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COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS INC

COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS INC (Illinois) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,293,658 to it, the largest being AREA AGENCY ON AGING FOR LINCOLNLAND INC ($2,119,583). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$11M
Funders on record
11
Grants received
$2.3M
Net assets
$1.9M
6/11 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 4%
01What it does

What Community Action Partnership of Central Illinois Inc does

Mission

It is the mission of capcil, in partnership with our communities, to empower all vulnerable populations through poverty fighting initiatives for those who seek a life of lasting independence.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Head start:- servicing disadvantaged families by providing comprehensive health, education, nutritional and social services to preschool aged children and their families through the health and human services head start program.

    $6,425,400 spentof which $265,774 as grants$52,052 earned by the program
    65% of program spending
  2. Liheap:- providing residential energy billing assistance for low income families and the elderly.

    $3,000,511 spentof which $3,061,038 as grants
    30% of program spending
  3. Weatherization:- providing weatherization services for low income families and the elderly.

    $527,905 spentof which $216,540 as grants$36,981 earned by the program
    5% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $9,953,816.

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. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($7.9M) Expenses 100 ($7.7M) Net assets 100 ($1.2M)2018 Revenue 103 ($8.1M) Expenses 106 ($8.2M) Net assets 90 ($1.1M)2019 Revenue 98 ($7.7M) Expenses 116 ($9.0M) Net assets 64 ($764k)2020 Revenue 102 ($8.0M) Expenses 121 ($9.3M) Net assets 62 ($740k)2021 Revenue 132 ($10M) Expenses 151 ($12M) Net assets 84 ($1.0M)2022 Revenue 140 ($11M) Expenses 161 ($12M) Net assets 104 ($1.2M)2023 Revenue 145 ($11M) Expenses 144 ($11M) Net assets 129 ($1.5M)2024 Revenue 138 ($11M) Expenses 138 ($11M) Net assets 148 ($1.8M)2025 Revenue 139 ($11M) Expenses 139 ($11M) Net assets 160 ($1.9M)
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Revenue (139)Expenses (139)Net assets (160)Peer revenue range

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 $1.5M to $4.8M (+220%).

$2.0M
$1.4M
$1.3M
$1.4M
$1.5M
$4.8M
$4.9M
$5.0M
$4.8M
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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
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
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2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2017 80% · 2018 84% · 2019 90% · 2020 94% · 2021 95% · 2022 96% · 2023 94% · 2024 95% · 2025 92%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

97% of COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (21% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 3,400 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$134k
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−$123k
’18
−$1.3M
’19
−$1.3M
’20
−$1.3M
’21
−$1.4M
’22
$292k
’23
$231k
’24
$141k
’25
0.8
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.

Chief executive

Jenifer Deweese

Executive director

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

The chief executive listed changed between the FY2021 and FY2022 filings.

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Listed222022201921191717
Joined·+5+11+2+4+5+1+2+3
No longer listed·79453343
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 4 funders to 3 funders, grant income rose $299k → $385k.

4 of 11 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 1% 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 OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 10 of 11 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 PARTNERSHIP OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 92% of grant income and the top three 97%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

97% 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 PARTNERSHIP OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS INC.

92%
largest funder
97%
top three
~1
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 90% · 2018 97% · 2019 100% · 2020 86% · 2021 92% · 2022 95% · 2023 94% — 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

38% of COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 55% 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

98% of COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS INC's grant income comes from Illinois funders.

IL
VA

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

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Illinois out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $17k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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

Against its field

COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS INC's funding has concentrated — grant income rose while the number of funders held roughly flat.

Operating margin1% · below the median
Months of reserve0.8mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)4% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,297 human services nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025

Government funding COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS INC receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $45.6M on record.

Federal$45.6M
grants $45.6Mcontracts $0
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Top agencies
  • Department of Health and Human Services$42.1M
  • Corporation for National and Community Service$3.5M
  • Department of Transportation$40k

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 OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS INC

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

92% of spending goes to programs.

Program 92%Management 8%Fundraising 0%

Governance

14
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

IL

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Questions and answers

Who funds COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS INC?
COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS INC (Illinois) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,293,658 to it, the largest being AREA AGENCY ON AGING FOR LINCOLNLAND INC ($2,119,583). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS INC have?
IRS filings report 11 organizations giving $2,293,658 in grants to COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS INC, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS INC?
AREA AGENCY ON AGING FOR LINCOLNLAND INC is the largest funder on record, with $2,119,583 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
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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 11 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