California · Nonprofit
COMMUNITY ACTION OF VENTURA COUNTYINC
COMMUNITY ACTION OF VENTURA COUNTYINC (California) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $158,629 to it, the largest being VENTURA COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($31,786). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.6M
- Funders on record
- 10
- Grants received
- $159k
- Net assets
- $220k
What Community Action of Ventura Countyinc does
Mission
Help our community establish pathways out of proverty through advocacy, partnerships, and services that promote dignity and self-sufficiency.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Weatherization program - the weatherization assistance program reduces the heating and cooling costs for low-income families by improving the energy efficiency of their homes and ensuring their health and safety. Among low-income households, the program focuses on those with elderly residents, individuals with disabilities, and families with children.
$874,386 spent35% of program spendingLow income home energy assistance program (liheap) - home energy assistance program (heap) provides a direct payment from the department of community services and development to an eligible familys utility bill to help offset the cost of heating or cooling their home. Energy crisis intervention program (ecip) provides assistance to low-income households that are in a crisis situation. Examples include a household that has received a 24 or 48 hour disconnect notice or service termination by their utility company or an energy-related crisis of life-threatening emergency exists in the applicants household.
$860,385 spent34% of program spendingCommunity services program - the community development workshops are interactive and focuses on financial and mental wellness provided in english & spanish. The goal of these workshops is to connect with the community and share valuable skills and resources related to these topics. Food distribution - our food pantry operates on a weekly basis, every thursday. Distributions take place in the morning using a drive-thru model, although walk-ups are also welcome. On average, the organization serve around 300 households per distribution. In partnership with 211 and amazon, the organization also provide weekly home deliveries to 68 individuals who are unable to attend our biweekly pantry due to mobility, health, or transportation challenges. Food distribution (continued) - the organizations food program has established a strong partnership with food forward, through which we receive 20 pallets of fresh produce twice a month at the organization facility. Food distribution (continued) - this produce is then distributed to local pantries across the region to support the broader community. Additionally, in collaboration with the rescue mission, the organization distribute sack lunches to…
$783,984 spent31% of program spendingOther program services
$6,998 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,525,753.
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 2017 to 2018, from $1.4M to $1.0M (−25%).
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 98% · 2018 98% · 2019 97% · 2020 87% · 2021 98% · 2022 99% · 2023 98% · 2024 99% · 2025 96%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
99% of COMMUNITY ACTION OF VENTURA COUNTYINC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (72% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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.
Chief executive
Susana Lopez-Garcia
Executive director
Board chair
Anson Mar
Chairperson
As listed on its FY2025 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 1 funder to 5 funders, grant income rose $5k → $35k.
2 of 10 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 20% 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 VENTURA COUNTYINC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 8 of 10 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 VENTURA COUNTYINC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 20% 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
77% 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 VENTURA COUNTYINC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 77% · 2020 78% · 2021 62% · 2022 99% · 2023 85% — 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
40% of COMMUNITY ACTION OF VENTURA COUNTYINC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 50% 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
COMMUNITY ACTION OF VENTURA COUNTYINC draws 55% of its grant income from funders outside California, across 4 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $32k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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 OF VENTURA COUNTYINC's funding base is broadening — from 1 funders to 5 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 369 unclassified nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like COMMUNITY ACTION OF VENTURA COUNTYINC
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 California
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
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
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for COMMUNITY ACTION OF VENTURA COUNTYINC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds COMMUNITY ACTION OF VENTURA COUNTYINC?
- COMMUNITY ACTION OF VENTURA COUNTYINC (California) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $158,629 to it, the largest being VENTURA COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($31,786). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does COMMUNITY ACTION OF VENTURA COUNTYINC have?
- IRS filings report 10 organizations giving $158,629 in grants to COMMUNITY ACTION OF VENTURA COUNTYINC, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of COMMUNITY ACTION OF VENTURA COUNTYINC?
- VENTURA COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $31,786 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like COMMUNITY ACTION OF VENTURA COUNTYINC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 10 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