Public Charity

SOLID WASTE ASSOCIATION OF NORTH AMERICA

SOLID WASTE ASSOCIATION OF NORTH AMERICA is a nonprofit organization categorized as Public Charity based in SILVER SPRING, MD. Its most recent IRS filing (2025) reports revenue of $5.4M, expenses of $5.9M, total assets of $3.4M. Imperigo tracks 2 reported grant relationships connected to this organization totaling approximately $50K.

EIN: 911027785 SILVER SPRING, MD Professional Societies & Associations NTEE: C03 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$5.4M
Total Expenses$5.9M
Total Assets$3.4M
Grant Records2
Funding Total$50K
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

SWANA IS AN ORGANIZATION OF PROFESSIONALS COMMITTED TO ADVANCING FROM SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT TO RESOURCE MANAGEMENT THROUGH THEIR SHARED EMPHASIS ON EDUCATION, ADVOCACY, SAFETY, AND RESEARCH.

Where $100 goes at Solid Waste Association of North America

How Solid Waste Association of North America divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 9 years.

$61 Programs the work itself
$25 Management running the organization
$14 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $61 for programs

$49
Technical programs, training, and education:as a recognized resource for technical education and training in solid waste and resource management, swana delivered conferences for thousands of industry professionals throughout…
81% of program spending · Reported in the filing: 31 events
$7
Policy development and advocacy:swana continued to have a high level of visibility on public policy topics, engaging in advocacy and informing swana members of policy developments
11% of program spending
$5
Research and development
8% of program spending
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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Officers & Directors

REGION 12 DIRECTOR Achilles Mallari
TECHNICAL DIVISION DIRECTOR Allison Trulock
CEO Amy Lestition Burke
MEMBER LEARNING & EDUC. UNTIL 01/25 Arminda Valles-Hall Sr Dir
PAST PRESIDENT Art Mercer
REGION 8 DIRECTOR Carla Jordan

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Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$50,000 2 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $5.4M $5.9M $3.4M
2024 $5.7M $6.8M $3.4M
2023 $6.4M $6.6M $4.7M
2022 $6.1M $5.8M $4.5M
2021 $5.0M $4.3M $5.0M

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $5.0M to $5.4M (+7%), with total assets most recently reported at $3.4M.

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