Massachusetts · Nonprofit
COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAMS INTER-CITY IN
COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAMS INTER-CITY IN (Massachusetts) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,615,601 to it, the largest being THE MASSACHUSETTS ASSOCIATION FOR COMMUNITY ACTION INC ($656,102). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $19M
- Funders on record
- 12
- Grants received
- $1.6M
- Net assets
- $4.2M
What Community Action Programs Inter-City In does
Mission
The mission of capic is to identify and address the needs, problems, and concerns of those in poverty and to enable the individually poor to achieve and maintain self-sufficiency.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Energy: capic's fuel assistance program provides households with energy assistance from april-november, a weatherization program that installs energy conservation measures in households throughout an eighteen community area, and a heating system maintenance and repair service.
$7,491,587 spentof which $6,257,735 as grants43% of program spendingHead start: capic administers comprehensive head start services for local area children and families in seven locations. Head start is a federally funded comprehensive child and family development program serving low income families with children between the ages of three to five (3-5) years old.
$5,129,385 spent$2,901 earned by the program29% of program spendingChild and youth services: the capic child development center provides child care for children ages eight weeks to six years whose parents are working or attending school full time. The capic after school program offers a safe, nurturing and educationally appropriate environment for school aged children whose parents are working or attending school full time. Capic provides programming during the summer months when the public schools are not in session. The program is a multicultural educational/recreational program for urban youth between the ages of 5 and 12. The program primarily serves the communities of chelsea and revere. The chelsea / revere family network is a community-based information and resource hub for all families in the community in order to increase knowledge of and accessibility to high-quality early education and care programs and services. Capic's chelsea city-wide special summer camp program provides local area youth with a positive and rewarding summer camp experience. Youth between the ages of 5-13 years old participate in a wide array of activities that develop life skills in a positive, healthy, and fun environment. The summer camp has a positive impact on…
$3,107,689 spent$70,573 earned by the program18% of program spendingCapic also operates an emergency assistance program that provides critical resources such as access to food and emergency rental assistance, a domestic violence/crisis intervention program, a free irs vita tax preparation program, the city of chelsea inspectional services department referral program, the chelsea substance use disorder program, and its chelsea mobile outreach program.
$1,857,973 spentof which $857,024 as grants$134,398 earned by the program11% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $17,586,634.
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 2023 to 2024, from $5.0M to $6.9M (+37%).
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: 2021 6% · 2023 88% · 2024 93% · 2025 85%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 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
Richelle Cromwell
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2020 and FY2021 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 5 funders, grant income rose $31k → $285k.
3 of 12 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 PROGRAMS INTER-CITY IN’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 PROGRAMS INTER-CITY IN leans on a few funders — its largest provides 41% of grant income and the top three 77%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
95% 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 PROGRAMS INTER-CITY IN.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 55% · 2019 67% · 2020 37% · 2021 44% · 2022 45% · 2023 83% — 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
63% of COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAMS INTER-CITY IN'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
100% of COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAMS INTER-CITY IN's grant income comes from Massachusetts funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $330k 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.
Government funding COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAMS INTER-CITY IN receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $29.7M on record.
- Department of Health and Human Services$29.7M
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 PROGRAMS INTER-CITY IN
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 Massachusetts
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
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
- Community Action Trust Inc · exempt
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAMS INTER-CITY IN: 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 PROGRAMS INTER-CITY IN?
- COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAMS INTER-CITY IN (Massachusetts) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,615,601 to it, the largest being THE MASSACHUSETTS ASSOCIATION FOR COMMUNITY ACTION INC ($656,102). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAMS INTER-CITY IN have?
- IRS filings report 12 organizations giving $1,615,601 in grants to COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAMS INTER-CITY IN, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAMS INTER-CITY IN?
- THE MASSACHUSETTS ASSOCIATION FOR COMMUNITY ACTION INC is the largest funder on record, with $656,102 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAMS INTER-CITY IN find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Massachusetts. 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 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