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DELAWARE RURAL WATER ASSOCIATION

DELAWARE RURAL WATER ASSOCIATION (Delaware) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $4,652,958 to it, the largest being NATIONAL RURAL WATER ASSOCIATION ($4,652,958). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$1.7M
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$4.7M
Net assets
$458k
1/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 53%
01What it does

What Delaware Rural Water Association does

Mission

To provide safe water to delaware residents residing in rural areas.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Source water - improve source water quality

    $147,773 spent
    10% of program spending

  2. Fmha circuit rider - provide formalized on-site assistance regarding problems with wastewater treatment systems

    $255,815 spent
    17% of program spending

  3. Sustainable infra. Assistance and cussp programother technical assistance

    $296,759 spent
    20% of program spending

  4. Assistance to small water systems

    $16,761 spent
    1% of program spending

  5. Technical conference / backflow prevention and other programs

    $351,012 spent
    24% of program spending

  6. Environmental protection - provide training sessions for wastewater system operators and local officials in de & sponsored conference continued wastewater education

    $127,424 spent
    9% of program spending

  7. Wastewater grants and decentralized wastewater - provide technical assistance in wastewater management

    $157,635 spent
    11% of program spending

  8. Mobile home project

    $15,000 spent
    1% of program spending

  9. Apprentice program- provide assistance in the formation of apprentice program plans

    $108,872 spent
    7% of program spending

The 9 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,477,051.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($904k) Expenses 100 ($843k) Net assets 100 ($276k)2018 Revenue 109 ($982k) Expenses 110 ($927k) Net assets 120 ($330k)2019 Revenue 114 ($1.0M) Expenses 117 ($990k) Net assets 135 ($371k)2020 Revenue 136 ($1.2M) Expenses 139 ($1.2M) Net assets 155 ($428k)2022 Revenue 152 ($1.4M) Expenses 163 ($1.4M) Net assets 146 ($402k)2023 Revenue 166 ($1.5M) Expenses 179 ($1.5M) Net assets 141 ($388k)2024 Revenue 215 ($1.9M) Expenses 228 ($1.9M) Net assets 148 ($409k)2025 Revenue 188 ($1.7M) Expenses 196 ($1.6M) Net assets 166 ($458k)
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Revenue (188)Expenses (196)Net assets (166)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2019 to 2020, from $761k to $941k (+24%).

$621k
$660k
$761k
$941k
$909k
$917k
$876k
$918k
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2017 74% · 2018 70% · 2019 73% · 2020 71% · 2022 69% · 2023 71% · 2024 76% · 2025 64%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$61k
’17
$54k
’18
$41k
’19
$56k
’20
$4k
’22
−$15k
’23
$21k
’24
$49k
’25
2.4
months of
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

Heather Warren

Executive director

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

The chief executive listed changed between the FY2023 and FY2024 filings.

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Listed55555677
Joined·+1+0+0·+1+1+2
No longer listed·100·002
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $653k → $758k.

Funder
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'21
'22
'23
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'25*
total
funders
1
1
1
1
1
1

From the IRS filings of DELAWARE RURAL WATER 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

DELAWARE RURAL WATER ASSOCIATION draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Delaware, across 1 state in all.

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In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’21
’22
’23
Delaware out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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.

04Its place in the field

Government funding DELAWARE RURAL WATER ASSOCIATION receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $1.4M on record — $54k federal, $1.4M state.

Federal$54k
grants $54kcontracts $0
Top agencies
  • Department of Agriculture$54k
State$1.4M
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25
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Top programs
  • CONSULTANTS$856k
  • TRAINING$424k
  • GRANTS IN AID$72k
  • INSTRUCTIONAL SERVICES$19k
  • BUILDING/GROUNDS REPAIR$4k
  • ASSOC DUES AND CONF FEES$3k

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 DELAWARE RURAL WATER 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 Delaware

Delaware Contractors Association77%Delaware Association of Realtors77%Delaware Bioscience Association Inc76%Delaware State Education Association Inc76%Delaware Alliance for Nonprofit Advancement75%Delaware State Troopers Association75%Delaware Center for Horticulture Inc74%Science Technology and Research Institute of Delaware74%

Nationally

Missouri Rural Water Association84%Maryland Rural Water Association83%Iowa Rural Water Association82%Michigan Rural Water Association82%Maine Rural Water Association81%Colorado Rural Water Association81%North Dakota Rural Water Systems Association80%Granite State Rural Water Association80%
05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

90% of spending goes to programs.

Program 90%Management 10%Fundraising 0%

Governance

6
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

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Questions and answers

Who funds DELAWARE RURAL WATER ASSOCIATION?
DELAWARE RURAL WATER ASSOCIATION (Delaware) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $4,652,958 to it, the largest being NATIONAL RURAL WATER ASSOCIATION ($4,652,958). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does DELAWARE RURAL WATER ASSOCIATION have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $4,652,958 in grants to DELAWARE RURAL WATER ASSOCIATION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of DELAWARE RURAL WATER ASSOCIATION?
NATIONAL RURAL WATER ASSOCIATION is the largest funder on record, with $4,652,958 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like DELAWARE RURAL WATER ASSOCIATION find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Delaware. 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