2025-04-23T09:47:11-07:00 2024-06-30 Crosby & Kaneda CPAs LLP 548 Market St PMB 97503 San Francisco CA 94104 990 2023-07-01 952368216 California Water Environment Association CALI 5103827800 7677 Oakport St Ste 1030 Oakland CA 94621 Jenn Jones Executive Dir. 2025-04-23 true true Felix Gorrindo P01658413 5108352727 2023 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z Jenn Jones 6506134 false X www.cwea.org X 1927 CA To empower, educate, and connect water professionals to protect public health and the environment. 17 17 19 700 22568 1766020 2243056 3671656 4078569 73225 184509 0 5510901 6506134 35000 33600 0 2480403 2831682 0 0 3188522 3121188 5703925 5986470 -193024 519664 4256649 4836259 1810757 1870703 2445892 2965556 X To empower, educate, and connect water professionals to protect public health and the environment. false false 2566128 33600 1888588 Conference, trainings and seminars- California Water Environment Association (CWEA) manages multiple conferences and trainings to meet the needs of professionals in the wastewater field to understand and comply with regulations, learn new technology, practices, and process. Trainings include annual, regional, vocation-based, and specialty conferences, joint conferences with other associations interested in water quality, and local section and committee training events. In addition, CWEA offers training on Sewer System Overflow (SSO) Waste Discharge Requirement (WDR) through a memo of agreement with the State Water Resources Control Board to help support regulatory compliance and SSO reductions. 1636282 Member services - CWEA has approximately 9,400 members who are water quality professionals in wastewater treatment. CWEA member services include:1. Wastewater Professional (a technical print publication published 3 times a year) 2. E-Bulletin (an electronic publication, which can be updated 24/7) 3. Online member directory 4. Online certification study guides and instructor guides 5. Online branding manual: "Building the Wastewater Utility Brand: Practical Advice for Increasing Trust, Support, and Investment."6. Awards program7. Scholarship program (educational scholarships are granted by the Scholarship committee to students who are in, or interested in, the water environment field)8. Website (that includes proceedings and presentations from educational events, jobs available, links to other resources 1309278 1175732 Certification - CWEA has developed and offers a voluntary competency-based certification program for wastewater professionals that is regularly validated. The program began in 1938. The certification program is intended to strengthen professional competence of the professionals who protect the public's health and the environment through their work in wastewater treatment plants and collection systems. The program consists of development and implementation of exams and renewal processes for six vocations in the wastewater profession. Approximately 5,400 wastewater professionals hold approximately 6,200 CWEA certificates of competency. Each year CWEA gives approximately 1,600 tests through a complex set of 21 validated certification tests. 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The Association's quasi-endowment fund is used to provide scholarships. Part X : FIN48 Footnote The Internal Revenue Service and the California Franchise Tax Board have determined that the Organization is exempt from federal and state income taxes under IRC 501(c)(3) and California RTC 23701(d). The Organization has evaluated its current tax positions as of June 30, 2024 and is not aware of any significant uncertain tax positions for which a reserve would be necessary. The Organizations tax returns are generally subject to examination by federal and state taxing authorities for three and four years, respectively, after they are filed. true 0 0 Scholarship grants 23 33600 Grantmaker's Description of How Grants are Used The scholarships are granted to students who are interested in the water environment field. They are awarded to applicants who are selected by the scholarship committee. X false true X X X false false false false false false false false false Alexander Mackie Dir Comm & Mrktng 157652 6900 200 8056 227 173035 Amy Lai Director Education 125810 3100 6526 19381 154817 Jennifer Jones ED/CEO 269277 33278 28991 13495 9210 354251 Norah Duffy Dir Certification 165520 9700 129 8458 8221 192028 Philipp Miller COO 183485 6000 193 10118 23361 223157 Part I, Line 1a: Relevant information in regards to selections on 1a. The Executive Committee of the Board of Directors authorized a gross up payment via a formal vote of the committee. Part I, Line 1b: Reason for not following policy regarding payment provisions for expenses Committee decision. Form 990, Part III, Line 4d OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 4: Various other programs: Local Section Activities, Wastewater Publications, Committees, and Tri-State Seminar. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 1a The Board of Directors has an Executive Committee which is charged with taking executive actions for the overall Board of Directors. This includes the ED/CEO evaluation and compensation setting, managing legal issues, and other sensitive topics. The Executive Committee is responsible for taking direct action as well as recommending actions that require the full Board's approval. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 6 Member categories with voting privileges are: active members, ProfessionalWastewater Operations (PWO) members, corporate members, utility members, student members, association members, retired members, water environment, federation honorary and life members, and association past presidents. No member may receive a share of the organization's profits or excess dues or a share of net assets after dissolution.Approximately 10,000 water environment professionals are members of CWEA. Most members (about 80%) work for public agencies, both large and small, throughout the state. About 13% work for consulting engineering firms that work closely with agencies. Approximately 3% work for equipment manufacturers serving the wastewater industry. CWEA is a member association of the Water Environment Federation (WEF), a not-for-profit technical and educational organization with members from varied disciplines who work toward the WEF vision of preservation and enhancement of the global water environment. The WEF network includes water quality professionals from 76 member associations in 30 countries. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b The Associations audit firm prepares a draft tax return in concert with conducting the Associations annual audit. The Audit Committee reviews the draft tax return. Once the Form 990 together with its required schedules (the Final Form 990) are in final form, the Executive Director brings the Final Form 990 to the next Board of Directors meeting within the filing deadline and provides a copy to each board member. If there is no Board meeting within the filing deadline, the Executive Director provides an electronic copy of the Final Form 990 to each board member. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c The organization reviews any potential disclosed conflicts and identifies where these could arise in actual business operations. If a conflict exists or has potential to exist, the organization relies on the Procedures to Manage Conflicts of Interests" section of the Conflict of Interest Policy. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15a The Executive Committee relies on a 3rd party consultant to provide comparable market data on ED/CEO compensation to ensure that CWEA's ED/CEO compensation is market aligned and informed by industry best practices and standards. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15b Key employee and staff salaries are informed by a 3rd party consultant who provides an in depth market comparison and analysis to ensure that CWEA's key employee and staff compensation is market aligned and informed by industry best practices and standards. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 Materials are available publicly on the CWEA website; financials are available upon request.