Minnesota · Nonprofit
NORTHWEST COMMUNITY ACTION INC
NORTHWEST COMMUNITY ACTION INC (Minnesota) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $364,050 to it, the largest being MAHUBE-OTWA COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP INC ($176,595). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $5.7M
- Funders on record
- 9
- Grants received
- $364k
- Net assets
- $1.5M
What Northwest Community Action Inc does
Mission
Our mission is to stimulate a focusing of all available resources upon the goal of enabling area low-income families and individuals of all ages to attain skills, knowledge, and motivations, and secure the opportunities needed for them to become selrf-sufficient
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Northwest Community Action's Head Start programs provide comprehensive early childhood education and family support services to low-income families throughout the service area. Head Start offers a center-based program for children ages 3 to 5 that promotes school readiness through educational, health, nutritional, and family engagement services. Early Head Start provides year-round, home-based services to expectant parents and families with children from birth to age three, supporting healthy child development, parent education, and family well-being. 234 constituents served.
$3,221,902 spentof which $17,668 as grants65% of program spendingNorthwest Community Action's Energy Assistance and Weatherization programs help low-income households maintain safe, affordable, and energy-efficient housing. The Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) assists eligible households with home heating and electrical costs and provides assistance with energy-related repairs when needed. The Weatherization Program improves the energy efficiency of homes through services such as insulation, weather-stripping, caulking, and window repairs, reducing energy consumption and helping households lower utility costs while improving health and safety. 2,185 constituents served.
$537,788 spentof which $338,988 as grants$69,130 earned by the program11% of program spendingNorthwest Community Action provides a variety of community services designed to promote housing stability, economic self-sufficiency, and community development. Through its Family Services Department, the organization assists eligible households with homelessness prevention and housing stabilization services, including emergency lodging, rental assistance, security deposits, financial literacy training, case management, vehicle repair assistance, and emergency food support. In addition, the Community Development Program partners with local governments to secure and administer Small Cities Development grants that support commercial property improvements and residential health and safety projects, helping strengthen communities and improve quality of life throughout the region.
$1,213,555 spentof which $196,982 as grants24% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $4,973,245.
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 2023 to 2024, from $1.7M to $2.1M (+24%).
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 93% · 2018 96% · 2019 95% · 2020 97% · 2021 96% · 2022 1% · 2023 95% · 2024 99%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of NORTHWEST COMMUNITY ACTION INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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
Sharon Millner
Executive director
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 held at 2 funders, grant income rose $32k → $46k.
2 of 9 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 31% 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 NORTHWEST COMMUNITY ACTION INC’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
NORTHWEST COMMUNITY ACTION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 49% of grant income and the top three 82%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
91% 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 NORTHWEST COMMUNITY ACTION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 77% · 2018 42% · 2019 44% · 2020 75% · 2021 73% · 2022 54% · 2023 65% — 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
14% of NORTHWEST COMMUNITY ACTION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 33% 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 NORTHWEST COMMUNITY ACTION INC's grant income comes from Minnesota funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $112k 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
NORTHWEST COMMUNITY ACTION INC's funding has concentrated — grant income rose while the number of funders held roughly flat.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,263 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding NORTHWEST COMMUNITY ACTION INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $27.8M on record.
- Department of Health and Human Services$27.8M
- Department of Agriculture$6k
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 NORTHWEST COMMUNITY ACTION 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 Minnesota
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
88% 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
- Greater Minnesota Community Development Corporation · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds NORTHWEST COMMUNITY ACTION INC?
- NORTHWEST COMMUNITY ACTION INC (Minnesota) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $364,050 to it, the largest being MAHUBE-OTWA COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP INC ($176,595). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NORTHWEST COMMUNITY ACTION INC have?
- IRS filings report 9 organizations giving $364,050 in grants to NORTHWEST COMMUNITY ACTION INC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NORTHWEST COMMUNITY ACTION INC?
- MAHUBE-OTWA COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP INC is the largest funder on record, with $176,595 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NORTHWEST COMMUNITY ACTION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Minnesota. 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