Community Action Region Vi

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Jamestown, ND501(c)(3)Since 1976HousingEIN 45-0333497Revenue $4.9M in FY2025

On file with the IRScap6.comPo Box 507, 58402-0507 · Jamestown, NDTax-exempt since Jan 1978Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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Community Action Region vi's mission is to improve the quality of life for low income, elderly, & disabled people in a nine county area, to promote public awareness of the needs and problems faced by these individuals, and to work towards finding solutions to eliminate the social inequities and problems faced by them. Areas of service or program operation include, but not limited to, food, clothing, shelter, housing, 0-5 head start child education, energy conservation and individualized support services.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
86¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 175 volunteers and 70 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
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
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
6 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $88K a year · 2% of revenue · last 6 filings
Looks good: a surplus in 6 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
86%
of spending
Looks good: 86% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$313K
to officers and key staff · 6% of spending
Top officer’s pay higher than 58% of similar orgs
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 6% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
1 mo
of spending, in cash
Fine: 1.0 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $169K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$649K
34% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 34% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
8
of 8 voting members
Looks good: 8 of 8 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$4.9M
+15% vs prior year
Spent
$4.9M
To programs
86%
Net assets
$1.3M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$4.9M
FY2025▲ +15%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$3.8M
FY2021$3.9M
FY2022$3.9M
FY2023$4.2M
FY2024$4.3M
FY2025$4.9M
Expenses
$4.9M
FY2025▲ +16%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$3.7M
FY2021$3.9M
FY2022$3.7M
FY2023$4.1M
FY2024$4.2M
FY2025$4.9M
Net assets
$1.3M
FY2025▲ +7%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$832K
FY2021$896K
FY2022$1.0M
FY2023$1.1M
FY2024$1.2M
FY2025$1.3M

From the FY2025 Form 990 · 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 1978.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

86 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 86% · $4.2M Management & general 14% · $673K Fundraising 0% · $18K

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

11 people listed on the 990; $313K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Director
$129,700Pt VII · Sec A
Head Start Program Directo
$106,103Pt VII · Sec A
Finance Director
$73,794Pt VII · Sec A
$827Pt VII · Sec A
$676Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$578Pt VII · Sec A
Vice Chair
$573Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$503Pt VII · Sec A

Kristina Brownell’s $130K as Executive Director is at the 58th percentile of top reported officer pay among 2036 $1–10M housing 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
Kristina Brownell$129,700$124,746$120,687$111,054$95,888$78,855
Tammy Hoggarth$106,103$100,891$96,318$83,748——
Kathy Williams—————$103,075
Raquel Heinle$73,794$71,392$70,313$64,926$52,985—
Arlen Selzler$827$802$925$927$761$318
Jim Heinrich$578$853$682———
Ron Meidinger————$569$797
Sharron Brady$676$744$743$551$527$317

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

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

Programs and updates

Helps low-income, elderly, and disabled people in nine counties.

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3 programs · $4.0M · in their own filed words · FY2025
01

Headstart & early headstart program for childrenage 3-5 program for preschool children and their families providing comprehensive child development and family support SERVICES.AGE 0-3 program for infant toddlers, pregnant women and their families providing comprehensive child development and family support services.

$2.0Mprogram expense
02

Weatherization and Housingdoe & Liheap

Help income eligible individuals make their mobile homes, apartments, and houses energy EFFICIENT.HOME & helping hands - housing assistance (rehabilition, low-income home construction) to improve the quality and extend the life of homes in the nine county service area based on eligibility requirements.

$1.2Mprogram expense
03

Client servicesother programming, assistance to low-income, elderly, & disabled individuals in a nine county area via rental, energy, counseling, food, and other assistance.

$855Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

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

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$169K
Grants paid · 7 grants · $1.5M · 2020–2025
Unitemized GrantFY2025$233,902
Unitemized GrantFY2025$11,061
Unitemized GrantFY2025$4,300
Unitemized GrantFY2023$332,243
Unitemized GrantFY2022$315,004
Unitemized GrantFY2021$354,459
Unitemized GrantFY2020$239,997

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$4.9M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$4.8M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$138K
Investment incomeLn 3$13K
Money outPt IX
$4.9M
Ln 25
Programscol B$4.2M
Managementcol C$673K
Fundraisingcol D$18K
Owns and owesPt X
$1.3M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$402K
Total assetsLn 16$1.9M
LiabilitiesLn 26$649K
PeoplePt VI, VII
11
listed · VII A
PaidVII A11
Voting boardVI 1a8
IndependentVI 1b8
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$4.8M
Government grantsLn 1e$4.4M
Noncash giftsLn 1g$244K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$138K
Investment incomeLn 3$13K
Gains on assetsLn 7$7K
Total revenueLn 12$4.9M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$103K
SavingsLn 2$300K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$402K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$803K
Other assetsLn 15$229K
Total assetsLn 16$1.9M
LiabilitiesLn 26$649K
Net assetsLn 32$1.3M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 570
VolunteersI 6175
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
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$579K$402K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$837K$803K
Total assetsLn 16$1.8M$1.9M
LiabilitiesLn 26$639K$649K
Net assetsLn 32$1.2M$1.3M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$686K$686K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$365K$346K$18K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$1.9M$1.9M$30K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$78K$78K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$461K$448K$14K
Payroll taxesLn 10$223K$188K$35K
Accounting feesLn 11c$31K$842$30K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$50K$4K$46K
Office expensesLn 13$28K$22K$6K
Information technologyLn 14$31K$23K$8K
OccupancyLn 16$96K$93K$4K
TravelLn 17$52K$44K$8K
InterestLn 20$6K$6K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$93K$93K
InsuranceLn 23$84K$68K$16K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$559K$528K$31K
All other expensesLn 24e$117K$111K$7K
Total functional expensesLn 25$4.9M$4.2M$673K$18K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $4.9M$4.9M$85K$1.3M 990 PDF
FY2024 $4.3M$4.2M$85K$1.2M 990 PDF
FY2023 $4.2M$4.1M$91K$1.1M 990 PDF
FY2022 $3.9M$3.7M$129K$1.0M 990 PDF
FY2021 $3.9M$3.9M$64K$896K 990 PDF
FY2020 $3.8M$3.7M$75K$832K 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
See the full FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $4,943,723 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $4,096,461$4,793,003
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $181,276$137,509
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $3,339$13,211
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $4,281,076$4,943,723
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $264,789$686,144
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $2,659,098$3,025,165
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $1,271,777$1,147,844
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $4,195,664$4,859,153
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $85,412$84,570
Part VI · Governance 8 of 8 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body8
VI-1b Independent voting members8
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 $4,943,723 across 8 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$4,435,934
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$357,069
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$243,521
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$4,793,003
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $137,509$137,509
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $6,461$6,461
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsRelated to mission $6,750$6,750
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $144,259 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $6,461$4,943,723
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $4,859,153 across 17 lines filed
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $686,144$686,144
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffManagement $346,286 · Fundraising $18,225$364,511
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $1,869,155 · Management $29,620$1,898,775
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $77,746$77,746
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $447,606 · Management $13,603$461,209
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $188,137 · Management $34,787$222,924
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $842 · Management $30,171$31,013
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $3,911 · Management $45,735$49,646
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $22,074 · Management $6,404$28,478
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $23,483 · Management $7,906$31,389
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $92,561 · Management $3,533$96,094
IX-17 TravelPrograms $43,971 · Management $8,487$52,458
IX-20 InterestPrograms $6,266$6,266
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationManagement $92,742$92,742
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $68,027 · Management $15,562$83,589
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $527,670 · Management $31,135$558,805
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $110,685 · Management $6,679$117,364
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $4,168,278 · Management $672,650 · Fundraising $18,225$4,859,153
Part X · Balance sheet $1,934,613 assets, 17 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $285,933$102,705
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $293,269$299,735
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $189,879$392,213
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $17,741$34,062
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $26,552$24,465
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $49,240$48,821
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $837,257$803,499
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $140,219$229,113
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $1,840,090$1,934,613
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $276,156$274,990
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $17,545$13,191
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $210,496$273,921
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $638,621$648,574
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $998,851$1,062,546
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $202,618$223,493
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $1,201,469$1,286,039
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $1,840,090$1,934,613
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $1,286,039 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$4,943,723
XI-2 Total expenses$4,859,153
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$84,570
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$1,201,469
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$1,286,039

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

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