Colorado · Nonprofit
AMERICAN WATER WORKS ASSOCIATION
AMERICAN WATER WORKS ASSOCIATION (Colorado) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $204,351 to it, the largest being ENGINEERS WITHOUT BORDERS-USA INC ($120,935). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $38M
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $204k
- Net assets
- $33M
What American Water Works Association does
Mission
To promote public health, safety, and welfare through the improvement of the quality and quantity of drinking water and the development and furtherance of understanding of the problems relating thereto.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Member section services: awwa membership gives access to valuable tools, technical resources, training, and publications to sharpen skills and advance careers in the water sector. Awwa membership connects water professionals with a whole community of people dedicated to the same important goals. Awwa membership automatically provides local section membership that empowers members to get involved at the local level. The association had 50,094 members at december 31, 2023.
$5,524,667 spentof which $2,458,878 as grants$15,062,845 earned by the program24% of program spendingPublications and subscriptions: awwa publishes and delivers various scientific and educational materials through multiple platforms including periodicals, books, handbooks, and manuals of practice for use by the public and water industry. For more than 100 years awwa has developed voluntary standards of minimum requirements, materials, equipment, and practices used in water treatment supply. These standards are used by thousands of manufacturers, distributors and facilities worldwide to ensure the highest quality products and service.
$5,684,152 spent$4,160,065 earned by the program25% of program spendingConferences and educational programs: awwa offers education to water professionals through: in-person and virtual conferences where water sector professionals can come together and learn, connect and be inspired to solve today's global water challenges; in-person and virtual seminars on trending water topics delivered by experts in the field; self-paced and instructor-led online operator courses covering all phases of water treatment and distribution operations and customer service skills courses; and safety, operator and consumer education focused on-demand videos. In 2023, six (6) in-person conferences, four (4) seminars and one (1) symposium were held serving approximately 30,342 attendees. (continued on schedule o)thirty-eight (38) distance learning webinars were produced serving approximately 9,240 individuals and group registrants. There were approximately 7,499 registrations for ninety-three (93) e-learning courses delivered.
$7,541,297 spent$11,489,151 earned by the program33% of program spendingAdvocacy: awwa delivers the water sector's knowledge and expertise to inform national decision makers, and to state capitals through awwa's affiliated sections. Awwa educates the public on the problems of water supply and promotes a spirit of cooperation between consumers and suppliers in solving these problems. Includes development and implementation of information projects, media relations, inquiresm and the national drinking water week campaign.
$4,122,999 spentof which $21,160 as grants$229,967 earned by the program18% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $22,873,115.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $37M to $47M (+28%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 1% · 2018 2% · 2019 2% · 2020 6% · 2021 13% · 2022 8% · 2023 3% · 2024 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
6% of AMERICAN WATER WORKS ASSOCIATION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (30% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $600 → $43k.
2 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 3% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $2.8M from 4 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated). These are real filings, and they are not money AMERICAN WATER WORKS ASSOCIATION raised.
From the IRS filings of AMERICAN WATER WORKS ASSOCIATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
AMERICAN WATER WORKS ASSOCIATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 59% of grant income and the top three 93%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
65% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund AMERICAN WATER WORKS ASSOCIATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2020 97% · 2021 98% · 2022 71% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
64% of AMERICAN WATER WORKS ASSOCIATION's grant income comes from Colorado funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $6k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
AMERICAN WATER WORKS ASSOCIATION's funding base is broadening — from 1 funders to 2 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 269 public benefit nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Government funding AMERICAN WATER WORKS ASSOCIATION receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $5.7M on record.
- Department of Agriculture$4.2M
- Environmental Protection Agency$1.5M
- Department of Defense$8k
- Department of the Interior$4k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like AMERICAN WATER WORKS ASSOCIATION
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Colorado
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
61% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
94%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 12 states
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- American Water Works Association Training Services LLC · disregarded
- Awwa Association Services Inc · corp_trust
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Questions and answers
- Who funds AMERICAN WATER WORKS ASSOCIATION?
- AMERICAN WATER WORKS ASSOCIATION (Colorado) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $204,351 to it, the largest being ENGINEERS WITHOUT BORDERS-USA INC ($120,935). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does AMERICAN WATER WORKS ASSOCIATION have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $204,351 in grants to AMERICAN WATER WORKS ASSOCIATION, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of AMERICAN WATER WORKS ASSOCIATION?
- ENGINEERS WITHOUT BORDERS-USA INC is the largest funder on record, with $120,935 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like AMERICAN WATER WORKS ASSOCIATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Colorado. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 7 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing