AND 2021. TAX YEARS PRIOR TO 2019 ARE NO LONGER SUBJECT TO EXAMINATION BY THE IRS.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule I IRS990ScheduleI

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Grant Records Maintained	0	GrantRecordsMaintainedInd

Recipient Table RecipientTable (4 entries)

Address Line1USAddress/AddressLine1Txt	CityUSAddress/CityNm	State AbbreviationUSAddress/StateAbbreviationCd	ZIPUSAddress/ZIPCd	Recipient EINRecipientEIN	IRC SectionIRCSectionDesc	Cash GrantCashGrantAmt	Non Cash AssistanceNonCashAssistanceAmt	Purpose Of GrantPurposeOfGrantTxt
CENTER FOR INNOVATIVE POLICY
1225 EYE STREET NW 1100	WASHINGTON	DC	20005	020747896	501(C)(4)	$15,000	$0	GENERAL CONTRIBUTIONRIBUTION
ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL OF STATES INC
1250 H STREET NW 850	WASHINGTON	DC	20005	363962169	501(C)(6)	$10,950	$0	EVENT SPONSORSHIP
NARUC
1101 VERMONT AVENUE NW SUITE 200	WASHINGTON	DC	20005	530204609	501(C)(4)	$17,995	$0	EVENT SPONSORSHIP
NASUCA
8380 COLESVILLE ROAD SUITE 101	SILVER SPRING	MD	20910	591986067	501(C)(4)	$7,500	$0	EVENT SPONSORSHIP

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Substantiation Required	Yes (1)	SubstantiationRequiredInd
Compensation Survey	Yes (X)	CompensationSurveyInd
Board Or Committee Approval	Yes (X)	BoardOrCommitteeApprovalInd
Severance Payment	0	SeverancePaymentInd
Supplemental Nonqual Rtr Plan	0	SupplementalNonqualRtrPlanInd
Equity Based Comp Arrngm	0	EquityBasedCompArrngmInd

Rltd Org Officer Trst Key Empl RltdOrgOfficerTrstKeyEmplGrp (5 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Base Compensation Filing OrgBaseCompensationFilingOrgAmt	Compensation Based On Rltd OrgsCompensationBasedOnRltdOrgsAmt	Bonus Filing OrganizationBonusFilingOrganizationAmount	Bonus Related OrganizationsBonusRelatedOrganizationsAmt	Other Compensation Filing OrgOtherCompensationFilingOrgAmt	Other Compensation Rltd OrgsOtherCompensationRltdOrgsAmt	Deferred Compensation Flng OrgDeferredCompensationFlngOrgAmt	Deferred Comp Rltd OrgsDeferredCompRltdOrgsAmt	Nontaxable Benefits Filing OrgNontaxableBenefitsFilingOrgAmt	Nontaxable Benefits Rltd OrgsNontaxableBenefitsRltdOrgsAmt	Total Compensation Filing OrgTotalCompensationFilingOrgAmt	Total Compensation Rltd OrgsTotalCompensationRltdOrgsAmt	Comp Report Prior990 Filing OrgCompReportPrior990FilingOrgAmt	Comp Report Prior990 Rltd OrgsCompReportPrior990RltdOrgsAmt
ROBERT F POWELSON
PRESIDENT & CEO	$681,558	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$39,781	$0	$24,416	$0	$745,755	$0	$0	$0
RIKARDO HULL
EXEC. VP OF STRATEGY & EXT	$333,228	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$19,450	$0	$24,416	$0	$377,094	$0	$0	$0
APRIL BALLOU
GENERAL COUNSEL	$270,728	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$15,802	$0	$24,416	$0	$310,946	$0	$0	$0
JENN KOCHER
VP OF COMM & MARKETING	$195,671	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$11,421	$0	$24,416	$0	$231,508	$0	$0	$0
MICHAEL HORNER
DIRECTOR OF ADMIN & MEMBER	$174,052	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$10,159	$0	$24,416	$0	$208,627	$0	$0	$0

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (6 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 6	THE ORGANIZATION HAS TWO CLASSES OF MEMBERS - ACTIVE MEMBERS AND ASSOCIATE MEMBERS.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 7A	MEMBERS ELECT THE GOVERNING BODY BY VOTE.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 7B	THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE VOTES ARE BY THE WHOLE ASSOCIATION. OTHER THAN THAT, THERE IS NO APPROVAL OF VOTES BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B	THE FORM 990 WILL BE CIRCULATED TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS BY EMAIL FOR INFORMATION BEFORE FILING WITH THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15	THE CEO, EVP, VP COMPENSATION METRICS ARE REVIEWED BY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD AND INCOMING CHAIR. STAFF SUBMITS ANNUAL GOALS & OBJECTIVES WHICH ARE SHARED WITH THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD. AT THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR, THE CHAIRMAN MEETS WITH THE CEO TO DISCUSS YEAR END PERFORMANCE OF THE ORGANIZATION ALONG WITH REVIEWING SENIOR STAFF GOALS AND OBJECTIVES. BASED ON FINANCIAL RESULTS, A RECOMMENDATION IS AWARDED BY THE CHAIR AND INCOMING CHAIR; AS FOR OTHER STAFF MEMBERS, THEY ARE REQUIRED TO SUBMIT GOALS & OBJECTIVES WHICH ARE REVIEWED BY THE CEO. BASED ON THE FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE OF THE ORGANIZATION COUPLED WITH THEIR MEETING THEIR GOALS & OBJECTIVES A YEAR END BONUS IS AWARDED. BONUS APPROVALS ARE SUBJECT TO THE OVERALL FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE OF THE ORGANIZATION. BONUS LEVELS ALSO FLUCTUATE BASED ON WHETHER THE EMPLOYEE MET INDIVIDUAL GOALS & OBJECTIVES. YEAR END BONUSES ARE NOT GUARANTEED.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19	THE GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY ARE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST.

Schedule R IRS990ScheduleR

Id Related Tax Exempt Org IdRelatedTaxExemptOrgGrp

Disregarded Entity Name DisregardedEntityName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF WATER COMPANIES POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE	BusinessNameLine1Txt

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	777 6TH STREET NW	AddressLine1Txt
City	WASHINGTON	CityNm
State Abbreviation	DC	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	20001	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	020547944	EIN
Primary Activities	ACCEPTING AND DISTRIBUTING CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS	PrimaryActivitiesTxt
Legal Domicile State	DC	LegalDomicileStateCd
Exempt Code Section	527	ExemptCodeSectionTxt

Direct Controlling Entity Name DirectControllingEntityName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF WATER COMPANIES	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Controlled Organization	Yes (1)	ControlledOrganizationInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Receipt Of Int Annts Rnts Rylts	0	ReceiptOfIntAnntsRntsRyltsInd
Gift Grnt Or Cap Contri To Oth Org	0	GiftGrntOrCapContriToOthOrgInd
Gift Grnt Cap Contri From Oth Org	0	GiftGrntCapContriFromOthOrgInd
Loans Or Guarantees To Other Org	0	LoansOrGuaranteesToOtherOrgInd
Loans Or Guarantees From Oth Org	0	LoansOrGuaranteesFromOthOrgInd
Div Related Organization	0	DivRelatedOrganizationInd
Asset Sale To Other Org	0	AssetSaleToOtherOrgInd
Asset Purchase From Other Org	0	AssetPurchaseFromOtherOrgInd
Asset Exchange	0	AssetExchangeInd
Rental Of Facilities To Oth Org	0	RentalOfFacilitiesToOthOrgInd
Rental Of Fclts From Oth Org	0	RentalOfFcltsFromOthOrgInd
Perform Of Services For Oth Org	0	PerformOfServicesForOthOrgInd
Perform Of Services By Other Org	0	PerformOfServicesByOtherOrgInd
Sharing Of Facilities	0	SharingOfFacilitiesInd
Paid Employees Sharing	0	PaidEmployeesSharingInd
Reimbursement Paid To Other Org	0	ReimbursementPaidToOtherOrgInd
Reimbursement Paid By Other Org	0	ReimbursementPaidByOtherOrgInd
Transfer To Other Org	0	TransferToOtherOrgInd
Transfer From Other Org	0	TransferFromOtherOrgInd