Wisconsin · Nonprofit
COMMUNITY ACTION INC OF ROCK & WALWORTH COUNTIES
COMMUNITY ACTION INC OF ROCK & WALWORTH COUNTIES (Wisconsin) receives grants from 24 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,745,075 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY BLACKHAWK REGION INC ($1,878,221). 16 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $13M
- Funders on record
- 24
- Grants received
- $5.7M
- Net assets
- $5.6M
What Community Action Inc of Rock & Walworth Counties does
Mission
At community action we provide access and opportunity for those we serve and those who support our efforts. Through innovative programs and strong community partnerships we eliminate barriers, establishing clear pathways to economic self-reliance.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Weatherization/energy assistance program:community action's weatherization program installs energy-saving improvements to help low-income homeowners, renters, and landlords reduce their energy costs. In 2024, traditional weatherization funds were supplemented by funds from energy assistance, public benefits, and the federal department of energy. As a result, a total of 253 units were weatherized during the calendar year 2024.
$4,293,438 spentof which $3,388,341 as grants$200,441 earned by the program37% of program spendingHousing, housing rehabilitation and homeless shelter:community action's housing activities are diverse and broad-based. They include a transitional living program serving the homeless or those at imminent risk of homelessness, neighborhood revitalization efforts, homebuyer education, foreclosure prevention counseling/assistance, and the ongoing operation of an emergency shelter. In 2024, 199 individuals were provided with emergency shelter. 94 of which were children. 18 households exited our transitional living program and obtained permanent housing.
$2,576,210 spentof which $740,010 as grants$930,028 earned by the program22% of program spendingEmployment training:community action continued to focus its core organizational efforts on building employment programs to help individuals move out of poverty through work. Key programs in 2024 included project thrive (102 individuals), fresh start (81 individuals), transitional jobs (94 individuals), and skills enhancement (6 individuals). Significant efforts were made to focus on employment placement and to work with employers and partners to provide hard skills training opportunities for program participants.
$1,889,754 spent$7,000 earned by the program16% of program spendingYouth programs: community action provided childcare for 144 youth ages 0-12 in 2024. Community action provided weekly food to 28 youths that were food insecure. We provided school supplies to 500 youth in 2024. 41 students graduated from beloit fresh start in 2024.
$1,329,061 spent$987,801 earned by the program11% of program spendingFood programs:community action no longer coordinates the emergency food assistance program for both rock and walworth counties. In 2024, cai provided 3.5 million pounds of food to 16 pantries and 2 meal sites.
$906,300 spentof which $779,674 as grants8% of program spendingAdolescent health outreach: community action offers year-round learning opportunities for youth between the ages of 10-19 through ahop. By using evidence-based curricula, we can provide medically accurate, age-appropriate, and up-to-date information through facilitated group discussions. Our programs take place in various locations across rock and walworth counties, including schools, group homes, social development clubs, churches, community learning centers, and other community-based organizations. With each program offering different learning opportunities, we are confident students in our area will stay healthy, thrive as they transition into adulthood, and inspire others. In 2024, the adolescent health program served 756 youth participants with an 89% completion rate.
$281,771 spent2% of program spendingOther programs
$425,850 spent$425,531 earned by the program4% of program spending
The 7 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $11,702,384.
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 2021 to 2022, from $11M to $9.2M (−14%).
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 72% · 2018 72% · 2019 77% · 2020 83% · 2021 80% · 2022 73% · 2023 68% · 2024 70%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
80% of COMMUNITY ACTION INC OF ROCK & WALWORTH COUNTIES’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (61% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 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
J Marcellus Perry
Executive director
Board chair
Jen O'Connell
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2019 and FY2020 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 10 funders to 12 funders, grant income fell $1.0M → $533k.
8 of 24 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 6% 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 INC OF ROCK & WALWORTH 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 INC OF ROCK & WALWORTH COUNTIES leans on a few funders — its largest provides 33% of grant income and the top three 67%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders 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 INC OF ROCK & WALWORTH COUNTIES.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 35% · 2018 49% · 2019 59% · 2020 63% · 2021 63% · 2022 48% · 2023 44% — 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
50% of COMMUNITY ACTION INC OF ROCK & WALWORTH COUNTIES's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 67% 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
87% of COMMUNITY ACTION INC OF ROCK & WALWORTH COUNTIES's grant income comes from Wisconsin funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $322k 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.
Against its field
COMMUNITY ACTION INC OF ROCK & WALWORTH COUNTIES's revenue grew 48% between 2017 and 2024.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 659 community improvement nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Government funding COMMUNITY ACTION INC OF ROCK & WALWORTH COUNTIES receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $8.9M on record.
- Department of Housing and Urban Development$6.4M
- Department of Labor$2.5M
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 INC OF ROCK & WALWORTH 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 Wisconsin
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
90% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
93%
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 Properties LLC · disregarded
- Beloit Mature Adult Housing LLC · disregarded
- Evansville Senior Housing LP · disregarded
- Delavan Mature Adult Housing LLC · disregarded
- Beloit Assisted Living Inc · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds COMMUNITY ACTION INC OF ROCK & WALWORTH COUNTIES?
- COMMUNITY ACTION INC OF ROCK & WALWORTH COUNTIES (Wisconsin) receives grants from 24 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,745,075 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY BLACKHAWK REGION INC ($1,878,221). 16 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does COMMUNITY ACTION INC OF ROCK & WALWORTH COUNTIES have?
- IRS filings report 24 organizations giving $5,745,075 in grants to COMMUNITY ACTION INC OF ROCK & WALWORTH COUNTIES, 16 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of COMMUNITY ACTION INC OF ROCK & WALWORTH COUNTIES?
- UNITED WAY BLACKHAWK REGION INC is the largest funder on record, with $1,878,221 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like COMMUNITY ACTION INC OF ROCK & WALWORTH COUNTIES find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Wisconsin. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 24 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