Blue Water Community Action
To plan, establish, coordinate, operate programs and conduct activities which give promise of progress toward eliminating and attacking the cause of poverty in st. Clair county.
Blue Water Community Action at a glance
- Total assets
- $2,622,812
- -13.2% vs 2024
- Revenue (2025)
- $3,717,113
- +21.6% vs 2024
- Net investment income (2025)
- $199
- -38.0% vs 2024
- Expenses (2025)
- $3,948,306
- +21.2% vs 2024
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.
Who Blue Water Community Action funds
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
In 2019 it made 3 grants totaling $55K.
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $2,622,812 | $3,717,113 | $3,948,306 | — | — | $199 |
| 2024 | $3,023,069 | $3,057,893 | $3,258,972 | — | — | $321 |
| 2023 | $3,231,615 | $7,600,887 | $7,725,839 | — | — | $299 |
| 2022 | $3,502,339 | $11,929,588 | $11,561,627 | — | — | $102 |
| 2021 | $3,539,859 | $9,991,743 | $10,079,744 | — | — | $2,678 |
| 2020 | $3,260,700 | $7,389,666 | $7,329,786 | — | — | $3,198 |
| 2019 | $3,317,894 | $7,502,938 | $6,980,986 | $54,629 | 3 | $3,365 |
About Blue Water Community Action
Based on IRS filings
Blue Water Community Action is a public charity focused on Community Improvement & Capacity Building, based in Port Huron, MI. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $2.6M in total assets. Net investment income was $199.
Focus Areas
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
Blue Water Community Action is led by Karen Lake, Executive Director since 2024 (on filings since 2023); 1 of 10 officers listed in 2025 is compensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Karen Lake
Executive Director
Acting Executive Director → Executive Director, 2024
On filings since 2023
41 hrs/week
$75K (2023) → $89K (2025)
Jorja Baldwin
Chairperson
Member → Vice Chairperson, 2024
Vice Chairperson → Chairperson, 2025
On filings since 2023
0.8 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Dave Vandenbossche
Member
On filings since 2021
0.8 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Kevin Watkins
Vice Chairperson
Member → Vice Chairperson, 2025
On filings since 2021
0.8 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Benita Davis
Member
On filings since 2023
0.8 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Bobbie Cutcher
Secretary
Member → Secretary, 2025
On filings since 2024
0.8 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Randy Bennett
Treasurer
Member → Treasurer, 2025
On filings since 2024
0.8 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Barbara Payton
Member
New on the 2025 filing
0.8 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Sarah Laforge
Member
New on the 2025 filing
0.8 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Shannon McKeever
Member
New on the 2025 filing
0.8 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (24)
- Former: Linda Lilly (2020–2024) — Chairperson
- Former: Nancy Hughes (2020–2024) — Treasurer
- Former: Bob Mosurak (2021–2024) — Member
- Former: Michael Kovalcsik (2021–2024) — Secretary
- Former: Andrea Blair (2019–2023) — Secretary
- Former: Becky Gorinac (2019–2023) — Member
- Former: Melinda Johnson (2019–2023) — Executive Director
- Former: Stephanie Armstrong-Helton (2019–2023) — Vice Chairperson
- Former: Nancy Kulman (2020–2023) — Treasurer
- Former: Natalie Bennett (2022–2023) — Member
- Former: Haunani Johnson (2023) — Member
- Former: Scott Beedon (2019–2022) — Chairperson
- Former: Christina Johansen (2021–2022) — Member
- Former: Duke Dunn (2019–2021) — Member
- Former: Ken Harris (2019–2021) — Member
- Former: Tina Wendell (2019–2021) — Treasurer
- Former: Cynthia Bankston (2019–2020) — Member
- Former: Martha Macauley (2019–2020) — Member
- Former: Ray Shane Anderson (2019–2020) — Member
- Former: Nicole Sterosky (2020) — Member
- Former: Elizabeth Londry (2019) — Member
- Former: Helen Cage (2019) — Member
- Former: Lauren Chrisholm (2019) — Member
- Former: Linda Enders (2019) — Vice Chairperson
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Compensation Overview
From 2025 IRS filing
The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $89K, to Karen Lake (Executive Director).
Frequently asked questions about Blue Water Community Action
How large is Blue Water Community Action?
Blue Water Community Action reported $2.6M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $3.7M.
What is Blue Water Community Action?
Blue Water Community Action is a public charity focused on Community Improvement & Capacity Building, based in Port Huron, MI. It holds $2.6M in total assets as of 2025.
Where does Blue Water Community Action operate?
Blue Water Community Action has awarded grants in Michigan.
What is Blue Water Community Action's EIN?
Blue Water Community Action's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 38-2284121. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.
Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.
Data update history
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When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS June 25, 2020)
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