Community Action of Northeast Indiana

A BBB Accredited charity since 10/09/2006.

This BBB Accredited charity meets all 20 Standards for Charity Accountability.

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Name:	Community Action of Northeast Indiana
Phone:	(260) 423-3546
Fax:	(260) 422-4041
Address:	227 E Washington St.
	Fort Wayne, IN 46802
Website:	www.canihelp.org
Report Creation Date:	November 11, 2008
Report Expiration Date:	November 11, 2011
Original Business Start Date:	January 1964
Principal:	Mr. Joseph H. Conrad, Executive Director
Customer Contact:	Mr. Steve Hoffman, Director Administration and Development - (260) 423-3546
Employees:	35 part time 159 Full Time.
Type of Business:	Charity - Local
BBB Accreditation:	This organization is a BBB Accredited charity.

Stated Purpose

Community Action of Northeast Indiana's (CANI) mission is stated as this: CANI helps communities, families, and individuals remove the causes and conditions of poverty.

Evaluation Conclusions

This organization has been evaluated according to the 20 BBB Standards for Charity Accountability.This organization meets all those Standards and is a BBB accredited charity.

BBB Charity Seal Participation

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Programs

Each year Community Action of Northeast Indiana, (CANI, serves over 11,000 different families and 25,000 different individuals who cannot meet all of their basic needs in northeast Indiana. CANI provides an array of direct services to families, including utility assistance, rent assistance, child care assistance, Head Start (preschool for disadvantaged children ages 3-5), case management through Healthy Families (with a goal of preventing child abuse and neglect) and Family Development (with a goal of helping families become economically self-sufficient), and housing related programs like home weatherization and home repair. Besides these and other direct services, CANI is actively involved in community development and advocacy activities directed to eliminating poverty in northeast Indiana.

For the year ended October 31, 2007, Community Action of Northeast Indiana's program expenses were:

Child care development:	$467,476
Child education:	$5,482,033
Housing:	$783,582
Emergency Services:	$89,158
Linkages with other programs:	$448,136
Self-sufficiency:	$1,073,146
Nutrition:	$255,483
Agency operations:	$148,288
Weatherization and energy:	$4,843,113

Total Program Expenses:	$13,590,355

Governance

Chief Executive Officer:	Joseph H Conrad
Chair of the Board:	Mark Keen
Chair's Profession / Business Affiliation:	Ivy Tech College
Board Size:	16
Paid Staff Size:	35 part time 159 Full Time.

Fund Raising

Method(s) Used:

Community Action of Northeast Indiana raises funds through direct mail appeals, invitations to fund raising events, scripts of television or radio appeals, and grant proposals.

Fundraising costs were 0.23% of related contributions. (Related contributions, which totaled $14,133,354, are donations received as a direct result of fund raising activities.)

Tax Status

This organization is tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. It is eligible to receive contributions deductible as charitable donations for federal income tax purposes.

Financial

According to Community Action of Northeast Indiana's Audited Financial Statements for the year ended October 31, 2007:


Income
	Grant revenue	$13,339,578
	Program income	$153,389
	Donations	$51,932
	Investment income	$43,949
	Other income	$49,316
	In-kind contributions	$692,528
	Total Income:	$14,330,692

Expenses			% of total Expenses	% of total Income
	Programs:	$13,590,355	94.80%	94.83%
	Fund Raising:	$32,244	0.22%	0.22%
	Administrative:	$713,276	4.98%	4.98%
	Other:	$0	0.00%	0.00%
	Total Expenses:	$14,335,875

Excess of Expenses over Income		$5,183
Ending Net Assets:		$2,676,418

* Excess for the year indicates the portion of income remaining after expenses.

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