Action INC

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Gloucester, MA501(c)(3)Since 1967Human ServicesEIN 04-2389332Revenue $191.2M in FY2025

On file with the IRSactioninc.org180 Main St, 01930-6002 · Gloucester, MATax-exempt since Jan 1969Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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The mission of Action INC. Is to create opportunities that promote a thriving cape ann for all.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
98¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 906 volunteers and 131 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2025 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
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IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
5 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $2.2M a year · 2% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 5 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
98%
of spending
Looks good: 98% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$1.4M
to officers and key staff · 0.7% of spending
Top officer’s pay lower than 90% of similar orgs
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 1% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
<1 mo
of spending, in cash
Concern: 0.2 months of spending in cash; under 2 weeks.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
6
named funders · $85K
Looks good: 6 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$19.1M
39% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 39% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
17
of 17 voting members
Looks good: 17 of 17 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$191.2M
+4% vs prior year
Spent
$188.1M
To programs
98%
Net assets
$30.4M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$191.2M
FY2025▲ +4%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$46.5M
FY2021$61.7M
FY2022$79.9M
FY2023$111.1M
FY2024$184.3M
FY2025$191.2M
Expenses
$188.1M
FY2025▲ +6%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$46.5M
FY2021$60.7M
FY2022$79.1M
FY2023$108.9M
FY2024$177.8M
FY2025$188.1M
Net assets
$30.4M
FY2025▲ +11%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$16.9M
FY2021$17.9M
FY2022$18.7M
FY2023$20.8M
FY2024$27.3M
FY2025$30.4M

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending September 2025) · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Jan 1969.

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Where the money goes

98 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 98% · $183.7M Management & general 2% · $4.1M Fundraising 0% · $366K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

27 people listed on the 990; $1.4M paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2024); the FY2025 filing did not itemize Part VII
Chief Executive Officer
$225,916Pt VII · Sec A
VP of Energy Services
$212,875Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Program Officer
$167,110Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Financial Officer/VP
$154,564Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Operating Officer
$142,831Pt VII · Sec A
Director of Energy Efficie
$137,484Pt VII · Sec A
Director of Housing Servic
$126,221Pt VII · Sec A
Director of Residental Ene
$123,007Pt VII · Sec A

Peggy Hegarty-Steck’s $226K as Chief Executive Officer is at the 10th percentile of top reported officer pay among 249 $100M+ human services nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 8 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Peggy Hegarty-Steck$225,916$218,065$207,871$189,750$162,648$166,352
Elliott Jacobson$212,875$211,301$212,853$190,158$168,453$167,850
Jennifer Beloff$167,110$162,752$132,242$104,883——
Jillian Cluett$154,564$136,416————
Allison Lex$142,831$119,639$105,328———
Kenneth Kudym——$139,029———
Brian Beote$137,484$129,527————
Rita Carvalho———$129,772$112,803$109,893

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

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Creates opportunities for a thriving Cape Ann community for everyone.

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3 programs · $181.5M · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Energy Management

A law was enacted which required that low-income residential demand-side management and education programs be implemented through the low income weatherization network and coordinated with all electric and gas distribution companies in the state, with the objective of standardizing implemenation.

$174.8Mprogram expense
02

Housing

The housing program provides housing to people experiencing homelessness are believed to be housing ready and are provided with permanent housing immediately and with few to no preconditions, behavioral contingencies, or barriers. All participants housed through these housing programs must meet hud's definition of chronically homeless.

$4.6Mprogram expense
03

The fuel assistance program provides low-income families with assistance to pay their heating fuel bills. This critical service keeps thousands of families warm each winter, and staff are available to assist clients with the application process.

$2.1Mprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2024
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By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$191.2M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$179.5M
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$11.1M
Investment incomeLn 3$355K
Money outPt IX
$188.1M
Ln 25
Programscol B$183.7M
Managementcol C$4.1M
Fundraisingcol D$366K
Owns and owesPt X
$30.4M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$3.6M
Total assetsLn 16$49.5M
LiabilitiesLn 26$19.1M
PeoplePt VI, VII
27
listed · VII A
PaidVII A9
Voting boardVI 1a17
IndependentVI 1b17
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$11.1M
Government grantsLn 1e$10.5M
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$189K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$179.5M
Investment incomeLn 3$355K
Other incomeLn 4–11$226K
Total revenueLn 12$191.2M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$2.5M
SavingsLn 2$1.1M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$3.6M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$12.3M
Other assetsLn 15$2.5M
Total assetsLn 16$49.5M
LiabilitiesLn 26$19.1M
Net assetsLn 32$30.4M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 5131
VolunteersI 6906
Fiscal year endsHeaderSeptember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$8.1M$3.6M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$11.5M$12.3M
Total assetsLn 16$52.6M$49.5M
LiabilitiesLn 26$25.4M$19.1M
Net assetsLn 32$27.3M$30.4M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$938K$938K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$7.2M$5.8M$1.2M$210K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$1.2M$886K$272K$33K
Payroll taxesLn 10$705K$508K$178K$19K
Legal feesLn 11b$135K$130K$5K
Accounting feesLn 11c$862K$695K$138K$29K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$88K$51K$34K$3K
Office expensesLn 13$194K$85K$77K$32K
OccupancyLn 16$635K$515K$119K$1K
TravelLn 17$215K$184K$31K$858
InterestLn 20$195K$49K$146K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$585K$244K$341K
InsuranceLn 23$272K$119K$153K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$173.9M$173.8M$71K$12K
All other expensesLn 24e$915K$529K$360K$25K
Total functional expensesLn 25$188.1M$183.7M$4.1M$366K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $191.2M$188.1M$3.1M$30.4M 990 PDF
FY2024 $184.3M$177.8M$6.5M$27.3M 990 PDF
FY2023 $111.1M$108.9M$2.2M$20.8M 990 PDF
FY2022 $79.9M$79.1M$777K$18.7M 990 PDF
FY2021 $61.7M$60.7M$1.0M$17.9M 990 PDF
FY2020 $46.5M$46.5M−$63K$16.9M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
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Part I · Summary $191,163,293 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $11,113,314$11,114,668
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $172,775,309$179,468,338
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $153,734$354,784
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $264,293$225,503
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $184,306,650$191,163,293
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$0
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $8,898,607$10,078,683
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $168,949,234$178,001,371
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $177,847,841$188,080,054
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $6,458,809$3,083,239
Part VI · Governance 17 of 17 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body17
VI-1b Independent voting members17
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $191,163,293 across 10 lines filed
VIII-1c Fundraising events$188,639
VIII-1e Government grants$10,491,805
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$434,224
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$11,114,668
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $179,468,338$179,468,338
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $354,784$354,784
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossExcluded from tax $25,024$25,024
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax −$53,034−$53,034
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $253,513$253,513
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $179,721,851 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $326,774$191,163,293
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $188,080,054 across 15 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffManagement $937,504$937,504
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $5,837,248 · Management $1,197,562 · Fundraising $210,222$7,245,032
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $886,270 · Management $271,928 · Fundraising $33,058$1,191,256
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $508,229 · Management $178,159 · Fundraising $18,503$704,891
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $130,466 · Management $4,711$135,177
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $694,723 · Management $138,340 · Fundraising $28,846$861,909
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $51,173 · Management $33,929 · Fundraising $2,914$88,016
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $85,114 · Management $76,534 · Fundraising $32,430$194,078
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $514,542 · Management $118,979 · Fundraising $1,361$634,882
IX-17 TravelPrograms $183,516 · Management $30,923 · Fundraising $858$215,297
IX-20 InterestPrograms $48,702 · Management $146,154$194,856
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $243,916 · Management $340,696$584,612
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $119,286 · Management $153,021$272,307
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $173,822,045 · Management $70,813 · Fundraising $12,275$173,905,133
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $529,356 · Management $360,439 · Fundraising $25,309$915,104
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $183,654,586 · Management $4,059,692 · Fundraising $365,776$188,080,054
Part X · Balance sheet $49,491,687 assets, 15 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $8,053,929$2,485,396
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $79,284$1,120,724
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $30,116,817$30,589,356
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $281,527$423,724
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $11,469,361$12,341,405
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $2,637,804$2,531,082
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $52,638,722$49,491,687
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $20,272,471$14,171,782
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $442,001$442,001
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $2,137,499$1,973,631
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $25,354,371$19,124,097
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $26,438,993$29,598,156
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $845,358$769,434
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $27,284,351$30,367,590
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $52,638,722$49,491,687
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $30,367,590 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$191,163,293
XI-2 Total expenses$188,080,054
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$3,083,239
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$27,284,351
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$30,367,590

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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