Community Partnership Of The Ozarks, Inc.

Community Partnership Of The Ozarks, Inc. (doing business as Community Partnership Of Ozark) is a Springfield, Missouri-based tax-exempt nonprofit that operates as a federal grant recipient, delivering workforce development, tax assistance, mental health training, and food-security programming to underserved populations in Missouri. The organization acts as both a prime grant recipient (53% of recent awards) and a sub-recipient on federal poverty-prevention, homelessness-support, and youth-development programs flowing through Missouri state agencies and the City of Springfield.

The organization's federal funding footprint spans six distinct federal grant programs across four agencies. The Internal Revenue Service provides the largest and most consistent revenue stream through the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) Matching Grant Program (CFDA 21.009), which funds free tax return preparation and electronic filing services targeting low- to moderate-income individuals, persons with disabilities, non-English speakers, Native Americans, rural residents, military members and families, and elderly taxpayers. Community Partnership received $186,225 in VITA funding effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2026, and has held consecutive VITA grants annually since 2021, with prior awards in 2022, 2023, and 2024. The SAMHSA Center for Mental Health Services awarded a Mental Health Awareness Training grant running through September 2026 that saturates Greene, Taney, and Howell counties with certified trainers in Mental Health First Aid, Youth Mental Health First Aid, Signs of Suicide, and Crisis Intervention Team training for adults and youth ages 12–18. The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families and Department of Labor Veterans Employment and Training Service provide sub-award funding for poverty-prevention, youth development, life strengths programming, and homeless support services routed through the Missouri Department of Social Services and the City of Springfield. The USDA Institute of Food Safety and Nutrition funded a Distant Site Sourcing project (award date September 1, 2021; completion date August 31, 2024) that expanded low-income community access to fresh produce through farmers markets and retail partnerships in Springfield.

Top customer concentration by award count spans the IRS (9 awards, all VITA grants), HHS Administration for Children and Families (8 awards), DOL Veterans Employment and Training Service (4 awards), USDA Agricultural Marketing Service (3 awards), and SAMHSA (3 awards) — these five agencies represent 63% of the award count. Activity has grown from two awards in 2021 to nine in 2024, with seven awards to date in 2025. Only two awards face completion within the next twenty-four months, limiting near-term recompete exposure. Sub-award activity spans poverty-prevention programs, homeless services coordination, youth development, and Continuum of Care planning, with sub-recipients receiving flows from the Missouri Department of Social Services and City of Springfield. Combined dollars obligated across all awards total $14.3 million across the snapshot period.