Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
COMMUNITY ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE LEHIGH VALLEY INC
COMMUNITY ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE LEHIGH VALLEY INC (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 86 organizations whose IRS filings report $20,569,631 to it, the largest being Feeding America ($6,436,976). 51 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $47M
- Funders on record
- 86
- Grants received
- $21M
- Net assets
- $12M
What Community Action Committee of the Lehigh Valley Inc does
Mission
The mission of the community action committee of the lehigh valley is to improve the quality of life in the lehigh valley by building a community in which all people have access to economic opportunity, the ability to pursue that opportunity and a voice in the decisions that affect their lives.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Second harvest food bank of lehigh valley and northeast pennsylvaniadistributed 15.9 million pounds of food to our network of more than 200 nonprofit organizations throughout the counties of carbon, lehigh, monroe, northampton, pike and wayne, complementing their efforts to provide food assistance to more than 89,300 individuals each month. Distributed 13,219,733 meals across our six-county service area. Distributed 29,100 boxes of nutritious food to seniors through the pa senior food box program. Distributed 6.8 million pounds of fresh produce, dairy, and perishable proteins. Served more than 500 military families per month through our militaryshare food box program. On average, provided food to 87,030 individuals monthly, including 24,100 children and 14,000 seniors. Through the seed farm program, 6 farmers utilized the farm business incubator, totaling 8.3 leased acres. Offered 5 educational workshops with 6 guest trainers to 75 attendees. Sold 18,000 organic transplants at spring and fall plant sales. Donated 2,700 transplants to 14 community groups.
$29,959,185 spent$548,534 earned by the program74% of program spendingWeatherization programrepaired 10 homes with doe readiness funds. Completed 42 weatherization jobs with doe funding. Completed 19 weatherization jobs utilizing ugi liurp funds. Completed 24 weatherization josbs using first energy warm funds. Restored heat to 194 homes. Prevented "no heat" situation in 125 homes. Served 189 families through the liheap cooling program.
$2,850,028 spent$214,438 earned by the program7% of program spendingSixth street shelter/turner street apartments/ferry street apartmentsserved 91 families residing at the shelter. 50% of families saved money toward rent or a security deposit. 75% of families achieved their family service plan goals. 100% of families created a written budget to understand credit and money management. Referred 15% of families to careerlink. 75% of families achieved their benchmark family care goals. Developed a roster of 30 local landlords willing to work with shelter residents
$874,100 spent$12,950 earned by the program2% of program spendingRacial and ethnic justice programadministered generation next in four schools across the allentown school district, bethlehem area school district, and easton area school district. Of participating seniors, 100% successfully graduated from high school. Awarded 12 scholarships to high school graduates, ranging from $500 to $2,000. Assisted students with college application assistance, fafsa preparation, sat prep, networking, resume development, and college exploration. Administered the she program in the allentown school district and bethlehem area school district, serving 57 elementary students and 99 middle school students. Curriculum included stem activities, signs of healthy and unhealthy relationships, art activities, and mental health awareness.
$375,652 spent$86,129 earned by the program1% of program spendingCommunity action homessold one home in slatington and listed another for sale. Managed the renovation of two properties in anticipation of their sale: one in allentown one in south bethlehem. Acquired one home from the allentown redevelopment authority to be renovated for sale. Coordinated rehabilitation activities for 40 homes through the whole home repair program. Completed 12 faade improvements to residential and commercial properties: five in allentown, three in bethlehem, and three in the slate belt.
$3,071,660 spent$19,697 earned by the program8% of program spendingHousing counseling program43 families that utilized the housing counseling program were able to purchase their first home. Conducted seven first-time homebuyer seminars, providing 8 hours of hud-approved education. 214 prospective home buyers earned a certificate of completion by attending a seminar. 55 prospective homebuyers were provided pre-purchase counseling. 39 prospective homebuyers were provided pre-settlement counseling. 1 program participants utilized the home ownership savings account program, earned a $2,000 savings match, and purchased a home. 2 participants completed a 6-hour financial education course developed by the pennsylvania housing finance agency. 4 participants utilized the bethlehem homebuyer assistance program to purchase their first home. Provided default and delinquency counseling to 42 financially distressed homeowners. Provided loss mitigation services to 6 delinquent homeowners. Assisted 15 delinquent homeowners in applying to the pa homeowner assistance fund. Assisted 37 homeowners in applying to the homeowners' emergency mortgage assistance program. Provided rental/financial counseling to 4 residents of the turner street transitional housing program.
$378,307 spent$923 earned by the program1% of program spendingSlate belt risinggranted 6 scholarships to high school students in the bangor and pen argyl school districts. Completed and continued ongoing 4 faade projects in bangor and portland. Completed 2024 slate belt annual cleanup, with over 100 volunteers participating across seven municipalities. Completed a mural in pen argyl. Provided financial support to 4 businesses through the commercial lease subsidy program. Launched the lead-free homes campaign in east bangor borough. Sponsored regional events including quarry bites & brews, collaborated with the slate belt chamber of commerce on slate belt restaurant week and the slate belt gift certificate program. Continued development of the slate belt heritage & art trail.
$242,203 spent$7,010 earned by the program1% of program spendingCustody contractor caclv operates a rental assistance clearinghouse to facilitate and monitor the distribution of payments of rental assistance for the counties of lehigh and northampton. Caclv operates as a fiscal agent from the lehigh county emergency rental assistance program to facilitate and monitor the distribution of payments.caclv partners with united way of the greater lehigh valley to provide professional support for the lehigh valley food policy council, a collective impact group to address the root causes of hunger and food insecurity, lack of access to fresh food, diminishing farmland, and barrier prohibiting success of local food producers.
$2,638,447 spent$732,714 earned by the program7% of program spending
The 8 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $40,389,582.
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 2020 to 2021, from $15M to $25M (+65%).
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 25% · 2018 23% · 2019 26% · 2020 18% · 2021 36% · 2022 59% · 2023 53% · 2024 29%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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.
Chief executive
Dawn Godshall
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 18 funders to 34 funders, grant income rose $869k → $2.0M.
22 of 86 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 17% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $7k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Rising Tide Community Loan Fund). These are real filings, and they are not money COMMUNITY ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE LEHIGH VALLEY INC raised.
From the IRS filings of COMMUNITY ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE LEHIGH VALLEY INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 86 funders by total. 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 COMMITTEE OF THE LEHIGH VALLEY INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 31% of grant income and the top three 65%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
94% 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 COMMITTEE OF THE LEHIGH VALLEY INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 26% · 2018 23% · 2019 41% · 2020 32% · 2021 71% · 2022 24% · 2023 30% — growing more concentrated.
“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.
How long its funders stay
40% of COMMUNITY ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE LEHIGH VALLEY INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 59% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
57% of COMMUNITY ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE LEHIGH VALLEY INC's grant income comes from Pennsylvania funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $3.5M arriving through sponsors registered in 16 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 COMMITTEE OF THE LEHIGH VALLEY INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $743k on record.
- Department of Agriculture$729k
- Department of Justice$14k
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 COMMITTEE OF THE LEHIGH VALLEY 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 Pennsylvania
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
96% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 5 related entities
- Community Action Development Committee Allentown · exempt
- Community Action Development Committee Bethlehem · exempt
- Rising Tide Community Loan Fund · exempt
- Lehigh Valley Community Land Trust · exempt
- Lehigh & Northampton Cty Rev Loan Fd · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds COMMUNITY ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE LEHIGH VALLEY INC?
- COMMUNITY ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE LEHIGH VALLEY INC (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 86 organizations whose IRS filings report $20,569,631 to it, the largest being Feeding America ($6,436,976). 51 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does COMMUNITY ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE LEHIGH VALLEY INC have?
- IRS filings report 86 organizations giving $20,569,631 in grants to COMMUNITY ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE LEHIGH VALLEY INC, 51 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of COMMUNITY ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE LEHIGH VALLEY INC?
- Feeding America is the largest funder on record, with $6,436,976 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like COMMUNITY ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE LEHIGH VALLEY INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Pennsylvania. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 86 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing