Minnesota · Nonprofit
PARENTS IN COMMUNITY ACTION INC
PARENTS IN COMMUNITY ACTION INC (Minnesota) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,955,191 to it, the largest being Think Small ($5,908,809). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $48M
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $6.0M
- Net assets
- $34M
What Parents in Community Action Inc does
Mission
Pica provides comprehensive early childhood and family development services that empower children and families to reach their full potential.(expanded mission on schedule o)pica supports parents and their communities in defining their needs and programs, promotes community change that values children and their families, and develops partnerships with parents and the public, private and corporate sectors.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Education: pica offers individualized, developmentally appropriate educational services - provided in a nurturing, culturally sensitive environment - to meet the needs of each child. Incorporating best practices in early childhood education and assessment, pica's curriculum is designed to support school readiness, with the ultimate goal of preparing children for success in kindergarten and beyond.
$29,338,507 spent71% of program spendingNutrition: pica provides children with up to two-thirds of their daily nutritional needs, including breakfast, lunch and a healthy snack each day they attend the program. Menus are designed with input from parents and reflect those we serve.
$5,306,663 spent13% of program spendingHealth/dental/mental health services: an important part of pica's health component is to provide support for children and families in the areas of health and nutrition, conduct health-related training for parents and staff members, and lead initiatives at pica designed to improve the overall health and wellness of families. Pica also provides onsite health, dental, and mental wellness services for children, as well as referrals for further evaluation and/or treatment, as needed, to ensure their healthy growth and development, including physical exams, immunizations, vision and hearing screenings, dental exams and treatment, play therapy, and group and individual counseling. In addition, we provide services to a growing number of medically fragile children requiring specialized care and/or dietary accommodations.
$2,368,792 spent$53,184 earned by the program6% of program spendingParent involvement and training: pica provides numerous opportunities for parents to become actively involved with the agency and with their child's education. These include agency governance and leadership opportunities, on-site training and workforce development programs for parents, and volunteer opportunities in the classroom and throughout the agency.
$1,920,304 spent5% of program spendingSocial services: pica provides children and families with access to a comprehensive array of social services, available on site or through referrals, to promote children's healthy growth and development, to ensure families' needs are being met, and to assist families in achieving economic self-sufficiency.
$1,906,854 spent5% of program spendingServices to children with disabilities: pica reserves a minimum of 10% of its enrollment slots for children with diagnosed disabilities and provides comprehensive services to children with disabilities in the least restrictive environment possible.
$333,502 spent1% of program spending
The 6 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $41,174,622.
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 $21M to $36M (+76%).
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 99% · 2018 100% · 2019 99% · 2020 97% · 2021 97% · 2022 97% · 2023 96% · 2024 96% · 2025 91%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
98% of PARENTS IN COMMUNITY ACTION 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. 2 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
Jay E Alexnder
Executive director
Board chair
Fran Stark
Board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2024 and FY2025 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income rose $1.1M → $1.2M.
1 of 6 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 PARENTS IN COMMUNITY ACTION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 3 of 6 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
PARENTS IN COMMUNITY ACTION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 99% of grant income and the top three 100%; 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 PARENTS IN COMMUNITY ACTION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 94% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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
100% of PARENTS IN 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. $46k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
PARENTS IN COMMUNITY ACTION INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters 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 PARENTS IN COMMUNITY ACTION INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $271.9M on record.
- Department of Health and Human Services$271.9M
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 PARENTS IN 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
93% 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
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for PARENTS IN COMMUNITY ACTION INC: 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 PARENTS IN COMMUNITY ACTION INC?
- PARENTS IN COMMUNITY ACTION INC (Minnesota) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,955,191 to it, the largest being Think Small ($5,908,809). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does PARENTS IN COMMUNITY ACTION INC have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $5,955,191 in grants to PARENTS IN COMMUNITY ACTION INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of PARENTS IN COMMUNITY ACTION INC?
- Think Small is the largest funder on record, with $5,908,809 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like PARENTS IN 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 6 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