Maryland · Nonprofit
COMMUNITY ACTION COUNCIL OF HOWARD COUNTY MARYLAND INC
COMMUNITY ACTION COUNCIL OF HOWARD COUNTY MARYLAND INC (Maryland) receives grants from 46 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,777,259 to it, the largest being THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF HOWARD COUNTY INC ($1,052,013). 29 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 56% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $26M
- Funders on record
- 46
- Grants received
- $3.8M
- Net assets
- $17M
What Community Action Council of Howard County Maryland Inc does
Mission
The community action council of howard county (cac) seeks to diminish poverty and enable self-sufficiency for all howard county individuals, families, and children in need through housing assistance, food assistance, energy assistance, weatherization assistance, early childhood education. Cac continuously assesses community needs and plans strategically to meet those needs.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Early childhood education: cac provides full-day, full-year early childhood education programming to children birth-to-five years old. The program includes early head start, head start preschool and msde pre-k programming and provides academic and developmental intervention services as needed. Cac uses a 2-generational approach focusing on the children and family in a holistic manner by pairing access to quality early childhood education with opportunities for the family to focus on long-term self-sufficiency goals such as education and employment. Cac maximizes its resources and supports the family using a person-centered case management approach to generate positive outcomes in the self-sufficiency of the family. Children in the program receive breakfast, lunch, and a snack daily. The program is accredited by the national association for the education of young children and by the maryland state department of education, as well as licensed by the maryland office of child care. In fy 2025, only 24 of the 253 total licensed childcare programs in howard county were rated at the highest level of the maryland excels. Four of cac's early childhood education centers are among the 24…
$6,075,947 spent30% of program spendingFor energy cac provides income-eligible homeowners and renters with utility bill assistance to avoid utility termination and to help them get utilities turned back on after the are shut-off. In fiscal year 2025, cac received 7,105 applications for energy assistance from howard county households. A total of 3032 households were approved and 2,229,958 was provided in energy assistance to 2372 howard county households. For housing cac offers housing assistance to income eligible howard county families, including eviction prevention, first month's rent, and assistance with owed back rent. In fiscal year 2025 cac received 351 applications for housing assistance from howard county households. A total of 219 applications were approved and 405,195 was provided in housing assistance to 202 howard county households.
$1,940,759 spentof which $408,052 as grants9% of program spendingThe weatherization department assists eligible low- and moderate-income households through the installation of energy conservation materials in their homes. Energy efficiency measures such as air sealing, insulation, and hvac replacement are the typical types of improvements made. In addition, the department operates a program to install rooftop solar on the homes of eligible recipients and also operates a program to provide no cost home repairs that are designed to improve the health and safety of homes. Funding is provided from the department of energy weatherization assistance program, the maryland low income energy efficiency program, the maryland energy administration, and department of housing and urban development. In fy2025, approximately 600 homes were served.
$8,748,865 spentof which $7,531,959 as grants43% of program spendingFood assistance: food bank: the howard county food bank is the hunger relief program of cac. The food bank provided 22,512 services in howard county, distributed 1,021,1554 meals, and down streamed food to 11 partner pantries in 2025. The pantries function as an arm of the food bank that reach clients in their immediate community. They are located in faith-based organizations, foundations, county entities, and in schools across the county. The delivery program provided 1,094 food deliveries to the county's homebound residents. Eligibility for food assistance is based on income and residency. The primary sources of food come from donations from individuals, community groups, and local grocery stores.
$3,791,454 spentof which $2,890,798 as grants18% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $20,557,025.
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 2024 to 2025, from $18M to $23M (+26%).
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 85% · 2018 80% · 2019 77% · 2020 75% · 2021 95% · 2022 83% · 2023 86% · 2024 82% · 2025 82%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 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.
Board chair
Dr Robert Turner
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 7 funders to 16 funders, grant income rose $354k → $408k.
12 of 46 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 56% 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 COUNCIL OF HOWARD COUNTY MARYLAND INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 46 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 COUNCIL OF HOWARD COUNTY MARYLAND INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 28% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
85% 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 COUNCIL OF HOWARD COUNTY MARYLAND INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 49% · 2018 39% · 2019 34% · 2020 31% · 2021 22% · 2022 28% · 2023 40% — 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.
How long its funders stay
47% of COMMUNITY ACTION COUNCIL OF HOWARD COUNTY MARYLAND INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 63% 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
56% of COMMUNITY ACTION COUNCIL OF HOWARD COUNTY MARYLAND INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $1.7M that is directly attributable, 94% of it comes from Maryland funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.1M arriving through sponsors registered in 10 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 COUNCIL OF HOWARD COUNTY MARYLAND INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $44.0M on record — $25.5M federal, $18.4M state.
- Department of Health and Human Services$23.5M
- Department of Housing and Urban Development$2.0M
- Grant$16.6M
- Loan$1.8M
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.
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In Maryland
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
85% 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 COUNCIL OF HOWARD COUNTY MARYLAND INC?
- COMMUNITY ACTION COUNCIL OF HOWARD COUNTY MARYLAND INC (Maryland) receives grants from 46 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,777,259 to it, the largest being THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF HOWARD COUNTY INC ($1,052,013). 29 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 56% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does COMMUNITY ACTION COUNCIL OF HOWARD COUNTY MARYLAND INC have?
- IRS filings report 46 organizations giving $3,777,259 in grants to COMMUNITY ACTION COUNCIL OF HOWARD COUNTY MARYLAND INC, 29 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of COMMUNITY ACTION COUNCIL OF HOWARD COUNTY MARYLAND INC?
- THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF HOWARD COUNTY INC is the largest funder on record, with $1,052,013 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like COMMUNITY ACTION COUNCIL OF HOWARD COUNTY MARYLAND INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Maryland. 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 46 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