Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in May 1977.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Where the money goes
92 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.
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
35 people listed on the 990; $456K paid to officers and key staff.
Erik Johnston’s $228K as President & is at the 94th percentile of top reported officer pay among 3869 $1–10M 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 · 5 named individuals · Part VII
| Name | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Erik Johnston | $227,767 | $170,169 | $108,308 | $28,308 | — |
| Jim Schuyler | — | — | — | $122,073 | $121,465 |
| Kristen Dahlman | $120,039 | — | — | — | — |
| Carolyn Spohrer | $108,195 | — | — | — | — |
| James Jim Schuyler | — | — | $58,277 | — | — |
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.
See Virginia Community Action Partnership executive salaries →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
Programs and updates
Distributes diapers and connects Virginia families to wraparound services through community partnerships.
Questions for Virginia Community Action Partnership
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Vacap leads an innovative partnership between community action agencies, diaper banks and other key local and regional partners in richmond,hampton roads, williamsburg and swva that combines diaper distribution and wraparound services to families with funding from the office of community services (ocs) within the administration for…
Training and technical assistance for community action agencies including whole family approach and wrap around services.
The virginia cash campaign provides free income tax preparation services to lower-income individuals and families. Grants are provided to eighteen coalitions.
Funders
Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
Grants
Federal money
The auditor reported no findings.
The auditor reported no findings.
By the numbers
The FY2025 990, line by line.
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| Line | Start FY25 | End FY25 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash and savingsLn 1–2 | $366K | $353K |
| InvestmentsLn 11–13 | $1.1M | $1.1M |
| Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c | $5K | $5K |
| Total assetsLn 16 | $1.5M | $1.5M |
| LiabilitiesLn 26 | $192K | $132K |
| Net assetsLn 32 | $1.3M | $1.4M |
| Line | Total | Programs | Management | Fundraising |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1 | $1.1M | $1.1M | ||
| Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5 | $281K | $281K | ||
| Other salaries and wagesLn 7 | $331K | $331K | ||
| Other employee benefitsLn 9 | $43K | $43K | ||
| Legal feesLn 11b | $842 | $491 | $351 | |
| Accounting feesLn 11c | $77K | $45K | $32K | |
| Lobbying feesLn 11d | $48K | $100 | $48K | |
| Other fees for servicesLn 11g | $107K | $62K | $45K | |
| Office expensesLn 13 | $7K | $4K | $3K | |
| OccupancyLn 16 | $43K | $2K | $41K | |
| TravelLn 17 | $24K | $24K | ||
| Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19 | $79K | $79K | ||
| Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22 | $652 | $652 | ||
| InsuranceLn 23 | $2K | $2K | ||
| Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24 | $160K | $138K | $22K | |
| All other expensesLn 24e | $6K | $4K | $2K | |
| Total functional expensesLn 25 | $2.3M | $2.1M | $195K | $0 |
Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 Latest ViewingFiled with the IRS Jan 13, 2026 | $2.5M | $2.3M | $127K | $1.4M | 990 PDF |
| FY2024Filed with the IRS Jan 16, 2025 | $1.6M | $1.6M | $453 | $1.3M | 990 PDF |
| FY2023Filed with the IRS Dec 6, 2023 | $1.1M | $1.0M | $71K | $1.2M | 990 PDF |
| FY2022Filed with the IRS Jan 12, 2023 | $749K | $727K | $22K | $1.1M | 990 PDF |
| FY2021Filed with the IRS Dec 21, 2021 | $775K | $704K | $71K | $1.2M | 990 PDF |
Schedules filed Part IV
See the full FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $2,467,159 revenue, 12 lines filed
Part VI · Governance 32 of 32 board members independent, no flags
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $2,467,159 across 9 lines filed
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $2,339,879 across 16 lines filed
Part X · Balance sheet $1,499,887 assets, 13 lines filed
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $1,368,053 net assets at year end
Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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