Oklahoma · Nonprofit
COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY OF OKLAHOMA CITY & OKLAHOMA/CANADIAN COUNTIES
COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY OF OKLAHOMA CITY & OKLAHOMA/CANADIAN COUNTIES (Oklahoma) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,968,174 to it, the largest being SUNBEAM FAMILY SERVICES INC ($3,509,177). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $18M
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $4.0M
- Net assets
- $4.4M
What Community Action Agency of Oklahoma City & Oklahoma/Canadian Counties does
Mission
To promote the self-sufficiency of the socially, economically, and culturally disadvantaged citizens of oklahoma and canadian counties and to eliminate the paradox of poverty among these citizens by opening to everyone the opportunity to work; to live in decency, dignity, and worth; and to secure the opportunities needed to become fully self-sufficient.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Headstart & daycare- provides full and part-time day care and preschool services with emphasis on the areas of child development, health/safety, nutrition, mental health, disabilities, family partnerships, parent involvement, and literacy.
$12,611,786 spentof which $909,251 as grants$288,845 earned by the program72% of program spendingCommunity services- provides services to senior citizens, the homeless populace, and neighborhood needs to promote the self-sufficiency of individuals and our communities. Community service programs include: christmas assistance, graffiti removal, rx for oklahoma, individual development accounts, volunteer income tax preparation and neighborhood activities. Senior transportation services- provide transportation services to senior citizens for congregate meals, senior companion services and other senior transportation needs. Emergency food & shelter- provides emergency services for food, utility assistance and rent assistance for low income individuals and families. Economic development- provides services leading to community economic enhancement and individual self-sufficiency through small business loan programs, small business workshops, techinical assistance, and money management training.
$2,882,799 spent$483,958 earned by the program16% of program spendingHousing & weatherization- home repair & weatherization provides emergency home repair and energy conservation through education activities and repair services. Homebuyer assitance provides down payment and closing cost assistance to income eligible individuals and families. Housing counseling provided to help clients understand the responsibilities of home ownership and how to make housing and financial choices. Home acquisition/rehabilitation increases the availability of affordable quality homes to income eligible individuals and families. Green home loan program improves eligible individual's homes efficiency and reduces energy consumption.
$2,021,798 spent$136,565 earned by the program12% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $17,516,383.
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. 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 2024 to 2025, from $8.0M to $6.6M (−17%).
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 96% · 2018 96% · 2019 96% · 2020 96% · 2021 96% · 2022 96% · 2023 95% · 2024 90% · 2025 94%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
95% of COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY OF OKLAHOMA CITY & OKLAHOMA/CANADIAN COUNTIES’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (21% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 of the last 9 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.
Chief executive
Jessie Thompson
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income fell $1.3M → $87k.
From the IRS filings of COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY OF OKLAHOMA CITY & OKLAHOMA/CANADIAN COUNTIES’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 OKLAHOMA CITY & OKLAHOMA/CANADIAN COUNTIES leans on a few funders — its largest provides 88% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY OF OKLAHOMA CITY & OKLAHOMA/CANADIAN COUNTIES.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 94% · 2018 100% · 2019 98% · 2020 96% · 2021 72% · 2022 56% · 2023 66% — diversifying over time.
“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
100% of COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY OF OKLAHOMA CITY & OKLAHOMA/CANADIAN COUNTIES's grant income comes from Oklahoma funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
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
COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY OF OKLAHOMA CITY & OKLAHOMA/CANADIAN COUNTIES receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $4.0M to it.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,297 human services nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY OF OKLAHOMA CITY & OKLAHOMA/CANADIAN COUNTIES receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $135.9M on record.
- Department of Health and Human Services$135.8M
- Department of Housing and Urban Development$130k
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 OKLAHOMA CITY & OKLAHOMA/CANADIAN COUNTIES
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 Oklahoma
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
91% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY OF OKLAHOMA CITY & OKLAHOMA/CANADIAN COUNTIES?
- COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY OF OKLAHOMA CITY & OKLAHOMA/CANADIAN COUNTIES (Oklahoma) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,968,174 to it, the largest being SUNBEAM FAMILY SERVICES INC ($3,509,177). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY OF OKLAHOMA CITY & OKLAHOMA/CANADIAN COUNTIES have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $3,968,174 in grants to COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY OF OKLAHOMA CITY & OKLAHOMA/CANADIAN COUNTIES, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY OF OKLAHOMA CITY & OKLAHOMA/CANADIAN COUNTIES?
- SUNBEAM FAMILY SERVICES INC is the largest funder on record, with $3,509,177 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY OF OKLAHOMA CITY & OKLAHOMA/CANADIAN COUNTIES find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Oklahoma. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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 5 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