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PACIFIC NORTHWEST SECTION OF THE AMERICA WATER WORKS ASSOCIATION
PACIFIC NORTHWEST SECTION OF THE AMERICA WATER WORKS ASSOCIATION (Washington) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $35,916 to it, the largest being THE OREGON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($35,916). 1 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
- $1.9M
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $36k
- Net assets
- $4.2M
What Pacific Northwest Section of the America Water Works Association does
Mission
The objectives of this section are to promote and educate public health, safety, and welfare through the improvement of the quality and quantity of water delivered to the public and the development and furtherance of understanding of the problems relating thereto.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Promotion of public health, safety and welfare through the improvement of the quality and and quantity of water delivered to the public and the development and furtherance of understanding of the problems relating thereto.
$826,633 spentof which $27,538 as grants$993,552 earned by the program59% of program spendingWater for the people - the pnws water for the people committee accepts monetary donations to support integrated, sustainable water, sanitation, and hygiene projects in designated water for people focuscountries including guatemala, bolivia, honduras, malawi and india. In addition, six new focus countries are being added to water for people's international program - dominican republic, nicaragua, ecuador, rwanda, uganda and peru. Projects are typically small in scale and rely heavilyon in-country, local organizations and volunteer labor. Our committee also seeks to raise awareness of the pacific northwest residents, especially those working in the water supply and related fields, about current conditions on those countries and how we can help. Funds are passed through to the national water for people in denver, co where they are distributed.
$40,216 spentof which $40,216 as grants3% of program spendingWater utility councils - the purpose of this committee is to monitor and educate legislation as it affects water utilities in idaho, oregon and washington,and to keep members informed. We inform and educate the legislative activities to be coordinated with policies of the awwa. The mission is to educate and promote public policies, legislation and regulations which ensure an adequate quantity of high-quality potable water at the lowest reasonable cost.
$406,226 spent29% of program spendingScholarships, prizes/awards and other committees - the section's scholarship committee works closely with the education and training endowment fund board for the promotions and expansion of the section's scholarship program. The program provides scholarships for collegestudents who plan to attend a university, college or technical school.of the 27 committees, some of them are: publications, memberships,young professionals, water resources, water treatment, conservation,safety, research, customer service, public information, and water distribution
$119,041 spentof which $119,041 as grants9% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,392,116.
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 2022 to 2023, from $2.8M to $3.3M (+18%).
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: 2021 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
47% of PACIFIC NORTHWEST SECTION OF THE AMERICA WATER WORKS ASSOCIATION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (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
Kyle Kihs
Executive director
Board chair
Joel Cary
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2022 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $12k → $12k.
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.
Left out of every figure on this page: $783k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest American Water Works Association). These are real filings, and they are not money PACIFIC NORTHWEST SECTION OF THE AMERICA WATER WORKS ASSOCIATION raised.
From the IRS filings of PACIFIC NORTHWEST SECTION OF THE AMERICA 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.
Where its funders are
100% of PACIFIC NORTHWEST SECTION OF THE AMERICA WATER WORKS 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. $36k 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
PACIFIC NORTHWEST SECTION OF THE AMERICA WATER WORKS ASSOCIATION runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 497 public benefit nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 497 public benefit nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like PACIFIC NORTHWEST SECTION OF THE AMERICA 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 Washington
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
92% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
84%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 2 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for PACIFIC NORTHWEST SECTION OF THE AMERICA WATER WORKS 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 PACIFIC NORTHWEST SECTION OF THE AMERICA WATER WORKS ASSOCIATION?
- PACIFIC NORTHWEST SECTION OF THE AMERICA WATER WORKS ASSOCIATION (Washington) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $35,916 to it, the largest being THE OREGON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($35,916). 1 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 PACIFIC NORTHWEST SECTION OF THE AMERICA WATER WORKS ASSOCIATION have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $35,916 in grants to PACIFIC NORTHWEST SECTION OF THE AMERICA WATER WORKS ASSOCIATION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of PACIFIC NORTHWEST SECTION OF THE AMERICA WATER WORKS ASSOCIATION?
- THE OREGON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $35,916 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like PACIFIC NORTHWEST SECTION OF THE AMERICA WATER WORKS ASSOCIATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington. 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