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GASTON COMMUNITY ACTION INC

EIN 56-0841937 GASTONIA, NC

Largest nonprofits in North Carolina

Revenue 2024
$7,058,971
Expenses 2024
$7,159,421

Program services were 87.7% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
P20Z
Classification
1200
Street
PO BOX 1653

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

THE PURPOSE IS TO PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL, EMPLOYMENT AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO LOW INCOME RESIDENTS OF GASTON, CLEVELAND, LINCOLN AND STANLY COUNTIES IN NORTH CAROLINA.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE PURPOSE IS TO PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL, EMPLOYMENT AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO LOW INCOME RESIDENTS OF GASTON, CLEVELAND, LINCOLN AND STANLEY COUNTIES IN NORTH CAROLINA.

  • HEAD START PROGRAM. PURPOSES ARE HEALTH, EDUCATION AND SOCIALIZATION SKILLS TO PREPARE CHILDREN 3-4 YEARS OLD TO ENTER REGULAR PUBLIC SCHOOLS. THE CHILDREN RECEIVE EDUCATIONAL, SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, MEDICAL, DENTAL, VISION AND HEARING SCREENINGS AS WELL AS OTHER EVALUATIONS AND SERVICES PERTINENT TO A HEALTHY, WELL-ROUNDED CHILD. THROUGH PARENT SKILL BUILDING AND CURRICULUM UNDERSTANDING WORKSHOPS, PARENTS ARE PROVIDED VALUABLE INFORMATION ON THEIR ROLE AS THE PRIMARY CAREGIVERS AND EDUCATORS OF THEIR CHILDREN. THIS SERVICE IS PROVIDED IN SPANISH ALSO IN AN EFFORT TO REACH ALL PARTICIPANTS.

    Expenses $5,301,873

  • COMMUNITIES SERVICES BLOCK GRANT. ASSIST FAMILIES TO BECOME SELF-SUFFICIENT BY FOCUSING ON EMPLOYMENT, INCREASING WAGES AND BUDGETING.

    Expenses $968,139

  • VARIOUS OTHER COMMUNITY BASED PROGRAMS

    Expenses $7,405

As filed on the 2024 return.

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.

  • Clair Watkins

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Ola Mae Foster

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Keith Poston

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Dr Kim Scott

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Michael Lane

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Phyllis Williams

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Angela Dawkins

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Deborah Bowden

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Shacara Allen

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Joseph Dixon

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $164,229
    From this org
    $162,584
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $1,645
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $162,584
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,645
    Filer's total
    $164,229

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
    $7,058,971
    Expenses
    $7,159,421
    Contributions
    $7,058,971
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $6,991,274
    Expenses
    $7,102,925
    Contributions
    $6,991,258
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $6,755,020
    Expenses
    $6,422,503
    Contributions
    $6,755,003
    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
    $6,513,392
    Expenses
    $6,393,907
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,084,577
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,398,054
    Expenses
    $6,366,027
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,657,920
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,282,688
    Expenses
    $6,097,242
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,549,623
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,605,642
    Expenses
    $5,523,324
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,131,596
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,767,116
    Expenses
    $5,454,887
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,056,654
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,350,830
    Expenses
    $5,145,450
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,746,424
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,677,578
    Expenses
    $5,731,903
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,722,648
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,824,957
    Expenses
    $5,988,165
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,785,792
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,018,425
    Expenses
    $6,142,799
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,191,708
  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $6,359,600
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,404,304

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

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