Kootasca Community Action Inc

What it reported doing in 2025

Asset Development and Housing: The goal is to build community and organizational capacity allowing all Low to Moderate Income (LMI) households the opportunity for safe affordable housing and increased development of assets. The accomplishments of this strategy for 2025 are as follows:1) The federal Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) provides primary heat funding to reduce energy burden for LMI households through direct payments to energy vendors. As an assistance program, the payments are made to help keep the households heat on and are targeted to those vendors essential to maintaining the households primary heat source. A crisis component of the program makes additional Crisis funding available to prevent utility disconnections or disruptions in service for delivered heating fuels. An Energy Related Repair (ERR) component of the program provides emergency repair or replacement of non-functioning primary heat sources in emergency (no heat) situations or where health and safety hazards exist. In Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) 2025/EAP PY25, 3069 households experienced reduced energy burden and safe continuous heat through primary heat funding, 1205 households avoided interruptions in service through crisis funding, and 220 households maintained safe heat through ERR emergency furnace services.2) The federal Department of Energy Weatherization Program (DOE WAP) provides funding to reduce energy burden for LMI households through building shell and mechanical system energy conservation upgrades. Insulation, air infiltration reduction, heating source(s), base loads, and indoor air quality are all addressed through a comprehensive energy audit process. The program also provides client education for low- or no-cost energy savings measures and occupant behaviors. LIHEAP Weatherization and utility-based funds are often braided with DOE WAP and occasionally used independently of DOE WAP allowing for additional unit completions. At the time of this report within the State Fiscal Year of 2025/Wx PY24, a reduced energy burden has been realized for: 14 households utilizing DOE with LIHEAP, and an additional 2 households utilizing LIHEAP only.3) The 2022 Weatherization Assistance Program Bipartisan Infrastructure Law provides us additional funding (DOE BIL), which moved into the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) at the federal level in March 2025, through the Department of Energy to serve additional LMI households in reducing their energy burden through building shell and mechanical system energy conservation upgrades. Insulation, air infiltration reduction, heating source(s), base loads, and indoor air quality are all addressed through a comprehensive energy audit process. The program also provides client education for low- or no-cost energy savings measures and occupant behaviors. LIHEAP Weatherization funds are often braided with DOE IIJA funds. At the time of this report within the State Fiscal Year of 2025/Wx PY24, a reduced energy burden has been realized for: 14 households utilizing DOE IIJA with LIHEAP.The goal is to build community and organizational capacity allowing all Low to Moderate Income (LMI) households the opportunity for safe affordable housing and increased development of assets. The accomplishments of this strategy for 2025 are as follows:5) KOOTASCAs Crisis Housing services include the Transitional Housing program and Crisis Rent Assistance program. The Transitional Housing program serves homeless clients with time-limited housing, case management services, and assistance with building skills for self-sufficiency. This program consists of two separate duplex locations dedicated to families and one location dedicated to male housing. Transitional Housing program funds are provided by the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Homelessness, Housing, and Support Services Administration (HHSSA). The Crisis Rent Assistance program provides financial assistance for unhoused or at-risk fami

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 79.3%; rating input score 79
• Program expense ratio: 81.2%; rating input score 81
• Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: Limited
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 75th 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; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 8 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 100
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
  • 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: 2.4%; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.8; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.22; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 3%; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 2.5% per year; rating input score 100; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 3% per year; rating input score 100; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 9.1% per year; rating input score 100; 54th percentile among comparable filings