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COMMUNITY ACTION COALTION FOR SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN INC

EIN 39-1053827 MADISON, WI

Revenue 2024
$8,396,263
Expenses 2024
$7,900,665

Program services were 92.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
Classification
1200
Street
4101 E TOWNE BLVD

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

AT COMMUNITY ACTION COALITION FOR SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN, INC. (CAC) OUR MISSION IS TO TRANSFORM OUR COMMUNITIES BY FOSTERING CONDITIONS WHERE EVERYONE CAN ACHIEVE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC SECURITY. CAC EXISTS TO PUSH BACK ON POVERTY. OUR ORGANIZATION WAS BORN OUT OF THE WAR ON POVERTY, AND THAT PURPOSE MOTIVATES US TO THIS DAY. BUT WHILE WE'VE BEEN AROUND FOR FIVE DECADES, WE'RE COMMITTED TO EVOLVING THE WAY WE WORK TO HELP PEOPLE LIVE BETTER LIVES. IT'S TIME FOR A NEW APPROACH TO HOUSING SECURITY, FOOD SECURITY AND ESSENTIAL RESOURCES. WE CHAMPION FLEXIBILITY RATHER THAN RELYING ON A ONE-SIZE-FITS-ALL SOLUTION. BY WORKING WITH OUR STRONG NETWORK, WE IDENTIFY SPECIFIC NEEDS WITHIN EACH OF OUR THREE COMMUNITIES, AND CARRY OUT A PLAN TO GENERATE THE GREATEST IMPACT. WHEN WE TRANSFORM TOGETHER, WE CREATE LASTING CHANGE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO TRANSFORM OUR COMMUNITIES BY FOSTERING CONDITIONS WHERE EVERYONE CAN ACHIEVE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC SECURITY.

  • HOUSING SECURITY PROGRAMS: IN 2024, CAC DELIVERED COMPREHENSIVE HOUSING SOLUTIONS ACROSS THREE COUNTIES, SUPPORTING INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES TO SECURE SAFE AND STABLE HOUSING. CORE SERVICES INCLUDED RENTAL AND UTILITY ASSISTANCE, HOMELESSNESS PREVENTION, HOUSING PLACEMENT AND NAVIGATION, RAPID RE-HOUSING, TRANSITIONAL HOUSING, INNOVATIVE SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, EMERGENCY SHELTER SUPPORT, REDUCING SCHOOL MOBILITY, SUPPORTING EARLY CHILDHOOD ZONES, SERVING VETERANS AND FAMILIES, AND CASE MANAGEMENT. ADDITIONAL SPECIALIZED PROGRAMS FOCUSED ON PROVIDING TAILORED SUPPORT FOR HOUSEHOLDS NEEDING RECOVERY VOUCHERS, WORKFORCE INNOVATION AND INDEPENDENT LIVING SUPPORT, AND/OR SERVICES TO REDUCE BARRIERS TO EMPLOYMENT AND ADVANCEMENT. CAC ALSO WORKED IN CLOSE PARTNERSHIP WITH OTHER SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCIES TO PROVIDE WRAPAROUND SUPPORTS AND COALITION BUILDING. GROUNDED IN A HOUSING FIRST APPROACH AND A STRONG NETWORK OF COLLABORATIVE SERVICES, CAC ASSISTED 1611 HOUSEHOLDS WITH HOUSING AND RELATED NEEDS IN 2024, WHILE ALSO ENGAGING WITH 67 COORDINATED ENTRY COALITION MEMBERS.

    Expenses $3,096,520 · Grants $1,226,715 · Revenue $16,517

  • FOOD SECURITY PROGRAMS:IN 2024, CAC ENABLED ACCESS TO FOOD AND NUTRITION ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH ITS CENTRALIZED FOOD BANK HUB AND DELIVERY SYSTEM. CAC SOURCED AND DISTRIBUTED OVER 1.3 MILLION POUNDS OF FOOD INCLUDING SHELF-STABLE GOVERNMENT COMMODITIES AND PURCHASED SUPPLEMENTAL ITEMS SUCH AS FRESH PRODUCE, LOCALLY GROWN PRODUCTS, CULTURALLY RELEVANT CHOICES, AND PROTEIN SOURCES TO COMMUNITY PANTRIES AND FEEDING AGENCIES AT NO COST. THROUGH THIS DISTRIBUTION NETWORK, CAC REACHED 79,414 FOOD-INSECURE INDIVIDUALS. IN ADDITION, TO HELP INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES EXPERIENCING FOOD INSECURITY STRETCH THEIR GROCERY BUDGETS, CAC ADMINISTERED A FOOD ACCESS MATCHING PROGRAM, PROVIDING FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO 1,332 INDIVIDUALS USING NUTRITION ASSISTANCE BENEFITS.

    Expenses $3,454,876 · Grants $2,686,777

  • COMMUNITY PROGRAMS:IN 2024, CAC PROVIDED VITAL COMMUNITY PROGRAMS AND ESSENTIAL SERVICES TO SUPPORT HEALTH, FINANCIAL STABILITY, RESOURCE NAVIGATION, AND COMMUNITY CONNECTEDNESS. SERVICES INCLUDED INTAKE AND REFERRAL, COMMUNITY RESOURCE FAIRS, VACCINE OUTREACH, AND FINANCIAL LITERACY PROGRAMMING. THROUGH THESE EFFORTS, CAC ASSISTED 30,489 INDIVIDUALS. CAC ALSO PRIORITIZED MENTAL HEALTH IN THE COMMUNITY. CAC PROVIDED SHARED LEARNING AND TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES FOCUSED ON MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID AND WELLNESS, REACHING AND TRAINING 86 COMMUNITY MEMBERS. IN ADDITION, TARGETED PROGRAMMING SUPPORTED THE TRAUMA RECOVERY AND MENTAL HEALTH OF 55 HEALTHCARE WORKERS. ADDITIONALLY, CAC STRENGTHENED COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND MOBILIZATION THROUGH ITS EVENTS AND COMMUNITY NEEDS ASSESSMENT EFFORTS, REACHING 931 COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO IDENTIFY NEEDS AND DEVELOP MORE COORDINATED RESPONSES.

    Expenses $744,678 · Grants $72,733

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.

  • Samantha Wendt

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Chara Taylor-Henning

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Betty Groenewold

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Rob McMurrich

    TREASURER (START 6/10/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jennifer Andrews

    CHAIR OF ADMIN/TREASURER (4/1-6/10)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Britanie Peaslee

    TREASURER (THRU 4/1/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sarah Butz

    MEMBER/CHAIR OF OPS. (START 9/25/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Katie Gillespie

    CHAIR OF OPERATIONS (THRU 9/24/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jodi Hare-Paynter

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • April Kigeya

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Emily Lessner

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kirk Lund

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Larry Nelson

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jennifer Rowedder

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jamie Vogt

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sandy Wareing

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michael Wineke

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Meghan Mietchen

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $125,760
    From this org
    $110,325
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,435
    Hours/week
    40

  • Tim Prodell

    FINANCE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $115,636
    From this org
    $100,652
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,984
    Hours/week
    40

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $8,396,263
    Expenses
    $7,900,665
    Contributions
    $8,269,747
    Grants paid
    $3,986,225
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $17,648,336
    Expenses
    $17,217,283
    Contributions
    $17,449,950
    Grants paid
    $12,566,109
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $34,392,783
    Expenses
    $34,106,212
    Contributions
    $34,361,432
    Grants paid
    $29,366,440

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
    $12,236,312
    Expenses
    $11,823,599
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,809,920

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $8,690,259
    Expenses
    $8,155,848
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,877,905

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,557,654
    Expenses
    $5,419,121
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,012,019

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,660,133
    Expenses
    $4,668,595
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,897,213

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,058,043
    Expenses
    $4,865,335
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,998,950

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,083,313
    Expenses
    $4,943,525
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,763,073

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,206,884
    Expenses
    $4,175,712
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,566,653

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,471,248
    Expenses
    $4,422,643
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,651,704

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,491,543
    Expenses
    $4,530,136
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,552,260

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $3,784,623
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,618,595

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.

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 29 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.