Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP
COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $9,737,615 to it, the largest being MARGARET A CARGILL FOUNDATION ($6,000,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $7.4M
- Funders on record
- 12
- Grants received
- $9.7M
- Net assets
- $10M
What Community Action Partnership does
Mission
Support and strengthen america's community action network.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Training and technical assistance: leading the field in equipping human services providers with the skills and resources to be excellent stewards and achieve tangible results. For decades, ncap has been the leading provider of high-quality training and technical assistance services that build and invigorate the capacities of the nation's community action agencies. Offerings in 2024 included two major training conferences, peer group training cohorts, dozens of webinars and virtual training opportunities, toolkits and how-to resources, leadership development training, professional certification, and training and recognition for organizations pursuing and achieving excellence in our work.
$3,715,153 spentof which $10,000 as grants$656,425 earned by the program62% of program spendingFacilitating nationwide training and networking opportunities: ncap offers two annual, major training conferences; the annual convention which provides an average attendance of 1,500 participants with approximately 110 different training and keynote presentations, and the management and leadership training conference, providing an average of 500 - 600 attendees with approximately 35 leadership-intensive training opportunities.
$1,526,768 spent$2,741,299 earned by the program25% of program spendingMember services: maximizing efficiencies and leveraging the buying power of member agencies and promoting the network. Ncap has cultivated an impressive array of vendor partnerships through which community action agencies are able to reduce costs and access goods and services that may not be available to them as stand-alone entities. In 2024, member agencies benefitted from customized, time and cost-saving services provided by eight formally endorsed vendor partners such as amazon, mutual of america, and the non-profit risk assessment center. Members also received special purchasing rates, donations, grants, and products from dozens of ncap's business partners. Network promotion ncap sets the branding standard for america's community action network and uses a wide variety of outreach strategies to build public support for the work of their local community action agencies. 2024 featured a robust "may is community action month" nationwide campaign, a year-long recognition of the network's 60th anniversary, and a heavy social media presence that generated more followers than ever before.
$362,857 spentof which $35,353 as grants$1,306,276 earned by the program6% of program spendingCertified community action professional: an association sponsored, independently governed professional certification process for individuals employed in the work of community action at local, state, and national levels. Ccap is the premier professional certification and recognition program designed specifically for america's community action employee leaders.
$246,626 spentof which $333 as grants4% of program spendingAward for excellence and pathways to excellence: the pathways to excellence program offers a tiered approach that supports community action agencies as they strive for excellence through learning about the thirty-five standards of excellence and undertaking a detailed self-study of their policies and practices to inform continuous quality improvement efforts. The program includes training for peer reviewers of agency self-studies and for staff wishing to lead a pathways to excellence self-study process.
$143,662 spentof which $333 as grants2% of program spending
The 5 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $5,995,066.
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 2022 to 2023, from $8.0M to $13M (+65%).
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 34% · 2018 35% · 2019 21% · 2020 27% · 2021 45% · 2022 23% · 2023 9% · 2024 26%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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
Denise Harlow
Chief executive officer
Board chair
Dalitso S Sulamoyo Phd
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 5 funders, grant income rose $27k → $2.7M.
2 of 12 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 8% 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 PARTNERSHIP’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 PARTNERSHIP leans on a few funders — its largest provides 62% of grant income and the top three 89%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 39% · 2020 51% · 2021 63% · 2022 83% · 2023 55% — 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
43% of COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 42% 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 PARTNERSHIP draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 9 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $794k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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 PARTNERSHIP receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $16.4M on record — $16.4M federal, $6k state.
- Department of Health and Human Services$10.1M
- Department of Energy$5.3M
- Department of Agriculture$1000k
- Corporation for National and Community Service$8k
- MA$3k
- OK$2k
- FL$788
- VT$108
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 PARTNERSHIP
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 Washington, D.C.
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
77% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
63%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 36 states
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Community Action Financial Institute · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP: 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 PARTNERSHIP?
- COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $9,737,615 to it, the largest being MARGARET A CARGILL FOUNDATION ($6,000,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP have?
- IRS filings report 12 organizations giving $9,737,615 in grants to COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP?
- MARGARET A CARGILL FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $6,000,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington, D.C.. 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 12 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