Texas · Nonprofit
TRI-COUNTY COMMUNITY ACTION INC
TRI-COUNTY COMMUNITY ACTION INC (Texas) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $220,845 to it, the largest being TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCIES INC ($144,906). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $10M
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $221k
- Net assets
- $2.8M
What Tri-County Community Action Inc does
Mission
To reduce poverty and remove barriers for the disadvantaged throughout the deep east texas region by providing impactful innovative programs to meet community needs in collaboration with other mission-minded in our communities.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2024 return the organization reported a significant change in how it conducts a program.
After april 30, 2025, in august, tri-county received approval from the office of head start to discontinue the home-based program which is a minor change to program services. This decision was supported by parent survey results indicating that families strongly preferred their children to attend a school-based setting to better support school readiness.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 3).
Tri county community action, inc. (tcca) head start/early head start serves angelina, jasper, newton, sabine, shelby, san augustine, and tyler counties. The vision statement is to serve as a model community action agency, empowering families, and communities to achieve self-reliance through high-quality programs and services, strategic community collaborations, strong stakeholder support, and effective agency leadership. Head start/early head start is funded by the department of health and human services (dhhs), administration for children and families (acf).tcca head start/early head start is committed to providing high quality services to our children and families. Integrity, professionalism, teamwork, and compassion are important to each employee, and we work daily to achieve this goal.tcca head start/early head start is a comprehensive child development program for children and families who meet age and income criteria. The program is deeply rooted in providing children with medical, dental, mental wellness, nutritional, and educational services. Tcca head start/early head start is funded to serve a total of 414 children aged 0-5. The early head start program has 136 slots for…
$5,212,821 spent53% of program spendingComprehensive energy assistance program (ceap regular program grant): during program year 2025, tri-county assisted: approximately 1,841 households with utility assistance (electric, gas, and/propane). This included elderly, disabled, and children 5 and under. These 1,841 households were made up of 3,607 individuals. Approximately $1,935,596 dollars were spent to assist these households/individuals throughout the 2025 program. All households must qualify and meet the federal poverty level of 150% or less to receive assistance through liheap ceap grant.
$3,345,283 spent34% of program spendingCommunity assistance: program year 2025, tri-county provided: 1 individual with obtaining employment up to a living wage, 1 individual with obtaining employment with a living wage or higher, distribution of 1,407 food bags to individuals to help eradicate hunger with our shelby county service area, 2 households with rental assistance payments, 2 individuals with temporary housing placements, 45 individuals with personal hygiene kits, 23 individuals with hygiene facilitation utilizations (e.g. Showers, sinks, etc.), 1 student with school supplies, 1,387 referrals were made on behalf of clients, 8 individuals working toward transitioning out of poverty (top), 2 individuals who obtained a recognized credential, certificate, or degree relating to the achievement of educational or vocational skills, and 136 clients were provided transportation services (gas cards).
$1,318,083 spent$117,317 earned by the program13% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $9,876,187.
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 2024 to 2025, from $2.7M to $3.7M (+40%).
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 97% · 2019 99% · 2020 98% · 2021 99% · 2022 92% · 2023 99% · 2024 99% · 2025 99%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
99% of TRI-COUNTY 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. 3 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.
Board chair
Isha Brown
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $137k → $6k.
From the IRS filings of TRI-COUNTY COMMUNITY ACTION 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
TRI-COUNTY COMMUNITY ACTION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 66% of grant income and the top three 95%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
77% 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 TRI-COUNTY COMMUNITY ACTION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 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
95% of TRI-COUNTY COMMUNITY ACTION INC's grant income comes from Texas funders.
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
TRI-COUNTY COMMUNITY ACTION INC's revenue grew 35% between 2017 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,297 human services nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding TRI-COUNTY COMMUNITY ACTION INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $99.2M on record — $64.6M federal, $34.6M state.
- Department of Health and Human Services$64.6M
- FEDERAL$29.4M
- GRANT IN AID$4.0M
- DEDICATED$1.0M
- DIRECT STATE SERVICES - NON-SALARY$48k
- TRUST FUND$26k
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 TRI-COUNTY 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 Texas
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
94% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds TRI-COUNTY COMMUNITY ACTION INC?
- TRI-COUNTY COMMUNITY ACTION INC (Texas) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $220,845 to it, the largest being TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCIES INC ($144,906). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does TRI-COUNTY COMMUNITY ACTION INC have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $220,845 in grants to TRI-COUNTY COMMUNITY ACTION INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of TRI-COUNTY COMMUNITY ACTION INC?
- TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCIES INC is the largest funder on record, with $144,906 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like TRI-COUNTY COMMUNITY ACTION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Texas. 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