American Water Works Association

Analysis

American Water Works Association is a registered charity in United States, based in Westerville, OH. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 1969, 57 years ago. Its declared purposes cover public and societal benefit, which this site groups under other charitable purposes. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, American Water Works Association reported income of $332k and spending of $343k, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $508k to $332k (-35%), an average of -10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income dropped by 60%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, American Water Works Association sits at the 62nd percentile: it is larger than about 62% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 64th percentile, and in the 63rd percentile within OH. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Lake Court House Foundation Inc ($332k), Downtown Bradford Revitalization Corporation ($332k) and Stevens County Council on Aging Inc ($332k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from program service revenue 99% of the total. At year end it held assets of $675k against liabilities of $258, net assets of $675k.