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COMMUNITY ACTION DULUTH INC

COMMUNITY ACTION DULUTH INC (Minnesota) receives grants from 30 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,262,400 to it, the largest being LOCAL INITIATIVES SUPPORT CORPORATION ($1,127,152). 15 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$2.5M
Funders on record
30
Grants received
$3.3M
Net assets
$162k
15/30 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 29%
01What it does

What Community Action Duluth Inc does

Mission

To empower and engage our community to eliminate poverty.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Program

  1. Free tax site community action duluth operated its free tax site during 2024 to provide free federal and state income tax preparation services to eligible individuals and families. The program helped participants access tax refunds, refundable tax credits, and other financial resources that could support household stability. Tax services also provided an opportunity to connect participants with financial education and other community action duluth services when appropriate. Integrated coaching integrated coaching provided individualized support to participants working toward greater financial and economic stability. Coaches worked one-on-one with participants to identify barriers, establish goals, develop action plans, and connect participants with appropriate services. Coaching addressed areas including employment, finances, education, housing, transportation, and other needs that could affect a participant's ability to achieve long-term stability. Integrated coaching also supported participants enrolled in other community action duluth workforce and training programs. Bridge to employment / mfip employment services community action duluth provided employment services to…

    $2,114,617 spent$118,162 earned by the program
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $2,114,617.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($2.1M) Expenses 100 ($2.1M) Net assets 100 ($595k)2018 Revenue 98 ($2.1M) Expenses 106 ($2.2M) Net assets 64 ($381k)2019 Revenue 86 ($1.8M) Expenses 84 ($1.8M) Net assets 69 ($413k)2020 Revenue 91 ($1.9M) Expenses 90 ($1.9M) Net assets 76 ($451k)2021 Revenue 111 ($2.3M) Expenses 115 ($2.4M) Net assets 61 ($364k)2022 Revenue 108 ($2.3M) Expenses 107 ($2.3M) Net assets 64 ($382k)2023 Revenue 100 ($2.1M) Expenses 110 ($2.3M) Net assets 31 ($183k)2024 Revenue 124 ($2.6M) Expenses 127 ($2.7M) Net assets 29 ($173k)2025 Revenue 117 ($2.5M) Expenses 117 ($2.5M) Net assets 27 ($162k)
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Revenue (117)Expenses (117)Net assets (27)

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 $706k to $492k (−30%).

$723k
$575k
$538k
$691k
$612k
$565k
$629k
$706k
$492k
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

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2018
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2020
2021
2022
2023
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2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2017 73% · 2018 79% · 2019 73% · 2020 80% · 2021 86% · 2022 78% · 2023 80% · 2024 80% · 2025 80%. 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 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$3k
’17
−$155k
’18
$33k
’19
$37k
’20
−$86k
’21
$17k
’22
−$199k
’23
−$46k
’24
$1k
’25
0.4
months of
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

Shawn Pearson

Chair

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

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Listed201815161823141310
Joined·+3+6+3+2+10+1+9+0
No longer listed·5920510103
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 7 funders to 10 funders, grant income fell $601k → $298k.

7 of 30 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 11% 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 DULUTH 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 DULUTH INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 35% of grant income and the top three 60%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

67% 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 DULUTH INC.

35%
largest funder
60%
top three
~6
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 74% · 2018 32% · 2019 31% · 2020 49% · 2021 32% · 2022 22% · 2023 29% — 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

56% of COMMUNITY ACTION DULUTH INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 50% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y+6y

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

60% of COMMUNITY ACTION DULUTH INC's grant income comes from Minnesota funders.

MN
NY
VA
NC
DC
TX
FL

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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Minnesota out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $352k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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.

04Its place in the field

Government funding COMMUNITY ACTION DULUTH INC receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $1.8M on record.

Federal$1.8M
grants $1.8Mcontracts $0
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Top agencies
  • Department of Agriculture$1.0M
  • Environmental Protection Agency$459k
  • Department of the Treasury$250k

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 Minnesota

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

86% of spending goes to programs.

Program 86%Management 14%Fundraising 0%

Governance

9
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

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

MN

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Questions and answers

Who funds COMMUNITY ACTION DULUTH INC?
COMMUNITY ACTION DULUTH INC (Minnesota) receives grants from 30 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,262,400 to it, the largest being LOCAL INITIATIVES SUPPORT CORPORATION ($1,127,152). 15 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does COMMUNITY ACTION DULUTH INC have?
IRS filings report 30 organizations giving $3,262,400 in grants to COMMUNITY ACTION DULUTH INC, 15 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of COMMUNITY ACTION DULUTH INC?
LOCAL INITIATIVES SUPPORT CORPORATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,127,152 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like COMMUNITY ACTION DULUTH INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Minnesota. 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 30 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