Alabama · Nonprofit
COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY OF NORTHWEST ALABAMA INC
COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY OF NORTHWEST ALABAMA INC (Alabama) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $120,409 to it, the largest being ALABAMA BUSINESS CHARITABLE TRUST FUND INC ($59,594). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $4.6M
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $120k
- Net assets
- $449k
What Community Action Agency of Northwest Alabama Inc does
Mission
Our mission is to reduce the causes and adverse consequences of poverty and to empower low-income individuals, families and communities to achieve self-sufficiency through advocacy, resource utilization and service delivery.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Low-income energy assistance program, including liheap, provides energy assistance for low-income families
$2,175,990 spentof which $1,994,261 as grants$2,175,990 earned by the program53% of program spendingCommunity service block grant - for the strengthening of communities in planning and coordinating a wide-range of services related to the need of low-income families/individuals, attacking the cause of poverty.
$479,368 spentof which $60,379 as grants$479,368 earned by the program12% of program spendingChance project grant - a hud homeless assistance program including case management for long-term solutions including: housing, employment, job skills, life skills, etc. For self-sufficiency.
$396,911 spentof which $247,400 as grants$396,911 earned by the program10% of program spendingAll other services including weatherization, emergency food and shelter, comprehensive housing and meals on wheels
$1,050,233 spentof which $292,297 as grants$1,554,640 earned by the program26% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $4,102,502.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $638k to $563k (−12%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 89% · 2018 92% · 2020 90% · 2021 92% · 2022 95% · 2023 92% · 2024 94% · 2025 92%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $100 → $12k.
2 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 13% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY OF NORTHWEST ALABAMA INC’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.
How concentrated its funding is
COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY OF NORTHWEST ALABAMA INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 49% of grant income and the top three 79%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 54% · 2020 51% · 2021 100% · 2022 66% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. 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
76% of COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY OF NORTHWEST ALABAMA INC's grant income comes from Alabama funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $15k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. 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.
Government funding COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY OF NORTHWEST ALABAMA INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $4.1M on record.
- Department of Housing and Urban Development$4.1M
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 COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY OF NORTHWEST ALABAMA INC
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 Alabama
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
88% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY OF NORTHWEST ALABAMA INC: 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 COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY OF NORTHWEST ALABAMA INC?
- COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY OF NORTHWEST ALABAMA INC (Alabama) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $120,409 to it, the largest being ALABAMA BUSINESS CHARITABLE TRUST FUND INC ($59,594). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY OF NORTHWEST ALABAMA INC have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $120,409 in grants to COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY OF NORTHWEST ALABAMA INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY OF NORTHWEST ALABAMA INC?
- ALABAMA BUSINESS CHARITABLE TRUST FUND INC is the largest funder on record, with $59,594 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY OF NORTHWEST ALABAMA INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Alabama. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 7 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