Center for Community Change Action

Overview

Mission

The center for community change action builds the power and capacity of low-income people, especially low-income people of color, to change the policies and institutions that impact their lives.(mission statement continued on schedule o)"community change action" works to dramatically improve material conditions for people struggling to make ends meet in the united states. Our role is to fuse the power of organized people, bold ideas, and political clout - a three-dimensional power that we believe is the recipe for an economy and democracy where everyone has the freedom to thrive.

What it reported doing in 2023

Build black, brown, and immigrant power: strengthening black, brown, and immigrant organizing infrastructure on the ground so that these communities have substantial power in key geographies, are networked nationally and across communities, and play a leadership role in a broader multi-racial movement for economic, racial, and immigrant justice.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 96% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 76% for direct work, and 24% for grants.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
270061100
IRS 990 coverage
2014–2023
Forms available
Form 990 2023
Headquarters
Washington, DC, USA
Phone
2023391811
Rating
82
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Alliance/Advocacy

Official website

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 96
  • Transparency & Controls: 73
  • Accountability: 73
  • Sustainability: 41
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 99.2%; rating input score 99
  • Program expense ratio: 94.6%; rating input score 95
  • Fundraising efficiency: $83.16 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 93.3%; rating input score 93; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Missing
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 98.8%; rating input score 99; 36th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 77.8%; rating input score 78; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 6 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 67
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -4.9%; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.3; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.15; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 7.4%; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 11.2% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 3.8% per year; rating input score 100; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 4.5% per year; rating input score 100; 33rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 99.2% of revenue deployed · 94.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 7 of 9 board members independent · 6 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 5 filed program accomplishments · $6.7M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $220K · 12 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $2.4M reported
  • Consistency: 30 of 31 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, executive pay, and related organizations
  • Filing history: 10 annual filings from 2014 to 2023
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 21 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 20 filed related-organization links
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • GRECIA LIMA (NATIONAL POLITICAL DIRECTOR): $220,159 total reported compensation
  • AFUA ATTA-MENSAH (CHIEF OF PROGRAMS): $145,662 total reported compensation
  • DORIAN WARREN (CO-PRESIDENT (SEE SCH O)): $66,677 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: FY2023.