TOMPKINS COMMUNITY ACTION INC

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

B22Z

Classification

1200

Street

701 SPENCER RD

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Mission and programs · 2024

• TOMPKINS COMMUNITY ACTION IS A PRIVATE, NOT-FOR PROFIT CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION THAT HAD ITS GRASSROOTS BEGINNINGS IN 1964. ORIGINALLY TOMPKINS COUNTY ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY CORPORATION OR EOC, AS IT WAS KNOWN UNTIL OUR OFFICIAL CORPORATE NAME CHANGE TO TOMPKINS COMMUNITY ACTION IN 1999, BEGAN AS A LOCAL COALITION OF CONCERNED COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO WANTED TO IMPROVE THE LIVES OF LOW-INCOME FAMILIES IN TOMPKINS COUNTY. FORMALLY INCORPORATED IN 1966, THE AGENCY BECAME PART OF A NATIONAL AND STATE NETWORK OF COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCIES. FROM A SMALL NOT-FOR-PROFIT HUMAN SERVICE AGENCY, WITH A YEARLY BUDGET OF APPROXIMATELY $25,000 AND A STAFF OF 3.5 EMPLOYEES IN 1966 OPERATING TWO PROGRAMS, EOC TRANSFORMED ITSELF AND HAS GROWN INTO TOMPKINS COMMUNITY ACTION, A LARGE, MULTI-FACETED COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY IMPLEMENTING AND INTEGRATING 21 PROGRAMS THAT SERVE LOW-INCOME INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES, AND COMMUNITY COLLABORATIONS. AS ONE OF TOMPKINS COUNTY'S LARGER EMPLOYERS, THE AGENCY CURRENTLY HAS A STAFF OF 110 PEOPLE WHO ASSIST 4,000 LOW-INCOME INDIVIDUALS YEARLY THROUGH A WIDE VARIETY OF PROGRAMMING. WE ENTER THIS YEAR WITH RENEWED COMMITMENT TO OUR MISSION, VISION, AND STRATEGIES FOR ENDING CYCLES OF POVERTY IN TOMPKINS COUNTY. OUR HEAD START AND EARLY HEAD START PROGRAMS SERVE 350 CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES. PROGRAM DELIVERY SUPPORTED PREGNANT WOMEN, NEWBORNS, AND CHILDREN UP TO 5 YEARS OLD IN BOTH CLASSROOMS AND FAMILIES' HOMES. WE HAVE 22 CLASSROOMS COUNTY WIDE AS WELL AS OUR COLLABORATION WITH THE ITHACA SCHOOL DISTRICT SERVING AS OUR DELEGATE IN AN ADDITIONAL 9 PREK CLASSROOMS. CHILDREN AND FAMILIES RECEIVE HIGH QUALITY DEVELOPMENTALLY APPROPRIATE EDUCATION, INDIVIDUALIZATION TO ENHANCE LEARNING AND COMMUNITY RESOURCES TO PREPARE OUR CHILDREN FOR A LIFETIME OF LEARNING. IMPLEMENTING HIGH SCOPE CURRICULUM, PROGRAMMING FOCUSED ON THE FIVE DOMAINS IDENTIFIED TO MEET SCHOOL READINESS GOALS THAT PREPARE OUR CHILDREN FOR KINDERGARTEN. CHILDREN'S MATH AND SCIENCE SKILLS INCREASED BY 29% AND LANGUAGE LITERACY SKILLS BY 24% THIS PROGRAM YEAR. CHILD SOCIAL RELATIONS SKILLS INCREASED BY 28%; SHOWS A STRONG INDICATOR FOR SCHOOL READINESS AND TRANSITION SUCCESS. FAMILY SERVICES INCLUDED MONTHLY SOCIALIZATION ACTIVITIES, PARENT ACTION GROUPS, TRAININGS, SECONDARY EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES AND SEMINARS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. WE SERVED 77,095 BREAKFASTS, LUNCHES AND SNACKS TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES THIS YEAR AND EXPANDED PROGRAM ACTIVITIES LINKING ACTIVE MOVEMENT TO HEALTHY NUTRITION, AND OUR FAMILY HOME LIBRARY PROGRAM COMPONENT PROVIDED 3,080 BOOKS. FUNDING FOR HEAD START / EARLY HEAD START PROGRAMING, FROM THE US DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES, TOTALED $4,469,088. FUNDING PROVIDED $3,168,669 IN WAGES AND FRINGE BENEFITS, $797,735 FOR OPERATIONS, $372,139 TO SUPPORT ITHACA SCHOOL DISTRICT DELEGATE AND RACKER PARTNERSHIPS, AND $68,695 FOR PROGRAM CONSUMABLES. FUNDING INCLUDED $61,580 TO SUPPORT AND EXPAND STAFF AND PARENT EDUCATION AND TRAINING. OUR PRIMARY SCHOOL SUPPORT PROGRAM WORKED CLOSELY WITH PARENTS AND SCHOOL OFFICIALS TO STRENGTHEN COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS ON BEHALF OF CHILDREN TRANSITIONING TO KINDERGARTEN IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. ADVOCATES PROVIDED SUPPORT FOR FAMILIES AT PARENT/TEACHER CONFERENCES, COORDINATED SERVICE DELIVERY FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS AND SUPPORTED POSITIVE COMMUNICATION BETWEEN FAMILIES AND SCHOOL SYSTEM STAFF.THE EMERGENCY FOOD PANTRY DISTRIBUTED 7, 002 BOXES OF NUTRITIOUS FOOD, PERSONAL HYGIENE PRODUCTS AND HOUSEHOLD SUPPLIES TO INCOME ELIGIBLE HOUSEHOLDS. OUR VICTORY GARDEN INITIATIVE PROVIDED VEGETABLE AND HERB SEEDLINGS TO 181 HOUSEHOLDS WITH LOW INCOMES WHO PARTICIPATE IN OUR PROGRAMS. AS THE LOCAL ADMINISTRATOR FOR NYS HOMES AND COMMUNITY RENEWAL, WE PROVIDED HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER PROGRAM RENTAL ASSISTANCE TO OVER 1,066 HOUSEHOLDS. THE TOTAL ANNUAL SUBSIDY PAID OUT TO LANDLORDS WAS $7,674,524. A TOTAL OF 78 INDIVIDUALS PARTICIPATED IN OUR FAMILY SELF SUFFICIENCY PROGRAM, WITH 42 PEOPLE EARNING ESCROW MONIES DUE TO AN INCREASE IN THEIR EARNED INCOME. A NEW PROGRAM THIS YEAR, THE MAKING MOVES PROGRAM ASSISTED 15 HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER PROGRAM FAMILIES TO MOVE TO RENTAL UNITS IN WELL-RESOURCED NEIGHBORHOODS. TCACTION PROVIDED RENTAL ASSISTANCE TO 13 CHRONICALLY HOMELESS HOUSEHOLDS WHO MOVED INTO PERMANENT HOUSING WITH TENANT BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE THAT COMBINES RENTAL SUBSIDY AND SUPPORTIVE SERVICES. TCACTION SUPPORTIVE HOUSING PROGRAMS PROVIDED PERMANENT HOUSING ACROSS 135 RENTAL UNITS IN THE CITY OF ITHACA. SUPPORTIVE HOUSING PROGRAMS COMBINE RENTAL ASSISTANCE AND SUPPORTIVE SERVICES TO HELP HOUSEHOLDS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS STABILIZE IN HOUSING AND MOVE FORWARD WITH GOALS. TCACTION HOSTS 12 UNITS AT CHARTWELL HOUSE, 14 UNITS AT MAGNOLIA HOUSE, 6 UNITS AT THE CORN STREET APARTMENTS AND 23 UNITS AT AMICI HOUSE. IN ADDITION, TCACTION PROVIDES SUPPORTIVE SERVICES TO 40 UNITS AT ITHACA ARTHAUS AND 40 UNITS AT ITHACA ASTERI. ACROSS ALL HOUSING PROGRAM SITES, SUPPORTIVE SERVICES INCLUDE REFERRALS TO HEALTH SERVICES, MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE USE RECOVERY SUPPORT ORGANIZATIONS, EMPLOYMENT SEARCH AND EDUCATION SUPPORTS, FAMILY UNIFICATION AND LIFE SKILL BUILDING RELATED TO EACH RESIDENTS' GOALS.

  Expenses $8,935,962 · Revenue $480,479

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

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

• 2024

  Revenue

  $9,618,262

  Expenses

  $10,061,783

  Contributions

  $9,015,270

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2023

  Revenue

  $8,497,166

  Expenses

  $8,922,590

  Contributions

  $7,668,623

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2022

  Revenue

  $8,584,881

  Expenses

  $9,063,762

  Contributions

  $7,793,512

  Grants paid

  $0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

• 2021 · 990

  Revenue

  $8,308,623

  Expenses

  $8,262,866

  Assets (EOY)

  $12,775,469

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $8,365,094

  Expenses

  $8,592,155

  Assets (EOY)

  $13,001,010

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $7,846,696

  Expenses

  $7,918,230

  Assets (EOY)

  $13,479,794

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $14,598,418

  Expenses

  $7,181,982

  Assets (EOY)

  $13,740,737

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $6,253,996

  Expenses

  $6,449,476

  Assets (EOY)

  $7,956,855

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $6,616,154

  Expenses

  $6,655,738

  Assets (EOY)

  $5,923,677

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $6,417,089

  Expenses

  $6,701,630

  Assets (EOY)

  $6,283,139

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $6,091,058

  Expenses

  $6,935,413

  Assets (EOY)

  $6,672,328

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $7,069,080

  Expenses

  $6,126,791

  Assets (EOY)

  $6,402,601

• 2012 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $6,863,304

  Assets (EOY)

  $6,644,483

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2023

Tax period

1 April 2023 to 31 March 2024

Principal officer

Shannon Albano

Mailing address

585 AERO DRCHEEKTOWAGA NY 14225

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 9 November 2026. The IRS publishes only each organization's most recent postcard, so earlier years are not shown. A 990-N carries no financial detail. The postcard also gives the principal officer's address, which is not shown here.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

• ENTERPRISE COMMUNITY PARTNERS INC

  $224,105

  2025 · VULNERABLE POPULATIONS - VOUCHERS/RENTAL ASSISTANCE

• ENTERPRISE COMMUNITY PARTNERS INC

  $157,363

  2024 · VULNERABLE POPULATIONS - VOUCHERS/RENTAL ASSISTANCE

• READING IS FUNDAMENTAL INC

  $0

  2022 · TO FOSTER LITERACY

• READING IS FUNDAMENTAL INC

  $0

  2024 · TO FOSTER LITERACY

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