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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by WESTERN COMMUNITIES ACTION NETWORK INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,406,668
Total expenses
$1,357,160
Contributions and grants received
$1,324,095
Grants paid
$717,634
Program service revenue
$60,351
Investment income
$2,252
Other revenue
$19,970
Total assets, end of year
$798,658
Total liabilities, end of year
$182,024
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$616,634
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,172,100
Management and general expenses
$132,682
Fundraising expenses
$52,378
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,172,100

Program services were 86.4% 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.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $142,925

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,181,170

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $610,018

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM FEES

    total $60,351 · related or exempt $60,351

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $2,252 · related or exempt $2,252

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $14,400

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $14,400

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $14,400 · related or exempt $14,400

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $5,570

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $0

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $5,570 · excluded $5,570

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $717,634 · program services $717,634

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $352,518 · program services $282,015 · management and general $52,878 · fundraising $17,625

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $29,481 · program services $23,585 · management and general $4,422 · fundraising $1,474

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $43,478 · program services $34,783 · management and general $6,522 · fundraising $2,173

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $20,742 · management and general $20,742

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $35,183 · program services $15,832 · management and general $17,592 · fundraising $1,759

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $104,169 · program services $83,335 · management and general $12,625 · fundraising $8,209

  • 17 · Travel

    total $1,673 · program services $419 · management and general $1,171 · fundraising $83

  • 20 · Interest

    total $5,351 · management and general $5,351

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $8,653 · program services $6,923 · management and general $865 · fundraising $865

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $13,418 · program services $6,306 · management and general $6,709 · fundraising $403

  • 24a · Other expenses: FUNDRAISING

    total $18,519 · fundraising $18,519

  • 24b · Other expenses: TELEPHONE

    total $6,341 · program services $1,268 · management and general $3,805 · fundraising $1,268

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $255,018 · end of year $237,319

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $304,994 · end of year $360,246

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $1,243 · end of year $1,870

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $3,305 · end of year $3,835

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $146,608

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $113,981

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $34,975 · end of year $32,627

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $46,020 · end of year $162,761

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $29,231 · end of year $21,788

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $49,198 · end of year $160,236

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $541,881 · end of year $593,486

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $25,245 · end of year $23,148

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

WESTERN COMMUNITIES ACTION NETWORK PROVIDES HUMAN SERIVCE NEEDS TO INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES IN THE GREENFIELD, INDEPENDENCE, LORETTO, MAPLE PLAIN, MINNETONKA BEACH, MINNETRISTA, MOUND, ROCKFORD, SPRING PARK, ST. BONIFACIUS, TONKA BAY, AND THE WESTERN ORONO COMMUNITIES. THE EMERGANCY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, MEALS ON WHEELS, AND HEALTH SERVICES PROGRAMS PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO LOW INCOME INDIVIDUALS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO WORK IN A PERSONALIZED MANNER WITH INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES TO ENHANCE THEIR STABILITY AND SELF SUFFICIENCY.

  • WECAN IS A COMMUNITY NONPROFIT THAT PROVIDES SERVICES TO EMPOWER AND EQUIP INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES TO REACH STABILITY AND SELF-SUFFICIENCY. OUR SERVICE OFFERINGS PROVIDE CLIENTS A HOLISTIC APPROACH TO ADDRESS THE MANY LAYERS ASSOCIATED WITH POVERTY AND HOMELESSNESS. THE 4 CORE SERVICES THAT WE OFFER INCLUDE: EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE TO KEEP FAMILIES AND INDIVIDUALS IN THEIR HOMES WITH A ONE-TIME PAYMENT FOR RENT, MORTGAGE OR UTILITIES. WE DISTRIBUTED EMERGENCY PAYMENTS TO STABILIZE ABOUT 50 HOUSEHOLDS. FOOD SUPPORT PROGRAMS TO NOURISH CLIENTS WITH HEALTHY FOODS THROUGH MEALS ON WHEELS AND A MOBILE MARKET FOOD SHELF. LAST YEAR, WE ASSISTED ABOUT 1,900 PEOPLE WITH HOT MEALS THROUGH MEALS ON WHEELS AND DELIVERED ABOUT 500 FOOD BAGS TO CHILDREN IN NEED WHILE ON BREAK FROM SCHOOL. EMPLOYMENT & BUDGET PROGRAMS TO EQUIP AND EDUCATE CLIENTS TO BE SELF- SUFFICIENT. WE PROVIDE JOB COUNSELORS TO ASSIST IN RESUME WRITING, JOB SEARCHES AND INTERVIEW SKILLS. BUDGET CLASSES ENHANCE FINANCIAL LITERACY AND PLANNING FOR OUR CLIENTS. FAMILY SUPPORT PROGRAMS TO HELP FAMILIES STRETCH THEIR BUDGETS. THROUGH COMMUNITY IN-KIND DONATIONS, WE DISTRIBUTE SCHOOL SUPPLIES, HOLIDAY AND BIRTHDAY GIFTS, WINTER GEAR, PERSONAL CARE AND HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS. ALMOST HALF OF THOSE SERVED WITH FAMILY SUPPORT PROGRAMS ARE CHILDREN.

    Expenses $1,172,100 · Grants $717,634 · Revenue $77,003

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Lori Springer

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sherry Valley

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Stephanie Shea

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tera White

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Allyson Hammer

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • David Netznik

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Karl Weisenhorn

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Emma Springer

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Brettina Phillips

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rebecca Sebasky

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Brea Khwaja

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
4 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202533119349300548

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