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WASTE WATER EDUCATION INC

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2024 · Form 990EZ · revenue $71K · expenses $44K · assets $66K

EIN
20-0042087
Address
PO BOX 792, TRAVERSE CITY, MI 49685-0792
Website
https://WasteWaterEducation.org
NTEE code
C32
Subsection
501(c)(3)
Ruling year
2003
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Mission

Statement of Program Service Accomplishments: Statement of Purpose: Independent. Impartial. We provide access to information to empower sustainable, local, wastewater decision making. Our Purpose: To provide education which increases public awareness of the link between clean drinking water, safe recreational waters, environmentally sustainable surface and groundwater with watershed based, best management practices related to appropriate wastewater systems, technology, treatment and management. Water is Water - NOT waste!

Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).

People paid by the organization

1 person paid across every filing: current people first, then by total pay from this organization. Organizations counts every nonprofit each person appears on.

NameLatest titleYearsLatest year payTotal pay from hereOrganizations
Dendra Best Executive Director and CFO2024 $21,000$21,000 1

Officers and directors, no compensation reported

10 people listed on the returns with $0 (or no amount) in every compensation column: current people first. Hours are as filed on the latest return each person appears on.

NameLatest titleYearsHrs/wk (latest)CompensationOrganizations
Ben Kele Board Chair2021-2024 8 $0 reported 1
Oliver Grievson Vice Board Chair2021-2024 8 $0 reported 1
Lesley Desjardins Board Secretary2021-2024 4 $0 reported 1
Mary Reiley Board Treasurer2021-2024 4 $0 reported 1
Valerie Jenkinson Board Member2023-2024 4 $0 reported 1
Sam Lines Board Member2021-2024 4 $0 reported 1
Richard Flynn Board Member2021-2024 4 $0 reported 1
Casey Fiedler Board Member2023-2024 4 $0 reported 1
Lesley Desjardin (former) Secretary2022-2023 2 $0 reported 1
Bill Crawford (former) Treasurer2021 4 $0 reported 1

People by year

2024 · 9 people listed · 1 paid, $21K
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Dendra Best Executive Director and CFO40 $21,000-$0 $21,0001
Ben Kele Board Chair8 $0-$0 $01
Oliver Grievson Vice Board Chair8 $0-$0 $01
Lesley Desjardins Board Secretary4 $0-$0 $01
Mary Reiley Board Treasurer4 $0-$0 $01
Valerie Jenkinson Board Member4 $0-$0 $01
Sam Lines Board Member4 $0-$0 $01
Richard Flynn Board Member4 $0-$0 $01
Casey Fiedler Board Member4 $0-$0 $01
2023 · 8 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Ben Kele Chair3 $0-$0 $01
Oliver Grievson Vice Chair2 $0-$0 $01
Lesley Desjardin Secretary2 $0-$0 $01
Mary Reiley Treasurer2 $0-$0 $01
Sam Lines Director1 $0-$0 $01
Richard Flynn Director1 $0-$0 $01
Casey Fiedler Director2 $0-$0 $01
Valerie Jenkinson Director3 $0-$0 $01
2022 · 6 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Ben Kele Chair14 $0-$0 $01
Oliver Grievson Vice Chair8 $0-$0 $01
Lesley Desjardin Treasurer4 $0-$0 $01
Mary Reiley Secretary4 $0-$0 $01
Sam Lines Director4 $0-$0 $01
Richard Flynn Director4 $0-$0 $01
2021 · 7 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Ben Kele Chair4 $0-$0 $01
Oliver Grievson Vice Chair4 $0-$0 $01
Bill Crawford Treasurer4 $0-$0 $01
Lesley Desjardins Secretary4 $0-$0 $01
Sam Lines Director2 $0-$0 $01
Richard Flynn Director2 $0-$0 $01
Mary Reiley Director2 $0-$0 $01

Highest-paid independent contractors

No independent contractors reported.

Who gave

Contributor names are not public for this form type.

Public charities filing Form 990 or 990-EZ report large donors on Schedule B, but the IRS withholds their names and addresses from public copies. Private foundations (990-PF) are different: their contributors are public.

Finances

Newest first. Each filing: its name on one row, its figures on the row beneath. Greyed filings are superseded by a later return for the same period and are left out everywhere else on this page.

RevenueExpensesAssetsNet assetsContributionsProgram revenueOfficer payEmployeesVolunteers
2024 · Form 990EZ period ending 2025-06-30 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$71,305$44,483 $66,065$66,065 $7,573$61,003 ---
2023 · Form 990EZ period ending 2024-06-30 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$47,896$41,138 $39,243$39,243 $6,024$41,453 ---
2022 · Form 990EZ period ending 2023-06-30 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$48,225$44,703 $32,485$32,485 $1,542$46,216 ---
2021 · Form 990EZ period ending 2022-06-30 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$51,467$33,202 $29,778$29,778 $63$51,404 ---

Funders of this organization

Not reported: no grants to this organization appear in the filings we have (tax years 2010 to 2025).

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EASTERN IDAHO WATER COALITION INCIDC32 $62,464$70,030 EXECUTIVE DI$28,943 Same NTEE code C32, revenue within 2x, similar name
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FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND DAF sponsor$328,24534 122018–2024 NORWALK RIVER WATERSHED ASSOCIATION INC; HOOSIC RIVER WATERSHED ASSOCIATION INC; ORLEANS POND COALITION INC; BREWSTER PONDS COALITION and 8 more
PACIFIC FOREST & WATERSHED LANDS Private foundation$214,6204 12019–2023 SPRING RIVERS FOUNDATION
DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING DAF sponsor$211,25020 102018–2024 WILLAMETTE RESOURCES & EDUCATIONAL NETWORK; UPPER MISSOURI WATERSHED ALLIANCE INC; FRIENDS OF LAKE MONROE INC; LAKE ERIE WATERKEEPER INC and 6 more
NATURE CONSERVANCY DAF sponsor$194,8004 32012–2023 ALLIANCE FOR WATER STEWARDSHIP NORTH AMERICA INC; GREATER CULVER LAKE WATERSHED CONSERVATION FOUNDATION; LAKE MONROE WATER FUND INC
RAYMOND JAMES CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT FUND DAF sponsor$139,3506 22014–2020 CORE FOUNDATION; GREATER CULVER LAKE WATERSHED CONSERVATION FOUNDATION
RSF SOCIAL FINANCE INC DAF sponsor$117,0006 22015–2023 OCEAN CONSERVATION SOCIETY INC; THE CLAMSHELL FOUNDATION INC
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Where the money went

Every expense line on each return, biggest first: Form 990 Part IX (with its program, management and fundraising columns), 990-EZ Part I, or 990-PF Part I. Event marks lines the organization itself describes as events. “Events” in each summary adds those lines, conferences and meetings, and the direct costs of fundraising events. Unusual is not the same as improper. Many of these patterns have ordinary explanations. Check the filing.

2024 · Form 990EZ · $44,483 spent · pay $27,306 · grants $2,260 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Salaries, other pay and benefits $27,306 61.4%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $14,685 33.0%
Grants and similar amounts paid $2,260 5.1%
Printing, publications, postage $232 0.5%
Total$44,483100%

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2023 · Form 990EZ · $41,138 spent · pay $11,788 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $15,554 37.8%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $12,570 30.6%
Salaries, other pay and benefits $11,788 28.7%
Fees to independent contractors $1,000 2.4%
Printing, publications, postage $226 0.5%
Total$41,138100%

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2022 · Form 990EZ · $44,703 spent · pay $24,562 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Salaries, other pay and benefits $24,562 54.9%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $20,072 44.9%
Fees to independent contractors $69 0.2%
Total$44,703100%

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2021 · Form 990EZ · $33,202 spent · pay $15,580 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $17,251 52.0%
Salaries, other pay and benefits $15,580 46.9%
Fees to independent contractors $188 0.6%
Printing, publications, postage $183 0.6%
Total$33,202100%

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