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Take Action Mon Valley

Take Action Mon Valley (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $634,584 to it, the largest being BOREALIS PHILANTHROPY ($150,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$270k
Funders on record
12
Grants received
$635k
Net assets
$74k
6/12 repeat fundersgrants exceed reported revenue in one year
01What it does

What Take Action Mon Valley does

Mission

To combat ALL forms of community violence through activism and organizing

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. We are committed to empowering individuals who are facing social injustices through grassroots community organizing and skill-building, with the aim of addressing current and future issues through political education, community organizing, and the promotion of Black Liberation. This approach is implemented through our diverse community programming initiatives. Our programs consist of short-term social justice complaints, establishment of local chapters, training and community consulting, storytelling that supports social justice initiatives, creation of blogs and podcasts, as well as engaging in wellness healing work.

    $33,305 spent
    28% of program spending
  2. The compliant program, affectionately known as Abolition Social Work, aims to empower BIPOC individuals to improve their quality of life by advocating for themselves and their loved ones in the face of racial injustice. This program provides participants with an advocacy plan after the initial call or intake, which can be completed online through our website. We then engage in weekly discussions to review goals, progress, and updates. The program is implemented virtually to accommodate those with disabilities or transportation limitations. Additionally, we connect participants to community-based mental health centers and informal peer support groups. Our goal is to support the mental health needs of residents by ensuring access to quality, affordable, and culturally responsive mental health providers and informal community supports. Our chapters is a community driven solution focused initiative that consist of both young people and adults who are BIPOC residents living in small communities. They come together to address issues that directly impact their lives. These small communities often face various threats that negatively affect their quality of life, such as racism and…

    $33,303 spent
    28% of program spending
  3. We also provide trainings on a wide range of topics, including organizing strategies, civic engagement, action planning, Black rest and wellness, Black liberation, mobilization techniques, systemic racism, and Black mental health. Specifically, our healing and liberation wellness sessions are tailored to address the needs of Black communities. These sessions prioritize healing and well-being through various therapeutic approaches, empowering individuals to nurture their mental, emotional, and spiritual wellness. Additionally, TAAG advocates for different initiatives, such as police accountability and environmental justice. We also have a podcast titled Voices of Liberation. TAAGs also be doing environmental justice organizing centered on communities and recognize the various intersections. Specifically, a collaboration with Woman for A Healthy Environment to launch a Get Out The Lead Campaign in McKeesport. This campaign aims to raise resident awareness and take action on the issue of lead exposure, particularly in under-resourced areas predominantly populated by Black communities. TAAG is also a member of the Environmental Justice Table EJT.

    $33,303 spent
    28% of program spending
  4. Other

    $21,075 spent
    17% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $120,986.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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.

100 = 20202020 Revenue 100 ($175k) Expenses 100 ($84k) Net assets 100 ($116k)2021 Revenue 91 ($159k) Expenses 256 ($216k) Net assets 122 ($141k)2022 Revenue 129 ($225k) Expenses 246 ($208k) Net assets 113 ($131k)2023 Revenue 100 ($174k) Expenses 310 ($262k) Net assets 10 ($11k)2024 Revenue 121 ($210k) Expenses 240 ($202k) Net assets 17 ($19k)2025 Revenue 155 ($270k) Expenses 255 ($215k) Net assets 64 ($74k)
202020212022202320242025
Revenue (155)Expenses (255)Net assets (64)Peer revenue range

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 $131k to $11k (−91%).

$169k
$141k
$131k
$11k
$20k
$75k
202020212022202320242025
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.

2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

96% of Take Action Mon Valley’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (94% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 2,778 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.

$90k
’20
−$56k
’21
$18k
’22
−$88k
’23
$8k
’24
$55k
’25
4.2
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.

Chief executive

Valian Walker Montgomery

President & CEO

Board chair

Natalie Reed

Chairman

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

202220242025
Listed555
Joined··+1
No longer listed··1
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2020 → 2023: the base held at 5 funders, grant income rose $106k → $236k.

3 of 12 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 30% 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 Take Action Mon Valley’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

Take Action Mon Valley has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 24% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left

70% 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 Take Action Mon Valley.

24%
largest funder
58%
top three
~7
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 47% · 2021 45% · 2022 92% · 2023 64% — growing more concentrated.

“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

20% of Take Action Mon Valley's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 50% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y

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

Take Action Mon Valley draws 55% of its grant income from funders outside Pennsylvania, across 5 states in all.

MN
PA
CA
DC
GA

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

’20
’21
’22
’23
Pennsylvania out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $188k 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

Take Action Mon Valley runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 1,547 crime & legal nonprofits its size.

Operating margin20% · top quartile
Months of reserve4.2mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)9% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,547 crime & legal nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

Organizations like Take Action Mon Valley

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.

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

56% of spending goes to programs.

Program 56%Management 31%Fundraising 13%

Governance

5
board members
0%
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.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

PA

Screen this organization

A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Take Action Mon Valley: 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 Take Action Mon Valley?
Take Action Mon Valley (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $634,584 to it, the largest being BOREALIS PHILANTHROPY ($150,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does Take Action Mon Valley have?
IRS filings report 12 organizations giving $634,584 in grants to Take Action Mon Valley, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of Take Action Mon Valley?
BOREALIS PHILANTHROPY is the largest funder on record, with $150,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like Take Action Mon Valley find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Pennsylvania. 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 2020–2025), and the filings of 12 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