New York · Nonprofit
PEOPLE'S EQUAL ACTION AND COMMUNITY EFFORT INC
PEOPLE'S EQUAL ACTION AND COMMUNITY EFFORT INC (New York) receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,878,270 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL NEW YORK INC ($867,250). 14 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2026
- $27M
- Funders on record
- 18
- Grants received
- $1.9M
- Net assets
- $5.2M
What People's Equal Action and Community Effort Inc does
Mission
Helping people in the community realize their potential for becoming self-sufficient.
As stated on its FY2026 Form 990.
Programs
Head start/early head start prepares children for success in kindergarten and life through a comprehensive, family-focused, early childhood education program that serves low-income pregnant women and children from birth to five years old. In addition to high-quality classroom learning activities, all children receive health and development screenings, nutritious meals, dental care, and mental health support. Trained staff support children's parents and caregivers to set and achieve their family's goals, such as securing stable housing, obtaining employment, advancing their education, and improving financial security. The program serves 1,092 individuals.
$14,271,006 spent59% of program spendingThe department of energy and housing reduces the energy burden for low-and moderate-income households in onondaga and oswego counties by providing cost-effective, energy-efficient home improvements. The department provides energy assessments and solutions to improve energy efficiency. By lowering utility costs and improving housing quality, the department helps families achieve greater financial stability, increased property values, and healthier, energy-efficient homes. This program annually serves 556 homes and clients.
$2,885,696 spent$225,719 earned by the program12% of program spendingChildren and family services - strengthens families and communities through a network of neighborhood-based sites including five family resource centers, eastwood community center, big brothers big sisters, and free tax prep. The department serves onondaga and portions of oswego county, providing a continuum of support services such as emergency assistance, crisis intervention, advocacy, early childhood career pathways, employment support, reentry services, free tax preparation and financial education, youth enrichment and mentoring, peer support groups, whole-family and intergenerational programming. These programs service 7,453 individuals and families annually.
$5,547,763 spent23% of program spendingOther programs - encompass a range of community-based services that create opportunities for older adults to remain active in their communities. These include the foster grandparent program, senior nutrition, eisep, neighborhood advisor, and various other community service programs that promote independence, volunteerism, and well-being among seniors. Collectively, these programs annually serve 1,929 individuals.
$1,284,326 spent$96,837 earned by the program5% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $23,988,791.
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 2022 to 2023, from $6.1M to $9.9M (+61%).
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 83% · 2018 85% · 2019 87% · 2020 88% · 2021 90% · 2022 79% · 2023 83% · 2024 92% · 2025 94% · 2026 87%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
99% of PEOPLE'S EQUAL ACTION AND COMMUNITY EFFORT 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. 5 of the last 10 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
Carolyn D Brown
Executive director
As listed on its FY2026 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2022 and FY2023 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 8 funders, grant income rose $166k → $236k.
4 of 18 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 24% 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 PEOPLE'S EQUAL ACTION AND COMMUNITY EFFORT INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 16 of 18 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
PEOPLE'S EQUAL ACTION AND COMMUNITY EFFORT INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 46% of grant income and the top three 81%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
84% 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 PEOPLE'S EQUAL ACTION AND COMMUNITY EFFORT INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 49% · 2018 71% · 2019 47% · 2020 53% · 2021 44% · 2022 37% · 2023 48% — 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.
How long its funders stay
56% of PEOPLE'S EQUAL ACTION AND COMMUNITY EFFORT INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 78% 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
83% of PEOPLE'S EQUAL ACTION AND COMMUNITY EFFORT INC's grant income comes from New York funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $452k 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.
Against its field
PEOPLE'S EQUAL ACTION AND COMMUNITY EFFORT INC's funding base is broadening — from 4 funders to 8 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,381 human services nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2026
Government funding PEOPLE'S EQUAL ACTION AND COMMUNITY EFFORT INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $132.8M on record.
- Department of Health and Human Services$128.5M
- Corporation for National and Community Service$4.3M
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 PEOPLE'S EQUAL ACTION AND COMMUNITY EFFORT 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 New York
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
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Questions and answers
- Who funds PEOPLE'S EQUAL ACTION AND COMMUNITY EFFORT INC?
- PEOPLE'S EQUAL ACTION AND COMMUNITY EFFORT INC (New York) receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,878,270 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL NEW YORK INC ($867,250). 14 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does PEOPLE'S EQUAL ACTION AND COMMUNITY EFFORT INC have?
- IRS filings report 18 organizations giving $1,878,270 in grants to PEOPLE'S EQUAL ACTION AND COMMUNITY EFFORT INC, 14 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of PEOPLE'S EQUAL ACTION AND COMMUNITY EFFORT INC?
- UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL NEW YORK INC is the largest funder on record, with $867,250 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like PEOPLE'S EQUAL ACTION AND COMMUNITY EFFORT INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. 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 FY2026 (financials across 2017–2026), and the filings of 18 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