The Irrigation Association FY2020 filing

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Arlington, VA501(c)(6)Since 1949Mutual / membership EIN 95-2139601Revenue $4.8M in FY2020

On file with the IRSirrigation.org3030 Clarendon Blvd Ste 300, 22201-6508 · Arlington, VATax-exempt since Jan 1957

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To promote efficient Irrigation to ensure long-term sustainability of water resources and represent best practices in: 1) water-use efficiency, 2) Irrigation technologies, products, and services, and 3) water resource planning.

501(c)(6) business league; gifts are not tax-deductible as charitable contributions.
$676K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Pay: Part VII

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FY2020 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(6)
not on the IRS revocation list
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Tax-deductible gifts
No
Donations are not tax-deductible
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IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
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IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
2 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $46K a year · under 1% of revenue · last 6 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 2 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Pay to officers and key staff
$676K
to officers and key staff · 13% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 13% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
<1 mo
of spending, in cash
Plus $1.9M in investments, Pt X · Ln 11–13
Fine: 0.2 months of spending in cash, plus $1.9M in investments.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Liabilities
$2.0M
51% of total assets
Fine: liabilities are 51% of assets; 50% to 65%.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
15
of 15 voting members
Looks good: 15 of 15 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$4.8M
Spent
$5.2M
Net assets
$1.9M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$4.8M
FY2020
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$4.8M
FY2021$3.8M
FY2022$5.1M
FY2023$4.8M
FY2024$5.1M
FY2025$4.5M
Expenses
$5.2M
FY2020
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$5.2M
FY2021$3.4M
FY2022$4.0M
FY2023$4.9M
FY2024$5.3M
FY2025$4.9M
Net assets
$1.9M
FY2020
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$1.9M
FY2021$2.4M
FY2022$3.1M
FY2023$3.1M
FY2024$3.0M
FY2025$2.9M

From the FY2020 Form 990 (year ending June 2020) · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Jan 1957.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

22 people listed on the 990; $676K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2019); the FY2020 filing did not itemize Part VII
Chief Executive Officer
$268,500Pt VII · Sec A
Finance Director
$145,572Pt VII · Sec A
Government & Public Affair
$141,667Pt VII · Sec A
Industry Development Direc
$120,144Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 8 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Natasha Rankin$294,229$287,528$247,735———
Deborah M Hamlin Cae Fasae—————$268,500
Deborah M Hamlin Caefasae——$11,180$248,061$246,625—
Nathan Bowen$195,484$173,364————
Rebecca Bayless$193,906$176,870$157,797$150,391$144,841$145,572
Stephanie Clark Cem$104,119$169,392$143,821$117,801——
Sandra Kim Cae Cmp$112,050$154,603$111,098$102,567——
Janine Sparrowgrove$140,704$148,497$108,233$103,608——

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

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  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Educates and informs about efficient irrigation practices.

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3 programs · in their own filed words · FY2019
01

Irrigation Show and Education Conference

The irrigation show and education conference is the largest irrigation trade show in the world. The exposition exists to educate visitors about the many products and technologies in the market. Classes and educational sessions are also available for professional development.

Pt IX · col B
02

Education Program

Courses and seminars are offered to irrigation professionals to enhance their knowledge and understanding of the industry standard and codes. At the 2019 irrigation show and education conference, held in las vegas, nevada in december 2019, we had 464 students that took 810 classes.

Pt IX · col B
03

Magazines

The association published two magazines for distribution to its members: irrigation & green industry, a monthly magazine for landscape, irrigation, and maintenance contractors; and irrigation today, a quarterly magazine for the agriculture irrigation industry.

Pt IX · col B

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · this organization's grantmaking
Grants paid · 8 grants · $196K · 2019–2024
Unitemized GrantFY2024$25,000
Unitemized GrantFY2023$34,465
Unitemized GrantFY2023$21,500
Unitemized GrantFY2019$70,049
Unitemized GrantFY2019$30,000
Irrigation FoundationVA · FY2019$12,800
Unitemized GrantFY2019$1,410
Unitemized GrantFY2019$765

By the numbers

The FY2020 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$4.8M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$4.5M
Investment incomeLn 3$143K
Other incomeLn 4–11$118K
Money outPt IX
$5.2M
Ln 25
Owns and owesPt X
$1.9M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$75K
Total assetsLn 16$3.9M
LiabilitiesLn 26$2.0M
PeoplePt VI, VII
22
listed · VII A
PaidVII A4
Voting boardVI 1a15
IndependentVI 1b15
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$110K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$4.5M
Investment incomeLn 3$143K
Other incomeLn 4–11$118K
Gains on assetsLn 7$96K
Total revenueLn 12$4.8M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$69K
SavingsLn 2$5K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$75K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$1.9M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$55K
Other assetsLn 15$34K
Total assetsLn 16$3.9M
LiabilitiesLn 26$2.0M
Net assetsLn 32$1.9M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 519
VolunteersI 6129
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY20End FY20
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$128K$75K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$2.4M$1.9M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$164K$55K
Total assetsLn 16$4.8M$3.9M
LiabilitiesLn 26$2.4M$2.0M
Net assetsLn 32$2.4M$1.9M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$14K
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$103K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$480K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$1.5M
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$44K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$119K
Payroll taxesLn 10$145K
Legal feesLn 11b$7K
Accounting feesLn 11c$54K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$6K
Investment management feesLn 11f$14K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$242K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$88K
Office expensesLn 13$727K
Information technologyLn 14$215K
OccupancyLn 16$150K
TravelLn 17$99K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$831K
InterestLn 20$17K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$291K
InsuranceLn 23$13K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$6K
All other expensesLn 24e$28K
Total functional expensesLn 25$5.2M

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $4.5M$4.9M−$415K$2.9M 990 PDF
FY2024 $5.1M$5.3M−$200K$3.0M 990 PDF
FY2023 $4.8M$4.9M−$102K$3.1M 990 PDF
FY2022 $5.1M$4.0M$1.0M$3.1M 990 PDF
FY2021 $3.8M$3.4M$347K$2.4M 990 PDF
FY2020 Viewing $4.8M$5.2M−$386K$1.9M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support J · Pay O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $4,832,579 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $0$110,010
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $4,912,331$4,461,083
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $111,848$143,202
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $133,071$118,284
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $5,157,250$4,832,579
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $10,200$117,002
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $2,304,394$2,312,298
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $3,158,064$2,788,919
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $5,472,658$5,218,219
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$315,408−$385,640
Part VI · Governance 15 of 15 board members independent, 1 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body15
VI-1b Independent voting members15
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $4,832,579 across 7 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $206,633 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1d Related organizations$110,010
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$110,010
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $3,409,172 · Unrelated business $963,214$4,372,386
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $47,692$47,692
VIII-5 RoyaltiesExcluded from tax $348$348
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $95,510$95,510
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $3,564,888 · Unrelated business $1,019,114 · Excluded from tax $138,567$4,832,579
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $5,218,219 across 23 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizations$13,669
IX-2 Grants to domestic individuals$103,333
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staff$480,219
IX-7 Other salaries and wages$1,524,306
IX-8 Pension plan contributions$44,339
IX-9 Other employee benefits$118,864
IX-10 Payroll taxes$144,570
IX-11b Legal fees$7,475
IX-11c Accounting fees$54,286
IX-11d Lobbying fees$6,000
IX-11f Investment management fees$14,194
IX-11g Other fees for services$241,907
IX-12 Advertising and promotion$87,638
IX-13 Office expenses$726,746
IX-14 Information technology$215,079
IX-16 Occupancy$150,380
IX-17 Travel$99,380
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetings$830,917
IX-20 Interest$17,011
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortization$290,809
IX-23 Insurance$13,064
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)$5,895
IX-24e All other expenses$28,138
IX-25 Total functional expenses$5,218,219
Part X · Balance sheet $3,935,150 assets, 18 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $106,622$69,394
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $21,466$5,405
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $137,336$182,638
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $32,311$35,701
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $182,020$96,693
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $163,726$55,233
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $2,352,577$1,894,453
X-14 Intangible assetsStart of year $1,735,000$1,561,500
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $53,096$34,133
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $4,784,154$3,935,150
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $193,682$113,343
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $1,436,562$1,162,910
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $106,216$93,736
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $2,428,897$2,002,637
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $2,351,947$1,929,943
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $3,310$2,570
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $2,355,257$1,932,513
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $4,784,154$3,935,150
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $1,932,513 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$4,832,579
XI-2 Total expenses$5,218,219
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$385,640
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$2,355,257
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments−$37,104
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$1,932,513

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