Florida · Nonprofit
FLORIDA WATER ENVIRONMENT ASSOCIATION INC
FLORIDA WATER ENVIRONMENT ASSOCIATION INC (Florida) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $19,000 to it, the largest being Water Environment Federation ($19,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.0M
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $19k
- Net assets
- $1.7M
What Florida Water Environment Association Inc does
Mission
The florida water environment association is dedicated to promoting a clean and sustainable water environment by supporting and uniting our members with the public through public awareness and outreach; providing professional development and networking opportunities for our members; and creating alliances to promote sound science-based public policy.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Fwea utility council - the utility council was formed to enable public utilities, municipalities, and the general membership to become better informed about current legislation and its impact to the industry and general public. Membership in the council includes over 44 municipal water agencies and numerous private members.
$301,796 spent$564,281 earned by the program48% of program spendingTechnical education - the association holds multiple events each year for the purpose of exchanging knowledge and enhancing technical expertise. The membership events held during the year included local luncheons/dinners serving over 600 people, multiple seminars and workshops with over 900 attendees, and the florida water expo with over 250 attendees.
$278,386 spent44% of program spendingPublic education/outreach - the association provides instructional videos and materials to middle school through graduate level students. These materials are designed to increase awareness of the global water environment and to stimulate interest in the various water environment professions. The association has developed two scholarship programs: (a) norm casey scholarship - awards a scholarship annually to the university student chapter winning the association's annual design competition held at the florida water resources conference; (b) gabe delnecky scholarship - awards an endowed scholarship at the university of central florida. Funding for scholarships is provided through solicitation held throughout the state and an annual golf tournament.
$51,250 spentof which $24,560 as grants8% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $631,432.
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 2023 to 2024, from $1.3M to $1.5M (+15%).
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.
47% of FLORIDA WATER ENVIRONMENT ASSOCIATION INC’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. 1 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
Mike Sweeney
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2024 and FY2025 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
Left out of every figure on this page: $650k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Florida Water Resource Conference). These are real filings, and they are not money FLORIDA WATER ENVIRONMENT ASSOCIATION INC raised.
From the IRS filings of FLORIDA WATER ENVIRONMENT ASSOCIATION INC’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
FLORIDA WATER ENVIRONMENT ASSOCIATION INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Florida, across 1 state in all.
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.
Against its field
FLORIDA WATER ENVIRONMENT ASSOCIATION INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 1,074 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,074 environment nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding FLORIDA WATER ENVIRONMENT ASSOCIATION INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $4k on record.
- FEES - GENERAL - COMMODITIES $1k
- FEES - GENERAL-FOR SERVICE $1k
- REPAIRS/MAINTENANCE - COMMODITIES - GENERAL $753
- FEES-GENERAL-FOR SERVICE $508
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 FLORIDA WATER ENVIRONMENT ASSOCIATION INC
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 Florida
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
78% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
97%
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 FLORIDA WATER ENVIRONMENT ASSOCIATION INC: 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 FLORIDA WATER ENVIRONMENT ASSOCIATION INC?
- FLORIDA WATER ENVIRONMENT ASSOCIATION INC (Florida) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $19,000 to it, the largest being Water Environment Federation ($19,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FLORIDA WATER ENVIRONMENT ASSOCIATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $19,000 in grants to FLORIDA WATER ENVIRONMENT ASSOCIATION INC.
- Who is the largest funder of FLORIDA WATER ENVIRONMENT ASSOCIATION INC?
- Water Environment Federation is the largest funder on record, with $19,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FLORIDA WATER ENVIRONMENT ASSOCIATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Florida. 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 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