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ACTION INC

EIN 04-2389332 GLOUCESTER, MA

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Revenue 2024
$191,163,293
Expenses 2024
$188,080,054

Program services were 97.6% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
P200
Classification
1000
Street
180 MAIN 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).

Other organizations at this address

1 other organization in the IRS Business Master File lists the same street address. matched by us

We match the street line and ZIP code as the IRS gives them, ignoring case and outer spaces and nothing else, so "AVE" and "AVENUE" count as different streets and this list can miss some. A shared address can mean related organizations or a shared office, but it can also be a registered agent, a mail drop or a service provider holding mail for unrelated clients. It is not, by itself, evidence that two organizations are connected.

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE MISSION OF ACTION INC. IS TO CREATE OPPORTUNITIES THAT PROMOTE A THRIVING CAPE ANN FOR ALL.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE MISSION OF ACTION INC. IS TO ADVANCE ECONOMIC EQUITY AND FOSTER A THRIVING COMMUNITY ON CAPE ANN AND BEYOND. OUR VISION IS TO BE AN INSTRUMENT OF CHANGE, WORK COLLABORATIVELY WITH PARTNERS TO STRENGTHEN THE COMMUNITY, AND HELP PEOPLE IN OUR SERVICE AREA ACCESS THE RESOURCES THEY NEED TO ACHIEVE THEIR GOALS.

  • ENERGY MANAGEMENT - A LAW WAS ENACTED WHICH REQUIRED THAT LOW-INCOME RESIDENTIAL DEMAND-SIDE MANAGEMENT AND EDUCATION PROGRAMS BE IMPLEMENTED THROUGH THE LOW INCOME WEATHERIZATION NETWORK AND COORDINATED WITH ALL ELECTRIC AND GAS DISTRIBUTION COMPANIES IN THE STATE, WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF STANDARDIZING IMPLEMENATION. THE ENERGY MANAGEMENT PROGRAM, WHICH IS MAINLY THE LEAN PROGRAM WAS ESTABLISHED AMONG THE MEMBER AGENCIES OF THE LOW INCOME FUEL NETWORK TO PROVIDE THE SERVICES REQUIRED FOR IMPLEMENTING THE COORDINATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE STATUE.

    Expenses $174,757,433 · Revenue $181,506,714

  • HOUSING - THE HOUSING PROGRAM PROVIDES HOUSING TO PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS ARE BELIEVED TO BE HOUSING READY AND ARE PROVIDED WITH PERMANENT HOUSING IMMEDIATELY AND WITH FEW TO NO PRECONDITIONS, BEHAVIORAL CONTINGENCIES, OR BARRIERS. ALL PARTICIPANTS HOUSED THROUGH THESE HOUSING PROGRAMS MUST MEET HUD'S DEFINITION OF CHRONICALLY HOMELESS. RENT IS ASSESSED FOR RESIDENTS WITH INCOME THAT IS PAID DIRECTLY TO ACTION INC.

    Expenses $4,645,356 · Revenue $4,290,948

  • THE FUEL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM PROVIDES LOW-INCOME FAMILIES WITH ASSISTANCE TO PAY THEIR HEATING FUEL BILLS. THIS CRITICAL SERVICE KEEPS THOUSANDS OF FAMILIES WARM EACH WINTER, AND STAFF ARE AVAILABLE TO ASSIST CLIENTS WITH THE APPLICATION PROCESS.

    Expenses $2,057,747 · Revenue $1,775,818

  • ALL OTHER ACCOMPLISHMENTS - OTHER PROGRAMS PROVIDE SERVICES SUCH AS; WEATHERIZATION, EMERGENCY SHELTER, THE YOUTH COMPASS PROGRAM FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING, ADVOCACY, HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONS WITH AIDS, ETC.

    Expenses $2,194,050 · Revenue $2,640,176

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.

  • Roger Lesch

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Linda Murphy

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Margaret Driscoll

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Ann Cameron

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Linsay Torres Banks

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Coreen Howland

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Alexander Aparo

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Elise Sinagra

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Marcy Pregent

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Carole Sharoff

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Sally Berkowitz

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Melinda Vining

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Jennifer Orlando

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Maiuza Alves

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Sarah McLanahan

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Daniel Boone

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Michea McCaffrey

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Linda Giamanco

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Peggy Hegarty-Steck

    CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $227,067
    From this org
    $225,916
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $1,151
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $225,916
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,151
    Filer's total
    $227,067
  • Jennifer Beloff

    CHIEF PROGRAM OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $179,884
    From this org
    $167,110
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,774
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $167,110
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,774
    Filer's total
    $179,884
  • Jillian Cluett

    CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER/VP

    Total calculated
    $169,856
    From this org
    $154,564
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,292
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $154,564
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,292
    Filer's total
    $169,856
  • Allison Lex

    CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $168,950
    From this org
    $142,831
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $26,119
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $142,831
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $26,119
    Filer's total
    $168,950
  • Elliott Jacobson

    VP OF ENERGY SERVICES

    Total calculated
    $217,628
    From this org
    $212,875
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,753
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $212,875
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $4,753
    Filer's total
    $217,628
  • Brian Beote

    DIRECTOR OF ENERGY EFFICIE

    Total calculated
    $152,566
    From this org
    $137,484
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,082
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $137,484
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,082
    Filer's total
    $152,566
  • Erin George

    DIRECTOR OF HOUSING SERVIC

    Total calculated
    $144,728
    From this org
    $126,221
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,507
    Hours/week
    35

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
    $191,163,293
    Expenses
    $188,080,054
    Contributions
    $11,114,668
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $184,306,650
    Expenses
    $177,847,841
    Contributions
    $11,113,314
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $111,088,156
    Expenses
    $108,915,820
    Contributions
    $744,742
    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
    $79,876,411
    Expenses
    $79,099,905
    Assets (EOY)
    $25,227,649
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $61,722,559
    Expenses
    $60,701,784
    Assets (EOY)
    $25,893,243
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $46,459,698
    Expenses
    $46,522,711
    Assets (EOY)
    $23,392,638
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $69,707,995
    Expenses
    $67,626,336
    Assets (EOY)
    $22,711,681
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $65,714,379
    Expenses
    $63,302,435
    Assets (EOY)
    $20,605,065
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $61,351,612
    Expenses
    $59,179,006
    Assets (EOY)
    $18,538,717
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $45,781,790
    Expenses
    $45,098,233
    Assets (EOY)
    $12,874,918
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $55,978,481
    Expenses
    $54,171,034
    Assets (EOY)
    $12,558,201
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $48,700,973
    Expenses
    $47,331,875
    Assets (EOY)
    $13,450,603
  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $47,373,063
    Assets (EOY)
    $10,430,535

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

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

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

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 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.