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COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP OF LANCASTER AND SAUNDERS COUNTIES

EIN 47-0491162 LINCOLN, NE

Revenue 2024
$18,352,364
Expenses 2024
$17,857,857

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

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
Z99Z
Classification
1000
Street
210 O ST

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

WE PARTNER WITH OUR COMMUNITY IN FEARLESS PURSUIT OF ANTI-POVERTY SOLUTIONS SO WE ALL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO LIVE WELL.

  • 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.

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.

  • LISA HALE

    PRESIDENT (THRU DEC 2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • BRODEY WEBER

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • MICHELLE SUAREZ

    VICE-PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • GRANT BUCKLEY

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • LORENE BARTOS

    SECRETARY (THRU DEC 2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • CHRIS MARVIN

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • CHRISTY ARFMAN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • TIFFANY BACK

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • MARTA BOUCHER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • JANET CHUNG

    DIRECTOR (THRU DEC 2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • GINA EGENBERGER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • TANYA ENCALADA

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • CARL ESKRIDGE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • ANA JELAVIC

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • AMY JENSEN

    DIRECTOR (THRU DEC 2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • MICHELLE LIBAL

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • DAVID LUX

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • THUY NGOC HO

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • KELLEY PORTER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • KEELI RABAGO

    DIRECTOR (THRU DEC 2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • HEATHER LOUGHMAN

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $206,481
    From this org
    $161,885
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $44,596
    Hours/week
    40 + 1 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $160,649
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $1,236
    Deferred
    $5,143
    Nontaxable benefits
    $39,453
    Filer's total
    $206,481

  • DEANNA BRILEY

    CFO

    Total calculated
    $161,277
    From this org
    $129,379
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $31,898
    Hours/week
    40 + 1 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $125,650
    Bonus
    $2,500
    Other
    $1,229
    Deferred
    $4,101
    Nontaxable benefits
    $27,797
    Filer's total
    $161,277

  • JILL BOMBERGER

    DIRECTOR OF EARLY HEAD START

    Total calculated
    $160,526
    From this org
    $136,557
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,969
    Hours/week
    40 + 1 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $133,286
    Bonus
    $2,500
    Other
    $771
    Deferred
    $4,254
    Nontaxable benefits
    $19,715
    Filer's total
    $160,526

  • MICHELLE MARTINEZ

    DIRECTOR OF PROGRAM IMPACT

    Total calculated
    $153,860
    From this org
    $132,984
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $20,876
    Hours/week
    40 + 1 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $129,664
    Bonus
    $2,600
    Other
    $720
    Deferred
    $4,041
    Nontaxable benefits
    $16,835
    Filer's total
    $153,860

  • PAMELA BENNER

    HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $149,442
    From this org
    $128,695
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $20,747
    Hours/week
    40 + 1 related

The first 25 listed. 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
    $18,352,364
    Expenses
    $17,857,857
    Contributions
    $17,468,822
    Grants paid
    $1,027,357
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $18,433,805
    Expenses
    $17,760,123
    Contributions
    $16,999,069
    Grants paid
    $895,997
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $17,204,965
    Expenses
    $15,790,745
    Contributions
    $16,043,740
    Grants paid
    $1,313,217

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

  • 2024 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2023 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2022 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $17,920,419
    Expenses
    $16,510,403
    Assets (EOY)
    $12,894,392

  • 2021 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $14,460,530
    Expenses
    $13,766,605
    Assets (EOY)
    $12,349,644

  • 2020 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $13,501,042
    Expenses
    $13,225,036
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,424,146

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $13,034,085
    Expenses
    $12,264,090
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,248,984

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $10,952,226
    Expenses
    $11,317,889
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,254,917

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.

Grants made

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared on its 2024 return

Declared as related by

Taxable family

From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.

Disregarded entities on its 2024 return

  • LANGUAGELINC LLC

    INTERPRETATION & TRANSLATION SERVICES · NE · income $801,893 · assets $0

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.