California · Nonprofit
California Water Environment Association
California Water Environment Association (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $10,000 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($10,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $6.6M
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $10k
- Net assets
- $3.4M
What California Water Environment Association does
Mission
To empower, educate, and connect water professionals to protect public health and the environment.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Conference, trainings and seminars- CWEA delivers conferences, workshops, and technical training programs that provide critical education on regulatory compliance, emerging technologies, safety practices, and operational excellence. Programs are offered statewide through annual conferences, regional trainings and workshops, and collaborative partnerships with public agencies and industry stakeholders. Through formal collaboration with the State Water Resources Control Board, CWEA also provides training that supports regulatory compliance and helps reduce sewer system overflows. These educational programs strengthen workforce readiness, support environmental stewardship, and advance the reliability of Californias water infrastructure systems.
$2,903,448 spentof which $37,000 as grants$2,127,550 earned by the program49% of program spendingMember Services - CWEA serves approximately 11,000 members who are water quality professionals who work every day to protect Californias public health and environment. Through statewide networking, leadership development, mentoring, scholarships, recognition programs, and technical resources, CWEA strengthens the professional community responsible for safeguarding water quality. By connecting practitioners, sharing best practices, and supporting career advancement, CWEA helps build a resilient and highly skilled environmental workforce.
$1,726,775 spent29% of program spendingCertification - Since 1938, CWEA has administered a voluntary, competency-based certification program that sets professional standards for wastewater practitioners. The program develops and validates examinations and renewal requirements that measure knowledge, skills, and competency across multiple wastewater vocations. CWEA certifications are widely recognized by public agencies and utilities and are often used to support hiring and advancement decisions. By promoting measurable competency and lifelong learning, the certification program ensures that Californias wastewater infrastructure is operated by qualified professionals dedicated to protecting public health and the environment.
$1,301,496 spent$1,297,222 earned by the program22% of program spendingVarious other programs: Local Section Activities, Wastewater Publications,Committees, and Tri-State Seminar.
$846,033 earned by the program
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $5,931,719.
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 2024 to 2025, from $4.8M to $6.5M (+34%).
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: 2020 4% · 2021 11% · 2024 4%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
33% of California Water Environment Association’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 9 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.
Chief executive
Jennifer Jones
Ed/CEO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
1 of 1 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of California Water Environment 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.
Where its funders are
100% of California Water Environment Association's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Too little is directly attributable to place on a map.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $10k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
California Water Environment Association's revenue grew 44% between 2017 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,074 environment nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like California Water Environment 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 California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
93% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for California Water Environment Association: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds California Water Environment Association?
- California Water Environment Association (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $10,000 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($10,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does California Water Environment Association have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $10,000 in grants to California Water Environment Association.
- Who is the largest funder of California Water Environment Association?
- DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC is the largest funder on record, with $10,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like California Water Environment Association find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 1 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