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Community Action Kentucky

Frankfort, KY · EIN 61-0865554 · 501(c)(3) · Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
Latest filing: Form 990 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025 (tax year 2024) · View the filing · Correct or respond

Community Action Kentucky reported $70.5 million in revenue and $70.9 million in expenses for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025. Of every $100 it spent, $98.24 went to program services, $1.76 to management and general costs and $0.00 to fundraising. Its largest source of revenue was contributions and grants: 98.9% of the total. Government grants made up 98.9%. Revenue rose 32% between FY2020 and FY2025. Source: Form 990, FY2025.

Where $100 of spending went

The fiscal year ending June 30, 2025 · Form 990, Part IX, line 25 · total expenses $71M

Program services$98.24 $70M
Management & general$1.76 $1.2M
Fundraising$0.00 $0

For context, the median across 479 covered community improvement & capacity building charities: $90.45 programs, $9.31 management, $0.24 fundraising (medians computed separately, so they may not sum to $100).

Where $100 of revenue came from

The fiscal year ending June 30, 2025 · Form 990, Part VIII · total revenue $70M

Government grants$98.87 $70M
Program service revenue$0.65 $457K
Investment income$0.03 $23,815
Other revenue$0.45 $315K

The 990 scorecard · same measures for every charity, no grades

FY2025 filing. Median across 479 covered charities in this category, from their latest filings.
Measure	FY2025	Median
Program services Part IX 25(B) ÷ 25(A)	98.2%	89.1%
Management & general Part IX 25(C) ÷ 25(A)	1.8%	9.2%
Fundraising Part IX 25(D) ÷ 25(A)	0.0%	0.2%
Fundraising cost per $1 of contributions Part IX 25(D) ÷ Part VIII 1h	$0.00	$0.00
Contributions & grants share of revenue Part VIII 1h ÷ 12	98.9%	80.1%
Government grants share of revenue Part VIII 1e ÷ 12	98.9%	14.9%
Program service revenue share Part VIII 2g ÷ 12	0.6%	11.9%
Highest reported compensation Part VII-A, columns D–F	Not reported	$291,103
Highest compensation as share of expenses Part VII-A ÷ Part IX 25(A)	Not reported	1.49%
People paid over $100,000 Part VII, line 2	0	5
Net assets, in months of expenses Part X 33(B) ÷ monthly expenses	0.3	9.2
Independent voting board members Part VI 1a–1b	23 of 23	100.0%

A median is context, not a target: hospitals, universities, food banks and grantmakers spend in very different ways. What these measures can and can't tell you.

What the money paid for, in its own words

FY2025 · Form 990, Part III · the three largest programs by expense

$61M expenses · 87.2% of program spending · grants $61M · revenue $61M

Low income heat energy assistance program provides assistance with home energy costs to eligible participants

$7.5M expenses · 10.8% of program spending · grants $7.2M · revenue $7.5M

Kynect assists individuals in the application process for health insurance coverage on the kentucky exchange

$1.4M all other programs (line 4d)

6 years of filings

Form 990, Parts I, VII, IX and X · each row is that year's own filing, linked

RevenueExpenses

Filing	Revenue	Expenses	Programs	Net assets	Top pay
FY2025 ⓘ	$70M	$71M	98.2%	$2.0M	—
FY2024 ⓘ	$71M	$72M	98.4%	$2.4M	—
FY2023 ⓘ	$70M	$70M	99.1%	$3.0M	—
FY2022 ⓘ	$125M	$125M	99.7%	$2.8M	—
FY2021 ⓘ	$101M	$101M	99.7%	$2.7M	—
FY2020 ⓘ	$53M	$53M	99.2%	$2.6M	—

Governance answers, as filed

FY2025 · the organization's own yes/no answers; explanations, if any, are in Schedule O of the filing · what each means

Voting board members, and how many are independent Part VI, lines 1a–1b23 · 23 independent
Audited financial statements Part XII 2bNo
Conflict-of-interest policy Part VI 12aYes
Whistleblower policy Part VI 13Yes
Document retention policy Part VI 14Yes
Independent process for top executive pay Part VI 15aNo
Board given the 990 before filing Part VI 11aYes
Family or business ties among insiders Part VI 2No
Aware of a significant diversion of assets Part VI 5No
Excess benefit transaction with an insider Part IV 25aNo
Loans to or from insiders outstanding Part IV 26No
Lobbying, or a 501(h) election in effect Part IV 4No
Over $15,000 of professional fundraising services Part IV 18No
Over $10,000 of activity outside the U.S. Part IV 14bNo
Employees Part I, line 57

Largest outside contractors

FY2025 · Form 990, Part VII, Section B · businesses only

DIGITAL MOBILE INNOVATINS LLC
Software creation

$226,785

Individuals listed as contractors are left out. 1 contractors were paid more than $100,000 in all.

Correct a figure or respond

Every number above is copied from Community Action Kentucky's own Form 990. If one doesn't match the filing, that's our error and we'll fix it. If you work for Community Action Kentucky, you can publish a response that is linked from this page.

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Questions people ask

How much of Community Action Kentucky's spending goes to programs?

In the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, Community Action Kentucky reported that 98.2% of its $70.9 million in expenses went to program services, 1.8% to management and general and 0.0% to fundraising (Form 990, Part IX).

Where does Community Action Kentucky get its money?

Of $70.5 million in revenue in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, 98.9% came from contributions and grants (including 98.9% from government grants) and 0.6% from program service revenue (Form 990, Part VIII).

Is Community Action Kentucky a registered charity?

The IRS lists EIN 61-0865554 as a 501(c)(3) organization (publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(a)(vi))), and its records show contributions as tax-deductible. Form 990 filings on record here cover tax years 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024. A filing shows what the organization reported; it doesn't by itself show whether a program works.

Sources

FY2025: Form 990 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, object 202620939349300722 · read the filing · XML
FY2024: Form 990 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, object 202531199349302263 · read the filing
FY2023: Form 990 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023, object 202441359349309044 · read the filing
FY2022: Form 990 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2022, object 202321239349302477 · read the filing
FY2021: Form 990 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2021, object 202240829349301109 · read the filing
FY2020: Form 990 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2020, object 202033289349300228 · read the filing

All filings for EIN 61-0865554: ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer · IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search. Figures are as the organization reported them; we have not audited them.