2024-07-25T18:25:04-07:00 2023-12-31 990 2023-01-01 237014779 TEXAS RURAL WATER ASSOCIATION TEXA 5124728591 1616 Rio Grande Austin TX 78701 Lara Zent Executive Director & General Counse 5124728591 2024-07-25 1 2023 2024-08-08 14:25:15Z X Thomas Shephard 1616 Rio Grande Austin TX 78701 8161801 0 X www.trwa.org X 1969 TX TRWA is dedicated to helping rural water and wastewater utilities in Texas provide efficient service and clean, safe drinking water to their customers through on-site technical assistance, classroom and online training, publications, member support services, and representation in legislative processes. 14 14 51 0 99541 22066 4451249 5243333 2414845 2678565 67117 184819 76088 55084 7009299 8161801 0 0 0 0 3645761 4158134 0 0 0 3107571 3483485 6753332 7641619 255967 520182 7049405 7545735 686621 519485 6362784 7026250 TRWA is dedicated to helping rural water and wastewater utilities in Texas provide efficient service and clean, safe drinking water to their customers through on-site technical assistance, classroom and online training, publications, member support services, and representation in legislative processes. 0 0 Under the state contract program, approximately 900 on-site visits were made to public drinking water and wastewater utility systems in Texas to assess, assist, and improve the financial, managerial, and technical capabilities of the systems. Under the federal contract program, TRWA provided technical assistance and training to small public water and wastewater systems in Texas, making 2428 contacts with these systems. TRWA's professional training and development program trained more than 1400 students during 94 classroom training sessions held in 2022, and trained approximately 6000 students by means of internet-based training courses. Students taking classes are professional water operators that are required by state agencies to have continuing education to qualify for and maintain licenses to operate public water and wastewater systems. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 35 0 1 51 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 X 14 14 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 X Thomas Shephard 5124728591 1616 Rio Grande Austin TX 78701 Lara Zent Executive Director & General Counsel 50 0 X 280036 0 69392 Jason Knobloch Deputy Executive Director 50 0 X 157223 0 45216 Thomas Shephard Finance Director 50 0 X 127718 0 41849 Mary Alice McKaughan Assistant General Counsel 50 0 X 138680 0 28123 Larry Bell Technical Assistance Director 50 0 X 121121 0 39391 Nichol Everingham Development & Training Director 50 0 X 119735 0 34761 Robert Nettles Board President 2 0 X 0 0 0 Mark Gardenhire Board Vice-President 2 0 X 0 0 0 Steve Adams Board Secretary 2 0 X 0 0 0 Allen Knight Board Treasurer 2 0 X 0 0 0 Bruce Alexander Director 2 0 X 0 0 0 Dennis Donoho Director 2 0 X 0 0 0 Roby Jekel Director 2 0 X 0 0 0 Steven Sanchez Director 2 0 X 0 0 0 Charles Beseda Director 2 0 X 0 0 0 Carolyn Black Director 2 0 X 0 0 0 Kyle Eppler Director 2 0 X 0 0 0 Rachel Webb Director 2 0 X 0 0 0 T Chad Wilson Director 2 0 X 0 0 0 Matthew Barrett Director 2 0 X 0 0 0 944513 0 258732 6 0 1 0 G and S Environmental Services 11203 Lilleaux Rd Houston TX 77067 Technical assistance 223913 Elston Johnson and Associates 1905 Spring Hollow Path Round Rock TX 78681 Technical assistance 215807 Superior water management of TX PO Box 130308 Spring TX 77393 Technical assistance 131464 Clear Water Tech 912 Indian Trail Oak Leaf TX 75154 Technical assistance 125613 One Touch Point Southwest PO Box 842911 Dallas TX 75284 Printing 119309 6 0 1246697 0 0 3857633 139003 0 5243333 Conventions and conferences 900099 731550 0 0 731550 Education and training 900099 1613320 1613320 0 0 Partnership revenues 561000 26088 0 26088 0 Service fees 900099 234154 234154 0 0 Advertising 541800 73453 0 73453 0 0 0 0 0 2678565 184819 0 0 184819 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 51385 0 51385 51385 0 0 NRWA miscellaneous programs 900099 3490 0 0 3490 209 0 0 209 3699 8161801 1898859 99541 920068 X 944513 2188230 164929 620786 239676 34706 24911 95000 17887 1049537 49304 207728 54352 226142 544849 640838 36169 267062 36582 Dues and subscriptions 110606 Education and training printing 54361 Publications 27773 Unrelated business income taxes 5678 7641619 0 0 0 625202 19 2863333 2997286 487849 1192865 245032 114417 96730 249559 2561778 1608320 880068 953458 1851191 2038131 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7049405 7545735 392598 424270 0 0 294023 95215 0 0 0 0 686621 519485 X 5687348 6182956 675436 843294 6362784 7026250 7049405 7545735 520182 143284 0 0 0 0 X 0 1 X 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 238950 238950 0 505242 505242 0 0 0 0 0 0 696022 512404 183618 0 1121564 590674 530890 953458 X X X 0 1 X 0 0 0 Lara Zent Executive Director & General Counsel 252570 0 27466 0 0 0 24980 0 30884 0 335900 0 0 0 Thomas Shephard Finance Director 122368 0 5350 0 0 0 8930 0 22374 0 159022 0 0 0 Jason Knobloch Deputy Executive Director 150068 0 7155 0 0 0 10500 0 22760 0 190483 0 0 0 Larry Bell Technical Assistance Director 117931 0 3190 0 0 0 8070 0 17213 0 146404 0 0 0 Nichol Everingham Development & Training Director 115670 0 4065 0 0 0 8070 0 17213 0 145018 0 0 0 Mary Alice McKaughan Assistant General Counsel 134555 0 4125 0 0 0 1454 0 17245 0 157379 0 0 0 Schedule J, Part I, Line 1a Travel for companions: reasonable travel expenses for spouses travel to specific conferences/meetings is reimbursed according to TRWA Board policies. Tax Indemnification and gross-up: these payments relating to taxable fringe benefits are approved by the Executive Director within the guidelines of the annual budget, which is approved by the Board of Directors. Social Club Dues: Dues of approximately $1,750 per year are approved by the Executive Director within the guidelines of the annual budget, which is approved by the Board of Directors. Schedule J, Part I, Line 1b These expenses are approved by the Executive Director within the guidelines of the annual budget, which is approved by the Board of Directors. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 6 As outlined in TRWA's By-Laws, Regular members from each of 14 geographical districts elect by secret ballot a Director and Alternate Director from their district to serve on the Board of Directors of the Association for a three year term of office; these terms are staggered such that only one third of the directors are up for election each year. The Association By-Laws can only be amended, altered, or repealed by a majority vote of Regular members present at an Annual Meeting or Special Meeting of the membership. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 7a As outlined in TRWA's By-Laws, Regular members from each of 14 geographical districts elect by secret ballot a Director and Alternate Director from their district to serve on the Board of Directors of the Association for a three year term of office; these terms are staggered such that only one third of the directors are up for election each year. The Association By-Laws can only be amended, altered, or repealed by a majority vote of Regular members present at an Annual Meeting or Special Meeting of the membership. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 7b As outlined in TRWA's By-Laws, Regular members from each of 14 geographical districts elect by secret ballot a Director and Alternate Director from their district to serve on the Board of Directors of the Association for a three year term of office; these terms are staggered such that only one third of the directors are up for election each year. The Association By-Laws can only be amended, altered, or repealed by a majority vote of Regular members present at an Annual Meeting or Special Meeting of the membership. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b The annual Form 990 is prepared by the Finance Director and reviewed by the Executive Director. No review is conducted by the Board of Directors. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c The Finance Director and Executive Director review all disbursements made during the year and would be aware if any conflict of interest transactions took place. The Board of Directors approves an annual budget and any budget amendments. The Board also approves any significant contracts before they are executed. Auditors inquire about related party transactions, if any, during the annual financial statement audit. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15 The TRWA Board approved the Executive Director's salary and bonus for 2023 during a regular board meeting when the annual budget was also approved. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 None of these documents are available to the public, but all of them are available to the members of the Association on the Members Only portion of the TRWA website. Form 990, Part IX, Line 11g Technical Assistance Subcontractors - $586,658; Online Training Course Support Fees - $320,741; Credit card processing fees $49,362; Other Professional Fees - $21,293. Total Line 11g - $956,112. Texas Rural Water Foundation 1616 Rio Grande Austin TX 78701 273271158 SUPPORT RURAL WATER EDUCATION AND RESEARCH TX 501C3 Type1 Texas Rural Water Association 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 Texas Rural Water Foundation l 64934 Cash contributions