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ST MARY COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY INC

ST MARY COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY INC (Louisiana) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $53,850 to it, the largest being HOUSING ASSISTANCE COUNCIL ($24,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$11M
Funders on record
5
Grants received
$54k
Net assets
$6.5M
1/5 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 0%
01What it does

What St Mary Community Action Agency Inc does

Mission

Managing community assistance programs for the needy and underprivileged of the area and the providing of assistance to the needy

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Headstart #22us dept of health and human servicesto provide comprehensive health, educational, nutritional, social and other services to economically disadvantaged preschool children. Utilized $234,350 in in-kind services. Approximately 512 students are being served annually.

    $6,376,418 spentof which $487 as grants$6,426,881 earned by the program
    61% of program spending
  2. Weatherizationus dept of energyto weatherize dwellings of low income individuals. 203 client homes served.

    $2,077,031 spentof which $1,562,071 as grants$2,077,031 earned by the program
    20% of program spending
  3. Child and adult care food programus dept of agricultureto supply supplemental nutrious foods and nutrition education to low income families. Approximately 600 clients served

    $582,748 spentof which $313,198 as grants$543,233 earned by the program
    6% of program spending
  4. Childcare assistance program us dept of health and human servicesto help low income pay for child care

    $428,097 spent$459,432 earned by the program
    4% of program spending
  5. Other programs- us dept of health & human servicesto provide early learning for low income children and aid in recovery from the impacts of covid-19

    $268,029 spentof which $77 as grants$258,076 earned by the program
    3% of program spending
  6. St. Mary parishto supplement title xx funds providing transportation services.

    $236,361 spent$155,204 earned by the program
    2% of program spending
  7. Liheap utilities paymentsus dept of health and human servicesto assist eligible households to meet home energy cost. Approximately 2,648 clients served

    $173,983 spentof which $1,413 as grants$173,983 earned by the program
    2% of program spending
  8. Vermillion transit vermillion parish police jury & usdot and ladot to supplement transportation services

    $159,137 spent$120,980 earned by the program
    2% of program spending
  9. Housing counseling us dept of housing and urban developmentto provide a full range of services, advice and assistance to housing consumers in improving their housing conditions and meeting the responsibilities of home ownership and tenancy

    $70,259 spentof which $616 as grants$339,729 earned by the program
    1% of program spending
  10. Isiah's houseto provide safe and affordable housing in the form of rental property to residents in st. Mary parish

    $43,256 spent$85,168 earned by the program
    0% of program spending
  11. Affordable housingfederal home loan bank of dallas and la. Housing finance agencyfaith place-to provide affordable housing through development and construction

    $18,589 spent$16,395 earned by the program
    0% of program spending
  12. General operationsfeeding assistance to the needy and other services devivered

    $8,210 spentof which $8,210 as grants$10,722 earned by the program
    0% of program spending
  13. Community services block grantus dept of health and human services

    $4,414 spentof which $4,414 as grants$145,157 earned by the program
    0% of program spending
  14. Summer feedingus dept of agricultureto provide nutrious foods to children in low income areas when school is not in.

    $40 spent
    0% of program spending
  15. Capital reserveto provide unrestricted reserve operations funding in the event of agency wide budget cuts/ shortfalls

    $548,466 earned by the program
  16. Lihwap - low income household water assistance programus. Dept. Of health & human servicesto assist eligible households paying arrearages (pst due bills) & rates charges to the household for drinking water and/or waste water services

The 16 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $10,446,572.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($6.8M) Expenses 100 ($7.1M) Net assets 100 ($6.4M)2018 Revenue 107 ($7.3M) Expenses 106 ($7.5M) Net assets 97 ($6.2M)2019 Revenue 116 ($7.9M) Expenses 112 ($7.9M) Net assets 97 ($6.2M)2020 Revenue 115 ($7.9M) Expenses 114 ($8.0M) Net assets 95 ($6.0M)2021 Revenue 127 ($8.7M) Expenses 116 ($8.2M) Net assets 102 ($6.5M)2022 Revenue 138 ($9.5M) Expenses 130 ($9.2M) Net assets 106 ($6.7M)2023 Revenue 143 ($9.7M) Expenses 143 ($10M) Net assets 100 ($6.4M)2024 Revenue 154 ($11M) Expenses 151 ($11M) Net assets 99 ($6.3M)2025 Revenue 163 ($11M) Expenses 155 ($11M) Net assets 101 ($6.5M)
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Revenue (163)Expenses (155)Net assets (101)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $6.7M to $7.2M (+7%).

$7.0M
$6.7M
$6.7M
$6.7M
$7.2M
$7.5M
$7.1M
$6.8M
$7.2M
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2017 99% · 2018 97% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 99% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% · 2024 100% · 2025 99%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

−$241k
’17
−$175k
’18
−$36k
’19
−$158k
’20
$436k
’21
$236k
’22
−$355k
’23
−$106k
’24
$153k
’25
0.9
months of
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.

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Listed232425252525252523
Joined·+1+1+6+3+3+5+2+4
No longer listed·00633526
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2018 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $6k → $10k.

From the IRS filings of ST MARY COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY 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

ST MARY COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 45% of grant income and the top three 92%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

92% 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 ST MARY COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY INC.

45%
largest funder
92%
top three
~3
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2020 91% · 2022 100% · 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

ST MARY COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY INC draws 59% of its grant income from funders outside Louisiana, across 3 states in all.

NY
DC
LA

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’20
’22
’23
Louisiana out of state home

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.

04Its place in the field

Government funding ST MARY COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY INC receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $55.8M on record.

Federal$55.8M
grants $55.8Mcontracts $0
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Top agencies
  • Department of Health and Human Services$55.7M
  • Department of Agriculture$138k

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.

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

95% of spending goes to programs.

Program 95%Management 5%Fundraising 0%

Governance

20
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

100%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

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Questions and answers

Who funds ST MARY COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY INC?
ST MARY COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY INC (Louisiana) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $53,850 to it, the largest being HOUSING ASSISTANCE COUNCIL ($24,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does ST MARY COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY INC have?
IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $53,850 in grants to ST MARY COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of ST MARY COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY INC?
HOUSING ASSISTANCE COUNCIL is the largest funder on record, with $24,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like ST MARY COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Louisiana. 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 5 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