New York · Nonprofit
COMMUNITY ACTION OF SOUTHOLD TOWN INC
COMMUNITY ACTION OF SOUTHOLD TOWN INC (New York) receives grants from 66 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,766,224 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($882,254). 37 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 54% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $3.6M
- Funders on record
- 66
- Grants received
- $3.8M
- Net assets
- $6.8M
What Community Action of Southold Town Inc does
Mission
Cast's mission is to provide a safety net and promote self-sufficiency for north fork and shelter island residents in need, helping to battle food, shelter, employment and healthcare insecurity with dignity and compassion. We serve a diverse and vulnerable population which includes seniors, people with disabilities, single mothers, children and especially impoverished/low-wage workers - the backbone of the agriculture, hospitality and tourism sectors that drive our local economy. Our goal is to help these individuals and families meet their basic needs and move them toward self-sufficiency. Over the decades, cast has grown and adjusted to best serve the needs of the north fork but our objective of "neighbors helping neighbors" remains the same.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
The organization's comprehensive programs address food security, client support, and community education. Food security & nutrition initiatives include client-choice pantries, mobile pantries, a feed-a-kid program, farm partnerships, food rescue, and nutrition education, alongside a health-focused food referral system for patients in need. Client support services offer emergency aid, benefit application assistance, job search support, and seasonal drives, with referrals to ensure holistic care. Education & outreach includes early literacy, tutoring, esl and workforce readiness programs, a culinary training initiative, health fairs, and a workshop series. Additional programs like grupo de madres, a community garden, summer learning, and arts events support personal development for underserved individuals and families.
$2,557,408 spent$78,986 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $2,557,408.
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 $2.2M to $5.2M (+140%).
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: 2018 9% · 2021 2% · 2023 4% · 2024 7%. 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 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 7 funders to 22 funders, grant income rose $151k → $784k.
17 of 66 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 54% 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 OF SOUTHOLD TOWN INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 66 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 OF SOUTHOLD TOWN INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 23% of grant income, and it takes 5 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 5 funders to its left
56% 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 OF SOUTHOLD TOWN INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 68% · 2018 64% · 2019 40% · 2020 20% · 2021 18% · 2022 21% · 2023 37% — 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
36% of COMMUNITY ACTION OF SOUTHOLD TOWN INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 56% 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
54% of COMMUNITY ACTION OF SOUTHOLD TOWN 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, 57% of it comes from New York funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.0M arriving through sponsors registered in 11 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.
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In New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
80% 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 OF SOUTHOLD TOWN INC?
- COMMUNITY ACTION OF SOUTHOLD TOWN INC (New York) receives grants from 66 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,766,224 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($882,254). 37 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 54% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does COMMUNITY ACTION OF SOUTHOLD TOWN INC have?
- IRS filings report 66 organizations giving $3,766,224 in grants to COMMUNITY ACTION OF SOUTHOLD TOWN INC, 37 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of COMMUNITY ACTION OF SOUTHOLD TOWN INC?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $882,254 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like COMMUNITY ACTION OF SOUTHOLD TOWN INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. 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 66 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