California Rural Water Association

Analysis

California Rural Water Association is a registered charity in United States, based in Sacramento, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover environment, which this site groups under environment and conservation. 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, California Rural Water Association reported income of $9.3m and spending of $7.7m, spending 83% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $4.3m to $9.3m (+117%), an average of +21% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 32%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, California Rural Water Association sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile, and in the 95th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Finger Lakes Land Trust Inc ($9.3m), Vote Solar ($9.4m) and Strategic Energy Innovations ($9.3m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 26% and program service revenue 74% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $228k (2.9% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $3.7m. At year end it held assets of $6.4m against liabilities of $891k, net assets of $5.5m. It reported 121 employees.