Cap Services Inc.

Cap Services Inc., a tax-exempt nonprofit community development corporation headquartered in Stevens Point, Wisconsin, receives federal grants to deliver early childhood education, family support services, small-business lending and technical assistance, tax preparation support, and anti-poverty programs as both a prime grant recipient and a sub-recipient of federal pass-through funds from state agencies. The organization operates as the parent entity and holds a named subsidiary, Community Assets For People LLC, a nonprofit CDC.

Cap Services operates predominantly in the grant-recipient space rather than as a federal contractor; it holds no prime federal contracts or IDVs, but receives substantial direct federal grant awards and acts as a sub-recipient on a far larger volume of state-administered federal grants. Of the organization's 148 recent awards, 67 (45 percent) are prime grants and 81 (55 percent) are sub-grants flowing through Wisconsin state agencies. The federal footprint reflects the organization's mission-driven focus on rural and low-income communities in Wisconsin.

The capability portfolio centers on three core areas: Head Start and Early Head Start programs funded by the Department of Health and Human Services; Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) grant administration through the Internal Revenue Service; and rural small-business development and microloan intermediary services funded by the Small Business Administration's Office of Capital Access and the USDA Rural Business Cooperative Services. Representative prime awards include a $5.77 million five-year Head Start and Early Head Start project grant from HHS Office of Head Start (award date April 1, 2026, completion March 31, 2031) supporting comprehensive early childhood education, health, nutrition, and family engagement services; annual VITA matching grants from the IRS (most recently October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2026) to provide volunteer tax assistance to low-to-moderate-income individuals and underserved populations; a $133,962 SBA Microloan Program formula grant (July 1, 2023, through June 30, 2024) to provide micro-level loans and business training to startup and growing small businesses; and rural development capacity-building and microenterprise grants from USDA Rural Business Cooperative Services and the SBA Office of Capital Access running through 2027.

Customer concentration reflects heavy reliance on Department of Agriculture programs. The top five federal funding agencies account for 62 percent of all awards, led by the Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service (43 awards), the Department of Agriculture Rural Business Cooperative Services (20 awards), the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families (11 awards), the Department of Housing and Urban Development Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development (10 awards), and the Department of the Treasury Internal Revenue Service (8 awards). The split between USDA Food and Nutrition Service awards (NSLP and CACFP sub-grants administered through Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction) and USDA Rural Business Cooperative Services awards (rural development and microloan support) is material — the former dominates by count, flowing to Cap Services as a sub-recipient of state pass-through grants, while the latter anchors the direct federal grant relationship.

Activity shows strong growth trajectory. Awards per year climbed from six in 2022 to 37 in 2025, with 13 awards recorded in 2026 to date. Only four awards carry ultimate completion dates within the next twenty-four months, indicating minimal near-term recompete exposure relative to the current portfolio. Sub-grant activity is concentrated within Wisconsin state agencies — the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, Wisconsin Department of Children and Families, Wisconsin Department of Health Services, Wisconsin Department of Administration, and the State of Wisconsin Department of Justice — reflecting the organization's role as a subrecipient of federal funds administered through state block grants, particularly the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP), National School Lunch Program (NSLP), Community Services Block Grant (CSBG), Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP), domestic violence victim services, runaway and homeless youth services, and housing counseling and rehabilitation capacity building. Combined dollars obligated across all 148 awards total $170.7 million.