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COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM OF EVANSVILLE AND VANDERBURGH COUNTY INC
COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM OF EVANSVILLE AND VANDERBURGH COUNTY INC (Indiana) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $433,622 to it, the largest being EARLY LEARNING INDIANA INC ($335,518). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $17M
- Funders on record
- 9
- Grants received
- $434k
- Net assets
- $9.0M
What Community Action Program of Evansville and Vanderburgh County Inc does
Mission
The organization provides financial assistance and social services to low-income and under privileged families and children in evansville, indiana and the vanderburgh, posey and gibson county areas. The mission of the community action program of evansville and vanderburgh county, inc. Is one that encompasses the community as a whole. Our agency addresses the customer's needs in a non-judgmental and respectful manner to promote economic and social self-sufficiency. This mission is supported by employees committed to addressing the needs of the community we service. Our objective is accomplished by collaboration with the community to provide tools, skills and services through programs that meet individual needs.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
The head start program provides educational opportunities for children from low-income families.
$7,073,908 spentof which $6,083 as grants$372,472 earned by the program48% of program spendingThe weatherization program provides energy conservation assistance to low-income families.
$672,308 spentof which $327,777 as grants$35,400 earned by the program5% of program spendingThe energy assistance program provides utility assistance to low-income families.
$3,404,724 spentof which $2,959,033 as grants$179,274 earned by the program23% of program spendingThe senior volunteer program enables the elderly citizens of the community to assist in the function of the organizations other programs.
$169,600 spentof which $89,527 as grants$8,930 earned by the program1% of program spendingThe housing assistance program provides financial assistance to those in need of affordable housing.
$1,382,923 spentof which $16,687 as grants$72,817 earned by the program9% of program spendingOther
$1,981,536 spentof which $388,492 as grants$104,337 earned by the program13% of program spending
The 6 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $14,684,999.
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 2021 to 2022, from $11M to $14M (+20%).
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 94% · 2018 94% · 2019 94% · 2020 100%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
95% of COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM OF EVANSVILLE AND VANDERBURGH COUNTY INC’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. 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.
Chief executive
Gary Roan
CEO
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2021 and FY2022 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $60k → $221.
3 of 9 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 PROGRAM OF EVANSVILLE AND VANDERBURGH COUNTY INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 8 of 9 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 PROGRAM OF EVANSVILLE AND VANDERBURGH COUNTY INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 77% of grant income and the top three 93%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% 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 PROGRAM OF EVANSVILLE AND VANDERBURGH COUNTY INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 90% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 99% · 2023 100% — 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.
Where its funders are
94% of COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM OF EVANSVILLE AND VANDERBURGH COUNTY INC's grant income comes from Indiana funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $35k 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 PROGRAM OF EVANSVILLE AND VANDERBURGH COUNTY INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 3,288 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,288 human services nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Government funding COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM OF EVANSVILLE AND VANDERBURGH COUNTY INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $66.6M on record.
- Department of Health and Human Services$64.7M
- Corporation for National and Community Service$1.9M
- Department of Housing and Urban Development$22k
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 PROGRAM OF EVANSVILLE AND VANDERBURGH COUNTY INC
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 Indiana
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
91% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Cape Place LLC · disregarded
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM OF EVANSVILLE AND VANDERBURGH COUNTY INC?
- COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM OF EVANSVILLE AND VANDERBURGH COUNTY INC (Indiana) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $433,622 to it, the largest being EARLY LEARNING INDIANA INC ($335,518). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM OF EVANSVILLE AND VANDERBURGH COUNTY INC have?
- IRS filings report 9 organizations giving $433,622 in grants to COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM OF EVANSVILLE AND VANDERBURGH COUNTY INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM OF EVANSVILLE AND VANDERBURGH COUNTY INC?
- EARLY LEARNING INDIANA INC is the largest funder on record, with $335,518 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM OF EVANSVILLE AND VANDERBURGH COUNTY INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Indiana. 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 9 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