Bridges Community Action Partnership

Bridges Community Action Partnership, doing business as Community Action Organization, is a tax-exempt nonprofit based in Marysville, Ohio, that operates as a federal grant recipient delivering housing preservation, home energy assistance, and community development services to low-income populations across Ohio. The organization holds both direct prime federal grants and sub-recipient awards routed through state intermediaries, with 89% of its recent federal award footprint (70 of 79 awards) flowing through sub-recipient channels and 11% as prime grants.

Bridges Community Action Partnership's capability portfolio centers on rural housing preservation and repair, home energy assistance, weatherization, and supportive services coordination for very low- and low-income residents. As a prime grant recipient, the organization has secured two direct awards from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Housing Service under the Rural Housing Preservation Grants program (CFDA 10.433) — a $242,101 sub-award from July 2024 (ultimate completion August 2025) and a $154,759 prime grant from August 2026 (ultimate completion October 2027) — both supporting home repair and rehabilitation across rural Ohio. Bridges Community Action Partnership also holds direct prime grants from the Department of Housing and Urban Development Public and Indian Housing Office under the Resident Opportunity and Supportive Services program (CFDA 14.870), including two $237,701 and $244,324 awards dated June 2026 (period of performance through May 2029) that fund service coordinator positions linking public housing residents to economic and housing self-sufficiency services. The organization's sub-recipient footprint is dominated by pass-through awards from the Ohio Department of Development and the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services, distributing federal Community Services Block Grants (CSBG), Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP) funding, Home Weatherization Assistance Program (HWAP) grants, and Low-Income Household Water Assistance Program resources to eligible households.

Customer concentration is extreme and routed primarily through federal antipoverty and housing programs. The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families accounts for 54 of the 79 total awards (68% of award count), followed by the Department of Energy (10 awards), the Department of the Treasury Internal Revenue Service (4 awards), the Department of Housing and Urban Development Public and Indian Housing Office (3 awards), and the Department of Agriculture Rural Housing Service (2 awards), which together cover 92% of recent awards. The combined dollars obligated across all awards stands at $36.5 million over the source data window (2016–2026). Activity peaked in 2023 with 38 awards, declining to 17 in 2024 and 3 in 2025, with only 5 awards dated in 2026 through August. Two awards face ultimate completion inside the next twenty-four months, creating limited near-term recompete exposure.