C4c Oakland Action Inc
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What it says it does
a) Promotion of social welfare purposes within the meaning of Section 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code. B) To advocate for community power-building and deepening grassroots movement capacity through education, training, coalition building and organizing residents for civic engagement. c) To train community organizers in techniques for building grassroots support and in issue advocacy.
- Income
- $210,164
- Spending
- $228,397
- Employees
- 12
- Volunteers
- 150
- Highest pay
- $62,500, org. director
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Financial health
We do not score finances when yearly spending is very small or the return has too little detail. The ratios stop meaning much at that size.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Governance
This return does not answer enough of the governance questions to score.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (1)
- $164,815 spent. Care 4 Community Action organizes in Oakland neighborhoods to build support for a progressive political agenda: making housing a human right, investing in holistic community safety, winning climate and environmental justice for all, and taxing corporate wealth to fund City services. In 2025, C4C Action knocked on over 18,000 doors in total, engaging 6,000 Oakland residents in face-to-face deep canvassing conversations. Through our Summer Organizing Fellowship, we engaged 8 young Oaklanders (between the ages of 16 - 26) in a rigorous community organizing training program. We organized 4 neighborhood meetings attended by over 100 residents. We organized 5 Good Neighbor cleanups attended by over 100 housed and unhoused residents.We organized 5 Public Comment trainings that educated and mobilized over 250 residents to participate in the democratic process at the local level.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(4) social welfare organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Caution.
The IRS master file records contributions to this 501(c)(4) social welfare organization as not deductible.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since January 2023.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 21, 2026.
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