New Hampshire · Nonprofit
COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP OF STRAFFORD COUNTY
COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP OF STRAFFORD COUNTY (New Hampshire) receives grants from 35 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,297,779 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM BELKNAP-MERRIMACK COUNTIES INC ($1,272,645). 25 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $17M
- Funders on record
- 35
- Grants received
- $4.3M
- Net assets
- $8.1M
What Community Action Partnership of Strafford County does
Mission
To educate, advocate and assist people in strafford county to help meet their basic needs and promote self-sufficiency. We value: compassion, education, self-sufficiency, transparency, accountability, team work, client focus and professionalism.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Child services: head start is a national school readiness program that provides comprehensive education, health, nutrition and parent andcommunity involvement services to children from eligible families.early head start programs provide early, continuous, and comprehensivechild development and family support services on a year-round basis to eligible families. Early head start is a home-based program for families with children under the age of 3 and pregnant women. The program includes infant-toddler activities, comprehensive health care, nutrition, education, and social services for the children and their families.
$5,682,179 spentof which $62,884 as grants39% of program spendingEnergy assistance: cap primarily administers the federal low income home energy heating assistance program (liheap) and the nh utilities electrical assistance program (eap). Benefits are given to certified eligible low income households and are calculated based on: total household income, number of elderly, disabled and/or children in the household, current energy costs & housing type. Liheap & eap provide assistance in paying energy bills. The households with the lowest incomes and highest energy costs get the greatest benefit. Households must apply annually. Eap provides customers a % discount on their monthly electric bills.
$3,825,334 spentof which $3,306,407 as grants26% of program spendingCommunity services: cap operates more than 25 programs through our outreach offices & home visiting services to income eligible clients. This includes food assistance to help supplement the diets of low- income children, adults and families through our own food pantries and by coordinating with more than 20 other pantries & soup kitchens.we coordinate the distribution of usda commodity food countywide. Cap ensures children receive nutritious meals during the summer through the usda summer food service program (summer meals) with support from the share our strength foundation. Several home visiting programs provide information and support on topics such as: nutrition, baby and child health care, breast and formula feeding and educational resources concerning: child growth, development, safety and discipline.
$2,075,500 spentof which $26,083 as grants14% of program spendingHousing: this program offers case management to guide and educate client's transition into stable housing. We have a security deposit loan program and an emergency services grant to cover back housing and utility payments to prevent loss of existing housing.weatherization: this program helps low-income households lower their energy bills by making homes more energy efficient.
$1,568,648 spentof which $554,140 as grants$749,493 earned by the program11% of program spendingWeatherization: from the list of clients collected in our energy assistance programs, high usage clients, with young children and/or disabilities are selected for energy efficiency audits. Subsequent installation of energy efficiency measures will reduce our clients' overall energy consumption.
$1,498,828 spentof which $1,094,160 as grants10% of program spending
The 5 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $14,650,489.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 2019 to 2020, from $7.5M to $9.2M (+22%).
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 78% · 2019 69% · 2020 83% · 2021 83% · 2022 94% · 2023 80% · 2024 78% · 2025 82%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
95% of COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP OF STRAFFORD COUNTY’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (21% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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
Elizabeth Andrews Parker
Executive director
Board chair
Theresa Jarvis
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2023 and FY2024 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 5 funders to 18 funders, grant income rose $128k → $616k.
5 of 35 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 PARTNERSHIP OF STRAFFORD COUNTY’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 35 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 STRAFFORD COUNTY has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 30% 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
89% 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 STRAFFORD COUNTY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 52% · 2018 49% · 2019 35% · 2020 40% · 2021 31% · 2022 41% · 2023 29% — 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
63% of COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP OF STRAFFORD COUNTY's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 71% 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
69% of COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP OF STRAFFORD COUNTY's grant income comes from New Hampshire funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $847k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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 PARTNERSHIP OF STRAFFORD COUNTY is better cushioned than half of the 2,297 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,297 human services nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP OF STRAFFORD COUNTY receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $46.0M on record.
- Department of Health and Human Services$40.0M
- Department of Housing and Urban Development$6.0M
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 STRAFFORD COUNTY
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 New Hampshire
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
89% 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 PARTNERSHIP OF STRAFFORD COUNTY: 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 OF STRAFFORD COUNTY?
- COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP OF STRAFFORD COUNTY (New Hampshire) receives grants from 35 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,297,779 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM BELKNAP-MERRIMACK COUNTIES INC ($1,272,645). 25 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP OF STRAFFORD COUNTY have?
- IRS filings report 35 organizations giving $4,297,779 in grants to COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP OF STRAFFORD COUNTY, 25 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP OF STRAFFORD COUNTY?
- COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM BELKNAP-MERRIMACK COUNTIES INC is the largest funder on record, with $1,272,645 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP OF STRAFFORD COUNTY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New Hampshire. 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 2018–2025), and the filings of 35 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