NCCAA Facts
Community Action Facts & History
CA Regional & National Partners
Board Roles & Responsibilities
Nonprofit Times
100
This is the month of the Annual NCCAA Conference.
What is May.
100
There are approximately this many community action agencies across the US.
100
This partner represents the entire national network of community action agencies.
What is the national Community Action Partnership.
100
This is the number of staff the board is responsible for hiring.
What is one?
100
This section of the IRS code defines most charitable nonprofits in the United States.
What is 501(c)(3)?
200
The NCCAA mission statement.
What is the NC Community Action Association empowers agencies to help communities thrive.
200
President Lyndon B. Johnson created community action when he signed this into law.
What is the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964?
200
The co-founder and CEO of the National Community Action Foundation or NCAF.
Who is David Bradley? 
200
This document governs your board and organizational operations and framework.
What are bylaws?
200
This document compiles local data and stakeholder surveys and must be completed at least once every 3 years.
What is the Community Needs Assessment?
300
What year was the NCCAA established?
What is 1967.
300
The Economic Opportunity Act was terminated and replaced with the Community Service Act of 1974. It was ultimately changed to this in 1981.
What is the Community Service Block Grant (CSBG) Act of 1981?
300
This organization represents the 8-state region (including NC) of community action agencies.
What is SEACAA? (Southeastern Association of Community Action Agencies)
300
Community action agencies have a tripartite board structure. Name the 3 sectors represented.
What is public, private and low-income?
300
As public funding priorities shift, nonprofits are increasing efforts in this legally permitted activity to influence policy decisions.
What is advocacy (or public policy advocacy)?
400
This is the Governor that NCCAA successfully sued.
Who is Governor James Holshouser?
400
In 2015, this was implemented across the national network, requiring all community actions agencies to be accountable and monitored on 58 measures.
What are Organizational Standards?
400
This organization strengthens legal and management capacity of community action agencies nationwide.
What is CAPLAW?
400
Name 3 of the primary responsibilities of a community action board.
What is fiscal oversight, what is fund development, what is hiring/evaluating the executive director, what is governance, what is advocacy, what is raising awareness, what is organizational oversight, strategic planning, partnership development.
400
Each year, this should be presented/approved by the board as an external assessment of the organization’s financial records and internal control systems.
What is the audit.
500
This is the inaguaral year of the NCCAA Hall of Fame.
What is 1965?
500
The Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 created various anti-poverty initiatives not just community action. Name 3 of these initiatives or programs.
What are any 3 of the following:
Head Start, Job Corps, Vista, Neighborhood Youth Corps, and Adult Job Training, Foster Grandparents
500
NASCSP is a professional association whose members are state administrators of the Community Services Block Grant Program (CSBG) and the Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP). NASCSP stands for this.
What is the National Association for State Community Services Programs?
500
Name the 3 fiduciary responsibilities of nonprofit boards.
What the Duty of Care, Duty of Loyalty, Duty of Obedience?
500
In response to economic uncertainty and shifting federal priorities, many nonprofits are prioritizing this strategy to reduce reliance on a single funding source.
What is revenue (or funding) diversification?