Community Action Program Legal
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Community Action Program Legal at a glance
- Total assets
- $4,540,511
- +9.9% vs 2024
- Revenue (2025)
- $1,655,988
- +13.6% vs 2024
- Net investment income (2025)
- $198,552
- +42.7% vs 2024
- Expenses (2025)
- $1,312,366
- +4.9% vs 2024
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.
Who Community Action Program Legal funds
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
In 2020 it made 1 grant totaling $25K.
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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 | $4,540,511 | $1,655,988 | $1,312,366 | — | — | $198,552 |
| 2024 | $4,133,050 | $1,457,559 | $1,251,447 | — | — | $139,147 |
| 2023 | $3,559,717 | $1,352,330 | $1,207,223 | — | — | $79,510 |
| 2022 | $3,295,820 | $1,399,890 | $1,197,603 | — | — | $50,468 |
| 2021 | $3,400,465 | $1,554,567 | $1,058,527 | — | — | $56,398 |
| 2020 | $2,638,843 | $680,736 | $915,156 | $25,000 | 1 | $7,271 |
| 2019 | $2,456,805 | $1,191,599 | $1,031,696 | — | — | $136,764 |
About Community Action Program Legal
Based on IRS filings
Community Action Program Legal is a public charity focused on Community Improvement & Capacity Building, based in Boston, MA. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $4.5M in total assets. Net investment income was $199K.
Focus Areas
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
Community Action Program Legal is led by R. Allison Ma'luf, Executive Director on every filing since 2023; 1 of 13 officers listed in 2025 is compensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
R. Allison Ma'luf
Executive Director
On filings since 2023
40 hrs/week
$195K (2023) → $208K (2025)
Arlene Dobison Ccap
President
Treasurer → President, 2024
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Betsey Andrews Parker
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
David Brightbill
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Ericka Jones Whitaker
Director
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Bertha Proctor Ccap
Director
President → Director, 2024
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Dawn Hommer Ccap
Director
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Tracy Diaz
Director
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Aaron Bowen
Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Diane Hewitt-Johnson
Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Kathy Dinolfi
Secretary
Director → Assistant Clerk, 2020
Assistant Clerk → Secretary, 2021
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Ken Robinette
Vice President
Director → Vice President, 2020
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Joel Evans
Treasurer
Director → Treasurer, 2024
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (14)
- Former: Sue Auman (2024) — Director
- Former: Darlene Bigler (2019–2023) — Director
- Former: Veronica Zhang (2021–2023) — Deputy Director & Senior Counsel
- Former: Allison Ma'luf (2020–2022) — Executive Director
- Former: Arlene Dobison (2019–2020) — Treasurer
- Former: Bertha Proctor (2019–2020) — President
- Former: Dawn Hommer (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Eleanor Evans - Former (2020) — Executive Director -Former
- Former: Pam La Frenz (2020) — Secretary
- Former: Eleanor Evans (2019) — Executive Director
- Former: Jerralyn Ness (2019) — President
- Former: Pamala Lafrenz (2019) — Secretary
- Former: Rachel Ma'luf (2019) — Deputy Director & Executive Director
- Former: Sandra Sewell (2019) — Director
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 $208K, to R Allison Ma'luf (Executive Director).
Frequently asked questions about Community Action Program Legal
How large is Community Action Program Legal?
Community Action Program Legal reported $4.5M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $1.7M.
What is Community Action Program Legal?
Community Action Program Legal is a public charity focused on Community Improvement & Capacity Building, based in Boston, MA. It holds $4.5M in total assets as of 2025.
Where does Community Action Program Legal operate?
Community Action Program Legal has awarded grants in District of Columbia.
What is Community Action Program Legal's EIN?
Community Action Program Legal's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 52-1823050. 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
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2019–2025
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