Community Action Now

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
471481439
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2020–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2023
Location
Conyers, GA, USA
Phone
0000000000
Rating
83
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Economic Development

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$98,475
Expenses
$103,263
Assets
$81,826
Liabilities
$35,000

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

1 person listed

People named in this filing

  • Iffat Walker (0)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To create pathways out of poverty for underserved families through education advocacy and community-driven solutions

What it reported doing in 2025

Village Power Youth and Family Empowerment Program 2025 During 2025 Community Action NOW advanced its Village Power initiative a comprehensive youth and family empowerment program designed to strengthen communities through education workforce development leadership and family engagement The program provided workforce readiness training youth leadership opportunities and family-centered enrichment activities that expanded access to educational cultural and recreational experiences for underserved families A major component of Village Power was the NewRock Summer STEM STEAM in Action program in St Thomas US Virgin Islands Twenty-one 15-year-old students enrolled in the program and 20 successfully earned the Google Data Analytics Professional Certificate an industry-recognized workforce credential Participants completed hands-on technology training conducted community-based research strengthened digital literacy skills and explored career pathways in technology and data analytics Village Power also prioritized support for single-parent households by reducing barriers to enrichment opportunities for children and families Through partnerships with Toys for Tots and MoST Valuable Kids MVK Community Action NOW provided holiday gifts to 75 children in metropolitan Atlanta and expanded access to live theatrical performances professional baseball games museums concerts and other educational and cultural experiences These initiatives promoted youth development strengthened family engagement and created opportunities for children and parents to participate in experiences that may otherwise have been financially inaccessible These activities advanced Community Action NOWs charitable mission by equipping youth with workforce-ready skills supporting educational achievement strengthening families and expanding equitable access to community resources and enrichment opportunities

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 86
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 36
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 87%; rating input score 87
  • Program expense ratio: 83%; rating input score 83

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -4.9%; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.79; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.43; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 34.8% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 5.5% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 18.5% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 87% of revenue deployed · 83% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $86K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 1 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2020 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 35/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 42/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 8/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.