Michigan · Nonprofit
ASSOCIATION FOR COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONAL AND SOCIAL ACTION
ASSOCIATION FOR COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONAL AND SOCIAL ACTION (Michigan) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $10,150 to it, the largest being MCCALLA HELEN FDN OCHR ($10,150). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2022
- $84k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $10k
- Net assets
- $83k
What Association for Community Organizational and Social Action does
Mission
The association for community organization and social action (acosa) is an interdisciplinary professional association grounded in the social work profession. Its mission is to promote social change by strengthening community practice in social work. Acosa promotes social work education, research, and practice in all areas of community practice including community organizing, community planning and development, organizational leadership, policy practice, and social action. Acosa fosters global perspectives on social work practice and social welfare policy, advances racial, environmental, and social justice, values interdisciplinary collaboration, improves the social and economic well-being of marginalized communities, and supports human rights for all.
As stated on its FY2022 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Acosa general program - acosa had 3 institutional sponsors, 10 institutional members, and 256 individual members in 2022. Acosa also annually coordinates the community organization and social administration (cosa) track in partnership with the council on social work education annual program meeting and supports other educational forums and conferences in these fields.
$19,554 spent45% of program spendingJournal of community practice - the journal of community practice published 4 issues and processed 124 new manuscripts in 2022. The journal of community practice is an interdisciplinary journal grounded in social welfare. The journal provides a forum for community practice, including community organizing, planning, social administration, organizational development, community development, social action, and social change.
$15,193 spent35% of program spendingSpecial commissions - acosa supports a special commission to advance macro practice as a collaboration among educators, organizations, practitioners, and students to raise awareness of macro social work practice as a field of study and professional social work practice, as well as to support networking among those engaged in social work macro practice in communities, organizations, and social systems. The special commission is responsible for the development of the encyclopedia of macro social work.
$8,773 spent20% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2022 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $43,520.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $59k to $85k (+45%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
64% of ASSOCIATION FOR COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONAL AND SOCIAL ACTION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (100% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 3 reported years ran a deficit.
Leadership and staff
Board chair
Cheryl Hide
Chair
As listed on its FY2022 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of ASSOCIATION FOR COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONAL AND SOCIAL ACTION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
ASSOCIATION FOR COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONAL AND SOCIAL ACTION draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Michigan, across 1 state in all.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
ASSOCIATION FOR COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONAL AND SOCIAL ACTION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 14,237 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 14,237 human services nonprofits under $100k, FY2022
Government funding ASSOCIATION FOR COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONAL AND SOCIAL ACTION receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $24.7M on record.
- (MM) PURCHASED CLIENT/PROGRAM SVCS$22.1M
- (RR) BENEFIT PROGRAMS$2.6M
- (EE) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES$2k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like ASSOCIATION FOR COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONAL AND SOCIAL ACTION
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Michigan
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
88%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for ASSOCIATION FOR COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONAL AND SOCIAL ACTION: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds ASSOCIATION FOR COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONAL AND SOCIAL ACTION?
- ASSOCIATION FOR COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONAL AND SOCIAL ACTION (Michigan) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $10,150 to it, the largest being MCCALLA HELEN FDN OCHR ($10,150). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ASSOCIATION FOR COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONAL AND SOCIAL ACTION have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $10,150 in grants to ASSOCIATION FOR COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONAL AND SOCIAL ACTION.
- Who is the largest funder of ASSOCIATION FOR COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONAL AND SOCIAL ACTION?
- MCCALLA HELEN FDN OCHR is the largest funder on record, with $10,150 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ASSOCIATION FOR COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONAL AND SOCIAL ACTION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Michigan. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2022 (financials across 2020–2022), and the filings of 1 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing