Community Action of Southeast Iowa
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 420923961
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2017–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Burlington, IA, USA
- Phone
- 3197530193
- Rating
- 88
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $15,175,540
- Expenses
- $14,441,366
- Assets
- $4,796,074
- Liabilities
- $1,125,466
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
16 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- BARBARA WELANDER (PRESIDENT)
- LINDA BOSHART (VICE PRESIDENT)
- SHERI WILSON (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
Highest reported compensation
- SHERI WILSON (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $142,168 total reported compensation
- SARAH GUTTING (FINANCE DIRECTOR): $109,330 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The organization is dedicated to alleviating the conditions and causes of poverty by building partnerships and strengthening people through quality services. Community action of southeast Iowa administers programs funded or supported by federal, state, and local government agencies. The organization's goal is to provide quality programming for families and individuals in need, assisting them in achieving self-sufficiency, in strengthening families, and improving their quality of life. The organization serves the Iowa counties of des moines, henry, lee, and louisa. Wic services are also provided in muscatine and Washington counties.
What it reported doing in 2024
Weatherization assistance programs - programs provide resources to use in weatherizing homes of qualifying low-income households. Weatherization includes insulation of homes and minor structural repairs to result in more comfortable living conditions for eligible families.child and adult care food program (cacfp) - provides assistance for food and nutritional needs of low-income families' children enrolled in head start centers, family day care centers, and homes.other programs - including homeless prevention and assistance, senior and elderly services, embrace Iowa, project share, and others.family development program - provides family development services to families currently enrolled in the state's family investment program and are determined to be at risk of long-term welfare dependency.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Grant-funded. 96% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
- Distribution model
- Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 53% for direct work, and 47% for 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: 94
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 43
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 89.4%; rating input score 89
- Program expense ratio: 94%; rating input score 94
- 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: Yes; rating input score 100
- 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: 4.8%; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.33; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.23; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 1.7%; rating input score 79; 79th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 3% per year; rating input score 100; 26th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 3.9% per year; rating input score 100; 34th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 13.4% per year; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 89.4% of revenue deployed · 94% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 11 of 11 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $13.6M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $142K · 16 people listed
- Highest-paid contractors: 3 contractors listed · $1.3M reported
- Consistency: 35 of 35 current checks pass
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
- Filing history: 8 filing years from 2017 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 9/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 53/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 54/100.