ACTION RESOURCES INTERNATIONAL

Financials

From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.

Officers, directors and key employees

As listed on the 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024, highest compensation first.

Address and contacts

Address (IRS master file)

PO BOX 536, LARAMIE, WY 82073-0536

In care of

% GAYLE M WOODSUM

Mailing address (990-N for 2011)

PO Box 536, Laramie WY 82073

Principal officer (990 for 2024)

Gayle Woodsum, PO Box 536, Laramie, WY 82073

Principal officer (990-N for 2011)

Gayle M Woodsum, 20833 Highway 14, Coalmont CO 80430

Signed the 990

Gayle Woodsum, CEO

Phone

(307) 399-3815

Website

www.actionresources.net

Return prepared by

Hinkle & Company PC

Mission

Action Resources International supports and advocates for grassroot changemakers in the advancement of health, safety, security and justice for individuals, families, and communities everywhere, with emphasis on the eradication and prevention of child sexual abuse.

Program accomplishments

• See Schedule OFeeding Laramie Valley (FLV) programs work for sustainable food access and security in Albany County, Wyoming. FLV programs operate from a core premise of social justice and equity to help achieve overall safety and security in families and communities through various cooperative efforts that are action oriented, community based and driven by individuals whose expertise is primarily informed by personal experience, backed by an understanding of the social context in which that experience was created. Feeding Laramie Valley also leads and partners in action research projects that are designed, implemented and reported out using social justice models that are community defined, based and driven. Participant growth and equitable food access, security, and long-term sustainability for Laramie, Wyoming and the State of Wyoming, continue to be the driving, long term goals for FLV as it continues to expand its food production and sharing efforts in Laramie, and collaborative capacity-building across Wyoming.During 2024, FLV's longest running programs, Shares and Kids Out to Lunch continued to grow in response to need and the determination to meet that need in light of increasing percentage of Albany County, Wyoming residents experiencing food insecurity from health-related, social, and financial challenges. In addition, with a focus on sustainability and community guidance, three more programs have been launched under the FLV umbrella. All of these programs are described by narrative and numbers as follows.FLV By the NumbersShares High quality, fresh local and regional fruits and vegetables distributed at no charge to people living with food insecurity.Total pounds of produce distributed to individuals and families: 57,195Pounds of produce donated by community members: 1,465Individuals served weekly: 700Kids Out to Lunch Fresh, healthy, made-from-scratch, free summer meals served to local children, ages 0 19: 2,513Mobile Market Traveling market throughout rural and frontier Albany County, Wyoming to increase access to healthy food sliding scale pricing, SNAP accepted. 5,018 pounds of produce sold, 4,655 miles traveled.Community Composting Pounds of food waste kept out of the landfill and returned to the food system through this community composting program: 13,230Satanka Food Hub New efforts to increase sale of local agriculture to local institutions and businesses, pilot project launched, resulting in 2,582 pounds of local beef sold and delivered to Ivinson Memorial Hospital.
  Expenses $491,033 · revenue $4,486
• See Schedule OAction Resources International (ARI) continues to serve as the sponsoring organization for Foster Grandparents of the Wyoming Rockies (FGP), which currently operates in seven Wyoming counties covering an area of just under 36,000 square miles: Albany, Carbon, Sweetwater, Uinta, Lincoln, Sheridan and Johnson. Focus continues in the area of community strengthening activities of K-12 success and school readiness, with a small percentage of complementary activities in child safety, welfare and health. ARI provides infrastructure support and program management oversight including a community-led advisory council; a home base, office space and materials support; and fiscal, personnel and programmatic responsibility for the program. Over 40 FGP volunteers continue to serve this program across the state. Their contributions to the community helped southeast Wyoming prevail over the pandemic and are now poised to help with the remaining long-term social, health and financial impact.The primary focus area of this program is education. It measurably contributes to improved educational outcomes for economically-disadvantaged children, and for children with special and/or exceptional needs. Wyoming is made up of predominantly rural mountain communities that are geographically isolated, location and climate challenged, facing a variety of challenges that affect educational success, while being populated by people who come from varied life experiences that are anchored in a local culture of self-sufficiency, resilience and a great capacity for developing and implementing solutions to complex problems. The cost of living in the project's seven county service areas is high, and the wages available to most community members are low; chronic health challenges, poverty and persistent food insecurity are significant. The geography of Wyoming is a key factor in the story and challenge of daily life here. Wyoming is the tenth largest state by land size, yet has the second lowest population density. The population of the state has declined every year since the economic downturn started a few years ago. Just over 586,000 people lived in the state in 2016; today, there are just under 580,000 residents in a geographic area that could contain all the states of New England and then some. Additionally, Wyoming has an economy which closely follows a boom-and-bust cycle typical where extractive energy resources are key to state revenue. Foster Grandparents of the Wyoming Rockies' 7 counties are divided into 3 distinct service areas: Laramie and Sheridan, for which there is a Project Coordinator each, and the Western Wyoming area which is served long distance. The program as a whole is well positioned to continue to move forward and continue to grow. As a leader in establishing and facilitating partnerships for the advancement of community strengthening and the reduction of educational, social and health disparities, ARI will continue to meet priority work-plan directed outputs and resulting outcomes by all FGP volunteers. ARI will also aid the program staff and coordinators in identifying successes, barriers and opportunities for not only retaining FGP volunteers, but increasing service-learning opportunities for current volunteers and outreach to increase diversity among staff, volunteers and program recipients. ARI provides its own network of collaboration and communication with Wyoming's elder population. In Albany County, ARI's flagship food security program, Feeding Laramie Valley (FLV), works extensively with community elders as advisors, volunteers and program service recipients. Since 2011, FLV has provided locally grown fresh fruits and vegetables every week to a large number of Foster Grandparents through its Shares program, at no charge. FGWR remains committed to the goal of developing and implementing training and outreach that is more inclusive of minority and traditionally disenfranchised populations, and pays careful attention to proactive involvement of people of color; members of the LGBTQ community; immigrant populations and people for whom English is a second language; people living with disabilities and chronic health issues; veterans and their families. ARI and its food security program Feeding Laramie Valley have had great success in promoting this philosophical commitment and translating that into practice.
  Expenses $212,975 · revenue $69
• See Schedule OAs always, work on program development for the 2024 ARI AmeriCorps VISTA Intermediary Program resulted in continued advancement in sustainable direct service for organizations seeking to increase community based and led health and wellness efforts.With a special emphasis on rural, frontier, and underserved communities, ARI's AmeriCorps VISTA program provides individualized services to grassroots and community-based organizations, assisting them with achieving short and long-term objectives leading to sustainable programs within the organization and in benefit to their community.Twelve sites of greatly diverse service offerings throughout Wyoming were served by one or more AmeriCorps VISTA members throughout 2024: 4H of Washakie, Cheyenne Foster Closet, Compass Center for Families, Laramie Downtown Clinic, Laramie Foster Closet, Laramie Interfaith Good Samaritan, Salvation Army, Laramie United Way, Worland Community Garden, and Wyoming Department of Health, The Center for Popular Research, Wind River Reservation; Wind River Food Sovereignty, Wind River Reservation.Since its inception as an AmeriCorps VISTA program in 2017, Action Resources International has gained a great deal of experience and many accomplishments for both AmeriCorps VISTA members and the communities being served. ARI was successful in helping to establish numerous new program sites, and in the process to increase valuable partnership-building between ARI and those sites, including supervision and guidance on AmeriCorps VISTA member recruitment, training and retention. Member service under this program in 2024 included: placement and management of 12 AmeriCorps VISTA members on 12 sites. Each AmeriCorps VISTA member assignment is uniquely designed to meet the needs of the site where placement is being offered, guided by MOUs that are developed together by the site and the ARI AmeriCorps VISTA Program director, with an eye toward appropriateness and feasibility. The general goals and objectives covered by these individual documents and guiding principles include providing direct service to people living with health challenges including housing, personal safety, general health, poverty and food insecurity, in particular people facing challenges noted in the overarching project goals of each member site, and with local community health and food system organizations, assess influence of constituent voice and leadership on program development, implementation & evaluation; facilitate the development of procedures, outreach and methods for increasing participant involvement at all program levels, and sustainable methods of supporting those programs.
  Expenses $57,974 · revenue $5,755

What it must file and when

IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in December, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.

IRS record

EIN

84-1296410

Tax-exempt status

501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization

Foundation status

Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))

Donations deductible (Pub 78)

Public charity, 50% deduction limit

Exempt since

1995

Accounting year ends

December

Files

Form 990 or 990-EZ

Category (NTEE)

Human services (P20)

Assets (IRS master file)

$93,041

Income (IRS master file)

$1,028,817

Filing history

990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 84-1296410).

Questions about ACTION RESOURCES INTERNATIONAL

What is the EIN of ACTION RESOURCES INTERNATIONAL?

The employer identification number (EIN) of ACTION RESOURCES INTERNATIONAL is 84-1296410.

Is ACTION RESOURCES INTERNATIONAL tax-exempt?

Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1995.

Are donations to ACTION RESOURCES INTERNATIONAL tax-deductible?

Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).

Which annual return does ACTION RESOURCES INTERNATIONAL file?

Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.

When is the next return of ACTION RESOURCES INTERNATIONAL due?

The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending December 31, 2025) is due May 15, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.

When did ACTION RESOURCES INTERNATIONAL last file with the IRS?

The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2024.

Who is the principal officer of ACTION RESOURCES INTERNATIONAL?

The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 names Gayle Woodsum.

Who are the officers and directors of ACTION RESOURCES INTERNATIONAL?

The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 lists 5 people; 2 received compensation from the organization, the highest $83,438 (Gayle Woodsum, President/CEO).

How much revenue does ACTION RESOURCES INTERNATIONAL have?

On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 it reported revenue of $1,020,704, expenses of $1,063,034 and total assets of $93,041 at year end.

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