The Internal Revenue Service awarded Metropolitan Family Service, Inc. three hundred thousand dollars on October 1, 2025, under the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) Matching Grant Program (CFDA 21.009) to deliver free tax return preparation and electronic filing services to low-to-moderate-income and underserved populations in Oregon through September 30, 2026.
Metropolitan recruits and trains community volunteers to prepare tax returns and file electronically for individuals with earned income at or below Earned Income Tax Credit thresholds. The organization targets underserved populations including persons with disabilities, non-English speakers, rural residents, military members and families, elderly taxpayers, and Native Americans. Metropolitan must ensure at least 90 percent of prepared returns serve EITC-eligible individuals, file all eligible returns electronically, and achieve 100 percent of annual return production goals with year-over-year incremental growth.
The award is a matching grant requiring a non-federal matching contribution equal to the federal funding amount. The period of performance runs from October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2026, with performance in Oregon. This is the most recent of four consecutive VITA grants Metropolitan has received since October 2021. The organization operates as both a prime VITA grant recipient and a sub-recipient under other federal grant programs from the Corporation for National and Community Service, Department of Education, and Department of Health and Human Services.