West Virginia · Nonprofit
SOUTHWESTERN COMMUNITY ACTION COUNCIL INC
SOUTHWESTERN COMMUNITY ACTION COUNCIL INC (West Virginia) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $21,781,713 to it, the largest being NATIONAL COUNCIL ON AGING INC ($16,103,162). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $18M
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $22M
- Net assets
- $3.3M
What Southwestern Community Action Council Inc does
Mission
To provide quality services to low-income individuals and families, moving them toward self-sufficiency and improving their quality of life.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Head start and early head start programs: programs promote the school readiness of young children from low-income families by enhancing their cognitive, social, and emotional development. The programs support the comprehensive development of children from birth to age 5, in centers, childcare partner locations, and in their own homes, in a variety of ways. During the year the organization served approximately 3,252 individuals.
$12,441,698 spent$1,405,610 earned by the program65% of program spendingSenior community service employment program (scsep): program is a community service and work-based job training program for older americans. Authorized by the older americans act, the program provides training for low-income, unemployed seniors. Participants also have access to employment assistance through american job centers. During the year the organization served approximately 225 individuals.
$2,008,847 spent10% of program spendingWeatherization assistance program: weatherization assistance program provides households with full scale home energy conservation services. This helps reduce heat cost and makes the home warmer and safer for the elderly, disabled and low-income families. During the year the organization served approximately 236 individuals.
$2,219,816 spent12% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$2,470,049 spent$718,601 earned by the program13% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $19,140,410.
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 2019 to 2020, from $2.9M to $3.2M (+10%).
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 91% · 2019 87% · 2020 87% · 2021 90% · 2022 89% · 2024 85% · 2025 80%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
81% of SOUTHWESTERN COMMUNITY ACTION COUNCIL INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (21% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 8 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
Tonya Ross
CEO
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 $1.4M → $2.5M.
From the IRS filings of SOUTHWESTERN COMMUNITY ACTION COUNCIL 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
SOUTHWESTERN COMMUNITY ACTION COUNCIL INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 74% 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 SOUTHWESTERN COMMUNITY ACTION COUNCIL INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 78% · 2018 82% · 2019 82% · 2020 74% · 2021 69% · 2022 73% · 2023 75% — 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.
Where its funders are
SOUTHWESTERN COMMUNITY ACTION COUNCIL INC draws 74% of its grant income from funders outside West Virginia, across 2 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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
SOUTHWESTERN COMMUNITY ACTION COUNCIL INC's funding has concentrated — grant income rose while the number of funders held roughly flat.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,297 human services nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding SOUTHWESTERN COMMUNITY ACTION COUNCIL INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $81.2M on record.
- Department of Health and Human Services$80.5M
- Department of Housing and Urban Development$657k
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 SOUTHWESTERN COMMUNITY ACTION COUNCIL 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 West Virginia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
95% 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
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for SOUTHWESTERN COMMUNITY ACTION COUNCIL 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 SOUTHWESTERN COMMUNITY ACTION COUNCIL INC?
- SOUTHWESTERN COMMUNITY ACTION COUNCIL INC (West Virginia) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $21,781,713 to it, the largest being NATIONAL COUNCIL ON AGING INC ($16,103,162). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SOUTHWESTERN COMMUNITY ACTION COUNCIL INC have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $21,781,713 in grants to SOUTHWESTERN COMMUNITY ACTION COUNCIL INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SOUTHWESTERN COMMUNITY ACTION COUNCIL INC?
- NATIONAL COUNCIL ON AGING INC is the largest funder on record, with $16,103,162 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SOUTHWESTERN COMMUNITY ACTION COUNCIL INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in West Virginia. 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 2 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