Form 990 for tax year 2024

Totals

Total revenue

$18,352,364

Total expenses

$17,857,857

Contributions and grants received

$17,468,822

Grants paid

$1,027,357

Program service revenue

$885,505

Investment income

$27,790

Other revenue

-$29,753

Total assets, end of year

$13,899,218

Total liabilities, end of year

$4,620,968

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$9,278,250

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$15,018,291

Management and general expenses

$2,640,849

Fundraising expenses

$198,717

Program service expenses (Part III)

$15,018,291

Program services were 84.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Mission and programs · 2024

• CHILD AND FAMILY DEVELOPMENT:COMMUNITY ACTION PROVIDES HIGH-QUALITY EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION SERVICES TO OUR COMMUNITY'S MOST VULNERABLE CHILDREN (AGES BIRTH TO FIVE) AND THEIR FAMILIES THROUGH EARLY HEAD START AND HEAD START PROGRAMS. PROGRAMS FOCUS ON READINESS - CHILDREN READY FOR SCHOOL, FAMILIES READY TO SUPPORT THEIR CHILDREN'S DEVELOPMENT, AND SCHOOLS READY TO PREPARE THE CHILDREN WHO WALK THROUGH THEIR DOORS TO GRADUATE FROM HIGH SCHOOL. PROGRAMS ENSURE THAT OUR COMMUNITY'S MOST VULNERABLE CHILDREN RECEIVE THE COGNITIVE, SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL, PHYSICAL, AND LINGUISTIC INTERVENTIONS THEY NEED TO BE READY FOR KINDERGARTEN AND EXTEND BEYOND THE CHILD TO SERVE THE WHOLE FAMILY. OUR EDUCATORS AND FAMILY ENGAGEMENT STAFF PROVIDE ONGOING SUPPORT TO PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS TO EMPOWER THEM TO SET GOALS, MOVE TOWARD GREATER ECONOMIC STABILITY, AND PREPARE THEM TO BE THEIR CHILD'S FIRST AND MOST IMPORTANT TEACHER. ADDITIONALLY, OUR FOSTER GRANDPARENT PROGRAM WORKS ALONGSIDE OUR EARLY HEAD START AND HEAD START PROGRAMS TO ENSURE CHILDREN RECEIVE THE SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL SUPPORTS NECESSARY TO DEVELOP TO THEIR FULLEST POTENTIAL. IN FISCAL YEAR 2025, 638 CHILDREN WERE SERVED THROUGH EARLY HEAD START AND HEAD START PROGRAMS.

  Expenses $9,937,114 · Grants $11,831 · Revenue $279,223

• COMMUNITY SERVICES:COMMUNITY ACTION'S VISION FOR A HEALTHY, VIBRANT, AND INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY MOTIVATES US TO OFFER NUMEROUS VITAL SERVICES TO THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE. AMONG THESE SERVICES IS LANGUAGELINC, A PROFESSIONAL INTERPRETATION AND TRANSLATION SERVICE AND OUR GATHERING PLACE SOUP KITCHEN, WHICH PROVIDES NUTRITIOUS EVENING MEALS 7 NIGHTS PER WEEK. IN FISCAL YEAR 2025, THE GATHERING PLACE SERVED 55,330 MEALS WITH 99% OF THOSE MEALS CONTAINING FRESH CONTENT.

  Expenses $1,988,404 · Grants $156,191 · Revenue $606,282

• FINANCIAL AND FAMILY WELL-BEING:COMMUNITY ACTION'S FINANCIAL AND FAMILY WELL-BEING PROGRAMS ARE GEARED TOWARD INCREASING FINANCIAL STABILITY OF LOW- TO MODERATE-INCOME INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES. OUR FREE TO SAVE PROGRAM PROVIDES FINANCIAL EDUCATION PAIRED WITH 4:1 MATCHED SAVINGS FOR THE PURCHASE OF A HOME, POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION, VEHICLE, OR SMALL BUSINESS START-UP/EXPANSION. OUR LINCOLN COMMUNITY RESPONSE PROGRAM SUPPORTS AND LINKS FAMILIES TO RESOURCES TO PREVENT ENTRY INTO THE CHILD WELFARE SYSTEM. THE WEATHERIZATION PROGRAM IDENTIFIES AREAS OF ENERGY INEFFICIENCY IN LOW- TO MODERATE-INCOME HOMES AND PROVIDES SERVICES (WHICH MAY INCLUDE FURNACE TUNE-UPS, WINDOW/DOOR CAULKING, AND INSULATION) TO REMEDIATE. SERVICES PROVIDED RESULT IN DECREASED UTILITY BURDENS AND IMPROVED HOUSING STOCK. JUST TO NAME A FEW OUTCOMES ACHIEVED IN FISCAL YEAR 2025, 182 INDIVIDUALS PARTICIPATED IN PROGRAMMING TO IMPROVE FINANCIAL KNOWLEDGE AND 31 PURCHASED AN ASSET TO IMPROVE LONG-TERM FINANCIAL WELL-BEING.

  Expenses $1,590,268 · Grants $240,965

• HOMELESSNESS PREVENTION:COMMUNITY ACTION'S HOMELESSNESS PREVENTION PROGRAMS ENSURE HOUSING STABILITY AND PREVENT HOMELESSNESS THROUGH THE PROVISION OF EMERGENCY SERVICES, SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, AND TENANT SUPPORT SERVICES PROGRAMS. OUR EMERGENCY SERVICES PROGRAM PROVIDES EMERGENCY FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE WITH RENT FOR THOSE WITH AN EVICTION NOTICE, UTILITIES FOR THOSE WHO HAVE RECEIVED A DISCONNECT NOTICE, AND DEPOSITS FOR THOSE TRANSITIONING OUT OF HOMELESSNESS. OUR SUPPORTIVE HOUSING PROGRAM TRANSITIONS FAMILIES EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS INTO PERMANENT HOUSING AND PROVIDES CASE MANAGEMENT FOR UP TO TWO YEARS TO SUPPORT MOVEMENT TOWARD SELF-SUFFICIENCY. OUR TENANT SUPPORT SERVICES PROGRAM PROVIDES TENANT/LANDLORD EDUCATION AND MEDIATION WITH A GOAL OF EVICTION PREVENTION. IN FISCAL YEAR 2025, 4,820 INDIVIDUALS WERE SUPPORTED IN AVOIDING HOMELESSNESS THROUGH THE RECEIPT OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE WITH RENT AND UTILITIES.

  Expenses $1,502,505 · Grants $618,370

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

• WAHOO PUBLIC SCHOOLS

  $273,822

  HS GRANT FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION

• NEBRASKA ASSOCIATION FOR THE EDUCATION OF YOUNG CHILDREN

  $61,253

  PROVIDE CONTINUING EDUCATION TO CHILDCARE PROVIDERS

• THE HUB

  $54,993

  PROVIDE COACHING AND NAVIGATIONS SERVICES FOR THE YHDP PROGRAM

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

• COMMUNITY ACTION HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

  501(C)(3) · TO PROVIDE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TO LOW & MODERATE INCOME PERSONS · NE · controlled entity

  Directly controlled by COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP OF LANCASTER AND SAUNDERS COUNTIES

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2024

Filed

10 June 2026

IRS schema version

2024v5.5

Source object

202601759349301200

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