Racine Kenosha Community Action Agency Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
391087210
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-T 2025
Location
Racine, WI, USA
Phone
2626378377
Rating
87
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Human Service Organizations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$8,822,769
Expenses
$9,037,092
Assets
$2,717,669
Liabilities
$2,095,013

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

Leadership & pay

18 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • STEPHANIE FUNK (PRESIDENT)
  • RAY CARTER (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • GARY COTTON HUMAN (RESOURCE DIRECTOR/INTERIM CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • GARY COTTON HUMAN (RESOURCE DIRECTOR/INTERIM CEO): $135,686 total reported compensation
  • PAMELA HALBACH (KENOSHA DIRECTOR): $116,359 total reported compensation
  • LAURA BROWN (CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER): $116,192 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Stabilizing lives by providing supportive programs and access to community resources for individuals and families.

What it reported doing in 2025

Nutrition and food security: the women, infants and children program (wic) provides food and nutrition information to help keep pregnant and breastfeeding women, infants, and children under five years of age healthy and strong. Clinics are supported to meet the needs of participating income eligible kenosha families. In 2025, an average of 3,712 individuals participated in wic each month. Food security programs have increased access to safe, nutritious, and locally grown food for low income families and senior citizens in racine and kenosha counties. The emergency food assistance program (tefap) distributed 1,078,476 pounds of food by participating food pantries to families in need in racine and kenosha. Cupboard bound distributed 2,650 boxes of nutritious food and locally grown produce to racine low income senior citizens. The senior fruit & vegetable voucher project provided 2,443 kenosha senior citizens with locally grown fresh produce. Holiday food basket distributed 1,140 baskets and leveraged 860 baskets for families, senior citizens and disabled individuals in racine.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 81% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 41% for direct work, and 59% 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. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 93
  • Transparency & Controls: 94
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 20
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 92.7%; rating input score 93
  • Program expense ratio: 90.5%; rating input score 91
  • Fundraising efficiency: $2,145.9 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 98; 98th percentile among comparable filings

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: 99.9%; rating input score 100; 49th 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: 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: -2.4%; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.3; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.77; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 5.3%; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -1.3% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -2.5% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 2.5% per year; rating input score 100; 20th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 92.7% of revenue deployed · 90.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 12 of 12 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $8.2M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $136K · 18 people listed
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $2.2M reported
  • Consistency: 37 of 37 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 11 filing years from 2010 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 6 filed money-flow records
  • 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 20/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 9/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 9/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 55/100.