Center for Community Action
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 251701123
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Everett, PA, United States
- Phone
- (814) 623-9129
- Rating
- 87
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Housing, Shelter N.E.C.
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $32,446,852
- Expenses
- $31,642,867
- Assets
- $8,189,230
- Liabilities
- $5,992,705
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
17 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- SUSAN MICHALIK (PRESIDENT)
- CARL DUANE SOUDERS (VICE PRESIDENT)
- WENDY WELIUS (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
Highest reported compensation
- WENDY WELIUS (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $108,934 total reported compensation
- CHERYL LAFFERTY (FINANCE DIRECTOR): $89,436 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
_"Community Action changes people’s lives, embodies the spirit of hope, improves communities, and makes America a better place to live. We care about the entire community, and we are dedicated to helping people help themselves and each other."_ Our Mission Statement Center for Community Action coordinates, partners, and provides services and resources to low-income individuals and families, to promote self-sufficiency; and fosters community and economic development in our service area.
What it reported doing in 2024
Emergency services - the center provides financial assistance to eligible households to promote and maintain housing stability including: rental assistance, affordable rental housing, and eviction prevention activities.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Grant-funded. 94% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 77% of its reported program spending out as grants.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 81
- Transparency & Controls: 93
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 35
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 89.5%; rating input score 90
- Program expense ratio: 91.8%; rating input score 92
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 2.5%; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.26; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.73; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0.6%; rating input score 89; 89th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 17.7% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 16.8% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 11.3% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 1 programs and campaigns described on the official site
- Where the money goes: 89.5% of revenue deployed · 91.8% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 15 of 15 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $29M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $109K · 17 people listed
- Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $3M reported
- Consistency: 35 of 35 current checks pass
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes grants
- Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
- 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.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 6/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 44/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 16/100.